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Around the World with the West Philly Orchestra Philadelphia

Around the World with the West Philly Orchestra

The band's latest show at Black Squirrel Club ranged from '70s Turkish protest music to an Ozzy Osborne cover.

  • Go to the profile of  John Morrison
John Morrison
10 Jul 2026 · 2 min read
Seaside Mood Flows Into Dinner Hartford

Seaside Mood Flows Into Dinner

At Mystic's Port of Call.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
10 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
The Clams Of Unknowing All Over

The Clams Of Unknowing

Can a poem become an earworm? Yes. Check out Donna Masini's newest collection.

  • Go to the profile of  Agustín Maes
Agustín Maes
10 Jul 2026 · 4 min read
Huck Talks To The Hand Hartford

Huck Talks To The Hand

Twain's classic, as a puppet show, at the Twain House.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
10 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
The Power Of The Female Divine Hartford

The Power Of The Female Divine

On display in Akram Khan Company's performance of "Thikra" at Jacob's Pillow.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
10 Jul 2026 · 2 min read
State Troubadour Roams, Remains Rooted New Haven

State Troubadour Roams, Remains Rooted

Charlie Widmer previews a song about that on “Dateline.”

  • Go to the profile of  Paul Bass
Paul Bass
10 Jul 2026 · 2 min read
The (Not So) Secret Life Of Vanessa Crowley Hartford

The (Not So) Secret Life Of Vanessa Crowley

The music gets Problematic at Carmine's Bar, Grill and Stage.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
9 Jul 2026 · 2 min read
I Saw The World's Greatest Love Story Three Times In Eight Months. Here’s What I Learned. Tulsa

I Saw The World's Greatest Love Story Three Times In Eight Months. Here’s What I Learned.

A "Romeo & Juliet" skeptic gets a triple dose in Pembroke Players' 2025-2026 season.

  • Go to the profile of  Alex Isaak
Alex Isaak
9 Jul 2026 · 11 min read
“Small Stuff” Gets Big Welcome New Haven

“Small Stuff” Gets Big Welcome

At new weekly music series run at the Cannon by the former State House folks.

  • Go to the profile of  Karen Ponzio
Karen Ponzio
9 Jul 2026 · 2 min read
This One's About How We All Die Philadelphia

This One's About How We All Die

So said Matt Roar of the band Golden West Service before launching into a fatally catchy song at The Last Drop last night.

  • Go to the profile of  Tyler Maxwell
Tyler Maxwell
8 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
Indie Folk Made Fresh Philadelphia

Indie Folk Made Fresh

The bands Cowboy Death and The Circle of Fire show how young people are reawakening old genres.

  • Go to the profile of  Bengal (B. Gallman)
Bengal (B. Gallman)
8 Jul 2026 · 4 min read
Jackass Forever Lands Its Finale Philadelphia

Jackass Forever Lands Its Finale

The 30-year-old stunts and slapstick series has reached retirement age — but the final film of the franchise will still make you feel like a teenage boy.

  • Go to the profile of  Pierce Jordan
Pierce Jordan
8 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
A Buffet of Protest Ephemera at UMMA’s “American Sampler” Detroit

A Buffet of Protest Ephemera at UMMA’s “American Sampler”

A University of Michigan exhibition marks America’s 250th with an unflinching look back — but stops short of the present.

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Ryan Patrick Hooper
8 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
Stay With Me As The World Burns Hartford

Stay With Me As The World Burns

Christian Meadows strums her play in the food court.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
8 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
A close-up of a painting in thin layers on a beige-colored substrate with visible fiber textures. On rectangular shelves are organic shapes in pink, purple, and turquoise gradients and hairy Gwangju

Mystery Light Blurs the Edge

Jisu Sheen discovers new ways of looking past borders in a “house of stone.”

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Jisu Sheen
8 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
Remembrance Of Cheeses Past New Haven

Remembrance Of Cheeses Past

Emerge en route to a Classic Swiss Fondue recipe.

  • Go to the profile of  Liz Grace
Liz Grace
8 Jul 2026 · 1 min read
The World Stops Here Hartford

The World Stops Here

Jamil watches the USA-Belgium face-off from inside Vaughan's Irish Public House.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
7 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
Cut The Chase All Over

Cut The Chase

The action actually slows down the search for truth in Spielberg's "Disclosure Day."

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
7 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
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