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My First Time As An Oil Painting Detroit

My First Time As An Oil Painting

The eyes have it at a pop-up of Richard Wilson's powerful portraits of Detroit characters.

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
14 May 2025 · 4 min read
Fontaines D.C. Deliver Detroit

Fontaines D.C. Deliver

On all fronts, at the Fillmore Detroit.

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
14 May 2025 · 3 min read
Halloween Hits In May Detroit

Halloween Hits In May

At a haunted trail.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
14 May 2025 · 3 min read
33 Artists Go Plant-Based New Haven

33 Artists Go Plant-Based

In downtown New Haven group show.

  • Go to the profile of  Brian Slattery
Brian Slattery
14 May 2025 · 5 min read
P-Funktion: Generational Grooves Go Lakeside Oakland

P-Funktion: Generational Grooves Go Lakeside

Parliament Funkadelic, led by George Clinton, showcased its catalogue with a multi-generational show at Oakland’s newly renovated Calvin Simmons Theater.

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Jeff Kaliss, Tony Daquipa
14 May 2025 · 4 min read
Glitter, Joy, and Queer Power Oakland

Glitter, Joy, and Queer Power

The orca eyed queen has come a long way: Trixie Mattel and assorted openers brought on a big ole gay dance party brimming with sequins and unbridled joy.

  • Go to the profile of  Vita Hewitt
Vita Hewitt
13 May 2025 · 3 min read
Coming Up For Air Detroit

Coming Up For Air

Tipping Point's latest production uses decades of dialogue to chart the course of a relationship.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
12 May 2025 · 3 min read
When The Distance Is Blue Philadelphia

When The Distance Is Blue

Multi-instrumentalist Macie Stewart pushes the limits of sonic range during an album release event.

  • Go to the profile of  Izzy True
Izzy True
12 May 2025 · 1 min read
Aloe In There New Haven

Aloe In There

DIY after-sun butter recipe discovered in … a still-standing letterpress printer/ stationery store.

  • Go to the profile of  Liz Grace
Liz Grace
12 May 2025 · 1 min read
All A Guitar Can Do Philadelphia

All A Guitar Can Do

Two guitarists display their instrument's capacity at a new studio's first public event.

  • Go to the profile of  Tyler Maxwell
Tyler Maxwell
10 May 2025 · 3 min read
A Jellyfish Blurping Over Downtown Tulsa And Other Scenes From “Surreal-East” Tulsa

A Jellyfish Blurping Over Downtown Tulsa And Other Scenes From “Surreal-East”

ArtHouse Tulsa puts on another killer show, this time in the Tulsa Global District

  • Go to the profile of  Alicia Chesser
Alicia Chesser
9 May 2025 · 6 min read
May Queen Bunny Gets Bloodshot Eyes New Haven

May Queen Bunny Gets Bloodshot Eyes

Drummer/artist brings distinctive sound and design to 3 Sheets.

  • Go to the profile of  Jisu Sheen
Jisu Sheen
9 May 2025 · 3 min read
Art As Prayer New Haven

Art As Prayer

Judy Sirota Rosenthal's colofrul meditations fill a synagogue's walls.

  • Go to the profile of  Midbrow Editor
Midbrow Editor
9 May 2025 · 4 min read
Broadway Nerd Heaven Detroit

Broadway Nerd Heaven

Touring show revives a 4-person show-tune revue.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
9 May 2025 · 3 min read
Monster Deal of a Meal Oakland

Monster Deal of a Meal

Thursdays through the end of May Monster Pho is offering dine-in customers a taste of their old school prices.

  • Go to the profile of  Sarah Bass
Sarah Bass
8 May 2025 · 2 min read
From Blob To Belief All Over

From Blob To Belief

In a debut novel, A new take on molding non-human companionship.

  • Go to the profile of  Paul Bass
Paul Bass
8 May 2025 · 4 min read
Stop-Solitary Doc Takes Shape New Haven

Stop-Solitary Doc Takes Shape

Film in progress previewed in New Haven, focused on longtime criminal justice activist.

  • Go to the profile of  Karen Ponzio
Karen Ponzio
8 May 2025 · 3 min read
Waves, Walls, and Whispers Oakland

Waves, Walls, and Whispers

The Oakland Ballet takes on a dark chapter in Asian Immigration. “They wrote their feelings, their emotions, their hopes, their dreams, and their frustrations on the bodies of the dancers who are going to be performing for you today.”

  • Go to the profile of  Vita Hewitt
Vita Hewitt
7 May 2025 · 3 min read
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