Pages tagged “the great escape”

Paste's Guide to International Summer Music Festivals

<em>Paste</em>'s Guide to International Summer Music Festivals

Sure, U.S. citizens can pretty well fill their summer calendars with music festivals here in the States, but there are plenty of great fests happening across the globe in the upcoming months. Whether you can actually facilitate a trip abroad or just want to daydream about hearing Vampire Weekend live in Japan, here’s a list of some Paste-approved summer music fests:...  read more

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The Fifteen Best Movie Escapes

The Fifteen Best Movie Escapes

This week, Ron Howard and Brian Grazer announced that they’re planning a reality show called The Great Escape, in which contestants will be challenged to escape from movie-inspired settings—prisons, islands, deserts—and rewarded with a cash prize if they do. Since we love Ron Howard, and we love movies, and we love escapes, here are 15 of the best cinematic getaways....  read more

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Extra Innings: 10 Films Proving Baseball is, in Fact, Life

Extra Innings: 10 Films Proving Baseball is, in Fact, Life

Although consistently warm weather doesn’t hit Cleveland until about mid-June, Indians Summer began for me last Monday when the Rangers put a hit (OK, a lot of hits) on my team in a 9-1 blowout. Ouch. But even though they lost the next four games, I have to keep telling myself it’s a long season, comprised of 162 games averaging nearly three hours a pop taking place in the months where everyone is out doing something—enjoying life to the fullest. Yes, baseball is more than just another sport. It’s memories, nostalgia, friends, family, innocence, romance, scorching summer days, hometown pride,...  read more

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