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Funky Fun, Fun, Fun at Yoshi’s Oakland

Funky Fun, Fun, Fun at Yoshi’s

An international sensation always comes home for the holidays.

  • Go to the profile of  Tony Daquipa
Tony Daquipa
30 Dec 2025 · 3 min read
Imperfect People All Over

Imperfect People

A dysfunctional family wins our hearts in Catherine Newman's "Wreck."

  • Go to the profile of  Jenn McKee
Jenn McKee
30 Dec 2025 · 3 min read
A Quiet Ferry to the Afterlife All Over

A Quiet Ferry to the Afterlife

Frode Grytten’s novel is a meditation on the quiet weight of a life fully lived.

  • Go to the profile of  Vita Hewitt
Vita Hewitt
29 Dec 2025 · 2 min read
RoboCop Finally Lands In Detroit

RoboCop Finally Lands In Detroit

Ryan Patrick Hooper on what took so long.

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
24 Dec 2025 · 2 min read
Peel Back The Husks Detroit

Peel Back The Husks

A 2nd take on "Shucked": It's more than a light musical comedy.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
24 Dec 2025 · 3 min read
Honey, Get Me Rewind

Honey, Get Me Rewind

A "Free Blockbuster Box" prepares us for the eventual culture-conglomerate apocalypse.

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
24 Dec 2025 · 2 min read
Brothers’ Yemeni Tea Warms Up Orange Street New Haven

Brothers’ Yemeni Tea Warms Up Orange Street

A top-secret spice blend adds new flavor to downtown.

  • Go to the profile of  Jisu Sheen
Jisu Sheen
24 Dec 2025 · 5 min read
Zoo Sheds Light On Inner Child Philadelphia

Zoo Sheds Light On Inner Child

Happy holidays from the Philadelphia Zoo.

  • Go to the profile of  Emily Cohen
Emily Cohen
24 Dec 2025 · 4 min read
Aw, "Shucked!" Detroit

Aw, "Shucked!"

Big laughs and numbers, less depth in Fisher Theatre's "Shucked."

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
24 Dec 2025 · 2 min read
Getting Lost In The Mail All Over

Getting Lost In The Mail

Virginia Evans' epistolary novel "The Correspondent" unpacks an elderly woman's fears, grief, and guarded heart

  • Go to the profile of  Jenn McKee
Jenn McKee
24 Dec 2025 · 4 min read
Why These Baskets Are Art Baton Rouge

Why These Baskets Are Art

Functionality and beauty coexist at Native American "Weaving Nature" exhibit.

  • Go to the profile of  Serena Puang
Serena Puang
24 Dec 2025 · 3 min read
At A Honduh Daze Show, Balloons, Stand-Up Comedy, And Sales Pitches Are All Part Of The Punk Act Tulsa

At A Honduh Daze Show, Balloons, Stand-Up Comedy, And Sales Pitches Are All Part Of The Punk Act

This show blew me away—and probably damaged my hearing

  • Go to the profile of  Steve Gerkin
Steve Gerkin
23 Dec 2025 · 5 min read
Live-Scoring A Witch Hunt: Dustin Edward Howard’s Winter Solstice Tradition Tulsa

Live-Scoring A Witch Hunt: Dustin Edward Howard’s Winter Solstice Tradition

“Häxan” is devastating, disturbing, and a great way to bring in the darkest night of the year

  • Go to the profile of  Alicia Chesser
Alicia Chesser
23 Dec 2025 · 5 min read
Some Bang. Lots Of Bucks Baton Rouge

Some Bang. Lots Of Bucks

Is Louisiana Lights worth $24.76 a ticket?

  • Go to the profile of  Serena Puang
Serena Puang
23 Dec 2025 · 3 min read
A Holiday Trip Back To Hudson's Detroit

A Holiday Trip Back To Hudson's

Historical Museum recaptures the former downtown department story's glory.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
23 Dec 2025 · 4 min read
‘Tis the Season For Fundraisers Oakland

‘Tis the Season For Fundraisers

A mixture of live blues and electronic music spreads cheer at Eli’s in support of Street Spirit.

  • Go to the profile of  Tony Daquipa
Tony Daquipa
23 Dec 2025 · 3 min read
Pandemic-Honed Performers Broke Out In 2025 New Haven

Pandemic-Honed Performers Broke Out In 2025

Jisu Sheen tracks how the underground emerged above ground.

  • Go to the profile of  Jisu Sheen
Jisu Sheen
23 Dec 2025 · 5 min read
Skip The Glitter, Go For Gold All Over

Skip The Glitter, Go For Gold

Feminist indigenous writers follows that path in "Beyond the Glittering World," a new story and poem anthology.

  • Go to the profile of  Jisu Sheen
Jisu Sheen
23 Dec 2025 · 4 min read
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