All Houston Nightlife is Onscreen at Joystix's Pac-Man Fever
Joystix (1820 Franklin) is not a bustling nightlife spot by nature. As a matter of fact, it operates Mondays through Saturdays as a retailer of classic video-game and pinball machines. It's done so since 1987. But for the past 18 months or so, on the first and last Fridays of each month, Joystix op ...

Nightlife
Andrews-Dahill VFW Post 1531: Karaoke, Friday nights. (508) 994-2822. 477 Park St., New Bedford.

Sparky's rounds up country-style nightlife
Months ago it was called Sparky's Sports Bar. There are several sports bars in Carson City, but no bars where customers can ride - at their peril - the mechanical bull and enjoy country music.

Let's not party tonight!
People party noisily in flats and houses much to the chagrin of their neighbours. Metrolife does a reality check Bangalore?s party scene has surely changed. With many restrictions being imposed on the City?s nightlife, people have less places to choose from in terms of socialising.

Defying stereotype, nerdy Kendall Square wants some nightlife
Kendall Square?s got a lot going for it: state-of-the-art biotech and technology companies; hotels; and loads of smart people. What it doesn?t have is a variety of restaurants and retail stores. To solve that problem, a group of business leaders from Kendall Square has formed a business association whose aim will be to improve the atmosphere and infrastructure of the square in the coming years.

Nov. 19: Nightlife
? Eagles Lodge 1771, 217 E. Cleveland St.: Line dancing lessons ? 7 to 9 p.m. Mondays; 1-3 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays; Couple country lessons Tuesdays; DJ Jim King ? 8 p.m. to midnight.

Focus: Last call
It is past midnight, but the nightlife at the Fort Strip is just getting started. The air is steeped with booze, as the bars and clubs that sprouted in the area readily quench the thirst of patrons with the potion of their choice ? Ambassador, Green Apple-tini, Grape Escape, Lychee Martini and Metropolitan.

Help us celebrate the launching of our site
Join Metromix Honolulu ? www.honolulu.metromix.com ? from 10 tonight until early tomorrow morning at Pearl Ultralounge for a party celebrating the launch of the Honolulu Web site full of photos and details on local dining and nightlife options. It's free, with a bikini fashion show, prizes and benefits to the Surfrider Foundation.

BAD BLOOD BOILS
NIGHTLIFE legend turned blogger Steve Lewis and writer Frank Owen still hate each other. The two haven't gotten along since Owen, in his 2003 book "Clubland," accused Lewis, who designed hot spot Butter, of cooperating with the Drug Enforcement...

Bash Compactor: They?ve Stopped Being Polite, Started Getting Real
Friday night, the producers of The Real World?exiled from bars in Brooklyn?were shooting a nightlife scene in the East Village dive bar Plan B. ?Who are these people?? a redhead asked me as she watched Caitlin, the lithe, passable young tranny gyrating under the bright lights.

The New Landmark
CHRIS Esparza is no newbie when it comes to making nightlife happen in downtown San Jose. He started Ajax and Fuel 44, and is now the co-owner of the Naglee Park Garage. But his most recent project is probably his weirdest.

Tell Us About Your Adams Morgan Taxi Stand Experiences
As the Going Out Gurus reported last Friday , this past weekend marked the beginning of the long-awaited Adams Morgan Taxi Stand pilot program. As Ward 1 Council member Jim Graham published on his web site , the program is designed to reduce the killer traffic congestion on the 18th Street nightlife corridor on weekend nights. The pilot program, which currently is set to last 90 days, is ...

Is Prince William Behind Paris Hilton's Split With Benji Mad
Sources say the Prince's recent fondness for Paris may have been the final straw for Madden

Bollywood movie seen as a 'powerful postcard' for Miami
In a Mumbai theater last weekend, about 80 travel agents, tour operators and travel writers sat down for a screening of Dostana, the latest blockbuster to hit Indian movie screens. The night's sponsor: the Greater Miami tourism bureau, headquartered some 9,000 miles away.

Clarkston aims to showcase its multicultural heart
Clarkston actually does have what it calls a downtown, and no, it's not the area around Georgia Perimeter College. That's just outside the one square-mile city.

West Loop Hot Spot Adds Spice to Restaurant Row
Tired of the same old dining experience? Foodies are heading over to Chicago's Market District for a little taste of India.

Best of Vermont skiing
Looking for a few inside tips? The Globe has surveyed the scene from top to bottom and taken notes:

Serbia more than just another pretty country
Q: Next year's World Canals Conference is in Serbia, and we need help planning some sightseeing while we're there. Perhaps a riverboat ride on the Danube or hiking in one of the national parks? Can you recommend a travel agent who is familiar with the country?...

Scorgie's reunion will look back at the bedlam
Rolling Stone proclaimed it one of the best music clubs in America. Friday's Scorgie's reunion celebrates the dearly remembered music club, one of the wildest chapters in Rochester nightlife.

Scoopy's Notebook
Obama: ?Keep in touch?: Howard Hemsley, Barack Obama?s East Village/Lower East Side coordinator, tells us that the president-elect?s campaign office at 52 Broadway ? his only one in New York State, by the way ? coordinated more than 2 million phone calls on election weekend to Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida and Colorado.