Cool Picks

Cool Picks Sunday November 4, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) The McCoury Band (bluegrass) play the American Mountain Theater in Elkins, West Virginia. The concert has not been postponed despite all of the snow that fell in the mountains here this past week. Nothing like some great guitar, mandolin, banjo, fiddle and bass music to lift…

Cool Picks Saturday November 3, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Mozart’s opera, Don Giovanni takes the stage at the Benedum tonight. Don Giovanni is a tale of an Italian r with many conquests who is undone by his own behavior. Sung in Italian with English texts projected above the stage, it was originally premiered…

Cool Picks Friday November 2, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Clowns, elephants, tigers, horses, hoops, trapeze artists, three rings all add up to the “Greatest Show on Earth.” Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus has pulled into town, performing their latest version of their classic circus, “Fully Charged.” Circus is in town thru Sunday.…

Cool Picks November 1, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Keb’ Mo,’ singer/songwriter/guitarist, is a magical musician who dabbles in a corner of music that includes blues, soul and country. His work has garnered him multiple Grammy Awards in blues and country categories, including a W.C. Handy Award (acoustic blues/Album of the Year, 1995).  Mo’ collaborated with Martin…

Cool Picks Wednesday October 31, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Super group Asia is in playing “the burgh” tonight. Asia is made up of British rockers John Wetton, Steve Howe, Geoff Downes, Carl Palmer. The band enjoyed big success in the 1980s with songs “Heat of the Moment,” ” Sole Survivor,” and “Only Time Will…

Cool Picks Tuesday October 30, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Stomp is making some noise at the Benedum Center. A percussion masterpiece that turns the ordinary into the extraordinary, Stomp shows that beautiful sounds and music can be made from everyday objects (garbage can lids, hubcaps, Zippo lighters, matchboxes, brooms, etc.). The award-winning…

Cool Picks Monday October 29, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Today’s the last day to see the NFL Hall of Fame busts of all 22 Steelers Hall of Fame players direct from the “Steelers Wing” of the Hall. “The Chief” Art Rooney, Joe Greene, Jack Lambert and Terry Bradshaw are a few of the…

Cool Picks Sunday October 28, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) ZooBoo, The Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium’s annual Halloween celebration, features: Gymkhana’s Haunted Hideaway; the Docent Council Haunted House; your favorite animals; “trick-or-treating” stations, kid’s costume contest at Water’s Edge (costumes optional). The kids aren’t the only ones having fun–animals  receive over 100…

Cool Picks Saturday October 27, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh Entertainment every day! 1) Voodoo Bayou, Mortem Manor, Villa of the Vampires, Bio-Fear: these are not bad housing developments, they’re rather haunted attractions at Kennywood Park’s Phantom Fright Nights. Enjoy your favorite rides in total darkness, but watch out. You won’t know what’s out there until it’s too late! This…

Cool Picks Friday October 26, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) The Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre presents Giselle. The story is a classic, quintessential ballerina tale of , betrayal, madness and death. The Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Orchestra provides the live soundtrack to Giselle. 8 p.m., Benedum Center. 2) Actor/comedian Kevin Hart brings his “Let Me Explain” tour…

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