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Egg And Spoon Tell The Truth About College NYC

Egg And Spoon Tell The Truth About College

“Give us a One Word Suggestion!” reads a sign on a table in the lobby of Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre at 502 West 53rd St. Before seeing What Else

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Adam Wassilchalk
21 Aug 2023 · 6 min read
Old Gods Of Appalachia Pushes Back Knoxville

Old Gods Of Appalachia Pushes Back

“Well, hey there, family.” It’s the welcome Steve Shell gives at the top of every episode of the hit podcast Old Gods of Appalachia, and he gave it again

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Drew Bunting
21 Aug 2023 · 4 min read
BooYah! Expectations Shattered at Arch Street Tavern Hartford

BooYah! Expectations Shattered at Arch Street Tavern

As I’ve written before, I try to go to arts events with no prior knowledge or expectations. I like being surprised and I feel that it gives me a

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Jamil Ragland
18 Aug 2023 · 3 min read
Elm Shakespeare Makes Merry New Haven

Elm Shakespeare Makes Merry

“Here will be an old abusing of God’s patience and the King’s English,” says Mistress Quigley, played with cheeky humor by Martine Fleurisma in Elm Shakespeare Company’s

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Eleanor Polak
18 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
The Lucky Find In The Dumpster Fire: Hot Messes Tackle Hot Topics At Tulsa Story Slam Tulsa

The Lucky Find In The Dumpster Fire: Hot Messes Tackle Hot Topics At Tulsa Story Slam

“OK, So” Story Slam: Hot Mess Aug. 11, 2023 Living Arts of Tulsa The literary theorist Roland Barthes believed it was a photographer’s job to “shock” — in other words,

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Alicia Chesser
17 Aug 2023 · 3 min read
Plants Invade Museum — & Art Blooms Boston

Plants Invade Museum — & Art Blooms

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is one of my favorite museums in Boston, which has to do with its unique history (who doesn’t love an unsolved art heist or

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Sasha Patkin
17 Aug 2023 · 6 min read
Mini Museum Preserves Black Panther Art Of Revolution Oakland

Mini Museum Preserves Black Panther Art Of Revolution

As with any political or social movement, visual art, from murals to posters to newspaper illustrations, played a central role in the Black Panther’s efforts to promote revolutionary change.

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Sarah Bass
17 Aug 2023 · 4 min read
New Haven

Raucous Bluegrass Flows From Missouri To New Haven

As Lindley Creek takes the stage at Cafe Nine. Click here to continue reading Brian’s review.

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Brian Slattery
17 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
“A House Without A Rushnyk Is Not A Home” New Haven

“A House Without A Rushnyk Is Not A Home”

New Knights of Columbus museum show explores sacred Ukrainian textiles. Click here to read Eleanor’s review.

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Eleanor Polak
17 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
Emcees on Main: Tulsa Veterans & Rookies Mix It Up For Hip Hop’s 50th Tulsa

Emcees on Main: Tulsa Veterans & Rookies Mix It Up For Hip Hop’s 50th

Culture Over Everything Presents: Happy Birthday To H.E.R. Aug. 11, 2023 Soundpony “You never thought that hip-hop would take it this far.” This iconic line from The Notorious

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Ryan Anderson
16 Aug 2023 · 3 min read
Happy Hip Hop Birthday x3 NYC

Happy Hip Hop Birthday x3

“Fifty years down the line, you can start this ‘Cause we’ll be the Old School artists And even in that time, I’ll say a rhyme A brand-new style,

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Lisa Gray
16 Aug 2023 · 13 min read
Thaiger Meets (Vegan) Duck; Curry Soothes With Mix Of Sweet, Sour, Salt, & Spice Boston

Thaiger Meets (Vegan) Duck; Curry Soothes With Mix Of Sweet, Sour, Salt, & Spice

The first thing you notice when you enter Crying Thaiger Rustic Thai Kitchen in Malden, Mass., is that the walls are painted black. But that doesn’t mean it’s

  • Go to the profile of  Sasha PatkinKelley McLaughlin
Sasha PatkinKelley McLaughlin
16 Aug 2023 · 4 min read
Three Bands Rock It Easy New Haven

Three Bands Rock It Easy

Three New Haven-based bands took the stage at Cafe Nine on the corner of State and Crown Tuesday night to share new songs, try out new ideas, and ease into

  • Go to the profile of  Brian Slattery
Brian Slattery
16 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
We’re Off To See The Whizzer: Tulsa Theatre Ensemble Hits High Note in Falsettos Tulsa

We’re Off To See The Whizzer: Tulsa Theatre Ensemble Hits High Note in Falsettos

Falsettos Aug. 11, 2023 Lynn Riggs Black Box Theater “Happy or sad? That’s a question with no answer.” Those early lines in Falsettos, the 1992 musical by William Finn

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Alicia Chesser
15 Aug 2023 · 3 min read
Powwow Drums Set Heartbeat For Wild Musical Ride Troy/Albany

Powwow Drums Set Heartbeat For Wild Musical Ride

At a Medicine Singers show, barriers are loose suggestions, meant to be crossed: barriers between music styles, and cultures, and time. The group’s sound combines powwow drumming with psychedelic

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RS Benedict
15 Aug 2023 · 3 min read
Sculptors, Painter Lead With The Heart New Haven

Sculptors, Painter Lead With The Heart

At New Haven’s City Gallery, where works by Linda Mickens, Susan Clinard, and Shaunda Holloway are on display. Click here to read Brian Slattery’s review.

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Brian Slattery
15 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
50 Cent Goes 50 – 50 Hartford

50 Cent Goes 50 – 50

“Excuse me, what are you writing?” I looked up from my notepad. A short Latina with bright eyes and wavy brown hair was standing over me. I was sitting on

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
14 Aug 2023 · 4 min read
Ooh, Lala’s: New Haven Pizza Migrates To Brooklyn NYC

Ooh, Lala’s: New Haven Pizza Migrates To Brooklyn

I miss New Haven pizza. I spent the majority of the last five years in New Haven, and moved to New York City only a few months ago. As a

  • Go to the profile of  Adam Wassilchalk
Adam Wassilchalk
14 Aug 2023 · 6 min read
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