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Dispensaryland Oakland

Dispensaryland

Once local businesses plying all manner of goods and services, the Town’s buildings now seem to be all up in smoke.

  • Go to the profile of  Frederick Noland
Frederick Noland
12 Jun 2026 · 3 min read
A collection of photographs is arranged close together on a wall. They are all photos of trees. They are zoomed into the branches, so the photos have a blended-together effect. Gwangju

The Hidden Lives Of Non-Human Beings

Jisu discovers them in an art show inside and outside a zero-waste facility.

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Jisu Sheen
12 Jun 2026 · 3 min read
Spielberg’s Still Got It New Haven

Spielberg’s Still Got It

As revealed in his latest summer blockbuster, “Disclosure Day.”

  • Go to the profile of  Karen Ponzio
Karen Ponzio
12 Jun 2026 · 3 min read
Art Tour Invites Everyone To The House New Haven

Art Tour Invites Everyone To The House

At NHXTHVN "Glory," as part of Arts & Ideas.

  • Go to the profile of  Brian Slattery
Brian Slattery
12 Jun 2026 · 6 min read
Extra-Ordinary Obessions Oakland

Extra-Ordinary Obessions

“I feel like when I’m making work I’m inside time.” Debra Greene's work is formal, superbly unique, and very smart.

  • Go to the profile of  Agustín Maes
Agustín Maes
11 Jun 2026 · 4 min read
Paolo Angeli Makes His Own Instrument Philadelphia

Paolo Angeli Makes His Own Instrument

The musician brought an original combo of guitar and violoncello to The Rotunda — as well as a cover of Bjork, much to Tyler Maxwell's delight.

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Tyler Maxwell
10 Jun 2026 · 3 min read
Art Without The Artist? Hartford

Art Without The Artist?

Wadsworth contemporary exhibit prompts Big Questions.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
10 Jun 2026 · 3 min read
A Living Landscape Oakland

A Living Landscape

Alejandro Rubio’s “The Green Man” invites viewers into another, greener, world.

  • Go to the profile of  Vita Hewitt
Vita Hewitt
10 Jun 2026 · 3 min read
Process Takes Center Stage Oakland

Process Takes Center Stage

At East Bay Photo Collective, as shown in the works of teaching artists.

  • Go to the profile of  Vita Hewitt
Vita Hewitt
10 Jun 2026 · 3 min read
Meet Barbara, Your New Best Friend All Over

Meet Barbara, Your New Best Friend

Daniel Lavery's latest book talks about the difficulties of forging modern day friendships — and gives lonely audiences a complex character to care about.

  • Go to the profile of  Serena Puang
Serena Puang
9 Jun 2026 · 2 min read
Maya C. Popa’s “If You Love That Lady” Tries to Hide Its Face In a Book All Over

Maya C. Popa’s “If You Love That Lady” Tries to Hide Its Face In a Book

Poetry collection pulls away into literary reference during its meditations on heartbreak.

  • Go to the profile of  Meagan Masterman
Meagan Masterman
9 Jun 2026 · 4 min read
Local Artists Shine New Haven

Local Artists Shine

At a major regional museum decennial showcase.

  • Go to the profile of  Janday Wilson
Janday Wilson
9 Jun 2026 · 5 min read
New Haven Music Meets The Movies New Haven

New Haven Music Meets The Movies

At 2nd music video festival, held on Flint Street.

  • Go to the profile of  Janday Wilson
Janday Wilson
9 Jun 2026 · 4 min read
A Louisiana Western? Baton Rouge

A Louisiana Western?

There were some elephants in the room during a screening of the new movie "Cowboy."

  • Go to the profile of  Serena Puang
Serena Puang
9 Jun 2026 · 2 min read
DJ Ryan’s New Release of the Week: Death Cab For Cutie's "Riptides" All Over

DJ Ryan’s New Release of the Week: Death Cab For Cutie's "Riptides"

A band grows up and looks back with moving honesty.

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
9 Jun 2026 · 1 min read
"Always a Bridesmaid" Parties Like It's 1999 Detroit

"Always a Bridesmaid" Parties Like It's 1999

At Meadow Brook Theatre.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
9 Jun 2026 · 2 min read
Stepping Back In Dining Time Detroit

Stepping Back In Dining Time

At Clawson Steak House.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
9 Jun 2026 · 2 min read
"Fun Home" Wrecked Me In The Best Way Tulsa

"Fun Home" Wrecked Me In The Best Way

Theatre Tulsa’s latest collaboration series project with Eclipse Theatre Collective stages the Tony Award-winning musical for Pride Month

  • Go to the profile of  Alex Isaak
Alex Isaak
9 Jun 2026 · 6 min read
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