LA Little Weirdos Wait To Die “I feel like performing live is practice for living and dying,” Mitski declares several songs into her sold-out show at the Hollywood Bowl. She goes on to explain that in performance, she experiences it all: ecstasy, joy, awe. Madeline Connors 9 Oct 2024 · 2 min read
Hartford A Walk On The Wild (And Creepy) Side There’s nothing like a nice walk on a crisp fall day, and Wethersfield has turned the fall tradition into a walk on the wild side with its annual “Scarecrows Along Main” celebration and competition. Jamil Ragland 9 Oct 2024 · 4 min read
Hartford Calm And Escape At The Art Show It’s not often that I get two great experiences at one location, but I was fortunate to find that in addition to offering fascinating talks, the Lucy Robbins Welles Library has a gallery space where they display the creations of local artists. Jamil Ragland 9 Oct 2024 · 3 min read
Philadelphia Sunflower Sous Vide Stalks Cookout Scene Fernando Melo picked the petals off a sunflower head and held its face flesh against the grill. Was I at a cookout, I wondered, or had NOMA come to Philly? Illiana Germain 8 Oct 2024 · 4 min read
Hartford Vintage Photo Detective Is On The Case By day, Erik S. Hinckley is an unassuming assistant town planner for the town of Newington. By night, he’s a detective, working to solve mysteries over a century in the making. Jamil Ragland 8 Oct 2024 · 3 min read
Philadelphia (VW) Buggin’ Out In The Yard Clark Bedford moved his ancient, trash-packed Volkswagen out of his Maryland driveway — and into a contemporary art gallery. Nora Grace-Flood 7 Oct 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland A Majorly Millennial Meal West Oakland is widely known as a food desert, vast stretches of it devoid of any victuals outside of corner-store fare. Sarah Bass 7 Oct 2024 · 4 min read
New Haven Kale & White Bean Soup, Seasoned With Math; Cash Preferred In which Liz pays a visit to the Swedish Baker, and comes out rich in soup. Liz Grace 7 Oct 2024 · 1 min read
LA 3 Straight Shows, Lost To Gothic Night Dear diary, I’m embarking inadvisably upon a three-day marathon of unrelated shows around Greater Los Angeles, including on workdays. A.J. Urquidi 7 Oct 2024 · 4 min read
LA You’re Invited, If You Dare The title of the Dare’s 2024 debut album poses a question: What’s Wrong with New York? Here’s my take Brittany Menjivar 7 Oct 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford Undoing The Joker Let’s get this out of the way: Joker: Folie à Deux is not a good movie. It meanders for two hours with no real point. It gives Harleen “Lee” Quinzel (played as well as she could by Lady Gaga) nothing to do but fawn over Joker. Jamil Ragland 7 Oct 2024 · 4 min read
Hartford A Gift To End The Season Thanks to the beautiful weather we’ve had this month, it felt like summer was going to last all year long. All good things must come to an end though, and Gifted Horses gave the last lunchtime concert performance the season. Jamil Ragland 6 Oct 2024 · 2 min read
Philadelphia Softies’ Stage Return Hits Hard On Heartbreak “Write down that this is a bad song!” my recently heartbroken friend wept in my ear as I scrawled notes like an obsessive school girl about the pitch-perfect performance delivered by ‘90s sad girls, The Softies. Nora Grace-Flood 4 Oct 2024 · 3 min read
Philadelphia 100 Witches Curse The Crowd Izzy at Sing Slavic Queen & Rook Game Cafe Izzy True 4 Oct 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland His Name Is Alive — Haunting Riff-Rock from Motor City His Name Is Alive The New Parish 1743 San Pablo Ave, Oakland September 22nd, 2024 Fred Noland 3 Oct 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland Lucinda Williams Knows A Thing Or Two About Fighting Lucinda Williams Fox Theater 1807 Telegraph Ave, Oakland September 23rd, 2024 Fred Noland 2 Oct 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland Mike Birbiglia Calls Back Mike Birgiglia — Please Stop the Ride at the Fox Theater Fred Noland 2 Oct 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven Post-Punk Legends Bring Nostalgia, Rebirth October opened with a one-two punch as the dreamy double bill of the Psychedelic Furs and The Jesus and Mary Chain turned College Street Music Hall into a post-punk version of heaven. Karen Ponzio 2 Oct 2024 · 1 min read
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