Pittsburgh jazz

Cool Picks Saturday September 22, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) The Pitt Panthers football team is coming off a big upset win last week against highly ranked Virgina Tech. Today they will face the Runnin’ Bulldogs of Gardner-Webb University.  Kickoff 3:30 p.m., Heinz Field. 2) Penn Brewery has begun their Oktoberfest celebration at…

Cool Picks Friday September 21, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) The nightlife scene in Downtown Pittsburgh has been on the rise for awhile now. I experienced a vibrant part of it Wednesday night. After attending an event in an upstairs ballroom at the Fairmont Hotel,  I headed downstairs, where the evening’s jazz  was just underway at Andys…

Cool Picks Tuesday September 18, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) A little way down the Monongahela river in Morgantown, West Virginia is one of three locations (other locations are Davis, WV and Deep Creek, MD) of  Mountain State Brewing Company Restaurant and Bar. Mountain State Brewing beers are made with waters from a stream at one of the…

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 Sunday September 16, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Macy’s is presenting Elephant Day at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium.  Celebrate the zoo’s elephant herd’s birthdays. Festivities include: Face painting, crafts, animal presentations. You can also join in and sing “Happy Birthday,” eat birthday cake, dance, play games and possibly win…

Cool Picks Tuesday September 11, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Rock group Rush plays the Consol Energy Center. The band is touring in support of their latest album “Clockwork Angels.” Rush is best known for hits: Working Man, Fly By Night, Closer to the Heart. 7:30 p.m. Uptown. 2) Sondre Lerche, a Norwegian singer/songwriter…

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 Tuesday September 4, 2012

1) Jersey Boys is back in town. This entertaining, Grammy and Tony award-winning production, based on the life and songs of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons (Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi), has been “big box office”  all over the world. 7:30 p.m. Benedum Center, Downtown. Runs through September 23rd. 2) BNY Mellon presents…

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!…

Cool Picks Sunday August 26, 2012

1) Shadyside…The Art Festival on Walnut Street continues through today. Check out some cool art and eat at some of the great restaurants and bistros in Shadyside including: Crepes Parisiennes, Pizzutti’s, Pamela’s, Up Modern Kitchen, China Palace, Steel Cactus, Thai Place, Chica Loca Taco, Girasole. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Shadyside. Free. 2) The Duran Duran…

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