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Jazz Jam Flows Into ‘Nature Boy’ New Haven

Jazz Jam Flows Into ‘Nature Boy’

A magic moment takes shape at an outdoor “Seeing Sounds” session on Audubon Street.

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Janday Wilson
20 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
Storm’s Brush Brings Rembert Back To Newhallville New Haven

Storm’s Brush Brings Rembert Back To Newhallville

Katro Storm is in the midst of honoring the celebrated late artist Winfred Rembert with a mural on the side of Lincoln-Bassett School.

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Midbrow Editor
20 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
Runway Runs Through Bike Shop New Haven

Runway Runs Through Bike Shop

Devil’s Gear rolls out catwalk for three local designers' hand-painted purses, furry boots, distressed tank tops, and screen-printed Ts.

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Midbrow Editor
20 Jul 2026 · 4 min read
A hand holding a photograph of a simple triangular house in a bright green field. The house has small windows and a light blue door. Gwangju

Facing the 'Rumored Self'

Interactive photo exhibit invites the audience to confess what others say about them and choose how they want to live.

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Jisu Sheen
20 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
Broccoli Sprouts Got Your Tongue New Haven

Broccoli Sprouts Got Your Tongue

In Edgerton Park, Liz Grace discovers a new Benit(a) feline and a new twist on avocado toast.

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Liz Grace
20 Jul 2026 · 1 min read
A close-up photo of a hand-bound notebook with a wooden cover in the shape of a door, with cutouts revealing white paper underneath. Gwangju

Book Judged By Handmade Cover

Jisu Sheen reports on a 200+ vendor 3-D craft fair and one artisan's fascination with doorways.

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Jisu Sheen
20 Jul 2026 · 6 min read
Coltrane's Spirit Is Alive and Well in Philly Philadelphia

Coltrane's Spirit Is Alive and Well in Philly

A centennial tribute to the jazz legend recalled his symbiotic relationship with our city.

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John Morrison
20 Jul 2026 · 2 min read
An 'Odyssey' Of Restraint All Over

An 'Odyssey' Of Restraint

Christopher Nolan prevents tech from running over the characters.

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Jamil Ragland
19 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
Hardscrabble At The End Of The Rainbow New Haven

Hardscrabble At The End Of The Rainbow

Poet Scott Laudati takes Best Video for a ride.

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Janday Wilson
17 Jul 2026 · 6 min read
Keep Rollin! Detroit

Keep Rollin!

The Instagram ads did their job connecting me with Motor City Food Co.’s newest eatery, where orders are picked up from a locker with the wave of a phone.

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Layla McMurtrie
17 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
“Papa” Builds A “Sanity-Optional” Potato Volcano New Haven

“Papa” Builds A “Sanity-Optional” Potato Volcano

It may take you three nights to finish the "Taco Loco." It'll be worth it.

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Samir Iydroose
17 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
Two translucent hand sculptures suspended by white ropes touch the sandy ground, leaving grooves in their paths. Their fingers are pointed toward each other. Gwangju

Hand Meets Sand

Jisu Sheen takes a close look at where hands are headed — and at stories drilled into the walls — in a lobby art installation.

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Jisu Sheen
17 Jul 2026 · 4 min read
Isaiah Philip Finds the Whole Person in a Single Coil Detroit

Isaiah Philip Finds the Whole Person in a Single Coil

The Detroit-based artist’s first solo show explores identity, vulnerability, and the diaspora.

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Randiah Camille Green
17 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
Stark, Funny, And Poignant, “Women’s Work” Stuns At Positive Space Tulsa

Stark, Funny, And Poignant, “Women’s Work” Stuns At Positive Space

The group show pulls no punches about women's place in art and society.

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Becky Carman
17 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
DJ Ryan’s New Release of the Week: Romare’s “Breathe” All Over

DJ Ryan’s New Release of the Week: Romare’s “Breathe”

The U.K. artist’s music feels like scraps of old, dusty records being pasted together.

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Ryan Patrick Hooper
17 Jul 2026 · 2 min read
(Ed) Fast Work On The Vibraphone Hartford

(Ed) Fast Work On The Vibraphone

Explores the range of influences of Latin jazz, at a tribute to the legendary Cal Tjader.

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Jamil Ragland
17 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
Kazoos To The Front As Knipple Turns Ten Tulsa

Kazoos To The Front As Knipple Turns Ten

The duo celebrated a decade in eclectic, genre-blending, banter-filled music at The Colony

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Henry Roanhorse Gray
16 Jul 2026 · 4 min read
Tales Of A Mad Trad-Wife All Over

Tales Of A Mad Trad-Wife

Caro Claire Burke's "Yesteryear" offers a fictional, time-bending peek behind an influencer's facade.

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Jenn McKee
16 Jul 2026 · 4 min read
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