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Can You Name That Instrument? Philadelphia

Can You Name That Instrument?

Midbrow, meet the pipa, ruan, and the sanxian.

  • Go to the profile of  Tyler Maxwell
Tyler Maxwell
20 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
Turn The Crank Around Philadelphia

Turn The Crank Around

Hand-cranked spools put on a show at Studio 34.

  • Go to the profile of  Tyler Maxwell
Tyler Maxwell
20 Apr 2026 · 2 min read
Mobolaji Ayeni Explores African Diasporic Movement And Memory In ‘Caravan’ Detroit

Mobolaji Ayeni Explores African Diasporic Movement And Memory In ‘Caravan’

He is the first of Playground Detroit’s 2025 Emerging Artist Fellows

  • Go to the profile of  Randiah Camille Green
Randiah Camille Green
20 Apr 2026 · 4 min read
Call It Blues Picnics Baton Rouge

Call It Blues Picnics

Blues Fest felt like a series of family get-togethers.

  • Go to the profile of  Serena Puang
Serena Puang
20 Apr 2026 · 2 min read
Pain Turned Into Punchlines New Haven

Pain Turned Into Punchlines

At Fellowship Place's "Stand Up for Mental Health" comedy event.

  • Go to the profile of  Janday Wilson
Janday Wilson
20 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
Larger than life-size bronze statue of three young adults running and shouting. They are carrying a long banner, which shows an illustration of a larger crowd. Gwangju

"It's 4.19"

A monument fills in the blanks of world, and family, history.

  • Go to the profile of  Jisu Sheen
Jisu Sheen
20 Apr 2026 · 5 min read
Hunger Through The Eyes Of Youth Hartford

Hunger Through The Eyes Of Youth

In focus at a group exhibit at Grasso-Fauliso Building.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
20 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
From Enemy To Foreign To Exotic to Neighbor Baton Rouge

From Enemy To Foreign To Exotic to Neighbor

Old State Capitol exhibit sheds light on Japanese war brides.

  • Go to the profile of  Serena Puang
Serena Puang
20 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
Free, Fun & Fabulous Over 40 Detroit

Free, Fun & Fabulous Over 40

That's the takeaway from a "Broadminded Women" revue at the Magic Bag.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
19 Apr 2026 · 2 min read
"Suffs"Gets My Vote Detroit

"Suffs"Gets My Vote

At the Fisher Theatre.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
19 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
Navigating A World Gone Mad All Over

Navigating A World Gone Mad

Equally humorous and insightful, Donna Masini’s new volume makes poetry out of the agonies of eldercare and the DMV.

  • Go to the profile of  Meagan Masterman
Meagan Masterman
19 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
DJ Ryan’s New Release of the Week: Brennan Wedl & Waxhatchee's “Six O’Clock News” All Over

DJ Ryan’s New Release of the Week: Brennan Wedl & Waxhatchee's “Six O’Clock News”

A generation later, covering a Kathleen Edwards cult classic.

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
17 Apr 2026 · 1 min read
Is Everything a Drum? Philadelphia

Is Everything a Drum?

Ty Maxwell travels to the nexus of no wave, free jazz, skronk, sonorism and fun stuff...

  • Go to the profile of  Tyler Maxwell
Tyler Maxwell
17 Apr 2026 · 2 min read
Labor of Love Gets Swole Philadelphia

Labor of Love Gets Swole

The local wrestling outfit is expanding to The Icebox Project Space for their upcoming showcase on April 25.

  • Go to the profile of  Marquis Combs
Marquis Combs
17 Apr 2026 · 6 min read
Gene Wilder & Gilda Radner At The Tipping Point Detroit

Gene Wilder & Gilda Radner At The Tipping Point

Romantic comedy explores the comedians' relationship with sweetness more than humor.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
17 Apr 2026 · 2 min read
The Ever-Present Fear Of Becoming Chun's Brother All Over

The Ever-Present Fear Of Becoming Chun's Brother

Lisa Lee's novel captures a fundamental truth about the psyche of high-achieving Asian Americans.

  • Go to the profile of  Serena Puang
Serena Puang
17 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
A Lady’s Guide To Love And Murder, But Mostly Murder Tulsa

A Lady’s Guide To Love And Murder, But Mostly Murder

"Lizzie," Theatre Tulsa’s latest collaboration series project with Kristen Simpson, brought big sounds, bigger feelings, and ... birds

  • Go to the profile of  Alex Isaak
Alex Isaak
17 Apr 2026 · 6 min read
Houses Of The Heinous Tulsa

Houses Of The Heinous

Legendary shock rockers GWAR splatter Cain’s Ballroom with fake blood, real political satire

  • Go to the profile of  Mitch Gilliam
Mitch Gilliam
17 Apr 2026 · 4 min read
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