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Cool Picks Thursday September 6, 2012

1) Steve Vai brings his hot, instrumental guitar rock play to the Palace Theatre. He is well know for his long, intricate guitar riffs.  Vai is a multi-Grammy Award winner and has played with Frank Zappa, David Lee Roth and White Snake. 8 p.m. Greensburg. 2) Opening tonight is City Theatre’s newest production, Electile Dysfunction: The Kinsey Sicks for…

Cool Picks Tuesday August 21, 2012

1) My Morning Jacket  plays an outdoor concert tonight at Stage AE. They put together a nice combination of vocals, guitars, keyboards and drums that reach its highest peak in their song Lay Low. Band of Horses is the opening act. Gates open 6 p.m., North Shore. 2) Neil Young Journeys is a new concert/movie collaboration…

Cool Picks Tuesday, August 14

1. Def Leppard‘s “Rock of Ages” tour continues as the internationally famous heavy metal band performs tonight at First Niagara Pavilion. The tour also features American glam metal band Poison, which gained global popularity in the late 80’s with the help of their hit single “Every Rose Has Its Thorn.” Lead singer Bret Michaels hails from Butler…

Cool Picks Monday August 6, 2012

1)  For classical music rs who enjoy it with a modern touch, Heinz Hall is hosting internationally acclaimed operatic pop group Il Divo. The talented 4-man group consists of a French pop singer, a Spanish baritone, a Swiss tenor, and an American tenor. Fittingly, they have produced songs in French, Spanish, Italian and English.  Il Divo…

Cool Picks Thursday August 2, 2012

1) Classic rock mainstays, Chicago and the Doobie Brothers, who both racked up numerous hits during the 70’s, are joining forces tonight at First Niagara Pavilion. Chicago’s brassy horn section gives extra depth to hits like 25 or 6 to 4; Saturday in the Park; Just You and Me; Beginnings; If You Leave Me Now.…

Cool Picks Saturday July 28, 2012

1) South Side Johnny is not some guy who s hanging out on Pittsburgh’s South Side (although he may).  He’s the main man in the group South Side Johnny & the Asbury Jukes. They’re part of the same Asbury, New Jersey scene that produced Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band. Springsteen has even written…

Cool Picks Thursday July 26, 2012

1) The sisters from Seattle and their band, Heart, are in concert at Stage AE. Heart first rose to fame in the 1970’s with hits: Crazy on You, Magic Man, Barracuda, Heartless, Dog and Butterfly. Top ten albums on the Billboard Magazine’s album charts in the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and 2010 provide testimony to the bands enduring rock legacy. Gates…

Cool Picks Wednesday July 25, 2012

1) Past Meets Present: Decorative Arts and Design is an ongoing, featured exhibit at Carnegie Museum of Art. The exhibit, showing in the newly renovated Ailsa Mellon Bruce Galleries, is a varied retrospective on American and European decorative arts, from 18th century Rococo and Neoclassical periods to contemporary craft and design of the 20th and…

Cool Picks Monday July 23, 2012

1) Rockers, Counting Crows brings their Outlaw Roadshow tour to town with special guests: We Are Augustines, Kasey Anderson, and Field Report. Stage AE. Gates open 6 p.m. North Shore. 2) Chicago Cubs play the Pirates in the start of a three-game series. PNC Park, 7:05 p.m. 3) “Hop on” Martha, Louise, Greta or Esther. No, these aren’t…

Cool Picks Friday July 20, 2012

Summer time is a great time of year: summer breezes, peaches, blueberries, corn, grilling, taking a dip at at your favorite swimming spot and great music. We’re entering into a grand summer harvest season of music. 1) Rhythm rockers Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears are performing an indoor concert at Stage AE. Doors open 7 p.m. 2) The Pittsburgh Blues Festival…

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