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The Mutter Misses: ​“Unhoused” Exhibition Puts Humanity Behind Bars Philadelphia

The Mutter Misses: ​“Unhoused” Exhibition Puts Humanity Behind Bars

Unhoused: Personal Stories and Public Health The Mutter Museum 19 S. 22nd St. Philadelphia I walked by three people camped out on the few blocks of sidewalk between my bus

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Nora Grace-Flood
6 Jun 2024 · 9 min read
An Emotional Story, Without The Emotion Hartford

An Emotional Story, Without The Emotion

Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara Cinestudio Hartford June 5, 2024 Visiting Cinestudio has become one of my favorite activities, as the college-based theater offers some of the more interesting

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Jamil Ragland
6 Jun 2024 · 3 min read
Me & Mom New Haven

Me & Mom

The photo is of Adil Mansoor when he was a child, in Pakistan. The scene was a family celebration, and a relative, on a lark, dressed the boy in a

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Brian Slattery
6 Jun 2024 · 1 min read
Million Dollar Babyface LA

Million Dollar Babyface

SUKEBAN: JAPANESE FEMALE PRO-WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP Trinity Auditorium Los Angeles May 30 “Call her babyface,” proclaims an announcer in a black velvet suit and Ray-Bans. He looks slick, like a Japanese

  • Go to the profile of  Madeline Connors
Madeline Connors
5 Jun 2024 · 2 min read
Musicians Lend A Hand New Haven

Musicians Lend A Hand

Chloe, of the Hartford-based band Cvmrats, told stories about deceased friends and the difficulties of being mistaken for a train hopper, but everyone at Cafe Nine on Tuesday night knew

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Brian Slattery
5 Jun 2024 · 1 min read
Art For All: Open Studios Kick Off Oakland

Art For All: Open Studios Kick Off

East Bay Open Studios Salon Exhibition and Opening Party Studio One Arts Center 365 45th St. Oakland May 30, 2024 My friend Emily and I stared at the white and

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Sarah Bass
4 Jun 2024 · 6 min read
Open Mic Pigs Out On Talent Surplus Philadelphia

Open Mic Pigs Out On Talent Surplus

Open Mic Ortlieb’s 847 N 3rd St. Philadelphia May 29, 2024 There I was, pigging out on hot dogs, listening to the Viagra Boys, and watching the Phillies move

  • Go to the profile of  Nora Grace-Flood
Nora Grace-Flood
4 Jun 2024 · 4 min read
LA

Screamo? You Wouldn’t Understand

YOUR RENAISSANCE FEST: JEROMES DREAM, LOMA PRIETA, and friends 1720 Los Angeles May 24, 2024 Screamo is a fickle beast often fawned over by the hard-to-please. As a derivative of

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David Diaz
3 Jun 2024 · 3 min read
Eyes On The Road LA

Eyes On The Road

EYES ON THE ROAD: ART OF THE AUTOMOTIVE LANDSCAPE PETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM Los Angeles Through November 2024 Having survived a near-fatal collision, I’m constantly contemplating the automobile. Much like

  • Go to the profile of  Brittany Menjivar
Brittany Menjivar
3 Jun 2024 · 2 min read
New Haven

Russian Munsters Swarm Downtown Bar

Spooky sounds emanated from Cafe Nine Saturday night. Instead of sending shivers up spines, it kept a crowd smiling and shuffling from side to side for a nonstop hour. The

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Paul Bass
3 Jun 2024 · 1 min read
It’s Been Cowboy Carter For 121 Years At The Boley Rodeo Tulsa

It’s Been Cowboy Carter For 121 Years At The Boley Rodeo

121st Annual Boley Rodeo Boley, OK May 25, 2024 Next weekend, Tulsa Tough will attract thousands of visitors to our city. Throngs of out-of-state and out-of-country travelers will revel in

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Mitch Gilliam
3 Jun 2024 · 4 min read
New Haven

Stories Told Through Song

The music room in Never Ending Books at 810 State St. was cluttered but homey. A collage of brightly-colored abstract art and painted records decorated the walls, which were lined

  • Go to the profile of  Eleanor Polak
Eleanor Polak
3 Jun 2024 · 1 min read
Natural Wonders: Red Dirt, Bluegrass & Heartbreak With Three Tulsa Songwriters Tulsa

Natural Wonders: Red Dirt, Bluegrass & Heartbreak With Three Tulsa Songwriters

Kalyn Fay, Justin Bloss, Mallory Eagle Belafonte Tulsa May 24, 2024 Belafonte is like your cool friend’s house, a west Tulsa gem of a venue just off Charles Page

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Jennie The Lloyd
2 Jun 2024 · 3 min read
Shelter From The Storm Tulsa

Shelter From The Storm

Lyrical Lifelines for Mental Health and Sobriety Living Arts of Tulsa May 25, 2024 In the Tulsa Arts District on a humid May evening, electric as a storm cloud and

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Jennie The Lloyd
2 Jun 2024 · 2 min read
I Think They’re Pronounced ​“Yeer-Rosh” Hartford

I Think They’re Pronounced ​“Yeer-Rosh”

Greek Festival St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral Hartford May 30, 2024 The Greek Festival has been an event in Hartford for 50 years, and somehow I’ve always missed it.

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Jamil Ragland
31 May 2024 · 4 min read
New Haven

Piaget Crashes Tha Cataclysm

Armando Acevedo clicked on a file from his phone. He unrolled a taped-together 10-page scroll. He started rapping the printed lyrics, summoning the insights of a noted 20th century Swiss

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Paul Bass
31 May 2024 · 1 min read
Paint The Town Red, In Flames LA

Paint The Town Red, In Flames

ED RUSCHA/ NOW THEN Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles Through Oct. 6, 2024 Ed Ruscha imagines a Los Angeles where LACMA is burning. It’s surprisingly serene.

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Madeline Connors
31 May 2024 · 2 min read
When The Saints Came Marching Home Hartford

When The Saints Came Marching Home

Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch Hartford May 30, 2024 There are few structures in Hartford as distinctive as the Soldiers and Sailors Arch located on Trinity Street. The Bushnell Park

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Jamil Ragland
31 May 2024 · 3 min read
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