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Cool Picks Saturday November 24, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Jingle Bell Rock is happening tonight at Rivers Casino. Featured performers are Eddie Money (a former New York City cop turned musician, who rose to success with the song “Two Tickets to Paradise;” Winter, best known for the jams “Frankenstein” and “Free Ride;”…

Cool Picks Wednesday November 21, 2012

Cool Picks Brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Music royalty is in town tonight. B.B. King, the “King of the Blues,”and his bed guitar “Lucille” are playing the Benedum Center.  The multiple Grammy award- winning artist is known for hits “The Thrill is Gone,” “Sweet Sixteen,”  and the album he recorded…

Cool Picks Tuesday November 20, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Citizen Cope (Clarence Greenwood) is in concert tonight at the Byham Theater. Citizen Cope brings his distinctive harmonic voice and couples it with great rock, soul, blues and folk influences for a rich melodic sound. Best know for songs “Bullet & A Target,”  “Son’s Gonna…

Cool Picks Monday November 19, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) SpacePlace is a cool new exhibit that has just opened at the Carnegie Science Center. SpacePlace simulates what it feels like to be an astronaut through its exhibits: Zero-G Climbers–strap into climbing gear and scale a zero gravity climbing wall while completing a simple task; Micro-G Simulator–complete real-life…

Cool Picks Saturday November 17, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) The pre-holiday festivities continue Downtown with First Holiday Saturday. Market Square is the official kick off place for much of the action, with music starting at noon and continuing until 9 p.m. Artists include Vanessa Campagna, The Granati Brothers, and Jeff Jimerson and Airborne. The 3rd Annual Mascot…

Cool Picks Friday November 16, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Hey everybody, it’s Light Up Night Pittsburgh 2012, one of the region’s biggest free events. There are three stages full of musical groups: Market Square, Clemente Bridge and EQT Plaza, starting at 5 p.m.  Artists include: Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers, Kenny Blake Quartet and…

Cool Picks Thursday November 15, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) KC and the Sunshine Band (from Miami, Florida) are bringing their classic dance grooves including: “That’s The Way I It,”  “Get Down Tonight,” “I’m You’re Boogie Man,”  “Give It Up” to the stage of  Greensburg’s Palace Theatre . 7:30 p.m. 21 W. Otterman…

Cool Picks Wednesday November 14, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) South Side Stories is not a new Rick Sebak documentary or a WDVE Morning Show skit  it is writer/actor Tami Dixon’s new one-woman show which just opened at the City Theatre. Dixon spent two years gathering neighborhood stories from South Side natives about working in…

Cool Picks Tuesday November 13, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Jakob Dylan’s (Bob Dylan’s son) band, The Wallflowers are playing a concert at Carnegie Library Music Hall. Jakob Dylan’s musical sound has been influenced by his dad, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, and Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band. The Wallflowers are touring in support…

Cool Picks Monday November 12, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) The Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society presents Takacs Quartet with Marc-Andre Hamelin.  The classical music concert will highlight works by Schubert, Britten and Shostakovich. 7:30 p.m. Carnegie Music Hall, Oakland. 4400 Fifth Ave. 2) The Three Rivers Film Festival continues with movies today at…

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