South Side

Cool Picks Wednesday November 14, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) South Side Stories is not a new Rick Sebak documentary or a WDVE Morning Show skit  it is writer/actor Tami Dixon’s new one-woman show which just opened at the City Theatre. Dixon spent two years gathering neighborhood stories from South Side natives about working in…

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 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 November 1, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Keb’ Mo,’ singer/songwriter/guitarist, is a magical musician who dabbles in a corner of music that includes blues, soul and country. His work has garnered him multiple Grammy Awards in blues and country categories, including a W.C. Handy Award (acoustic blues/Album of the Year, 1995).  Mo’ collaborated with Martin…

Cool Picks Wednesday October 31, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Super group Asia is in playing “the burgh” tonight. Asia is made up of British rockers John Wetton, Steve Howe, Geoff Downes, Carl Palmer. The band enjoyed big success in the 1980s with songs “Heat of the Moment,” ” Sole Survivor,” and “Only Time Will…

Cool Picks Sunday October 28, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) ZooBoo, The Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium’s annual Halloween celebration, features: Gymkhana’s Haunted Hideaway; the Docent Council Haunted House; your favorite animals; “trick-or-treating” stations, kid’s costume contest at Water’s Edge (costumes optional). The kids aren’t the only ones having fun–animals  receive over 100…

Cool Picks Friday October 26, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) The Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre presents Giselle. The story is a classic, quintessential ballerina tale of , betrayal, madness and death. The Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Orchestra provides the live soundtrack to Giselle. 8 p.m., Benedum Center. 2) Actor/comedian Kevin Hart brings his “Let Me Explain” tour…

Cool Picks Monday October 22, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) “Mystical Halloween Sky” is a current Carnegie Science Center show that explores the myths and superstitions of this ancient astronomical holiday by examining the night sky for favorite ghosts and goblins. Included free with general admission. 2 p.m., North Shore. 2) “To Kill a Mockingbird,” the…

Cool Picks Sunday October 21, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Fiona Apple plays Stage AE tonight. Apple, a singer/songwriter and pianist is touring in support of her 4th studio album with popular single “Every Single Night” from the album “The Idler Wheel is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You…

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Maple & Vine: Strange Ride, Smooth Machine

    Is it a must-see? Coming from a free country, let’s just say Maple and Vine at the City Theatre is a you-really-ought-to-see-it. The play is entertainingly weird, not to mention weirdly entertaining. It is a rare idea well done; and it will leave you thinking. Unless you prefer not to think too much.…

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