New Haven First Youth Shakespeare Fest Marks Dramatic Success Cast members of Elm Shakespeare Teen Troupe’s production of Henry V burst onto the stage in a rush of sound and energy. “O, for a muse of fire that Brian Slattery 12 Dec 2023 · 1 min read
Oakland The Little Crowd That Could Amber Lounge Comedy 1517 Franklin St. Oakland Weekly Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. We’ve all been at a comedy show where a heckler or two drastically alters the Sarah Bass 12 Dec 2023 · 2 min read
New Haven Long Live The Beehive Queen There are three things you can count on in December: stores jammed with holiday shoppers, roads jammed with holiday travelers, and Christine Ohlman jamming though The Beehive Holiday Blowout at Karen Ponzio 11 Dec 2023 · 1 min read
Nashville Nashville’s Musician Test Kitchen Bubbles Kaitlyn Raitz Bowery Vault Nashville Dec. 5, 2023 Kaitlyn Raitz looked down at her cello and the pedal board to the right of her right foot and said to the Libby Weitnauer 11 Dec 2023 · 4 min read
Chicago Bill Callahan Shows The Man Behind The Guitar Bill Callahan The Constellation Bricktown, Chicago Dec. 5, 2023 “What’s up, Chicago?!” Bill Callahan enthusiastically inquired of his audience, denizens of his former hometown. “That’s what comedians say. Allison Hadley & Daniel Shoemaker 11 Dec 2023 · 4 min read
Troy/Albany Harp Meets The Dead: Mikaela Davis & Maybird, Lost in Wonderland, Lost in Time Mikaela Davis with special guest Maybird Lark Hall Albany, N.Y. Dec. 7, 2023 In the depths of dreary winter, after a week of short and sunless days, as intermittent RS Benedict 11 Dec 2023 · 3 min read
Hartford Reed Right Chamber Music Showcase Berkman Recital Hall, University of Hartford West Hartford Dec. 5, 2023 I played the clarinet for six years. I was first chair in my highschool band, and Jamil Ragland 11 Dec 2023 · 3 min read
Hartford Sister Act Brings Fire & Sass Sister Act: A Divine Musical Comedy ActUp Theater Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School Hartford Through Sunday, Dec. 10 I’m gonna cut to the chase: Go see ActUp Theater’ Jamil Ragland 8 Dec 2023 · 3 min read
Tulsa Origin Stories, Cherokee Americana And A Rare Full-Band Show For Kalyn Fay Kalyn Fay LowDown Tulsa Dec. 1, 2023 Kalyn Fay’s music seems to be made of open space and complicated questions. When the singer-songwriter took the stage at LowDown last Z.B. Reeves 8 Dec 2023 · 2 min read
NYC “You Cartoon Mascot For A Chalk-Flavored Candy Bar”: Battle Comedy Commences Roasted Comedy Battle Grove 34 31 – 83 34th St. Queens, NY Dec. 6, 2023 On Wednesday, all the way out in Queens, at the self-proclaimed eighth best comedy club in K Hank Jost 8 Dec 2023 · 4 min read
Tulsa Cuban Rhythms, Frank Ocean And Whatever The Hell Else: A Night At The Colony Lil’ Big Band The Colony Nov. 24, 2023 Turkey and holiday starches are known to tank folks, but Thanksgiving is traditionally a huge day for Tulsa’s service industry. Expats Mitch Gilliam 8 Dec 2023 · 3 min read
Boston When “Awful” Rhymes With “Felafel” The Band’s Visit The Huntington Theatre 264 Huntington Ave. Boston, Mass. Through Dec. 17, 2023 “Once, not long ago, a group of musicians came to Israel from Egypt. You Sasha Patkin 8 Dec 2023 · 4 min read
Hartford Reviewer Takes The Reins Self-Curated Exhibit Jean Burr Smith Library Conn. State Community College Middlesex Dec. 7, 2023 This painting particularly caught my eye. So I decided to feature it in an exhibition. Initially, Jamil Ragland 8 Dec 2023 · 3 min read
New Haven Indie-Folk Favorites Darlingside, Field Guide Bring Solace To Space As the temperature outside dropped to feeling downright wintery, Space Ballroom in Hamden on Wednesday was filled with warmth, as indie-folk favorites Darlingside, with Field Guide opening, created a night Brian Slattery 7 Dec 2023 · 1 min read
Oakland Persimmons Three Ways JooDooBoo 4201 Market St. Oakland You might think it’s holiday season, but the folks at Oakland’s JooDooBoo, a Korean banchan and house-made tofu deli and market, and I Sarah Bass 7 Dec 2023 · 4 min read
New Haven Some Painted,Some Panted Music and visual art both went live Wednesday night at Cafe Nine when Color in Sound, an event organized and curated by local artist Andres Madariaga, brought together three musical Karen Ponzio 7 Dec 2023 · 1 min read
Boston T Retch T: An MBTA Musical The Rockwell 255 Elm St. Somerville, Mass. Dec. 1, 2023 Loving to hate the absurd incompetence of the T is a time-honored Boston tradition as old Sasha Patkin 6 Dec 2023 · 4 min read
Tulsa A Slower Kind Of Knowing Darren Dirksen: November Grass Joseph Gierek Fine Art Tulsa Through Dec. 9 In the introduction to her “Best Music of 2023” list, the New Yorker music critic Amanda Petrusich wrote Alicia Chesser 6 Dec 2023 · 3 min read
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