Big Week: 15 terrific things to do (and eat)
Plus: Public Defender's office overwhelmed, Super Bowl food fests, 'The Book of Mormon,' more....
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SKETCHFEST GIVEAWAYS! WIN TICKETS TO SEE JODIE SWEETIN AND THOMAS LENNON
We've got a pair of tickets each for these great shows to give away!
FRI/23 at Great American Music Hall: Thomas Lennon & Friends Sing The Smiths with The Sweet and Tender Hooligans with Ana Gasteyer, Ben Gibbard, Tony Hale, Natasha Leggero and more
and
SAT/24 at BATS Bayfront Theatre: Smoke Show with Jodie Sweetin with Sara Benincasa, Michael Hitchcock, and M.K. Paulsen, with an opening set by Austin Kress
TO ENTER: Email marke@48hills.org by Thu/22 at mdnight with either "Jodie" or "Thomas" in the title and your full name in the body. Winners will be informed Friday morning and chosen at random. Good luck!
Today's headlines:
BIG WEEK: Arooj Aftab, Atrium Art Fair, Found Footage Fest, Mark Morris on the moon…
By 48 Hills Arts Team
Endzeit takes Pier 29, Tiny Croissanterie pops up, Fuzz leaves the garage, Josh Kornbluth returns, more to do this week
Why the Public Defender’s Office can’t take all the felony cases City Hall is forcing on us
By Tim Redmond
The mayor's anti-crime agenda has a cost—and the indigent clients of Public Defender Mano Raju shouldn't be paying it
Good Taste: Super Bowl scores with local food fests
By Tamara Palmer
Family Style Food Fest, Taste of the NFL, Super Bowl Crab Feed—the big game week is packing snacks.
Drama Masks: Does ‘The Book of Mormon’ hold up in darker times?
By Charles Lewis III
'South Park' creators' Broadway smash returns at 15. Plus: Killing My Lobster popped back in with a sexy mime competition.
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