It’s official: Due to relentless rain, the Waterfront is too soggy to support a concert even if–if!–the sun comes out today. Steve Earle and Aimee Mann will be at Memorial Auditorium tonight. And we’re still going to love it!

This article appears in Jul 8-14, 2009.

Pamela Polston is a contributing arts and culture writer and editor. She cofounded Seven Days in 1995 with Paula Routly and served as arts editor, associate publisher and writer. Her distinctive arts journalism earned numerous awards from the Vermont...