Jazz at Andy’s

Fairmont Pittsburgh presents Jazz at Andy’s from 6-10 p.m. at 510 Market St., Downtown. Every Wednesday through Saturday, guests will be treated to live jazz performances by some of the city’s finest musicians. There is no cover charge. For more information, call 412-773-8884 or visit www.andyswinebar.com.

This week I visited the Greater Pittsburgh Homewood Coliseum where Midnight Productions brought three of the hip-hop legends to the ‘Burgh.

The event was called “The Ole School Cabaret”.

Hip-hop Chubb Rock legend did his thing on stage for his fans.

National recording hip-hop artist Doug E. Fresh, Slick Rick and Chubb Rock came to Pittsburgh and performed all of their hits for over 1,000 fans at the Greater Pittsburgh Homewood Coliseum.

Joyce Meggerson-Moore felt really honored when she learned that New Horizon Theater had won 11 African American Council For The Arts Onyx Awards for the theater’s outstanding production “I Gotcha! The Story of Joe Tex and The Soul Clan.”

BIG WINNER—Representing the New Horizon Theater is Olga T. George with all the awards they won, which were: Best Ensemble in a Musical, Best Sound in a Musical, Best Light Design in a Musical, Best Supporting Actor in a Musical, Best Director of a Musical, Best Leading Actress in a Musical, Best Musical, Best Supporting Actor in a Musical, Best Music Director of a Musical, and Best Light Design in a Play. (Photo by J.L. Martello).

“We were happy to win all of those awards and we were happy that we could compete with other local theater companies on that level,” said Moore, chairperson of New Horizon Theater.

“I Gotcha! The Story of Joe Tex,” told the real-life story of soul singer Joe Tex and his sojourn as a prolific, innovative singer and his devout devotion to the Nation of Islam later in his life. The story was written by Chicago-based writer Joe Plummer and co-written by David Barr.

Thursday 2

John Witherspoon

The Improv presents John Witherspoon at 8 p.m. at 166 E. Bridge St., Waterfront. For four-nights the hilarious Witherspoon will bring the laughter to the Burgh. He has appeared in numerous movies and television and is better known for his roles as Ice Cube’s dad in the Friday trilogy and Pops on the “Wayans Brothers” sitcom. Witherspoon will perform through Dec. 4. This is a 21 and over show. For more information, call 412-462-5233.