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Izzy Joy Creates His Own Orbit New Haven

Izzy Joy Creates His Own Orbit

On his new single, "Understated."

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Jisu Sheen
7 May 2025 · 3 min read
Puppets Speak Up, But Not Out Philadelphia

Puppets Speak Up, But Not Out

Theatre company Bread and Puppet offers political certainty at the expense of narrative clarity.

  • Go to the profile of  Leo David
Leo David
6 May 2025 · 2 min read
Can We Offer You A Little Dignity And Candor? Tulsa

Can We Offer You A Little Dignity And Candor?

With free expression on the chopping block, Tulsa LitFest is more essential than ever before.

  • Go to the profile of  Meredith Boe
Meredith Boe
6 May 2025 · 3 min read
Esmer Returns Home With ​“Heather” New Haven

Esmer Returns Home With ​“Heather”

Musician finds missing piece in newly released song.

  • Go to the profile of  Jisu Sheen
Jisu Sheen
6 May 2025 · 3 min read
These Scraps Were Made For Painting Oakland

These Scraps Were Made For Painting

Digest: Lingering After a Meal Laurie Caird Awaken Cafe, 1429 Broadway Ave, Oakland EXTENDED through May 25, 2025 Food has always been political, and perhaps now more than ever. Who

  • Go to the profile of  Sarah Bass
Sarah Bass
5 May 2025 · 3 min read
Toying With Trauma Detroit

Toying With Trauma

The adults are the playthings in the room in a play about the collateral impact of school shootings.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
5 May 2025 · 4 min read
Wandering Roots Folkie Hartford

Wandering Roots Folkie

Strums into his fifth decade at one of Pratt Street's new restaurant-bars.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
5 May 2025 · 2 min read
Building Our Own Barbie Philadelphia

Building Our Own Barbie

A casual lecture series takes Barbie's history seriously.

  • Go to the profile of  Jessica Galletta
Jessica Galletta
5 May 2025 · 4 min read
New Haven

Shredded Beats

The rhythm section for Niger's Mdou Moctar brings psychedelic sustenance across the ocean.

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Brian Slattery
5 May 2025 · 3 min read
Toad’s Goes Club C*nt New Haven

Toad’s Goes Club C*nt

Featuring furry boots, ​“Get Ur Freak On,” and a four-DJ lineup.

  • Go to the profile of  Karen Ponzio
Karen Ponzio
5 May 2025 · 6 min read
Philadelphia

The All Consuming Foodman...

... Digests and discards musical food scraps during his electronica DJ set.

  • Go to the profile of  Izzy True
Izzy True
4 May 2025 · 1 min read
2Pac Dreamed Of A Restaurant Detroit

2Pac Dreamed Of A Restaurant

Vinyl Tasting brought it to life in Detroit.

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
4 May 2025 · 3 min read
Anyone Hear My Knees Crack? Detroit

Anyone Hear My Knees Crack?

Aging out at the Mogwai show.

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Ryan Patrick Hooper
4 May 2025 · 2 min read
‘The House of Tarot’ Exhibit Gives Us Major ‘Silent Hill’ Vibes (in a good way) Detroit

‘The House of Tarot’ Exhibit Gives Us Major ‘Silent Hill’ Vibes (in a good way)

Inside Detroit’s former Herman Kiefer Hospital complex, 22 artists bring their vision of the tarot’s Major Arcana cards to life

  • Go to the profile of  Randiah Camille Green
Randiah Camille Green
2 May 2025 · 3 min read
LAKE Brings Back "River Day" Philadelphia

LAKE Brings Back "River Day"

Three bands with West Coast roots take Philly on vacation to the Pacific Northwest indie rock scene.

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Tyler Maxwell
2 May 2025 · 3 min read
Being Old is Punk AF Oakland

Being Old is Punk AF

BOB Fest, an annual international music festival, was part Bay Area punk rock family reunion and part make-a-wish moment.

  • Go to the profile of  Tony Daquipa
Tony Daquipa
2 May 2025 · 3 min read
The Uncertainty Of Romance New Haven

The Uncertainty Of Romance

Measured in New Haven Theater's new production of ​“Heisenberg.”

  • Go to the profile of  Brian Slattery
Brian Slattery
2 May 2025 · 4 min read
I Was Wrong About Dvořák Tulsa

I Was Wrong About Dvořák

Tulsa Opera brought suffering to the listeners—and that’s a good thing.

  • Go to the profile of  Z.B. Reeves
Z.B. Reeves
2 May 2025 · 3 min read
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