Tablet News and Event Update

May's Scandal Issue of Tablet has hit the streets! Pick it up in our bright orange dropboxes, at all the coolest clubs, record stores, bars, coffee houses and hip retail businesses. The Scandal Issue is packed full of juicy stories, inside scoop and true confessions, as well as interviews and articles with Guitar Wolf, Fankick, Mercury Rev, Caribou, Grouphug.com, Defamer.com and much more. You can also check out Tablet online right now at http://tabletmag.com or better yet, help support Tablet by subscribing (plus you get three free CDs with any subscription, details below!).

Pick up the June issue of the Utne Reader, spin to page 88 and find our own "Popular Girls" column reprinted in this progressive international magazine. Major props go out to writer Miranda Pinero for not only writing one of Tablet's most popular monthly columns, but helping Tablet shine in the national media.

Tablet Sponsored Events:

Thursday May 19-Sunday June 12
Seattle International Film Festival
Seattle's annual film festival is just a few weeks away. They haven't announced the full line-up yet, we like many in Seattle, are waiting patiently. Tablet is not only sponsoring the festival but we will have five Tablet branded films. Stay tuned to our next newsletter for your chance to win tickets. Get the latest details on SIFF at http://www.seattlefilm.com/. And get Tablet's film reviews, inside scoop, gossip and SIFF party details at our growing SIFF blog, online at http://siffblog.com.

Saturday, May 21
The Rat City Rollergirls May Bout
Fast girls on skates, fast rock'n'roll and fast action! Derby Liberation Front, the Sockit Wenches, Throttle Rockets and Grave Danger battle it out in the rink with skates, fists and skill. DJ Boo Berry spins and Go Like Hell plays during halftime. Doors at 6pm at the Southgate Roller Rink (9646 17th Avenue SW). See http://www.ratcityrollergirls.com for all the details.

Saturday May 28-Mon May 30
Second Annual Northwest Punklife Festival
For $6 you can catch a ton of local and touring bands each day starting a 1pm at Seattle's Funhouse. Some of the highlights include Snitches Get Stitches, Canada's Gung Ho's, the Valley, Infect, Jimmy Flame, Thankless Dogs, the Primate 5, the Earaches, Arizona's Kill Baby Kill, Repeat Offenders, Canada's Raised By Wolves, the Blank Its, Potty Mouth Society, Rat City Ruckus, Everything in Ruins, Cali's Warsaw Poland Brothers, Spazms, Sledgeback, DJs the Rat City Roller Girls and more. Check out http://thefunhouseseattle.com for all the details.

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