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Book Review: Ask for a Convertible

Check out my review of Danit Brown’s debut, Ask for a Convertible. Here’s a little taste for ya:
“Ask for a Convertible follows Osnat’s struggle to find her place in America, and later, Israel, along with a handful of other characters that link back to Osnat immediately — like her homesick mother — or later on, […]

City Picks: First Fridays, Putt-putt, Into the Woods, Shark Week

EVENT | You’re gonna need a bigger boat
Duh-nuh. Duh-nuh. It’s coming. After 21 years on the Discovery Channel, Shark Week is cable’s longest-running programming event, and this year’s fishy festivities will be on-air through Sat. Aug. 2. But if your eyes start to get fuzzy from all the man-eating action, head on over to the […]

Water Balloon Fight, Anyone?

This just in from our Scene girl Svetlana Minx:
Sunday Fun Day, Sun. July 27, 2-9 p.m. Hazel Parker Playground. 70 East Bay St.
Get ready for: a water balloon fight, competitive picnicking, potato sack racing, human wheelbarrow racing, Twister, bocce, croquet, badminton, kites, and more.
What you need to bring: WATER BALLOONS!
Other fun things to […]

Dispatched: Sharapova makes it look easy as anticipation builds for Maria vs. Serena

We can’t make this stuff up
By Josh Eboch
On Monday, Maria Sharapova told me that her game gets stronger and her confidence grows as tournaments progress. If that holds true this week, the rest of the field at the Family Circle Cup is in big trouble. Sharapova decimated second round opponent Bethanie Mattek, 6-0 6-0, en […]

Family Circle Cup Media Day: Chatting With Serena and Maria

What a racket
By Josh Eboch
Yesterday, I went toe to toe with two of the biggest names in women’s tennis: Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova. Alas, I wasn’t the only reporter in the room, but the small crowd made for a great opportunity to ask the superstars a few personal questions.
When Sharapova entered the media tent, […]

City Picks: Bridge Run, Baseball, Flowertown Festival, Cajun Fest, This War Is Live, Sipping Jetstreams,

THEATER | Move over, Geraldo
In April, The Footlight Players present the final performance of their second LateNight Series season. An original play, This War Is Live was written by Jeff Messer and is directed by J.C. Conway. Live tells the story of a group of embedded war correspondents in Iraq during 2003, as a devastatingly […]

Rant: Skinny Starlets

Like many people (mainly women, in fact every woman I know), I’ve been working hard to get in shape for bikini season. Cutting back the calories, exercising, etc. I’ll admit I’ve gotten a bit obsessive about it at times (like most women I know), but this article helped me put things in perspective a bit. […]

City Picks: Art Walk, SoCon, Black Expo, Tom Jones, and more

ART | Walk it out
It’s time once again for the quarterly French Quarter Art Walk, with a whole new crop of openings and events (and hors d’oeuvres and wine) to keep you coming back. On Queen Street, the Corrigan Gallery opens a show called Southern Remains, featuring the works of Kevin Bruce Parent and Gordon […]

Zombie Bar Crawl TONIGHT

EVENT | Dress to kill… Or be killed!
The recent zombie outbreak has continued to spread across the peninsula since the first members of the undead were spotted exiting Magnolia Cemetery last Thursday. Law enforcement officials are bracing for one of the most intense zombie influxes yet on Wednesday night. Officers were tipped off by the […]

Rock of Love Spoof

As much as I try to avoid it, sometimes really, really bad TV just sucks me in. Which is why I’ve been watching Rock of Love II religiously every Sunday night. This SNL spoof is pretty dead-on … though the show is so ridiculous, it’s almost funnier than the spoof. My favorite girl in the […]

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