Hartford Breakfast Is Other People Ashley’s Breakfast and Lunch Hartford May 8, 2024 I’ve been going to Ashley’s on Main Street since I was a kid. It was a special treat when Jamil Ragland 8 May 2024 · 3 min read
Philadelphia Deadline Poet Reports: Encampment Sweep Triggers Eviction Memory Philadelphia’s Parker administration took action Wednesday to remove 50 people remaining at a Kensington Avenue tent city, the final push in a month-long “encampment resolution” that’s cracking down Lindo Yes 8 May 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland A Bright, Bright Dark Dance With The Dark Works by J. Brian @ BOOK/SHOP 485 9th St. Oakland May 3, 2024 Four oversized canvases on display at Book/Shop both dwarfed their cozy surroundings Sarah Bass 8 May 2024 · 4 min read
Philadelphia “Attack Dog” Delivers Puppy Love Attack Dog PhilaMOCA 531 N. 12th St. Philadelphia May 2, 2024 Attack Dog ambushed an avant-garde audience inside PhilaMOCA — not with snarling words or slobbery chops, but with catchy riffs Nora Grace-Flood 7 May 2024 · 2 min read
Oakland Who Said Pro Wrasslin’ Isn’t Real? “Hoodslam” Re-Suspends Disbelief Hoodslam The Continental Club 1658 12th Street Oakland May 3, 2024 Frederick Noland 7 May 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven “Black Book” Opens Armed Teacher Debate It was just a read-through of a scene, without a costume or stage blocking, but the switches in writer and actor Austin Dean Ashford’s tone of voice were more Brian Slattery 7 May 2024 · 1 min read
Philadelphia Live Band Ups The Karaoke Game Live Band Karaoke Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom St. Philadelphia May 4, 2024 Backed by a guitarist, bassist, drummer and a harmonizing hostess, the pony-tailed sequined woman who had introduced Nora Grace-Flood 6 May 2024 · 5 min read
Oakland Still Lifes Of A Wounded City “Revisiting Oakland: A Post-Pandemic Photographic Survey of Urban Landscapes“ Works by Gina Gaiser Manna Gallery 473 25th Street, Oakland Through June 1 Only four years ago we were washing our Agustín Maes 6 May 2024 · 3 min read
New Haven The Decemberists Make it Better The Decemberists brought May to a magnificent start on Saturday night when they returned to College Street Music Hall for the fourth show of their 2024 A Peaceable Kingdom North Karen Ponzio 6 May 2024 · 1 min read
Tulsa Her Tea: The R&B Open Mic Night Brewing In Tulsa Mi Tea + R&B Mi Tea Lounge April 24, 2024 Hip-hop’s dominance on Tulsa’s airwaves and stages has inadvertently created a void for R&B lovers. Ryan Anderson 5 May 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford All My Sons Goes Out With A Bang All My Sons Hartford Stage Hartford May 3, 2024 Warning: This review contains significant plot spoilers. There’s so much to say about this wonderful play, but I want to Jamil Ragland 3 May 2024 · 3 min read
LA All’s Fair At The Ren Faire ORIGINAL RENAISSANCE PLEASURE FAIRE Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area Through May 19, 2024 My ren faire experience began with a quest of fantastic proportions. After parking on a side street Brittany Menjivar 3 May 2024 · 3 min read
Tulsa Eat To The Beat: LoFi Pizza & Wine Bar Is Live LoFi Pizza & Wine Bar 1301 E 15th St Tulsa It’s been only seven months since a fire destroyed our beloved Hodges Bend and Lowood. The loss of those Becky Carman 3 May 2024 · 5 min read
New Haven Artists Take Time To Breathe Unbothered, a new exhibit in a coworking space in downtown New Haven, features works by Juliana Chavarria, Lauren Clayton, Shaunda Holloway, Kimberly Klauss, Melida McKenzie-Alford, Shanna T. Melton, Aisha Nailah, Brian Slattery 3 May 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland Clogging, Cartwheeling, & Rocking Tapestry: Weaving the Community of Dance Oakland Temple Hill 4780 Lincoln Ave. Oakland April 27, 2024 I had seen the place a hundred times from other parts of the city, Breezy Bratton 3 May 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland My Posse’s On Grand Lake Outlaw Posse Red Carpet Premiere Grand Lake Theatre Tuesday, April 30, 2024 Frederick Noland 2 May 2024 · 1 min read
LA Melody From Noise HELMET: LOOK LEFT TOUR with CRO-MAGS Teragram Ballroom Los Angeles April 28, 2024 On Sunday in Central Los Angeles, I parked on one of Westlake’s copious skid rows, crunching A.J. Urquidi 2 May 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Rich Roti Aman Cafe 4021 Broadway Ave. Oakland Nestled unassumingly between other quietly popular restaurants on a wide stretch of Broadway at 40th is Aman Cafe, home to Malaysian roti that are Sarah Bass 2 May 2024 · 5 min read