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Bomberos Closing Its Doors This Sunday

I'm so sad for Sunnyslope. One of the hippest hangouts in the neighborhood -- one that really upped the area's cool quotient -- is counting down the hours until it goes dark.It looks like Bomberos Cafe & Wine Bar really is going to close its doors for good, after failing...
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Randy Newman at The Arizona Biltmore

Randy NewmanThe Arizona BiltmoreSunday, May 29Randy Newman doesn't need to tour. Grab a singer/songwriter record from the early '70s, why don't you. Look on the back, where the songwriting credits are. Chances are you see Newman's name next to at least one of the songs. Maybe you saw Toy Story,...
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Independent Party

It may be a small island nation, but the Dominican Republic has given us so much, such as Oscar de la Renta, sugar cane, and half of baseball’s major league. Celebrate the 167th anniversary of the small country’s battle for independence at the 6th annual Dominican Festival at Club Trinity...
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Sundays at The Roosevelt

Looking for something to do this week? "Night Owl" is a quick guide to special nights at bars and clubs around town. We'll give you a few hints re: cover, dress code, music and atmosphere. Sunday night marks "Sundays" at The Roosevelt.  Happy hour at The Roosevelt. The Roosevelt is...
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Gross Point

Americans will do anything to avoid getting older or fatter. Stomach stapling is on the rise, Botox is in like high-waisted jeans, and older celebs such as Joan Rivers and Cher have more fillers than an Oscar Meyer wiener. Local artist Benjamin Phillips makes physical imperfections hard to ignore in...
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Rocky Votolato at Rhyhtm Room Last Night

Rocky VotolatoRhythm RoomSunday, February 27Last night, while film geeks dressed to the nines for Oscar parties, indie folk fans flocked to the Rhythm Room in casual attire for an evening with Rocky Votolato and Matt Pond, both of whom celebrate over ten years of music experience. Rocky Votolato stopped by...
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Academy Announces 83rd Oscar Nominations

The Social Network and The King's Speech would first like to thank the academy for a boatload of nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards (live on February 27). Oscar nominees were released this morning by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and it's looking like a good year...
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Canibus @ Club Red

Canibus is probably best remembered for his feuds with LL Cool J, Wyclef Jean, and Eminem, but the Jamaican-born rapper has kept busy in the years since those famous tiffs of the late '90s and early '00s. Outside of a two-year stint in the U.S. Army, Canibus has remained prolific...
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Sucker Punch: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute it with Dragons

Besides doing fun relationship stuff like arguing about how to discipline our dog, New Times blogger Tyler Hughes and his girlfriend, Jackie Cronin, go to the movies. Tyler: Wow, that was like a steam punk, anime, video game nerd's wet dream. I think we just saw someone's wet dream in movie...
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A Neophyte Roman General Flies Like The Eagle

The Eagle, directed by Kevin Macdonald and adapted from Rosemary Sutcliff's 1954 historical novel, The Eagle of the Ninth, a bestselling tale of second-century Roman legions and youthful derring-do on the far side of Hadrian's Wall, is a thunderous boys' adventure of the old-school type — there's not a female...
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Brief Encounters: A Showcase For Academy-Anointed Shorts

In past years, the theatrical release of the Oscar-nominated live-action and animated shorts has provided a fun peek into intriguing bite-size cinema from across the globe. But for the 2011 edition, the series is at last making room for the five nominated documentary shorts as well. Unfortunately, this year's nonfiction...
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Arkin is Coming!

You probably know him as the grouchy grandpa with a heart of gold in Little Miss Sunshine. Perhaps, if you’ve been around long enough, you recall his yowza performance in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter or his star turn in Norman Jewison’s The Russians are Coming, The Russians are...
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Summer Guide: Movies

So begins the summer movie season, when we willingly pay to see movies we know will be bad. But between the raunchy comedies (A Good Old Fashioned Orgy) and silly sequels (Spy Kids 4, Final Destination 5) — some of which we'll love! — are some intriguing flicks well worth...
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Mildred Pierce: A New Version of the Noir Classic Stays Close to the Source

This week's big movie may be found on TV. Arch-independent filmmaker Todd Haynes makes a characteristically sidelong move toward the mainstream with his five-part miniseries Mildred Pierce, which starts this Sunday on HBO. Haynes, the most academic yet mass-culture-minded of U.S. indie directors, began his career in the late Reagan...