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City Life: Newswire: The A.V. Club and The Onion have come to Providence so we’re throwing a party

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:00:00 -0600

The empire ruled by The A.V. Club and The Onion continues to grow and the latest city to be added to this empire is Providence, Rhode Island. Both publications are now available in the streets of The Creative Capital so tomorrow, Thursday December 8, we’re throwing a party. It all goes down at Fete Music (103 Dike Street) with doors opening at 8:30 p.m. Musical entertainment will be provided by Jeff Pitchell & Texas Flood, there will be drink specials all night long, and the evening will be hosted by legendary and (in)famous former mayor Buddy ...

City Life: Newswire: The A.V. Club job alert: City Editor in Indianapolis

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:50:00 -0600

Ah, Indianapolis, The Circle City, home of the Colts, Gen Con, and a city that stands in the shadow of nearby Pawnee. And, soon, a new home to The A.V. Club and its sister publication, The Onion. So editors in the Indianapolis area, take heed: The A.V. Club is coming to town and we’re in the market for a City Editor. (For the more business-minded people, we're also looking for a Territory Manager and Client Support Staff.) Think you have what it takes? Here’s what you need to know: The A.V. Club is looking ...

City Life: Newswire: The A.V. Club comes to Omaha and Santa Fe

Fri, 27 May 2011 11:00:00 -0500

Earlier this year, The A.V. Club and its sister publication The Onion expanded our empire to include the city of Philadelphia. We're happy to announce we've now added two more hamlets where residents can find our papers hitting the streets every Thursday—Omaha and Santa Fe—thus continuing to grow our vast media empire by staking claims in both the Great Plains and the Southwest. This won't be the last new city we expand into, though, so keep an eye out for more announcements in the coming weeks and months. And to the good people of ...

City Life: Newswire: Download our WaitList app or suffer the consequences

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:00:00 -0500

In our ongoing effort to consume as much food as quickly as possible, we here at The A.V. Club have been hard at work with Invoke to develop this: WaitList, an iPhone app aimed at tracking wait times at bars and eateries across the U.S. The idea grew out of our Chicago office's obsession with Anthony Bourdain-approved gourmet hot-dog joint Hot Doug's, which serves amazing dogs but at the cost of an hour-plus line. We then created a Chicago-focused tipline and Twitter feed, which grew into the nationwide app. So you don't need to ...