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Welcome to the World of Anna Sui, Where More Is More Detroit

Welcome to the World of Anna Sui, Where More Is More

Cranbrook Art Museum’s first fashion-focused show in years is a dizzying, joyful retrospective of the Metro Detroit native’s work.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
23 Oct 2026 · 3 min read
Gilla Band Melted My Brain, and I Loved It Detroit

Gilla Band Melted My Brain, and I Loved It

Maybe there’s still hope out there for bizarre, avant-garde music.

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
23 Oct 2026 · 3 min read
DJ Ryan’s New Release of the Week: Hot Chip’s “Random Violence” All Over

DJ Ryan’s New Release of the Week: Hot Chip’s “Random Violence”

The synth-pop band’s new single is a beautiful send-off to a friend.

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Ryan Patrick Hooper
23 Oct 2026 · 2 min read
A Robot Love Story with all the Feels Detroit

A Robot Love Story with all the Feels

The Tony-winning musical’s high-tech staging is dazzling, but it’s the human questions underneath that stick.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
23 Oct 2026 · 2 min read
Utility Works Welcomes The Goodbye Party Philadelphia

Utility Works Welcomes The Goodbye Party

That band plus Raavi and Carmen Perry played a show at a Lansdowne maker space.

  • Go to the profile of  Tyler Maxwell
Tyler Maxwell
23 Oct 2026 · 3 min read
The Artist Behind The Architecture Philadelphia

The Artist Behind The Architecture

A new exhibition is paying dues to a Philly architect described as "the most important Puerto Rican artist you've never heard of."

  • Go to the profile of  Nora Grace-Flood
Nora Grace-Flood
23 Oct 2026 · 6 min read
Restoring The Past For The Future Hartford

Restoring The Past For The Future

Conserving Artemisia Gentileschi's Hercules and Omphale Wadsworth Atheneum Hartford Oct. 22, 2026 The 2020 Beirut Port explosion killed more than 200 people, left 300,000 displaced and caused

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
23 Oct 2026 · 3 min read
Black Writers & The Fires All The Time New Haven

Black Writers & The Fires All The Time

Two concurrent exhibits display Black writers' historic pursuit of artistic freedom.

  • Go to the profile of  Brian Slattery
Brian Slattery
22 Oct 2026 · 7 min read
Singer Chloe Kimes Makes Fearlessness Look Fun Detroit

Singer Chloe Kimes Makes Fearlessness Look Fun

The singer, a Michigan native by way of Nashville, played to a room of friends, family, and fans of her viral hit “Coors Light.”

  • Go to the profile of  Leyland DeVito
Leyland DeVito
22 Oct 2026 · 2 min read
Let’s Make The Native American Day Song Swap At Cain’s An Annual Thing Tulsa

Let’s Make The Native American Day Song Swap At Cain’s An Annual Thing

Capping a citywide celebration, this night centered Indigenous music and dance on Tulsa's most iconic stage

  • Go to the profile of  Lindsey Claire Smith
Lindsey Claire Smith
22 Oct 2026 · 3 min read
Hip-Hop 101 Philadelphia

Hip-Hop 101

A tribute band remembers The Roots greatest hits at Fringe Bar.

  • Go to the profile of  John Morrison
John Morrison
22 Oct 2026 · 2 min read
Life's "Glory" Basked In Hartford

Life's "Glory" Basked In

Xavier Serrano gives Jamil a musical and spiritual birthday present at Audio Feed.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
21 Oct 2026 · 2 min read
Malcolm Gladwell Wants an Honest Conversation About Guns All Over

Malcolm Gladwell Wants an Honest Conversation About Guns

“The American Way of Killing” asks what we’ve misunderstood about U.S. violence.

  • Go to the profile of  Jenn McKee
Jenn McKee
21 Oct 2026 · 3 min read
BirdTok-Obsessed? Wait Till You See These Paintings Tulsa

BirdTok-Obsessed? Wait Till You See These Paintings

Feathers, flight, and a plea not to be forgotten in Zia Daugherty's solo exhibit at Positive Space

  • Go to the profile of  Ariana Jakub Brandes
Ariana Jakub Brandes
21 Oct 2026 · 5 min read
Folk Noir, Down To Earth

Folk Noir, Down To Earth

Belle of the Fall haunts (in a good way) the Old State House Square food court.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
20 Oct 2026 · 2 min read
"Dracula" Reimagined Hartford

"Dracula" Reimagined

Despite structural flaw, Hartford Stage's "Dracula" is worth the watch

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
20 Oct 2026 · 3 min read
Kim Hee Jong scream-sings into the mic on stage, wearing a white shirt. You can see the letters SM and below that, G. Gwangju

Punk Optimism Carries the Day

At Gwangju's Club Boojik.

  • Go to the profile of  Jisu Sheen
Jisu Sheen
20 Oct 2026 · 3 min read
The Beastie Boys Are Back In Town Philadelphia

The Beastie Boys Are Back In Town

Or, at least, band member Mike D has returned to the scene after stepping back on stage with a new sound.

  • Go to the profile of  John Morrison
John Morrison
20 Oct 2026 · 2 min read
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