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Thanksgiving Day Cool Picks, 2013

Happy Thanksgiving and please pass the stuffing!

Spagnola’s Power Hour; Lissie at Mr. Smalls (CPs Wed., 11/27/13)

Ali Spagnola, Lissie, No Bad Juju, The Malones

Good Eats at Grazie; Totem Carving at Carnegie (CPs Tues., 11/26/13)

Grazie Restaurant, Totem Pole Carving, Chris Parker Trio, Mark Strickland

Lamb of God, Killswitch Engage at Stage AE (CPs Mon., 11/25/13)

Lamb of God, Killswitch Engage, Tony Campbell Jazz Surgery featuring Fred Pugh, Acousticafe Cafe, Global Mondays

serious side of Tom Green.

Tom Green: Entertainment Renaissance Man

Tom Green is driven toward comedic success. He always has been. Green never wanted to wait to be discovered; he’s always been in the comic vanguard compelling audiences to pay attention to him. At the tender age of 15 when most kids are self-conscious, worried about acne and getting a date, he was performing standup…

Going Green in Greensburg: “Shrek” at The Palace; “Plaid Tidings” at Cabaret CPs 11/24/2013

Shrek The Musical, “Plaid Tidings,” “True West,” Starving Artist Sunday Suppers

PSO Does Burton; “Who’s Line Is It Anyway” at Carnegie Library Music Hall(CPs Sat., 11/23/13)

PSO and Tim Burton Music, “Whose Is it Anyway,” Comedy showcase, The Elliotts

The Blues Orphans jamming at James Street gastropub & speakeasy.|Hill Jordan (foreground) and Dr. Nelson Harrison (background) playing some brass notes.

New Blues Done the Old Way: Blues Orphans Host CD Release Party

At its inception, blues was a folk music, performed by working-class nonprofessional musicians who picked up a guitar after coming home and taking off their muddied overalls. Most major artists of the genre worked blue-collar jobs for years before they reached any measure of success. Muddy Waters drove a truck; Howlin’ Wolf was a cropper;…

Pittsburgh’s Annual Light Up Night Lineup a Must See! Drew Carey plays CLMH (CPs Fri., 11/22/13)

Gloria Gaynor, Pittsburgh Symphony, and much at Pittsburgh Light Up Night, Drew Carey; Triggers, Harlan Twins, and icious Pastries; Pens vs. Islanders

Fresh Beats Band at the Benedum, Improv Hosts Lynne Koplitz (CPs Thu., 11/21/13)

Fresh Beats Band, Lynne Koplitz, Mustache Charity Bash, 3Band Evening, Free Admission to the Carnegie Museum

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