Oakland Is This the Future of Oakland? The Exhibit A: A Town Hall on AntiBlackness in the City of Oakland James Moore Theater at Oakland Museum of California March 14, 2024 “What does it say about a Breezy Bratton 21 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
New Haven Punks Rock For Choice Addie and Jacey of the Connecticut Democratic Socialists of America declared themselves “thrilled” to be on Cafe Nine’s stage Tuesday night. The DSA is involved in a number of Brian Slattery 20 Mar 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland Afghan Food In Oaktown: Just Drink the Yogurt Saffron Kitchen 5940 College Ave. Oakland “Oh! That’s not good for business!” A closed sign flipped to open, and a large, airy, open, and the empty restaurant was ours. Sarah Bass 20 Mar 2024 · 4 min read
NYC A Castle To Return To For The Spoken Word The Palace Reading Series Greenpoint, Brooklyn 2/19/24 I do my best in these articles to avoid reviewing the same folks. In a city like this one there’s K Hank Jost 20 Mar 2024 · 2 min read
Hartford Organist Moves Us Beyond Thunderous Calamity Trinity College Organ Series: Twilight Tuesdays Christopher Houlihan Trinity College Chapel Hartford March 19, 2024 Despite being a student and an employee at Trinity College for seven years, I never Jamil Ragland 20 Mar 2024 · 2 min read
New Haven Firehouse 12 Ignites New Jazz Season Ingrid Laubrock’s Lilith opened Firehouse 12’s spring season of shows at its concert space, recording studio, and bar on Crown Street with a fiery set of Laubrock’s Brian Slattery 19 Mar 2024 · 1 min read
The Wednesday Tour De Weird Honestly, Same/Ka Baird/Horse Lords Empty Bottle 4/13/24 Bookended by instrumental bands, second opener Ka Baird at the Empty Bottle was a capella rendered in giallo, running Stacey Peters 18 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
NYC A Multi-Hyphenate St. Patrick’s Meernaa Baby’s All Right Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NYC March 17, 2024 It’s no secret now that a good majority of modern independent music is fusional in its construction — more K Hank Jost 18 Mar 2024 · 2 min read
Boulder The Therapeutic Power Of Dance Mindfield Boulder Ballet Boulder, Colorado March 8 – 10, 2024 Boulder Ballet’s latest production, “Mindfield,” is ambitious to say the least and a departure from the company’s usual productions, Alice Kaderlan 18 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
Tulsa Dombrance & The Collapse Of Meaning Dombrance Cain’s Ballroom Tulsa March 9, 2024 The character of Dombrance — with his red suit, black tie, distinctive mustache, and high-energy beats — was well-received, and deservingly so, at Cain’ Z.B. Reeves 18 Mar 2024 · 4 min read
Nashville Honky Tonk Tuesday Holds Down The Fort Honky Tonk Tuesday American Legion Post 82 Tuesdays Getting out the door for some air was honestly more difficult than getting in. Since I’d arrived, a line of 15 Libby Weitnauer 17 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford When the Hero Falls, Mayhem Erupts & Bodies Fly Lone Survivor 5 Warehouse 635 West Hartford March 17, 2024 There are some people who know exactly what they want to be, and then they go out and do it. Jamil Ragland 17 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
Chicago Laetitia Sadier Loops The Sonic Love Laetitia Sadier Empty Bottle 3/12/24 Musician Laetitia Sadier ’s performance at Chicago’s legendary Empty Bottle was soft-focused and multifaceted, rendering her sonic landscapes in warm, consonant keyboards, Allison HadleyDaniel Shoemaker 17 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
Tulsa Clear-Eyed Humanity In Two New Plays Heller Theatre Company: Double Feature Lynn Riggs Theatre Tulsa March 8, 2024 What does it mean to be “good”? Two new plays presented by Heller Theatre Company last weekend raised Alicia Chesser 17 Mar 2024 · 4 min read
Hartford Charmagne Tripp Returns To Form In The Living Room The Living Room Series Presents: Charmagne Tripp and The High Theaterworks Hartford March 14, 2024 I’ve known Charmagne Tripp for several years, because I’ve been friends with her Jamil Ragland 15 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
LA This Is Me on Top of You VAL + THE AMATEURIST NOW INSTANT IMAGE HALL Chinatown, Los Angeles March 9, 2024 Getting ready for the screening, everything felt like a performance. I slipped on a pair of black Brittany Menjivar 15 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
New Haven Caryl Churchill’s “Escaped Alone” Lets Everyone Understand Escaped Alone Yale Repertory Theatre 1120 Chapel St. Through March 30, 2024 A group of women are talking together in a garden, under the shade of a tree. In the Brian Slattery 15 Mar 2024 · 1 min read
Hartford Clothes, Cops, & Weddings No Bodies: Clothing as Disruptor Real Art Ways Hartford March 11, 2024 The clothes we wear say a lot about who we are. But instead of focusing on culture or Jamil Ragland 14 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
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