LAist was comped front row seats by the Dodgers due to Malingering being struck by a foul ball last week, and she came back with some great photos, and earlier made fun of 4th of July on Venice Beach. But the biggest stories of the week was that the Mayor's Hot Tamale was revealed, and that a Kwik-E-Mart was erected in Burbank. Phillyist was busy doing the Fourth of July up right, exercising their......

Even though we are way way past school age, we still get a little melancholy at the close of summer. Fortunately, our friends across the -ist network know that the shenanigans don't need to end just because the big yellow buses are back on the roads. So, grab your sunscreen and your favorite hangover cure, as we take a tour of end of summer fun from -ist cities all over the damn place. SFist......

The line up for the 2006 Human Rights Watch International Film Festival has been announced. This year from the 15th to the 25th of March you'll be able to see a host of worthy cinema across some of London's better arty venues, namely the Ritzy, the ICA, the Gate as well as the Greenwich and Clapham Picture Houses. The benefit gala though kicks off at the Curzon Mayfair with Ralph Fiennes stroke Donald Sutherland......

The Firecracker Showcase opens tonight with a bittersweet romance from mainland China. Nuan tells the story of one man's return to the village he grew up in and the people he left behind, most notably the title character, Nuan, his first love. The film follows the few days he is back home coupled with flashbacks explaining how it was he came to leave and how the life of the headstrong Nuan took a very......