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Fake Dust Is Real Grindcore Philadelphia

Fake Dust Is Real Grindcore

The Portland, Oregon-based band is touring now — catch them while you can!

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Pierce Jordan
8 Jun 2026 · 2 min read
3 Years Later... Hartford

3 Years Later...

A visual arts show that got canceled on account of Hartford's public library closure was resurrected alongside the library's reopening.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
7 Jun 2026 · 2 min read
Hotel; House Party; Gallery Philadelphia

Hotel; House Party; Gallery

All in one at Elsewhere Fair, an unconventional exhibition of works drawn from twenty different local galleries.

  • Go to the profile of  Marquis Combs
Marquis Combs
6 Jun 2026 · 3 min read
James Blake's Machine Soul Philadelphia

James Blake's Machine Soul

Comes to Franklin Music Hall.

  • Go to the profile of  John Morrison
John Morrison
5 Jun 2026 · 2 min read
Bello Band Kicks Off Summer Hartford

Bello Band Kicks Off Summer

A Hartford native and world-class percussionist brings Latin jazz to downtown Hartford.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
5 Jun 2026 · 2 min read
DJ Ryan’s New Release of the Week: Future Islands, “One Day” Detroit

DJ Ryan’s New Release of the Week: Future Islands, “One Day”

A band that went viral 12 years ago brings their sound back to the future.

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
5 Jun 2026 · 2 min read
Lincoln Theater; Crawfish; Richard Pryor Baton Rouge

Lincoln Theater; Crawfish; Richard Pryor

All three of those things can be found drawn onto the literal walls of Baton Rouge's "Museum of Public Art."

  • Go to the profile of  Serena Puang
Serena Puang
5 Jun 2026 · 2 min read
The Godfather of Grunge Would Approve Philadelphia

The Godfather of Grunge Would Approve

Of the drummer that sported a Neil Young shirt at Spruce Street Harbor Park last night — and of the three-band bill that launched the second free concert of the local summer series.

  • Go to the profile of  Tyler Maxwell
Tyler Maxwell
5 Jun 2026 · 3 min read
Music from Mordor Philadelphia

Music from Mordor

Portrayal of Guilt performs devil's music.

  • Go to the profile of  Pierce Jordan
Pierce Jordan
5 Jun 2026 · 2 min read
Mammoth Monumentalizes Memory New Haven

Mammoth Monumentalizes Memory

An exhibit of work by Nick Cave at the Smithsonian American Art Museum illustrates the frenzied process of understanding history and making meaning of our present.

  • Go to the profile of  Brian Slattery
Brian Slattery
5 Jun 2026 · 5 min read
“Radiant One” Transformed A Former Storefront Into An Ethereal World Tulsa

“Radiant One” Transformed A Former Storefront Into An Ethereal World

Heller Theatre Company's playwright in residence brought 9th-century sutras to life

  • Go to the profile of  Alex Isaak
Alex Isaak
5 Jun 2026 · 6 min read
Exploring the Fine Line Between Art and Love All Over

Exploring the Fine Line Between Art and Love

In Ana Kinsella’s debut novel of two actors, collaborators, and friends.

  • Go to the profile of  Vita Hewitt
Vita Hewitt
5 Jun 2026 · 2 min read
Koto and Guzheng, Blossoming Oakland

Koto and Guzheng, Blossoming

A zither concert reminds us of what makes America America.

  • Go to the profile of  Agustín Maes
Agustín Maes
5 Jun 2026 · 4 min read
Tropey but Funnier All Over

Tropey but Funnier

Hallie Cantor's new book puts a spin on the question of who owns whose story.

  • Go to the profile of  Serena Puang
Serena Puang
5 Jun 2026 · 3 min read
A Body, A Battle, A Becoming All Over

A Body, A Battle, A Becoming

A new poetry collection from a Connecticut author explores gender and family.

  • Go to the profile of  Janday Wilson
Janday Wilson
4 Jun 2026 · 4 min read
Woodbridge Bricks Form A Band Detroit

Woodbridge Bricks Form A Band

The likes of Alice Coltrane, Geri Allen, Regina Carter and Marion Hayden have joined together to serenade the public through a Trumbull Street wall.

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
4 Jun 2026 · 2 min read
A Partnership of (Former) Equals All Over

A Partnership of (Former) Equals

A new book detailing the private lives of the uber-rich ultimately hits on the generosity of vulnerability.

  • Go to the profile of  Jenn McKee
Jenn McKee
4 Jun 2026 · 5 min read
Solar Geoengineering, From South Philly To South Asia Philadelphia

Solar Geoengineering, From South Philly To South Asia

A local filmmaker takes on questions about global risk amid climate catastrophe.

  • Go to the profile of  Marquis Combs
Marquis Combs
3 Jun 2026 · 3 min read
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