Provincetown
The Art House has two state-of-the-art stages featuring a variety of edgy theater performances, drag shows and cabarets.
Must-see entertainment in North America
Southwestern Ontario
This small theater keeps locals and visitors amused over its summer season, with productions celebrating Canadian works.
Sacramento
Sacramento's minor-league baseball team plays across the river at Raley Field, with views of the art-deco Tower Bridge.
Chicago
This venue at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) is used mostly for concerts and small-scale sporting events.
Cuernavaca
This theater near Jardín Juárez stages contemporary plays. A calendar of cultural events is posted at its entrance.
San Antonio
Trinity University’s Laurie Auditorium hosts a few musical concerts and dance and theater performances year-round.
Monterey
Waterfront dive showcases live local blues, jazz and rock bands nightly after 8:30pm or 9pm. Skip the food, though.
Portland
Live music nightly, with lots of beers on tap and generally low cover charges. See the website for what's playing.
Sarasota
This highly regarded nonprofit community theater stages popular Broadway musicals, new plays and collaborations.
Cancún
Screens mostly Hollywood movies. Some are shown in English with Spanish subtitles, others are dubbed in Spanish.
Sacramento & the Central Valley
Chico's contemporary gallery exhibits artworks, and hosts boundary-pushing literary readings, music and theater.
Austin
Far from downtown, Capitol City hosts national headliner comics. Mondays are often reserved for local talent.
Minneapolis
Rockabilly and country-tinged alt bands twang here. Check the website for an event calendar and ticket info.
San Diego
Situated in the Gaslamp Quarter, Horton Grant shows popular musicals and other Broadway-style productions.
Taos
Catch mainstream flicks at Taos' only movie house, a seven-screen theater right off Paseo del Pueblo Sur.
Tampa
This 21-plus comedy club in Ybor City brings the funny five nights a week with local and national acts.
Indiana
Bloomington's classic indie-music haunt, booking a steady flow of local and regional acts since 1973.
Black Hills
Hosts summer theater at a historic indoor venue. Expect a mix of big-name musicals and popular plays.
Cape Breton Island
In Glace Bay, 22km east of Sydney, the grand 1920 Savoy is the region's premier entertainment venue.
Sacramento & the Central Valley
Screens international and alternative films. Monday is 'cheap skate night,' with all seats just $4.
Sacramento
Classic, foreign and indie films screen at this historic 1938 movie house with a digital upgrade.
Morelia
This recently renovated cinema screens blockbusters in English with subtitles or dubbed Spanish.
Sacramento
The tiny back room of this cool dive hosts some of the best indie bands that come through town.
La Jolla
Come here for quality concerts at UCSD’s Mandeville Auditorium running from October to June.
San Joaquin Valley
This historic theater has stood here since 1934 and continues to put on films and live music.
Cape Cod
A beautifully restored, two-screen movie house dating from 1916. There's a cool cafe inside.
San Diego
PB’s main venue for live music books a solid lineup of rock, karaoke and sometimes comedy.
Berkeley
The ‘breeding ground for new performance’ in Berkeley has eclectic solo and comedy acts.
Georgian Bay
Hosts small-town productions of big-name musicals at its wonderful wooden lakeside theater.
Kauaʻi Community College Performing Arts Center
Lihuʻe
Venue for the annual Red Clay Jazz Festivals and classical, jazz and world-music concerts.
Whistler
Shows first-run flicks in the heart of the village. Discounted tickets (S8) on Tuesdays.
Sacramento & the Central Valley
Schedules and tickets to music, theater, dance, athletics and special events on campus.
Memphis
Huge, popular and loud, this Cajun-themed Beale St club hops every night to the blues.
Querétaro
Sponsors concerts, dance, theater and art events; stop by to view the bulletin board.
Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
Salt Lake City
Many of SLC Arts Council's dramatic and musical theater performances are staged here.
Tucson
For indie, art-house and foreign movies head to Loft Cinema, in business since 1972.
Alameda Central
This Cinemex branch screens mostly Hollywood movies and the occasional Mexican hit.
Catskills
Built in 1948, this lovely art deco movie theater is the only one for miles around.
Northern Minnesota
A popular downtown cinema specializing in limited-release, indie and foreign films.
