Hartford Lizzie Almost Buries the Hatchet: A 2nd Take On A Murder Musical Lizzie: A Rock Concert in 40 Whacks Theaterworks Hartford Through Oct. 29 There is a long history of America’s obsession with murder. Shows like The First 48 and other Jamil Ragland 26 Oct 2023 · 3 min read
LA Before Los Angeles Was Los Angeles THE IRIDESCENCE OF KNOWING Oxy Arts Los Angeles Sept. 14 – Nov. 18, 2023 The Iridescence of Knowing at Oxy Arts is quietly radical, but, really, it shouldn’t be quiet Annie Buckley 26 Oct 2023 · 2 min read
Oakland Drunk On Zombie Cels Drunk Film Festival Oakland The Continental Club Oakland Oct. 13, 2023 The last night of the sixth annual Drunken Film Festival took place at Oakland’s Historic Continental Club on Lauren Tannenbaum 26 Oct 2023 · 4 min read
New Haven 3 Bands From 3 Zones Mellow Out Habe (NYC), Emmet Kai (upstate NYS) and Miguel (Loor) take turns helping Cafe Nine crowd drift on a Wednesday night. Brian Slattery 26 Oct 2023 · 1 min read
Boston Lizzie Borden’s Story Set To Music — & Mined For New Meaning Lizzie, The Musical Umbrella Arts Center 40 Stow St. Concord, Mass. Through Nov. 5, 2023 Lizzie Borden took an axe, And gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what Sasha Patkin 25 Oct 2023 · 3 min read
Hartford Quick: Who Is “AD” The Attacker? Sea Tea Improv’s Family Show Sea Tea Comedy Theater Hartford Oct. 22 I had to think fast — and not insult the kindergartener in the audience. I was in the Jamil Ragland 25 Oct 2023 · 3 min read
Oakland Style Week Takeaway: Cali Cool Is Here To Stay Bespoke Cocktails and Stylish Conversation Oakland Style Week Kissel Hotel Uptown Oakland Oct. 19, 2023 The evening was still hot as I got dressed to head downtown for Cocktails and Sarah Bass 25 Oct 2023 · 3 min read
New Haven Xiu Xiu And Mountain Movers Mesmerize The Space Ballroom doubled up on the musical magic Monday night as the mind-blowing and meditative Mountain Movers shared a bill with longtime purveyors of passion and intensity Xiu Xiu. Karen Ponzio 25 Oct 2023 · 1 min read
New Haven Yale Drama School Tackles Modern Take On The “A” “A small town in a small country in the middle of nowhere,” where abortionists are tolerated but forced to wear clothes that reveal the scarlet A seared to their flesh, Donald Brown 25 Oct 2023 · 1 min read
Tulsa Who’s Afraid of the Opera? (Me) The Medium Tulsa Opera Studio 308 Oct. 19, 2023 If you’re like me, the word “opera” conveys a strange series of feelings including fear, longing, and a vague unease: Z.B. Reeves 24 Oct 2023 · 3 min read
NYC A New Deal Struck With The Devil Faust (The Broken Show) by Eric Dyer Prelude Festival at Collapsable Hole West Village, Manhattan Oct. 21, 2023 It is the basic rule of one-man-shows that production requirements be kept K Hank Jost 24 Oct 2023 · 2 min read
Hartford Getting Down, Dirty & Drunk With Mark Twain R‑Rated Twain Mark Twain House Hartford, Conn. Oct. 19 Mark Twain is well known for his classic literary novels, but I didn’t know that his talents extended into Jamil Ragland 24 Oct 2023 · 3 min read
NYC A Star-Crossed Orca Rises In Red Hook Orca: A One-Whale Musical By Kyle Mazer Waterfront Museum Red Hook, Brooklyn Oct. 20, 2023 It’s my experience, in my relatively short time in NYC, that whenever one must K Hank Jost 23 Oct 2023 · 3 min read
Raleigh/ Durham/ Chapel Hill A Master Designer’s Costumes Leap From Wakanda Screen To Gallery Tour Afrofuturism in Costume Design Ruth E. Carter National tour Through March 31, 2024 Ruth E. Carter: Afrofuturism in Costume Design, a colorful and informative touring exhibit of outfits designed to Synclaire Cruel 23 Oct 2023 · 3 min read
NYC A Comic Con-nection: Lightsaber-Bearing Millionaire Reveals Secrets New York Comic Con Javits Center, New York, NY Oct. 12 – 15 When I went to New York Comic Con, I was ready for the spectacle of a lifetime. It’ Jamil Ragland 23 Oct 2023 · 3 min read
LA The Horror Of The Haunted House Waiting Line HALLOWEEN HORROR NIGHTS Universal Studios Hollywood Universal City, Calif. Through Oct. 31, 2023 There is a special plane of reality that can only be accessed in line for the Universal Maya Chen 23 Oct 2023 · 3 min read
Oakland Miguel Arzabe’s Kaleidoscopic Thunderbolt “Animales Familiares” Works by Miguel Arzabe Johansson Project 2300 Telegraph Ave. Oakland Through Oct. 28, 2023 Color is a beautiful language, not often well spoken, but “Animales Familiares,” on exhibit Agustín Maes 23 Oct 2023 · 3 min read
New Haven Artists Take Over The Reins Of Open Studios Artist Chelsea M. Rowe marries festive colors to a violent act in her art, a contrast that opens up the possibilities for interpretation. There’s no getting away from the Brian Slattery 23 Oct 2023 · 1 min read
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