Raleigh/ Durham/ Chapel Hill Yankee Goes Whole Hog On Eastern N. Carolina BBQ The Pig Chapel Hill, N.C. 2/17/24 Before me sat a plate of pork, hush puppies, coleslaw, and pickles. Behind that, because I’d insisted on trying more Brian Slattery 19 Feb 2024 · 7 min read
NYC Sweeter And Sweeter: A Night Out With Doc Honey Doc Honey Windjammer Ridgewood, NYC 11/16/2024 It’s an undeniably special thing to watch an ensemble come together. Pay attention when your friends say they’re starting a K Hank Jost 19 Feb 2024 · 2 min read
Oakland “Black Gold” Found In Oakland Museum Town Treasures: Black Migration Stories Camron-Stanford House Oakland Feb. 16, 2024 Even if you regularly walk along Lake Merritt in Oakland, you might not notice the Camron-Stanford House, the stately Robin Lapid 19 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Raleigh/ Durham/ Chapel Hill String Quartet Rocks Rock Club Bergamot Quartet, Tercel, Spare, and Blood Red River The Cave Chapel Hill, N.C. 2/16/24 People filed into the Cave on W. Franklin Ave. in Chapel Hill and Brian Slattery 18 Feb 2024 · 4 min read
NYC Mandelbaum’s Familiar? Faces Stephane Mandelbaum The Drawing Center SoHo, Manhattan NYC 2/16/2024 Neighborhoods in NYC, despite decades of gentrification, massive demographic shifts, and architectural changes, always seem to hold onto whatever K Hank Jost 18 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland High-Life Acts For The Low Lifes Fuck Valentine’s Variety Show Ruckus Revival The Continental Club Oakland Feb. 8, 2024 The Ruckus Revival, now 25 years old, has had several names and many homes during its Sarah Bass 18 Feb 2024 · 4 min read
NYC More Than Enough Ennio Ennio Film Forum West Village, NYC 2/15/2024 You know who Ennio Morricone is. Trust me. You do. Even if the name only rings on account of it’s K Hank Jost 16 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Fat Tuesday Rolls Through The Bay Mardi Gras Parade and Party 19th Street and The New Parish Oakland Feb. 13, 2024 The Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans can be a little overwhelming if you’re Robin Lapid 16 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford The Flying Spaghetti Monster, & The Spirit Of Space Leave No Trace Clare Gallery Fransciscan Center for Urban Ministry Hartford Through March 15, 2024 Clare Gallery has become one of my favorite galleries in Hartford thanks to the friendly Jamil Ragland 16 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Tulsa “Now Change” Hits The Big Notes “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change” Tulsa Opera Lynn Riggs Theatre Feb. 8, 2024 Legacy arts companies take a huge gamble when they try something new. Core audiences Alicia Chesser 16 Feb 2024 · 4 min read
New Haven Resilience & Collective Cultural Heritage On Display Shaunda Holloway’s Nature’s Children greets viewers as soon as they enter the second floor of the gallery at Creative Arts Workshop. Over the shoulder of that piece, Aisha Brian Slattery 16 Feb 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland Freaky Teenage Foibles Flaunted For Laughs Mortified’s “Doomed Valentines” Show The New Parish Oakland Feb. 10, 2024 Ah, the foolishness of youth. Is the ability to laugh at your own adolescent follies evidence of your Robin Lapid 16 Feb 2024 · 4 min read
Hartford A Split Decision At The Sports Bar XL Center Sports Bar & Fanatics Sportsbook Hartford February 16, 2024 I love sports, and I love food, so checking out the newest sports bar in Hartford was a no-brainer. Jamil Ragland 16 Feb 2024 · 4 min read
Oakland Rectangular Bread Casserole — aka “Detroit Pizza” — Takes the Cake Square Pie Guys 499 9th St. Oakland Simplicity and good ingredients treated with care bring a lot to the table. In the case of the Bay Area mini-chain Square Pie Sarah Bass 15 Feb 2024 · 4 min read
Hartford The Black History Past Is Present “I’m Black and I’m Proud” Black History Month Meet and Greet Alvin & Beatrice Wood Human Services Center Bloomfield Feb. 14, 2024 Black History Month, by its very Jamil Ragland 15 Feb 2024 · 4 min read
LA We Chanted Kobe’s Name KOBE BRYANT STATUE UNVEILING CEREMONY Crypto.com Arena Los Angeles Feb. 8, 2024 I had come for the reveal, true, but was not there to see the veil lifted. I Julian Castronovo 15 Feb 2024 · 2 min read
Oakland Red and Gold: Dragons Prevail Lunar New Year Celebrations Jack London Square Oakland Feb. 10, 2024 The Bay Area had a lot to celebrate this past weekend, so one was hard-pressed to decide what should Robin Lapid 15 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford We’ll Always Have Casablanca Casablanca Cinestudio Hartford Through Feb. 15, 2024 I’d heard about Casablanca so many times. I’ve seen all the references and parodies, but never the movie itself. When I Jamil Ragland 14 Feb 2024 · 2 min read
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