Pittsburgh Cool Picks

Summer Fun/”Things That Are Now Open” (CP’s Tues. 6/25/13)

Kennywood, Sandcastle, County Pools, Outdoor Waterfront Dining, Rick Sebak favorites

The Balcony Big Band At Jergel’s (CP’s Mon. 6/24/13)

The Balcony Big Band, Roger Humphries Trio and Benny Benack III, Acousticafe, Savory Vegetarian meals

Cooper & Manson (This Is Not a Law Firm!); It’s a Horror Rock Double Header (CP’s Sun. 6/23/13)

Alice Cooper and Marilyn Manson, Langhorne Slim, Pennyslvania’s Civil War Exhibit, Crepes Parisiennes

Chesney Takes the Field Tonight (CP’s Sat. 6/22/13)

The Tempest, or The Enchanted Isle, Mercedez, Ruff Creek, David Wilcox, The Wheals, Things That Aren’t There Any

The Wailers to Bring Reggae Music to South Park (CP’s Fri. 6/21/13)

The Wailers, Son volt, Marrakesh Express, Tania Grubbs, Sonoma Grille

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Hit the Consol (CP’s Thurs. 6/20/13)

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Smithereens, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Richman, Rowdy Buck College Night

JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound at Smiling Moose (CP’s Wed. 6/19/13)

Shari Richards, RML, Rock Star Karae, JC Bros & The Uptown Sound, Country Music Night at Peter’s

Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration (CP’s Tues. 6/18/13)

Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration, Jared Blake, Ceili Dancing, Ho

while father Prospero (Ron Siebert) casts a spell

Sassy, A Little Trashy, and Just In Time for Summer: It’s the Remake of the Remake of “The Tempest”

You realize, of course, that you cannot do summer theater properly unless you catch a remake. Of Shakespeare, that is. Altered Shakespeare is red-hot everywhere this year. In Chicago, for instance, they’ve got Othello: the Re, the latest “add-rap-tation” by The Q Brothers; and New York has a new musical based on Love’s Labour’s Lost…

Ol’ Mon River (CP’s Mon. 6/17/13)

Mountain State Brewing Co., Roger Humphries Trio with Maureen Budway, Balcony Big Band, Chuck Rocha

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