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Canada in 2005. Photo: Jean-Luc Ourlin.

Blues Great Buddy Guy Plays the Palace; Pittsburgh Opera’s ‘Elixir of Love’ at Benedum (Tues., 4/24/18)

1) Buddy Guy is ranked 30th in Rolling Stone‘s 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. Guy has influenced other great guitarists on that list, including Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. He is one of the most successful artists in the Chicago Blues style and was a member of the legendary Muddy Waters’s…

12 Peers Presents Latest Edition of Mythburgh; Team Trivia Night at Sideline’s (Sun., 4/22/18)

1) MYTHBURGH SEASON 2 (multiple creators). The next installment in an ongoing series of shows that turn unusual Pittsburgh stories into short plays. Tonight only, 12 Peers Theater. 8 p.m. at brillobox, 4104 Penn Ave., Bloomfield. (MV) 2) What U.S. city was the first to host the Olympics (see the end of this pick for…

X Ambassadors. Photo: Abby Gillardi and Wikipedia.

X Ambassadors in Concert at Stage AE; Attack Theatre Staging ‘If/Maybe/Then,’ Paint Square Green Day 2 (Sat., 4/21/18)

X Ambassadors, ‘If/Maybe/Then,’ Paint the Sqaure Green, Great Lakes Sustainable Sips Pub Crawl

The Outlaws in Concert at The Lamp; Club Cafe Hosts Kim Richey and Bill Deasy; OTW Staging Byhalia, Miss. (Fri., 4/20/18)

The Outlaws, Kim Richey and Bill Deasy, ‘Byhalia, Mississippi,’ Paint the Square Green

the jester who amused him when he was a child. Photo: Michael Henninger.|Ted Pappas

The Public Staging ‘Hamlet’; Ecolution Fashion Show at Fairmont; Mr. Smalls Hosts Rick Astley (Thurs., 4/19/18)

‘Hamlet,’ Ecolution Fashion Show, Rick Astley

Erika Strasburg

Last Week to See ‘Up and Away’ at CLO Cabaret; Pirates vs. Rockies (Wed., 4/18/18)

‘Up and Away,’ Pirates vs. Rockies

Afghan Whigs and Built to Spill Play Mr. Smalls; BodyTraffic Dance at Byham; Cattivio Hosts Indie Rockfest (Sat., 4/14/18)

The Afghan Whigs and built to Spill, BodyTraffic Dance, Pittsburgh Indie Rock Fest 3, ‘Recoil,’ Pitt’s Blue Gold Football Game

Bill Toms plays some killer lead guitar riffs (c.) while Hard Rain and the Soulville Horns jam on.

Excuses 30th Year Bash w/Bill Toms and Hard Rain; Steel City Con at Monroeville Convention Ctr. (Fri., 4/13/18)

Bill Toms and Hard Rain w/Soulville Horns, The Steel City Con, Neon Swing X-perience, Pens vs. Flyers, ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,’ ABA All-star Weekend

Here Come the Mummies to Jergel’s; CMU Staging ‘A Bright Room Called Day’ (Thurs., 4/12/18)

Here Come the Mummies,’ ‘A Bright Room Called Day,’ ‘Buer’s Kiss’

Mr. Rochester (Paul Bernado) shares a moment with Jane Eyre (Karen Baum). Photo: PICT Classic Theatre.

PICT Classic Theatre Presenting ‘Jane Eyre’; Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly at Pgh Speakers Series; Pens vs. Flyers (Wed., 4/11/18)

‘Jane Eyre,’ Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly, Pens vs. Flyers

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