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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…

Cool Picks Sunday November 11, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) The Who’s “Quadrophenia” is a rock opera and film that chronicles the running lives and battles between two rival English groups, the “mods” versus the “rockers.” In the movie, the “mod” character (Ace-Face) is played by musician Sting.  The Quadrophenia album produced many hits for the band including “The Real…

Cool Picks Saturday November 10, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Artist and fashion illustrator Cindy Engler is showcasing her beautiful art creations in the Fashion to Passion 3 “pop-up” art show in Sewickley this weekend. Engler has painted a fantastic series in oil paints of fashionably dressed “rock ‘n’ roll women.” When asked where the inspiration…

Cool Picks Friday November 9, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Chicago just arrived in Pittsburgh last night, the musical that is. In the story, housewife and dancer Roxie Hart kills her departing on-the-side r as he threatens to end the relationship. She tries to beat the wrap by hiring a slick criminal attorney and…

Cool Picks Thursday November 8, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes are bringing their wall-of-rock sound to Jergel’s Rhythm Grille tonight. The band features a New Jersey rock sound complimented by a talented horn section. “Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes” are known for songs  “Trapped Again,” “Talk…

Cool Picks Wednesday November 7, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) There’s a “bluegrass jam” happening with the Shelf Life String Band at the North Side’s Park House. Yuengling pints are $2 until 12 a.m.  There’s a complimentary one for joining in the jam, so bring along your instrument. No cover; free peanuts + free popcorn, “oh boy!” 9 p.m.-midnight.…

Cool Picks Tuesday November 6, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) The “material girl” Madonna takes the stage tonight at the Consol Energy Center. Her shows always entertain and contain a combination of great music and quirky outrageousness. Madonna rose to fame on songs like “Lucky Star,” “ a Virgin,” “Vogue,” “ a Prayer.” She is touring in support of…

Cool Picks Monday November 5, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) As we prepare for the winter season here in Pittsburgh, we can be thankful that we don’t live in the harsh conditions found in the Arctic. The Carnegie Science Center is currently showing the IMAX film”To The Arctic.” The movie showcases a mother…

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…

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