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Oakland Loves Boots Oakland

Oakland Loves Boots

Homegrown rapper-turned-filmmaker Riley kicked off SF Film Festival in the Town.

  • Go to the profile of  Tony Daquipa
Tony Daquipa
30 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
Don't Trash a Good Thing Philadelphia

Don't Trash a Good Thing

A screen printing project showing at the former University of the Arts campus mourns the institution's abrupt closure.

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Kelechi Azu
30 Apr 2026 · 1 min read
Swanning Sweats It Out Philadelphia

Swanning Sweats It Out

A DYI legend helped coax Cynthia Ann Schemmer of Swanning and Radiator Hospital fame back onto the stage for her first solo show since 2019.

  • Go to the profile of  Tyler Maxwell
Tyler Maxwell
30 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
Gas Station Cuisine Anybody? Baton Rouge

Gas Station Cuisine Anybody?

LSU's new book sheds on light on roadside food and culture.

  • Go to the profile of  Serena Puang
Serena Puang
30 Apr 2026 · 2 min read
Two books side by side. One has a cover in black and white, a photo of cops dragging a protester. The other is red, green, and black sayinFree Palestine poster movement. Gwangju

Memory, The Final Frontier

Jisu Sheen reports from Gwangju.

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Jisu Sheen
30 Apr 2026 · 6 min read
Touring Resiliency At JB's Philadelphia

Touring Resiliency At JB's

Emily Yacina's band made do when their touring drummer got sick on show day.

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Tyler Maxwell
29 Apr 2026 · 2 min read
In Crust We Trust Philadelphia

In Crust We Trust

Nightfall, Skaller, D.O.D. and Dystrophy came together for a common cause at Common Beat.

  • Go to the profile of  Pierce Jordan
Pierce Jordan
29 Apr 2026 · 4 min read
MOCAD Blooms In Spring Detroit

MOCAD Blooms In Spring

With renovations and new exhibitions

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
29 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
Must-See Spring Viewing Detroit

Must-See Spring Viewing

Buffalo Prescott's "Vernal 2026."

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Ryan Patrick Hooper
29 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
A "Metric Fuckton" Of Noise... Philadelphia

A "Metric Fuckton" Of Noise...

... Was roared by the audience at a PhilaMoCA show featuring Oceanic, Borderline, and Wall Carpets.

  • Go to the profile of  Pierce Jordan
Pierce Jordan
29 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
Icebox, Meet Cheeseburger Philadelphia

Icebox, Meet Cheeseburger

During "The Exhibition," the latest wrestling show put on by Labor of Love last weekend.

  • Go to the profile of  Marquis Combs
Marquis Combs
28 Apr 2026 · 4 min read
Elvis, Carl, Jerry Lee, & Johnny Jam Detroit

Elvis, Carl, Jerry Lee, & Johnny Jam

Meadow Brook Theatre's musical "Million Dollar Quartet" revisits a memorable Sun Records session.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
28 Apr 2026 · 2 min read
The Maine Keeps Kicking Philadelphia

The Maine Keeps Kicking

The prolific touring band stopped by Franklin Music Hall this month.

  • Go to the profile of  Emily Cohen
Emily Cohen
27 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
Outdoor Gigs Go Ballistix Philadelphia

Outdoor Gigs Go Ballistix

Three bands play a generator show at Grays Ferry.

  • Go to the profile of  Pierce Jordan
Pierce Jordan
27 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
Dissonance With Lyricism Hartford

Dissonance With Lyricism

Brazilian jazz fuses an eclectic mix at Hartford Library jazz series

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
27 Apr 2026 · 2 min read
Utopia Is Woman Baton Rouge

Utopia Is Woman

Glassel Gallery is turned into an ecofeminist paradise

  • Go to the profile of  Serena Puang
Serena Puang
27 Apr 2026 · 2 min read
Arrrr, Houma! Baton Rouge

Arrrr, Houma!

Pirates have resumed an annual invasion.

  • Go to the profile of  Serena Puang
Serena Puang
27 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
“Die, Cry, Hate?” Love! New Haven

“Die, Cry, Hate?” Love!

Karen Ponzio catches Vegas-based k-goth band past self at the Cellar.

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Karen Ponzio
27 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
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