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Cycles Of Violence Repeat. “Antigone & Ismene” Reckoned With How To Break Them. Tulsa

Cycles Of Violence Repeat. “Antigone & Ismene” Reckoned With How To Break Them.

Riff Raff Tulsa's new adaptation of an ancient play felt urgent, unsettling, and deeply human

  • Go to the profile of  Katelyn Wiehe
Katelyn Wiehe
22 Apr 2026 · 8 min read
Into The Inextinguishable Light Oakland

Into The Inextinguishable Light

Oakland Gay Men's Chorus brings queer joy to the Valley Center for the Arts.

  • Go to the profile of  Frederick Noland
Frederick Noland
22 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
Historian Hits The Road All Over

Historian Hits The Road

Beverly Gage returns with a history-laden fresh take in time for the nation’s 250th anniversary.

  • Go to the profile of  Midbrow Editor
Midbrow Editor
22 Apr 2026 · 6 min read
The Puppets Weren't Funny Hartford

The Puppets Weren't Funny

A radical troupe from Vermont makes kids squirm, for a cause.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
22 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
Ubiquitous Orange Oakland

Ubiquitous Orange

80 photographs feature a color that finds its way into our lives in ways we often don’t always notice.

  • Go to the profile of  Agustín Maes
Agustín Maes
22 Apr 2026 · 4 min read
Making Music Ours Again Philadelphia

Making Music Ours Again

Izzy True isn't giving up on their dreams just yet — but how can artists avoid giving into music monopolies these days?

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Izzy True
21 Apr 2026 · 1 min read
Pushing the Pistons Through Art & Beer Detroit

Pushing the Pistons Through Art & Beer

A visual art exhibit at Collect Beer Bar is channeling support for the city's basketball team during playoffs.

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
21 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
Can You Name That Instrument? Philadelphia

Can You Name That Instrument?

Midbrow, meet the pipa, ruan, and the sanxian.

  • Go to the profile of  Tyler Maxwell
Tyler Maxwell
20 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
Turn The Crank Around Philadelphia

Turn The Crank Around

Hand-cranked spools put on a show at Studio 34.

  • Go to the profile of  Tyler Maxwell
Tyler Maxwell
20 Apr 2026 · 2 min read
Mobolaji Ayeni Explores African Diasporic Movement And Memory In ‘Caravan’ Detroit

Mobolaji Ayeni Explores African Diasporic Movement And Memory In ‘Caravan’

He is the first of Playground Detroit’s 2025 Emerging Artist Fellows

  • Go to the profile of  Randiah Camille Green
Randiah Camille Green
20 Apr 2026 · 4 min read
Call It Blues Picnics Baton Rouge

Call It Blues Picnics

Blues Fest felt like a series of family get-togethers.

  • Go to the profile of  Serena Puang
Serena Puang
20 Apr 2026 · 2 min read
Pain Turned Into Punchlines New Haven

Pain Turned Into Punchlines

At Fellowship Place's "Stand Up for Mental Health" comedy event.

  • Go to the profile of  Janday Wilson
Janday Wilson
20 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
Larger than life-size bronze statue of three young adults running and shouting. They are carrying a long banner, which shows an illustration of a larger crowd. Gwangju

"It's 4.19"

A monument fills in the blanks of world, and family, history.

  • Go to the profile of  Jisu Sheen
Jisu Sheen
20 Apr 2026 · 5 min read
Hunger Through The Eyes Of Youth Hartford

Hunger Through The Eyes Of Youth

In focus at a group exhibit at Grasso-Fauliso Building.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
20 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
From Enemy To Foreign To Exotic to Neighbor Baton Rouge

From Enemy To Foreign To Exotic to Neighbor

Old State Capitol exhibit sheds light on Japanese war brides.

  • Go to the profile of  Serena Puang
Serena Puang
20 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
Free, Fun & Fabulous Over 40 Detroit

Free, Fun & Fabulous Over 40

That's the takeaway from a "Broadminded Women" revue at the Magic Bag.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
19 Apr 2026 · 2 min read
"Suffs"Gets My Vote Detroit

"Suffs"Gets My Vote

At the Fisher Theatre.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
19 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
Navigating A World Gone Mad All Over

Navigating A World Gone Mad

Equally humorous and insightful, Donna Masini’s new volume makes poetry out of the agonies of eldercare and the DMV.

  • Go to the profile of  Meagan Masterman
Meagan Masterman
19 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
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