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Black Writers & The Fires All The Time New Haven

Black Writers & The Fires All The Time

Two concurrent exhibits display Black writers' historic pursuit of artistic freedom.

  • Go to the profile of  Brian Slattery
Brian Slattery
22 Oct 2026 · 7 min read
Chloe Kimes Brings Her Self-Released ‘Daredevil’ to Detroit Detroit

Chloe Kimes Brings Her Self-Released ‘Daredevil’ to Detroit

The singer, a Michigan native by way of Nashville, played to a room of friends, family, and fans of her viral hit “Coors Light.”

  • Go to the profile of  Leyland DeVito
Leyland DeVito
22 Oct 2026 · 2 min read
Let’s Make The Native American Day Song Swap At Cain’s An Annual Thing Tulsa

Let’s Make The Native American Day Song Swap At Cain’s An Annual Thing

Capping a citywide celebration, this night centered Indigenous music and dance on Tulsa's most iconic stage

  • Go to the profile of  Lindsey Claire Smith
Lindsey Claire Smith
22 Oct 2026 · 3 min read
Hip-Hop 101 Philadelphia

Hip-Hop 101

A tribute band remembers The Roots greatest hits at Fringe Bar.

  • Go to the profile of  John Morrison
John Morrison
22 Oct 2026 · 2 min read
Life's "Glory" Basked In Hartford

Life's "Glory" Basked In

Xavier Serrano gives Jamil a musical and spiritual birthday present at Audio Feed.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
21 Oct 2026 · 2 min read
Malcolm Gladwell Wants an Honest Conversation About Guns All Over

Malcolm Gladwell Wants an Honest Conversation About Guns

“The American Way of Killing” asks what we’ve misunderstood about U.S. violence.

  • Go to the profile of  Jenn McKee
Jenn McKee
21 Oct 2026 · 3 min read
BirdTok-Obsessed? Wait Till You See These Paintings Tulsa

BirdTok-Obsessed? Wait Till You See These Paintings

Feathers, flight, and a plea not to be forgotten in Zia Daugherty's solo exhibit at Positive Space

  • Go to the profile of  Ariana Jakub Brandes
Ariana Jakub Brandes
21 Oct 2026 · 5 min read
Folk Noir, Down To Earth

Folk Noir, Down To Earth

Belle of the Fall haunts (in a good way) the Old State House Square food court.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
20 Oct 2026 · 2 min read
"Dracula" Reimagined Hartford

"Dracula" Reimagined

Despite structural flaw, Hartford Stage's "Dracula" is worth the watch

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
20 Oct 2026 · 3 min read
Kim Hee Jong scream-sings into the mic on stage, wearing a white shirt. You can see the letters SM and below that, G. Gwangju

Punk Optimism Carries the Day

At Gwangju's Club Boojik.

  • Go to the profile of  Jisu Sheen
Jisu Sheen
20 Oct 2026 · 3 min read
The Beastie Boys Are Back In Town Philadelphia

The Beastie Boys Are Back In Town

Or, at least, band member Mike D has returned to the scene after stepping back on stage with a new sound.

  • Go to the profile of  John Morrison
John Morrison
20 Oct 2026 · 2 min read
Cat Got Your Scone New Haven

Cat Got Your Scone

In the midst of his run for reelection, the state comptroller shares a recipe for chocolate chip scones.

  • Go to the profile of  Liz Grace
Liz Grace
20 Oct 2026 · 1 min read
This Underground Puppet Theatre Zydeco Burlesque Punk Party Was Exactly What I Needed Tulsa

This Underground Puppet Theatre Zydeco Burlesque Punk Party Was Exactly What I Needed

A night of DIY analog magic and mayhem with Quintron and Miss Pussycat and friends.

  • Go to the profile of  Kris Rose
Kris Rose
20 Oct 2026 · 7 min read
A large sign made up of 15 smaller paintings and one large painting of movie posters, hanging on the exterior of a building. From behind, a man is climbing down using a ladder. Gwangju

The Last Sign Painter

An installation of hand painted movie posters at Gwangju Theater reveals the institution's intergenerational power.

  • Go to the profile of  Jisu Sheen
Jisu Sheen
20 Oct 2026 · 4 min read
A Horror Author Opens the Door to His Creative Process All Over

A Horror Author Opens the Door to His Creative Process

In “To All the Books,” Josh Malerman makes writing a novel look like fun.

  • Go to the profile of  Jenn McKee
Jenn McKee
20 Oct 2026 · 3 min read
Taking a New Look at Detroit’s Old Cass Corridor Detroit

Taking a New Look at Detroit’s Old Cass Corridor

In black-and-white images, photographers Bruce Harkness, Roger Martin, and Karl Wellman bring a colorful neighborhood back to life.

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
19 Oct 2026 · 3 min read
DJ Ryan’s New Release of the Week: Dummy’s “Full Spectrum Dominance” All Over

DJ Ryan’s New Release of the Week: Dummy’s “Full Spectrum Dominance”

The L.A. band revives ’90s trip-hop while pushing the sound forward.

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
19 Oct 2026 · 2 min read
All That Glitters Isn’t Gold. Sometimes, It’s Coal New Haven

All That Glitters Isn’t Gold. Sometimes, It’s Coal

Janday gets lost in the jagged, luminescent cohesion of sea coal mounted on a panel — in one of the artworks featured in a new show on Audubon Street.

  • Go to the profile of  Janday Wilson
Janday Wilson
19 Oct 2026 · 5 min read
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