San Francisco

Kevin Smith Announces San Francisco Tour Stop

by Louis Peitzman
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About 11 hours ago, writer-director Kevin Smith turned to his Twitter with exciting news: “Bay Area Peeps! ‘Evening With’ in SAN FRANCISCO! At the Warfield Theater! OCTOBER 30TH! http://tinyurl.com/lua6rx Gay antics guaranteed!”
For those who haven’t seen Kevin Smith live before, I highly recommend his concert DVDs. Both “An Evening With Kevin Smith” and “An Evening [...]

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Festival

UPDATE: Brew at the Zoo 2009 Names Beers, Brewers and More

by Hunter Gorinson
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As we reported last week, the National Zoo’s fifth annual beer tasting festival, Brew at the Zoo 2009, is go for Thursday, August 20th.
As if the prospect of getting inebriated within shouting distance of several endangered species wasn’t tempting enough, now Zoo officials for have announced their tentative line-up brewers (along [...]

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Music

DC’s Best Rock and Roll Bars, Clubs and Venues

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While bigger pop du jour acts of the Jonas-GaGa-Collective variety traditionally play at bigger DC area venues like the 9:30 Club, DAR Constitution Hall or Merriweather Post Pavilion, the Washington area still has more than enough places to catch up-and-coming bands of the hard rock, indie, metal and punk persuasions. CBGB’s they may not [...]

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Film

Movies With a View: Free Films by the Brooklyn Bridge

by Irene Fishman

Here comes season number ten of Movies with a View, a celebration of free movies at the Brooklyn Bridge Park! Complete with a full set of movies, complemented nicely by various DJs and a featured short film, this is a great way to spend an evening without spending a dime. Plus, there’s even a bike [...]

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Seattle

Forget 4th of July fireworks in Seattle, get out of town to celebrate

by Maria Christensen
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As soon as the news of the cancellation of the 4th of Jul-Ivar’s celebration on the waterfront made its rounds, people knew that the remaining fireworks show at Gas Works Park was going to be even more of a logistical nightmare. This morning, the Seattle Times confirmed that with their article, ‘Going to Gas Works [...]

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Los Angeles

Michael Jackson L.A. Memorial Tuesday July 7, Staples Center

by Leah Gillis
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This is the latest. Could it change?  Of course.  
Slated to beging at 10am. Get there early if you want to get in, though.  Could be packed.

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Chicago

Chicago gangster tours: Untouchable Tours

by Carrie Williams

If you have seen the recently released gangster film Public Enemies, starring Johnny Depp and Christian Bale, you might be wanting to know more about the Chicago gangster scene. Now you can, thanks to the Untouchable Tours.

While watching Public Enemies, you’ve heard plenty of names tossed around like John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson. And [...]

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Music

Free concerts at Pacific Place, tonight Star Anna and the Laughing Dogs

by Maria Christensen
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Everyone is gearing up for a holiday weekend - lots of you have Friday off work as a holiday - and what better way to get it started than to hang out at a free downtown Seattle concert, complete with appetizers and cocktails?
Head to Pacific Place (6th & Pine) at 5:00 pm to catch [...]

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Los Angeles

L.A. July 4 Fireworks and Soccer

by Leah Gillis
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America is really becoming like the rest of the world (in a very good way according to this scribe) as evidenced by fans heading to see the LA Galaxy play on the evening of July 4th.  The game begins at 8 p.m. and will be followed by a fireworks display, expected to begin at 10 [...]

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Chicago

New Movie to Check Out in Chicago: Humpday

by Lisa White

Since deep down inside I’m a 14-year-old boy, anything with the word “hump” in it will get my attention. So you can imagine my luck when I found out about a new independent film coming out in July called Humpday. I was lucky enough to be invited to a screening of the movie the other [...]

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