When a performer is a standard bearer and larger than life in his or her field, it's hard to escape knowing who that person is, even if you only have a passing interest in his or her art. This Phillyist isn't particularly interested in cinema or dramatic theater, for example, but still knows who Orson Welles and John Barrymore are, if only vaguely. Similarly, one cannot be familiar even in passing with modern dance and......

Twenty-four hours of -ist, condensed and brought to you by your favorite -ist of all. DCist: It seems to be a very pancakey day today. Especially for priests in purple. Austinist: We are now huge Michael Huff fans. And we're not even sure what he does (although we assume he plays baseball). Chicagoist tips us off that IHOP was giving out free pancakes till 2PM today. We don't know where we could find an IHOP......