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Recipe For A Pressure Cooker

Recipe For A Pressure Cooker

The Comeuppance, a play about high school reunions, offers home-for-the-holidays survival strategy.

Leo David

27 Nov 2024 · 2 min read

How Does Your Garden Grow?

How Does Your Garden Grow?

Mother-daughter exhibit gives birth to a floral take on acceptance.

Nora Grace-Flood

26 Nov 2024 · 3 min read

Wicked Wonders: What's The Harm in Some Charm?

Wicked Wonders: What's The Harm in Some Charm?

"Wicked" makes an old story sing; the sequel will determine how Hollywood channels the horror.

Juliana Tedeschi

25 Nov 2024 · 4 min read

Imagine a Trumpet. Now, a Cello

Imagine a Trumpet. Now, a Cello

jung mudra and friends warm up a chilly November eve with acoustic charm at a single-release celebration.

Sarah Bass

25 Nov 2024 · 4 min read

Symphony Lights A Creative Fire

Symphony Lights A Creative Fire

A symphony orchestra in a vast concert hall. Ballet dancers, barefoot. A spoken-word poet and a singer. A traditional African drummer. These elements all came together in concert, as a

Brian Slattery

25 Nov 2024 · 6 min read

tulsa, music, goth, whittier bar

Welcome To The Goth Gae Grief Dance

Under a looming autocracy, this dark dance and goth night brought the medieval Danse Macabre to the top of my mind.

Mitch Gilliam

24 Nov 2024 · 4 min read

tulsa, movies, circle cinema, film, horror

Godzilla Really Is That Big

The tone of the film offered a stark contrast to the rock ‘em sock ‘em Godzilla who’s come to fight the likes of King Kong in multi-million-dollar spectacles.

Mitch Gilliam

22 Nov 2024 · 3 min read

The Art Of The Underpass

The Art Of The Underpass

Gregory Prestegord brings an Impressionist lens to a Kensington bleakspace.

Nora Grace-Flood

22 Nov 2024 · 3 min read

tulsa, music, classical, chamber music, lowdown, chamber music tulsa

I Wasn’t the Only One Buzzed After Trio Bohémo

Concerts like this are a breath of fresh air to the genre—and to people like my friend, who might not have even known this was something she’d enjoy.

Yvonne Hazelton

22 Nov 2024 · 3 min read

A Vintage Saturday Morning: Cartoons & Cereal at The New Parkway Theater

A Vintage Saturday Morning: Cartoons & Cereal at The New Parkway Theater

A nostalgic escape: Every Saturday morning, this Oakland cinema opens its doors to a group of us "grown-up kids" craving that sweet throwback with a modern twist.

Vita Hewitt

22 Nov 2024 · 3 min read

Stood Up Comedy at the Elbo Room

Stood Up Comedy at the Elbo Room

Nothing beats a local comedy night. Sure, these aren't marquee names, but up-and-comers are exciting. And they probably have their own intermittent podcasts, just like varsity comedians. So I was excited to check out the Elbo’s Clubdub Hip Hop and comedy show.

Fred Noland

21 Nov 2024 · 1 min read

Trump II Unmasks "Hamilton"

Trump II Unmasks "Hamilton"

A revival of Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical, staged in the wake of the presidential election, reveals underlying liberal delusions.

Nora Grace-Flood

21 Nov 2024 · 4 min read

Masking Up to Yell at God

Masking Up to Yell at God

Local bands lined up at West Philly's Satellite Cafe for a covid-cautious concert featuring air purifiers and PPE provided by United Musicians and Allied Workers.

Izzy True

20 Nov 2024 · 1 min read

The Bore On Christmas

The Bore On Christmas

Red One starts the holiday movie season with a militaristic misfire.

Jamil Ragland

20 Nov 2024 · 2 min read

Kaleidoscopic Mural Unveiled

Kaleidoscopic Mural Unveiled

Philly muralists bring a dazzling new canvas to a 240-foot blank warehouse wall in a faded industrial stretch of New Haven primed for revival.

Lisa Reisman

20 Nov 2024 · 4 min read

(Do!) Touch The Art

(Do!) Touch The Art

The word “haptic” is derived from the Greek "haptikos," which translates to “able to touch or grasp.” For anyone with a Disability that affects one or more of their five senses, the ability to touch visual artwork can be a key means of gripping the creator’s sense of style, intent and meaning.

Clay Davies

19 Nov 2024 · 3 min read

Swipe Not Right

Swipe Not Right

Amiko Li's slide-deck photo exhibit captures the dark and light of dating-app culture.

Nora Grace-Flood

18 Nov 2024 · 3 min read

tulsa, music, hip hop, dreamland, steph simon, greenwood

As A Dream Gets Reimagined, The Dreamland Festival Levels Up

The festival felt like a Summer Jam or a SXSW, with panel discussions and multi-venue community activations that celebrated hip-hop through art, music and film.

Ryan Anderson

17 Nov 2024 · 3 min read