Happy first weekend of September - and happy Labor Day weekend, too, for our American cities! Let's take a look at what's been happening around the Ist-a-verse. The deaths of two firefighters shook Bostonist this week. Boston's firefighters bent over backwards all week long - first, they fought flames pouring from the Boston Tea Party museum, and then a restaurant fire killed two and injured many more. Their efforts make everything else - like Tom......

We don't know about where you are, but it seems like spring can't decide whether or not to happen. Some days are warm, some days are cold, and sometimes you aren't sure which. Baseball may have started up (and soccer/football winding down) but it still seems cold out there. Unless it's not. Anyways, onto the -ists. Austinist happily anticipated fall's Austin City Limits, even though they're not fully recovered from South By Southwest. In other......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela: The Scribe Video Center presents the Philadelphia Premiere of this personal, South African film about apartheid. Director Thomas Allen Harris will be on hand. At the International House (3701 Chestnut Street). 7PM. $10 Jamie Lidell: Jamie Lidell & Jimmy Edgar at the First Unitarian Church (2125 Chestnut St.). $10 at 8PM The Gathering: "Philly's longest running Hip Hop event." 10PM - 2AM at......