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Cool Picks Wednesday October 3, 2012

Cool Picks bring you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild: MCG Jazz and Youth Arts Fair. A cornucopia of fun events is taking place at the Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild as part of RADical Days. There are hands-on projects and studio demonstrations, including a photo booth,T-shirt silk screening, pottery wheel demonstrations; “JazzMagic” with…

Cool Picks Monday October 1, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) See what life was like and what our men and women had to endure as members of the U.S. Armed Services, with free admission to Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum as part of RADical Days. View displays, artifacts, uniforms and personal…

Cool Picks Wednesday September 26, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Smiling Moose Bar hosts Daybreaker, a high energy, alt-rock band outta Boston, Mass. Special guests include Candy Hearts, Go Home Rocketmen, The Clementes. 6:30 p.m. All ages. 1306 E. Carson St. (Upstairs). 2) Andys Wine Bar in the Fairmont Hotel is presenting “An Evening…

Cool Picks Monday September 24, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Guitar: The Instrument That Rocked the world is in its last week at the Carnegie Science Center. Explore the sound, science, culture and musical history of the guitar. Over 60 actual guitars, plus interactive displays and performance videos. Free with price of admission. 1o…

Cool Picks Monday September 17, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Hip-hop artist GZA performs tonight at Altar Bar. Also on the bill are Sweet Valley, Killer Mike, Bear Hands. 7:30 p.m. 1620 Penn Ave., Strip District. 2) The Smiling Moose  hosts raunchy and humorous comedian Neil Hamburger, whose video performances include That’s Not Gold,…

Cool Picks Monday September 10, 2012

1) It’s the Savoy Jazz Anniversary at the Savoy Restaurant, with host band, the Roger Humphries Trio. Special guest artists this week are world-renown jazz trumpet player Sean Jones and radio personality Bob Studebaker. 6-10 p.m. 2623 Penn Ave., Strip District. 2) A Face in the Crowd, a 1957 film directed by Elia Kazan, starring Andy…

Cool Picks Thursday September 6, 2012

1) Steve Vai brings his hot, instrumental guitar rock play to the Palace Theatre. He is well know for his long, intricate guitar riffs.  Vai is a multi-Grammy Award winner and has played with Frank Zappa, David Lee Roth and White Snake. 8 p.m. Greensburg. 2) Opening tonight is City Theatre’s newest production, Electile Dysfunction: The Kinsey Sicks for…

Cool Picks Friday August 31, 2012

1) The band The Hitmen is made up of original members of mega-hit bands of the 60’s and 70’s, including Tommy James & The Shonls and Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons.  Check out their hit list at Hartwood Acres Amphitheater, 7:30 p.m. Free. 2) Popular Pittsburgh rockers, The Clarks, play the 2012 Coors Light Kickoff and Rib Festival at Heinz…

Cool Picks Thursday August 30, 2012

1) “Light, Matter, Memory” continues it’s run at the Wood Street Galleries. Artists Nicky Assmann, Diane Landry, Macular,Yo Seyama all explore the use of light in relation to materiality and memory. The result is four very cool art installations. 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. 601 Wood Street above the “T” Downtown. Free. 2) Steelers host…

Cool Picks Tuesday August 28, 2012

1) Alton Merrell brings his gospel/jazz/funk sound to the Agnes Katz plaza stage today as part of the BNY Mellon Trust Arts JazzLive Tuesdays. Merrel’s musical mission statement reads “to create music that will minister , healing, joy, iverance and peace to people around the world.” That’s one of the best mission statements I’ve heard in awhile!…

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