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Guitar Hero Memories Shake Up The Shake New Haven

Guitar Hero Memories Shake Up The Shake

Ahead of tribute honoring local musical legend Rohn Lawrence.

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Jisu Sheen
3 Sep 2025 · 3 min read
Etheridge at the Amphitheater. RYAN PATRICK HOOPER PHOTO Detroit

Did You Know Melissa Etheridge Can Shred?

Mom sings along, as does our reviewer -- who discovers a deep connection to the Indigo Girls as well.

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Ryan Patrick Hooper
3 Sep 2025 · 2 min read
Reality TV Bites All Over

Reality TV Bites

Young singles navigate a post-apocalyptic world from the high-stakes dating show's desert locale.

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Jenn McKee
3 Sep 2025 · 3 min read
A Little Birdie Sold Me Food

A Little Birdie Sold Me

On this DIY Chinese cabbage chicken soup recipe, when I couldn't find Benito the missing cat.

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Liz Grace
2 Sep 2025 · 1 min read
A marching band performs on a football field, with two members in white uniforms crossing their batons at the front while others in green and yellow play brass instruments. Photo credit: Akee Detroit

Marching bands, pride and tradition mark the Detroit Football Classic’s return after nearly 20 years

Attendees celebrated historically Black colleges.

  • Go to the profile of  Midbrow Editor
Midbrow Editor
2 Sep 2025 · 2 min read
Traveling Int’l Youth Choir Takes Church By The Hand Music

Traveling Int’l Youth Choir Takes Church By The Hand

In New Haven's Dixwell neighborhood.

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Jisu Sheen
2 Sep 2025 · 3 min read
The Eyes Have It Hartford

The Eyes Have It

At Art Walk.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
2 Sep 2025 · 3 min read
DIY DIARY: Days 18 - 24 Philadelphia

DIY DIARY: Days 18 - 24

Musician and Midbrow reviewer Ty Maxwell documents his DIY solo tour across the Northeast.

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Tyler Maxwell
1 Sep 2025 · 5 min read
Deep Dive at Bathers Oakland

Deep Dive at Bathers

An introduction to the theories and practice of Deep Listening at Bathers’ Summer Symposium.

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Jeff Kaliss
1 Sep 2025 · 3 min read
Hands Fly For Fatman Scoop New Haven

Hands Fly For Fatman Scoop

Tribute concert keeps memory alive on the stage where the legendary hype man collapsed a year ago.

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Jisu Sheen
1 Sep 2025 · 4 min read
Vinyl Magic Revs Up The Night New Haven

Vinyl Magic Revs Up The Night

All-wax DJ blow-out comes to Cita Park.

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Jisu Sheen
1 Sep 2025 · 4 min read
Nu Metal Is Bigger Than White Boy Butt Rock Tulsa

Nu Metal Is Bigger Than White Boy Butt Rock

A Nu Metal night at Vanguard was diverse and rapturous, with genuinely touching moments

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Mitch Gilliam
29 Aug 2025 · 3 min read
Underdog Wins Again All Over

Underdog Wins Again

In "American Warrior," we came for Danny Trejo; we stayed for the jabs.

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Sarah Bass
29 Aug 2025 · 2 min read
Sumac Is Delicious And Plentiful In Oklahoma. Why Don’t We Use It More? Tulsa

Sumac Is Delicious And Plentiful In Oklahoma. Why Don’t We Use It More?

Sumac Day at Heirloom brought the native plant's flavors to beer, coffee, pizza and poetry

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Megan Shepherd
29 Aug 2025 · 5 min read
Richard III Returns To Roots Detroit

Richard III Returns To Roots

At an open-air container "Globe."

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
28 Aug 2025 · 3 min read
Laid Off? Same! Philadelphia

Laid Off? Same!

A new social scene has emerged in Philadelphia. Call it the league of the laid off.

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Clay Davies
28 Aug 2025 · 3 min read
Freeman Fought For Freedom Hartford

Freeman Fought For Freedom

A Revolutionary War-era reenactment speaks to the present moment.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
28 Aug 2025 · 2 min read
"I'm Nerdy About Weave Structure" Warp & Weft with Susie Taylor Oakland

"I'm Nerdy About Weave Structure" Warp & Weft with Susie Taylor

Grid-minded fabric artist Taylor is a "hardcore shaft loom weaver."

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Agustín Maes
28 Aug 2025 · 4 min read
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