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Bouzoukis, Harmonium & An Upright Bass Philadelphia

Bouzoukis, Harmonium & An Upright Bass

Boisterous Irish duo Ye Vagabonds headlined at Johnny Brenda's Monday night, showcasing blood harmony and barely-road-tested original songs.

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Tyler Maxwell
3 Feb 2026 · 3 min read
Checking Out The Library's Theremin Philadelphia

Checking Out The Library's Theremin

Did you know you can borrow instruments — as well as records and sheet music — at Parkway Central?

  • Go to the profile of  Izzy True
Izzy True
3 Feb 2026 · 1 min read
The Lion Speaks Today New Haven

The Lion Speaks Today

At Creative Arts Workshop's annual "Made Visible" show of works by Black artists.

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Brian Slattery
3 Feb 2026 · 3 min read
Story Of A Lifetime, Or Two All Over

Story Of A Lifetime, Or Two

Tayari Jones’ coming-of-age “Kin” finds ways to break our hearts in new ways.

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Jisu Sheen
3 Feb 2026 · 3 min read
A Kingceañera for All Oakland

A Kingceañera for All

The Rebel Kings’ birthday party—Kingceañera— was just the right medicine for the moment.

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Vita Hewitt
2 Feb 2026 · 3 min read
Disney Dissed New Haven

Disney Dissed

As a social-skills comic “reads the room” at Possible Futures.

  • Go to the profile of  Janday Wilson
Janday Wilson
2 Feb 2026 · 3 min read
Whose Collective Memory? Baton Rouge

Whose Collective Memory?

A Civil Rights exhibit at the Old State Capitol tries to avoid "politics."

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Serena Puang
2 Feb 2026 · 3 min read
Flying To Alaska On Ambien Philadelphia

Flying To Alaska On Ambien

Jana Horn and Reese Florence played transportive sets at Jerry's On Front this past weekend.

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Tyler Maxwell
2 Feb 2026 · 3 min read
26 Albums, 300 Songs, & Still On The Road Philadelphia

26 Albums, 300 Songs, & Still On The Road

At 79-years-old, Loudain Wainwright III is still giving into peer pressure.

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Tyler Maxwell
2 Feb 2026 · 3 min read
Art Takes Off -- At The Airport Baton Rouge

Art Takes Off -- At The Airport

Who knew?

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Serena Puang
2 Feb 2026 · 2 min read
Sazón Dance Night Melts The Ice Philadelphia

Sazón Dance Night Melts The Ice

Philly's premier queer Latine dance party returned this weekend with a performative toxicx contest and pre-Valentine's perreo.

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Sabrina Iglesias
2 Feb 2026 · 4 min read
Poetry Out Loud New Haven

Poetry Out Loud

Emerging verse-slingers read, learn at NXTHVN Youth Summit.

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Jisu Sheen
2 Feb 2026 · 4 min read
DJ Ryan's New Release of the Week: Savages' "Paranoid" Detroit

DJ Ryan's New Release of the Week: Savages' "Paranoid"

A decade after their final album, Savages release a dark cover of a Black Sabbath classic.

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Ryan Patrick Hooper
1 Feb 2026 · 2 min read
Date Night Out At Medusa Detroit

Date Night Out At Medusa

Chef Anthony Lombardo's newest seafood-first restaurant scores

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Ryan Patrick Hooper
1 Feb 2026 · 2 min read
I'm Sad Again, & That's OK Hartford

I'm Sad Again, & That's OK

Cue Kimaya Diggs, and share the feeling

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Jamil Ragland
1 Feb 2026 · 2 min read
Beautiful Broth vs. A Brutal Winter Detroit

Beautiful Broth vs. A Brutal Winter

Ryan Patrick Hooper waxes rhapsodic about the happy hour ramen at Ima Noodles

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Ryan Patrick Hooper
1 Feb 2026 · 1 min read
Third Time's A Charm At "Spamalot" Detroit

Third Time's A Charm At "Spamalot"

At the Fisher

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Ryan Patrick Hooper
1 Feb 2026 · 1 min read
We Ride At Dusk! Philadelphia

We Ride At Dusk!

Tyler Maxwell testifies as to why you should skip doing your research and spontaneously show up to shows.

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Tyler Maxwell
30 Jan 2026 · 3 min read
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