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Event: Hurricane Lounge – History of Jazz and the Hill District

Hurricane Lounge is a new series of jazz events recalling the Hill District’s rich history of jazz music and culture. Hurricane Lounge shows feature intimate cabaret-style seating with food and drink available for purchase.

Roger Humphries Big Band will kick off the first Hurricane Lounge event on July 10, 2011 from4-6pm

“Hurricane Lounge” featuring Roger Humphries Big Band

  • Where: Hill House Kaufman Center
  • When: July 10, 2011 | 4 – 6PM
  • Tickets: $15 Cabaret Seating (Reservation Required) | $5 General Seating  For tickets, visit www.hillhouse.org or call 1.800.838.3006.

Roger Humphries Big Band

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Jazz and Poetry at Bottlebrush Gallery – Friday, March 19

bottlebrushWhile I know we mostly blog about Pittsburgh things – we are also happy to support some of the great communities that are with in a reasonable drive of Pittsburgh.  The Bottlebrush Gallery is one of those places.  Located in historic Harmony, Pa – which is about a 20 minute drive north of Pittsburgh on 79N.  The founders of Bottlebrush Gallery have transformed this old antique shop into a great place to find local arts of all kinds.

The first floor of the building houses a shop with art and handmade items of all shapes, sizes and prices.  There is also a separate gallery space – currently showing the works of Luke Homitsky until April 11, 2010. Continue reading →

Reservoir of Jazz @ the Highland Park Reservoir – Every Sunday in August

Another great FREE activity for your Sunday evenings. There is a great dedicated community group, I should say groups in Highland Park and the park and the surrounding areas just keep getting better. Enrico’s Tazzo D’Oro is just a few blocks from the park and rumor has it that Point Brugge will be opening a second location in Highland Park in the near future.  Sundays in August 5-7pm.

Reservoir of Jazz
Highland Avenue and Reservoir Drive

This summer you can once again relax on the lawn at Highland Park to the sounds of jazz performed by Pittsburgh’s finest musicians. Residents of the tri-state area look forward to the month of August each year to witness this showcase of the area’s extraordinary talent of jazz at the ever-popular Reservoir of Jazz series.

Sponsored by Highland Park Community Club, State Representative Joe Preston, BNY Mellon, DUQ 90.5 FM and New Pittsburgh Courier.


August 2 – Gerald “Shotgun” Haymon Collaboration

August 9 – Guitars of Pittsburgh Tribute featuring Joe Negri, Marty Ashby and Eric Susoeff (presented by MCG Jazz)

August 16 – Jazz Surgery with Tony Campbell

August 23 – Jeff Grubbs Quartet featuring Tania Grubbs

August 30 – Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra featuring Sean Jones

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Links Worth a Look – January 5th

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Links Worth a Look – September 28th

Here are some links/articles/blog posts that are worth a look:

  • MCG Jazz » MCG Jazz Mission – MCG Jazz’s mission is to preserve, present and promote jazz. Through our performances, we strengthen the long time Pittsburgh jazz community and contribute to the overall cultural and artistic diversity of the region. Through our live recordings we reach a national and international audience – a market we’d like to grow. Through our educational programs we are able to have students attend the concerts at low or no cost to them, make artists available for master classes and provide opportunities for internships in production and marketing.
  • Pittsburghers knit items for upcoming movie with Charlize Theron – Check out this great story about how some Pittsbrugh knitters ended up creating some items for an upcoming movie with Charlize Theron
  • Living on Earth: Your Environmental Road Trip – YERT (Your Enviromental Road Trip) who started and ended their trip in Pittsburgh is featured on the radio program Living on Earth.

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