Must-see entertainment in The USA
Oakland
Small neighborhood art-house cinema that's over 100 years old. It screens first-run Hollywood and independent films.
South Florida Cricket Alliance
Miami
Cricket in South Florida? Really? Oh yes. There’s a huge West Indian and Jamaican community in South Florida, plus a very sizable British expat population…
New Orleans
You’d think all manner of vice would be welcome in the Big Easy, but Harrah’s, near the foot of Canal St, doesn’t get much local love. It’s a big casino –…
Denver
Located 13 miles south of Denver, this place is only worth the drive if there's an act you've been dying to see. The theater is spacious enough but…
Upper West Side & Central Park
Named after an Egyptian obelisk that resides in Central Park, this slightly dated venue has live jazz and blues musicians playing nightly from 7pm or 8pm …
Las Vegas
Three different on-site venues at the Planet Hollywood casino resort – Axis, Sin City Theatre and Planet Hollywood Showroom – host headliners such as Gwen…
Chicago
The bang-'em-up sport of roller derby was born in Chicago in 1935, and it has made a comeback in recent years thanks to the battlin’ beauties of the Windy…
Chicago
Chicago Fire, the city's pro soccer team, plays March through October at Toyota Park in southwest suburban Bridgeview. It's a long haul to reach the…
Hudson Valley
A wide range of Broadway musicals are performed by professional actors at this summer-only theater-in-the-round, 14 miles northeast of Hudson. Productions…
Denver
The much-lauded Denver Broncos football team and the Denver Outlaws lacrosse team play at this stadium, 1 mile west of downtown. This 76,000-seat monster…
New Orleans
While Banks Street Bar is a quintessential neighborhood dive, it’s also renowned as a good place to catch local music seven nights a week. It's famous for…
New Orleans
The Rock 'N' Bowl is a strange combination of bowling alley, deli and huge live-music and dance venue, where patrons get down to New Orleans roots music…
Las Vegas
An experimental breed of raucous variety show, one-of-a-kind Absinthe mixes bawdy and surreal comedy with burlesque, cabaret and Cirque du Soleil–style…
Georgia
Dark and seedy, Soul Bar is a James Brown–dedicated Broad St staple lit by little more than a beckoning red light at the entrance and rows of colorful…
Pennsylvania
Here's some trivia: during Penn State football games, this stadium, which can seat over 106,000 spectators, becomes the third largest city in the state…
Las Vegas
A shining beacon for pop divas and rock bands, the Palms' 2500-seat concert hall has a sophisticated sound system. Comedy kingpins and modern rockers from…
Muntu Dance Theater of Chicago
Chicago
The word muntu means ‘the essence of humanity’ in Bantu. This company was founded in 1972 to perform African and American dances that draw on ancient and…
Denver
The food is horrible (think greasy processed cheese and stone-gray guacamole), but this classic piece of American (and Mexican) kitsch is so entrenched in…
Washington, DC
Columbia Station is an intimate spot to listen to nightly jazz and blues, and if you're on a budget it's especially appealing – it doesn't have a cover…
Chicago
Fresh from a new renovation, this 1920 Prairie-style venue on the lake brings in edgy, off-Loop companies to put on eight plays in eight weeks – basically…
Maxwell Blade Theatre of Magic
Arkansas
Magician Maxwell Blade operates a stage show that is well beloved by generations of Hot Springs regulars. Patrons get a family-friendly barrage of card…
Las Vegas
Live blues is definitely not the only game at this imitation Mississippi Delta juke joint. Big-name touring acts entertain the standing-room-only…
Georgia
With a gilded awning, and a staged graced by actors/comedians Charlie Chaplin and Milton Berle as well as ballet-dancer Anna Pavlova, the 100-year-old…
Alabama
The Creative Grape is great, but it's hard to categorize just exactly what this spot is: part wine bar, part craft-beer bar, part art studio, part…
The Marina, Fisherman’s Wharf & the Piers
Lou's presents live blues on Friday and Saturday nights and Sunday afternoons. Primarily a restaurant, it also has a few bar tables near the bandstand and…
San Francisco
Before John Woo, Ang Lee and Wong Kar-wai hit multiplex marquees, they brought down the house in the Four Star’s postage-stamp-sized screening rooms…
Seattle
Established in honor of famed Northwest poet Richard Hugo, and the nexus of Seattle’s literary community, the Hugo House hosts readings, classes and…
Las Vegas
This is the place to catch a movie Downtown, with its plush seating, luxe atmosphere and fancy menu of strong cocktails and chef-prepared eats delivered…
The Mission, Dogpatch & Potrero Hill
Get your salsa, rumba and bachata (Dominican dance) on at this high-ceilinged, stadium-sized Latin venue that books slick international touring acts. Most…
Las Vegas
It's a wicked adults-only scene at this R-rated comedic hypnotist's stage show, where audience members are gamely tested for suggestibility, then hauled…
Cajun Country
Combining a chic cocktail bar with a live-music performance venue is an interesting and, dare we say, very Lafayette idea. The Grouse Room largely pulls…
San Francisco
For people who swear they'll never sing in public, Encore lowers the stakes – this place is a dim rumpus room, where your audience lounges on Naugahyde…
Honolulu
This massive complex in what was the old Dole pineapple canning factory just west of Chinatown features 18 theaters, which play current-release films…
Venice Island Performing Arts & Recreation Center
Philadelphia
Bridges from Cotton and Lock Sts lead over to the small park on Venice Island where you'll find this 250-seat performing arts and recreation center.
Boulder
Seldom a pushover, rarely great, CU’s basketball team is always fun to watch because the competition is usually stiff. And like most great schools, it has…
Denver
This dive is a proving ground for acts from across the indie rock spectrum – last time we checked in, metalheads in clown makeup were sound-checking. With…
Midcoast Maine
Housed in a handsome, historic building, the Strand is Rockland's premier entertainment venue, and hosts variety shows, theatrical productions, live music…
Las Vegas
Formerly the controversial Club Paradise, the girls of this slick strip joint look as if they’ve stepped out of the pages of a men's magazine. Stripteases…
Seattle
Seattle’s main experimental-fringe theater group is the Annex whose 99-seat theater (with bar) inhabits the Pike–Pine corridor. The highlight for many is…
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