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The easy stylistic yin and yang of drummer Ches Smith

In this week's paper I previewed the upcoming performances by Marc Ribot's power trio Ceramic Dog at Pritzker Pavilion and...
Chicago Reader  |  05-24-2013  |  Post No Bills

Lights, Camera, Summer

Paramount film series starts with a double-barreled bang...
Austin Chronicle  |  05-24-2013  |  Picture in Picture: Film, TV, Gaming, and Tech

Chompie's Gluten-Free Bagels and Memories of Fifth Avenue

The search for a bagel that lives up to New York's finest is universal for everyone outside The Big Apple...
Phoenix New Times  |  05-24-2013  |  Chow Bella

Top 5 Things to Do in Metro Phoenix This Weekend

Phoenix, get out. There's too much to do and see this weekend, between Phoenix Comicon at the Convention Center, Paul...
Phoenix New Times  |  05-24-2013  |  Jackalope Ranch

I Don't Think Superman Actually Eats Like This

As a child who grew up in the '80s, some of my fondest memories are of marketing. If that sounds...
The Portland Mercury  |  05-24-2013  |  Blog Town, PDX

The Answers Column: What’s With the Lack of Apostrophe in St. Elizabeths?

What’s with the lack of apostrophe in St. Elizabeths? At the St. Elizabeths West Campus near the east bank of...
Washington City Paper  |  05-24-2013  |  City Desk

New-movie tip: skip the fury and the hangover, and go see 'Frances Ha'

Haven't I seen you on HBO? Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig in 'Frances Ha' Photo copyright Pine District, LLC This...
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  05-24-2013  |  Pixel Vision

A Gigantic Bookstore/Warehouse in Kent Is Closing

GalleyCat says that Once Sold Tales, an online retailer in Kent, is closing, and the owner needs to get rid...
The Stranger  |  05-24-2013  |  Slog

New California Law Could Prohibit Protesters From Riding Public Transit

A local ABC affiliate describes the situation this way: "BART is rolling out a new plan that will allow it...
The Stranger  |  05-24-2013  |  Slog

Colorado gun-control laws: Columbine dad criticizes sheriffs' lawsuit

Earlier this week, we talked with the Independence Institute's Dave Kopel about a lawsuit against Colorado's new gun-control laws supported...
Westword  |  05-24-2013  |  Lastest Word

Today's Music News: Festival Woes, Roth Goes Tarantino, and More

Festivus for the Rest of Us?: Abby Johnston at Salon ponders the lack of female-led bands at festivals this summer,...
The Stranger  |  05-24-2013  |  Line Out

Burger Week 2013 at The Oinkster: Doritos Bell Beefer, Thrilla From Manila + More!

It's a burger throwdown for restaurant and diners, with the return of The Oinkster's Burger Week from Monday, June 3...
L.A. Weekly  |  05-24-2013  |  Squid Ink

305 Photo of the Day: Too The Point

Today's photo comes from Edin Chavez's Flickr. To see your photo here join our Flickr group. Follow Miami New Times...
Miami New Times  |  05-24-2013  |  Riptide 2.0

Sanchez on Best of the Best: "Everybody From Every End of the World Comes to This Gig"

Sanchez is the anti-Pat Boone. Where the conservative crooner made early rock and roll "safe" in the '50s by taking...
Miami New Times  |  05-24-2013  |  Crossfade

Tamra Barney Spin-off Extends Orange County's Real Housewives of Orange County Nightmare

The long Real Housewives of Orange County nightmare not only continues but it is expanding as Tamra Barney is getting...
OC Weekly  |  05-24-2013  |  Navel Gazing

Reasonable Doubt: Access to justice matters to us all

Commentary »Access to justice is a hot topic these days. Reasonable Doubt: Access to justice matters to us all...
The Georgia Straight  |  05-24-2013  |  News: The Georgia Straight

Rick Ross, Birdman, Lil Wayne, Sooo Many Girls: The H Album Release at Story Miami

Last night, the double-helix LED columns inside Story for Rick Ross and Birdman's The H: The Lost Album, Vol. 1...
Miami New Times  |  05-24-2013  |  Crossfade

Matthew Miele's Scatter My Ashes is a love letter to luxury

Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's is a celebration of fashion, and a love note to luxury brought to life by...
City Pages (Twin Cities)  |  05-24-2013  |  Dressing Room

Replica of The Simpsons' Springfield Being Built at Universal Studios Florida

The Simpson family was officially banned from Florida after Homer accidentally killing a famous alligator named Captain Jack in an...
Miami New Times  |  05-24-2013  |  Riptide 2.0

Gasland Part II lights up UCCS crowd

Filmmaker Josh Fox, propelled into fracking fame with Gasland, screened a pre-HBO preview of Gasland Part II at UCCS last...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-24-2013  |  Indy Blog

STUCK Pop-Up Adhesive Show Wants You to Slap On a Sticker

Courtesy Vivian Azalia"WAKE UP!," reads one of the stickers plastered among a sea of others at last April's STUCK Adhesive...
Miami New Times  |  05-24-2013  |  Cultist

Talented cast buoys so-so script in Wicked at Overture Hall

Wicked has been seen by millions of people and continues to break records in the ticket-sales department. Last night's show...
Isthmus  |  05-24-2013  |  Isthmus' The Daily Page

Club 152 Reopens

Club 152 on Beale Street reopened Friday after a settlement was reached in Environmental Court. John Branston has the story...
The Memphis Flyer  |  05-24-2013  |  The Memphis Flyer: The Buzz

Ride It Like It’s Hot: A Bold South African Recovers a Stolen Bike

An estimated 1.5 million bicycles are stolen each year in the U.S., and behind each of those is a sad...
Washington City Paper  |  05-24-2013  |  City Desk

Crystals of Transformation: Holy Crap, You Guys, Water Can Hear You!

