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Cool Picks Saturday December 1, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day!  1) Nadia Salon in Shadyside is being transformed today into a magical holiday place for the Promenade on Walnut. The Promenade is a showcase of fashion, music, performance and art, including an exciting dance exhibition by the talented dancers of Continuum Dance Theater. 11…

Cool Picks Friday November 30, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Clint Black, noted country musician, is in Greensburg tonight for a concert at the Palace Theatre. Black, who is married to actress Lisa Hartman-Black, is known for hits “Walkin’ Away,” “Spend My Time,”  “A Better Man.”  Opening is popular western PA band, The Stickers. 8 p.m., 21…

Cool Picks Thursday November 29, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Shatner’s World will eclipse the Pittsburgh nightlife scene tonight. William Shatner, the man we all d as Captain James T. Kirk in the original Star Trek series, as TV police sergeant T. J. Hoer, and as Price’s pitchman, is now touring with his one man show. The production traces his journey…

Cool Picks Wednesday November 28, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Buddy Valastro, star of TLC’s TV show “Cake Boss,” brings his Homemade for the Holidays Tour to the stage of the Benedum Center. Valastro will entertain you with family tales and traditions, straight from Carlo’s Bakery in Hoben, New Jersey.  Along with all of the fun, he’ll demonstrate…

Cool Picks Tuesday November 27, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Oklahoma native, American Idol  champion, multiple Grammy and American Music award winner Carrie Underwood graces the stage at Consol Energy Center as part of her “Blown Away Tour.” Underwood is known for songs: “Alone,” “Jesus Take the Wheel,” “I Told You So.”  Hunter Hayes opens the…

Cool Picks Monday November 26, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day!  1) Gwar can be described as a very heavy metal band with elaborate horror and science fiction costumes, masks, and props. Their songs are often composed of obscene lyrics. Their stage performances contain humorous politically and morally deficient themes and acts.  Their album titles are…

Cool Picks Sunday November 25, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) The Brian Setzer Orchestra are in town tonight as part of their 2012 Christmas Rocks! Extravaganza tour. Setzer is a multi-Grammy, award-winning, innovative musician. He revived the rockabilly genre in the 1980s with “Stray Cats” and brought back swing music with his orchestra in the 1990s. …

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…

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