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Be sure to check out our brand spanking new calendar. This week, our top picks include Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, this Saturday at The Attucks, the first indie music concert of the Discovery Music Series; and Virginia Opera’s La Boheme at the Harrison Opera House this Friday evening and Sunday afternoon. (To list your event, email us at calendar@24sevencities.com.)

And now our top seven stories from the last week:

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1 “Should I Have Married Mr. Good Enough?” asks our single-life writer Mira Boykin

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3 How Juliet Met Romeo: A Preview of //romeo&juliet/ @ The Virginia Stage Company

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4  The Bravery: CageFest 9 @ The Ted

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5 The Myth of Matt Sesow: The Best Living Artist You’ve Never Heard Of

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6 Take That, Facebook!: How To Back-Up Everything on Your Facebook

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7 Confessions of a Farm Wife: I Eat Junk Too

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• We’ve also got tons of awesome coverage from ODU’s Literary Festival.
• New videos posted.
• Eight days left for our literature contest.
• And as always we shamelessly request your friendship to our Facebook.