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The Kids Are More Than All Right Hartford

The Kids Are More Than All Right

Latest evidence: "Matilda Jr." at the Bushnell

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
30 Mar 2026 · 3 min read
Facing Off With Angels + Spirits Philadelphia

Facing Off With Angels + Spirits

Bill Callahan sings of fatherhood, his parents, marriage, and "his real feelings about his real life" at Philadelphia Record Exchange.

  • Go to the profile of  Tyler Maxwell
Tyler Maxwell
30 Mar 2026 · 3 min read
Mongolian Beef Sizzles New Haven

Mongolian Beef Sizzles

As Chinese-born chef Haolun Hu gets busy in new Dixwell Avenue kitchen.

  • Go to the profile of  Jisu Sheen
Jisu Sheen
30 Mar 2026 · 4 min read
Photographer Gives Everyone Their Dignity New Haven

Photographer Gives Everyone Their Dignity

August Sander's Yale show humanizes 20th century Germany -- and perhaps today's U.S.?

  • Go to the profile of  Brian Slattery
Brian Slattery
30 Mar 2026 · 6 min read
Birth Mothers Emerge From The Fog All Over

Birth Mothers Emerge From The Fog

Let's talk about adoption.

  • Go to the profile of  Jisu Sheen
Jisu Sheen
29 Mar 2026 · 5 min read
Break Or Be Broken Detroit

Break Or Be Broken

That's the choice in Liberian civil war-set "Eclipsed" at Detroit Repertory Theatre.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
29 Mar 2026 · 4 min read
Natalie Cuomo Amuses, To A Point Detroit

Natalie Cuomo Amuses, To A Point

At the Comedy Bar Detroit.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
29 Mar 2026 · 2 min read
Nero’s Mistress Meets Du Bois’s Afro-Futurism New Haven

Nero’s Mistress Meets Du Bois’s Afro-Futurism

In “The Comet/Poppea” double-opera at Schwartzman.

  • Go to the profile of  Janday Wilson
Janday Wilson
27 Mar 2026 · 5 min read
A Little Too Comfortable Hartford

A Little Too Comfortable

Even in a "living room" concert, professional expectations apply.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
27 Mar 2026 · 2 min read
Lady Stout Lifts Every Voice New Haven

Lady Stout Lifts Every Voice

At after-school jazz vocal workshop on Ashmun Street.

  • Go to the profile of  Lisa Reisman
Lisa Reisman
27 Mar 2026 · 3 min read
Sing Every Number New Haven

Sing Every Number

It’s impossible not to at the touring revival of “Sound of Music” revival.

  • Go to the profile of  Karen Ponzio
Karen Ponzio
27 Mar 2026 · 3 min read
Her New Knife Slices Up Shoegaze Philadelphia

Her New Knife Slices Up Shoegaze

The band played a hushed show last weekend at Philly's Ethical Society.

  • Go to the profile of  Benjamin Gallman
Benjamin Gallman
26 Mar 2026 · 5 min read
"Come From Away" Brings All the Feels Detroit

"Come From Away" Brings All the Feels

At Meadow Brook.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
26 Mar 2026 · 2 min read
Near-Namesakes & Weird  Airports All Over

Near-Namesakes & Weird Airports

Mark Oppenheimer reports from the road promoting his new Judy Blume blockbuster bio.

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Mark Oppenheimer
26 Mar 2026 · 4 min read
There's A Party Going On Detroit

There's A Party Going On

"Mamma Mia!" brings high-energy fun to the Fisher Theatre.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
26 Mar 2026 · 2 min read
The Hives Survive Detroit

The Hives Survive

Energy remains high, though you could hear bones creak a bit, even in the back

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
25 Mar 2026 · 2 min read
Michiganders Get A Gander At The Real Gander Heroes Detroit

Michiganders Get A Gander At The Real Gander Heroes

Whose embrace of diverted 9-11 flyers propelled the musical "Come From Away."

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
25 Mar 2026 · 3 min read
Flowers While Living New Haven

Flowers While Living

Generations come together in song to celebrate still-drumming Jesse Hameen II’s 85th.

  • Go to the profile of  Janday Wilson
Janday Wilson
24 Mar 2026 · 5 min read
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