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41. Live Wire

    The Claudia Quintet

    By Steve Jansen

    Published: April 10, 2008

    Picture some of the most in-demand NYC-based musicians with a bent toward jazz forming a band. Now, imagine that the group stays together for more than a decade without...

42. Needle Exchange

    Obscura

    By Benjamin Leatherman

    Published: April 10, 2008

    In their chart-topping single "You! Me! Dancing!" the indie Britpoppers of Los Campesinos! describe how a raucous club night in their native Wales is filled with much dancing...

43. Turntable

    Seven nights of DJs and dancing

    Published: April 10, 2008

    THURSDAY 10 Axis/Radius: Divine Ladies Night (Top 40, dance) Blooze Bar: DJ El Dedo (rockabilly) Bunkhouse: DJ Doom (dance) Casey Jones: Da Gutter Thursdays...

44. Cafe

    Frozen yogurt makes its cultural comeback

    By Michele Laudig

    Published: April 10, 2008

    Pop culture is conspiring to give me a major flashback. From leggings to neon-colored sneakers, hipster kids are dressing like it's the end of the Reagan era. The Police, who...

45. Film

    Street Kings makes an attempt at gritty cop drama and ends up with Keanu Reeves

    By Tim Grierson

    Published: April 10, 2008

    For a movie built around questions of failed ethics and duplicitous behavior, Street Kings is just as dishonest as its characters. Though conceived as yet another sobering...

46. Film

    You don't have to be in Mensa to see Smart People's obvious ending

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: April 10, 2008

    Smart people got no reason to live — and, sure, that's not quite how Randy Newman sang it, but the point stands. Because in Noam Murro's directorial bow — one of...

47. Stage

    Pulp at Stray Cat Theatre puts the sass of dyke-y dimestore novels on stage

    By Robrt L. Pela

    Published: April 10, 2008

    I practically forgot where I was the other night (I was at Stray Cat Theatre, watching their production of Pulp) once the play commenced and Johanna Carlisle got busy playing a...

48. Backstage Pass

    Patricia Kane on karate books, dressing as Ethel Merman, and her new play Pulp

    By Robrt L. Pela

    Published: April 10, 2008

    You may not find her in Ethel Merman drag ever again, but you might bump into playwright Patricia Kane when she's dressed in karate whites and muttering French conjugations to...

49. Brown Town

    James Garcia's Dream Act puts the spotlight on the obstacles immigrant children face in the fight for citizenship

    By Marcos Najera

    Published: April 10, 2008

    Thank God for people like James Garcia. He's a friend and colleague, so it's not hard to sing his praises. But this time, I must do so publicly. The local playwright,...

50. Theater Scene

    Reviews and previews of what's on Valley stages now

    By Robrt L. Pela

    Published: April 10, 2008

    To Kill a Mockingbird: The impossible has occurred: There is, at the Herberger, a professional production in which the entire (and rather long) first act is held merrily aloft...

51. Game On

    Viking: Battle for Asgard sets sail for a shallow game play experience

    By Gary Hodges

    Published: April 10, 2008

    Viking: Battle for Asgard shows promise, but not much more. It's nice when a game comes along that pleasantly surprises you. I admit, I judged Viking: Battle for Asgard by the...