Art Openings This Weekend (July 18-20) Fri, July.18th 7-10PM ($35 admission / after 10PM - $25 admission) Club 740 740 S. Broadway in Los Angeles ?Art Visionary Los Angeles? put together by Alex and Allyson Grey with Chet Zar, Guy Aitchison, Michelle Wortman, Saber, Wendy Klein, Jarrett DeMartino and more all painting live along with a number of panel discussions before the main live painting performance, video art, music and dance commence ? a very rare opportunity to see these masters paint live www.740la.com www.cosm.org.Corey Smith Concerts Tickets.

For the Love of God: Get Rid of the SI Pop Culture Grid Tickets, Athletes are interesting, multi-faceted people, with unique interests and compelling opinions. This.nceit that Sports Illustrated, as well as other sports magazines, expects you to buy into on a regular basis, none moreso than with their Pop Culture Grid, published every issue. The PCG takes a cross-section of athletes from different sports, and asks them to fill in the blanks to a series of easily answered first-person statements relating at least vaguely to pop culture, publishing.

Chicago?s JVC Jazz Festival As I mentioned in an earlier post today, there is a jazz festival in the Chicago are. This is known as the JVC Jazz Festival and they apparently do festivals all over the country. I also appears to be performances at a whole variety of very cool Chicago jazz clubs. From their website (linked above) the line up is: Friday, July 18, 2008 Pat Benatar .&.Ne.il Giraldo House of Blues 329 N. Dearborn Street (312) 923-2000 Doors open at 7:30pm Show at 9pm Tickets: Standing only: $45.50 Age. Corey Smith Tickets.

MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee Bucks have signed guard Tyronn Lue and forward Malik Allen, giving new coach Scott Skiles two more veterans to work with. Cheap Corey Smith Tickets, MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee Bucks have signed guard Tyronn Lue and forward Malik Allen, giving new coach Scott Skiles two more veterans to work with. Basketball News Bucks sign G Tyronn Lue, F Malik Allen AP - Thu Jul 17, 6:59 PM ETMILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee Bucks have signed guard Tyronn Lue and forward Malik Allen, giving new coach Scott Skiles two more veterans to work with. View: Headlines Only | Include Summaries | Include Photos NBA big guns give Germany the edge Reuters.

Wolves 88, Blazers 78 Concerts, Wolves 88, Blazers 78 Posted on July 18th, 2008 ? 12:23 AM By Jerry Zgoda The Wolves won their first Vegas summer-league game in three tries. Craig Smith played 19 minutes in his debut after signing a new two-year contract earlier in the day and it looks like K.L. just keeps getting better with his third double-double (26 and 15) that overcame Jerryd Bayless? 29 and just could be another step in winning over the unconverted (and all those Kevin McHale haters). Since I'm back in Minneapolis.

Las Vegas NBA Summer League - Day 7 Day 7 of the Las Vegas NBA Summer League is underway, so here are the boxscores along with a rundown of the action so far: (Links for previous days at the bottom) Game 1 Boxscore: Dallas Mavericks 79 Detroit Pistons 73 Notables: Shan Foster, DAL: 11 points, 5-10 FG, 2 rebounds Gerald Green, DAL: 8 points, 2-6 FG, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 1 block Jajuan Smith, DAL: 2 points, 1-4 FG, 1 rebound, 2 assists, 1 steal Charles Rhodes, DAL: 10 points, 3-7 FG, 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block. Corey Smith.

NBA Summer League: Liveblogging Day 7 House of Blues Dallas, By Maurice Brooks Afflalo Impresses ESPN's David Thorpe says that Arron Afflalo has been one of the best players here at summer league. While I've been most impressed with Portland's Jerryd Bayless and Golden State's Marco Belinelli, Afflalo does deserve to be in the conversation. Here are Thorpe's thoughts on Afflalo.".Every team likes a backup player to either be solid or to bring a spark off the bench - think Eddie House, think Jannero Pargo, those are spark guys as two guards. Afflalo.

Pass the Mic: NBA Vegas Summer League Live Blog Dallas, Pass the Mic: NBA Vegas Summer League Live Blog By Dime Magazine Chris Bosh's little bro needs a big game. Six games on the Vegas Summer League schedule today, with three of them airing on NBA TV: * Mavericks/Pistons, 4 p.m. EST ? Normally we'd pick Rodney Stuckey and Arron Afflalo to make light work of Dallas? backcourt of Keith McLeod and Renaldas Seibutus, but Stuckey missed Detroit's last game with an injured toe, and the team looked awful without him. Also check for Gerald Green.

Smith to sign, Love impresses Smith to sign, Love impresses Posted on July 17th, 2008 ? 8:20 AM By Jerry Zgoda Craig Smith is the first of the Wolves? own free agents to reach an agreement with the team, coming to terms on a two-year deal he will sign when he is expected to join the summer-league team in Las Vegas today. Now how, or if, Smith will play in the remaining three games is uncertain, but since the summer team's practice days all have passed, it wouldn't make much sense for him to travel from his home. TX.

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