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A Secret Lingers All Over

A Secret Lingers

In Chloe Mitchell Howarth's circa-1965 Irish family tale, "Heap Earth Upon It."

  • Go to the profile of  Janday Wilson
Janday Wilson
31 Mar 2026 · 2 min read
Maria Bamford Remains Herself As New Fans Find Her Detroit

Maria Bamford Remains Herself As New Fans Find Her

At Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle.

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
31 Mar 2026 · 2 min read
Rockin' Amid The Typewriters Philadelphia

Rockin' Amid The Typewriters

Heater and Goshupon were a couple of bands that let loose at a show hosted by Philly Typewriter.

  • Go to the profile of  Pierce Jordan
Pierce Jordan
30 Mar 2026 · 3 min read
Joe Lovano channels Coltrane Detroit

Joe Lovano channels Coltrane

In 2026 Detroit Jazz Fest preview.

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
30 Mar 2026 · 2 min read
‘Pillion’ Turns First Love Into a Study of Power, Consent, and Discomfort All Over

‘Pillion’ Turns First Love Into a Study of Power, Consent, and Discomfort

A special screening and discussion of the latest kinky flick to hit mainstream interrogated agency, and more.

  • Go to the profile of  Vita Hewitt
Vita Hewitt
30 Mar 2026 · 3 min read
Openers Sell Out Show w/ Cole Berggren Band Philadelphia

Openers Sell Out Show w/ Cole Berggren Band

And Mavis The Dog uses a nail as a pick.

  • Go to the profile of  Tyler Maxwell
Tyler Maxwell
30 Mar 2026 · 3 min read
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
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