Oh, Canada! In honor of Canada Day, Canadians Abroad put on a party at House of Blues Sunset Strip for those well-mannered folks from the Great White North. Canadian comedians warmed up the red-and-white clad crowd early on, but from the "SLOOOOOO-OOOOAAAAN!" chants that filled the venue it was clear that the Sloan boys were the real draw. (If you're not familiar with the band, think Pavement and early Spoon; underrated but killing it since the early 90s, these guys have the whole rock thing down - check out personal favorites The Other Man and Don't Believe a Word as good entry points.) more ›

First Canada has to beat us to the punch by celebrating their Thanksgiving an entire month before ours. Now their "nation's birthday" is three days before ours? Like that's a coincidence. Way to steal our thunder, neighbor to the north. more ›

What with Paris Hilton's release earlier this week and the upcoming celebration of American Independence (sorry, Londonist!), we've been thinking a lot about freedom. Freedom to vote, freedom to choose, and most importantly, freedom to blog. Here are a few things we're happy we've been free to blog about this week. more ›

On Monday we plan on being in someone's backyard, beer in one hand, grilled meat product in another, head turned skyward to look at falling bits of colored light (or we could head out to some of these spots for more intense fireworks and Fourth-of-July action). So we've got the holiday covered. What about the rest of the weekend? Here are some quirky, cultural, and historical things going on around town--lots of them are FREE, too--that might be worth checking out this long weekend. Or, you could just stay home. We'll never know! more ›