Whaaaaaaat: The research of scientist Dr. Masaru Emoto has long been a source of inspiration and fascination for me. Dr...
The Portland Mercury  |  05-24-2013  |  Blog Town, PDX

The Conspiracy Thickens: Art Con 9 has Selected its Talent Roster for Mounted

Art Conspiracy has released its list of selected artists for Mounted, the taxidermy-inspired fundraising auction happening on June 8, at...
Dallas Observer  |  05-24-2013  |  Mixmaster

China Approves 220-Story, 4,450-Apartment Pinnacle of Density

This news is approximately three hundred million internet years old (I saw it Monday), but it hasn't been on Slog...
The Stranger  |  05-24-2013  |  Slog

String It Up

According to the production credits, “26 Minutes” was created almost entirely on violin. Apart from guitar and bass parts, every...
Mountain Xpress  |  05-24-2013  |  MountainX: Blogs

A Review of the New Seafood Restaurant From the Owners of the Seven Matadors and Kickin' Boot Whiskey Kitchen*

Kelly OManager not pictured. The manager at Ballard Annex Oyster House is so smooth and good-looking, it's like you're in...
The Stranger  |  05-24-2013  |  Slog

Pushing Rope

The Hangover, Part III: If you squint, you can see what remains of Zach Galifianakis's self-worth and dignity. While it's...
The Stranger  |  05-24-2013  |  Slog

Boy Scouts of America to end ban on openly gay youth members

LGBT »A century-old ban on openly gay youth members of the Boy Scouts of America has come to an end. Boy...
The Georgia Straight  |  05-24-2013  |  News: The Georgia Straight

D-Day Dinner with Boulot and Geulin

Pop-up dinners are thrown to celebrate everything from the arrival of morels to one's desire for money, but here we...
The Portland Mercury  |  05-24-2013  |  Blog Town, PDX

Jennifer Latham: Saga of $37 million verdict featured in alt-weekly anthology

Some stories are worth revisiting -- not just for the writing, although we like to think we do a good...
Westword  |  05-24-2013  |  Lastest Word

Craft Beer Events for Every Day of Memorial Day Weekend

Nothing marks the start of summer better than Memorial Day weekend. While many Angelenos unwisely clog freeways to get out...
L.A. Weekly  |  05-24-2013  |  Squid Ink

Wendy Williams on Ravers: 'They Take Drugs -- I Mean The Loopty-Doopty'

Usually people in the lamestream media get raves all wrong. It's not as if most journalists have even been to...
L.A. Weekly  |  05-24-2013  |  The Informer

Grub Street Chicago killed and other food news bites

• New York based-food blog Grub Street shut down all of its regional satellites including Grub Street Chicago. • The...
Chicago Reader  |  05-24-2013  |  The Food Chain

Garden Café Hosts Dinner and "Viva Les Amis" Screening Tonight

Tonight at Garden Café there will be a screening of the movie "Viva Les Amis," a documentary about the funky,...
Dallas Observer  |  05-24-2013  |  City of Ate

March Against Monsanto This Saturday: Senator Maria Lorts Sachs to Speak

The whole GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms) thing has been a big deal for quite some time now. After the failure...
Miami New Times  |  05-24-2013  |  Short Order

Photos: Corner House, Corner Office, TAG, Central and Le Grand win big at Toques & 'Tails

At last night's Toques and 'Tails cocktail and culinary bash at Casselman's Bar and Venue, a lively crowd showed up...
Westword  |  05-24-2013  |  Cafe Society

Give A Fuck About Yevtushenko

Do. by YEVTUSHENKO (Lo-Fi) I was recently handed a sticker that said nothing more than "Yevtushenko. ROOM FULL OF FUCKS."...
The Stranger  |  05-24-2013  |  Line Out

Kelly O Gets Down with the Clown

Insane Clown Posse play El Corazon tonight and tomorrow night. Tickets are still available here. Violent J, the Duke of...
The Stranger  |  05-24-2013  |  Slog

Proofreader.: This is the most laid-back project we've ever done

Indie singer-songwriter Adam Svec is super brainy. For one thing, aside from the whole music part, Svec is in the...
City Pages (Twin Cities)  |  05-24-2013  |  Gimme Noise
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Still Life

If not for love and art, Ndume Olatushani would have died on death row.
Nashville Scene  |  Laura Hutson  |  05-24-2013  |  Features

Been away for too long

Soundgarden returned from hiatus for right reasons—and the results are good.
Boulder Weekly  |  David Accomazzo  |  05-24-2013  |  Profiles & Interviews

A reality check on the Hallmark version of motherhood

Motherhood is the leading cause of poverty for single women. The problem is that we've come to accept this as the status quo when someone chooses to mother outside our cultural norm of marriage.
INDY Week  |  Crystal Hayes  |  05-24-2013  |  Commentary