New Haven “The Salvagers” Finds Hope In The Cold When we first meet Boseman Salvage Junior (Taylor A. Blackman), he’s shoveling snow, and turns it into a dance. The labor he’s doing can’t take away from Brian Slattery 1 Dec 2023 · 1 min read
LA Humans As Brands: Disgusted? No. Amused Jackie Wang and Natasha Stagg Book launch reading Poetic Research Bureau Los Angeles Nov. 28, 2023 Poetic Research Bureau (PRB), in the multi-venue 2220 Arts + Archives, stretched its winning streak Jack Skelley 1 Dec 2023 · 2 min read
NYC Where The Wild Art Is The Ramble Central Park 59th St. to 110th St., and Fifth Avenue to Central Park West New York City Open from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m., 365 days Betsy Kim 30 Nov 2023 · 5 min read
Hartford Stained-Glass Revelation: Heaven is Other People Stained Glass Windows Jubilee House Hartford Nov. 29 When I was kid, I once locked myself in the closet and prayed. I decided that I would stay there, in total Jamil Ragland 30 Nov 2023 · 4 min read
Tulsa Soup’s On: Dane Arnold’s Sunday Night Residency Is A Must-See Soup Mercury Lounge Tulsa Nov. 26, 2023 Is it too on the nose to liken Soup (as it’s billed on social media) — the erstwhile Dane Arnold and the Soup, Becky Carman 30 Nov 2023 · 2 min read
New Haven Pizza Pairs With Jazz Wednesday night’s luminous lunar display recalled the opening line of “That’s Amore”: “When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie…” so it seemed apropos that Karen Ponzio 30 Nov 2023 · 1 min read
LA Tuning In To TV Girl TV GIRL Hollywood Palladium Los Angeles Nov. 28, 2023 Every winter, I add to a playlist called “Christmas songs that aren’t Christmas songs” — a series of tracks that conjure Brittany Menjivar 30 Nov 2023 · 2 min read
New Haven Tall Juan On Stilts Brings Elevated Guitar-Playing To Cafe 9 Sweeping music from cello and electronics that sounded as huge as the tide. A man on stilts, playing guitar, his hair nearly touching the ceiling. Another man singlehandedly turning the Brian Slattery 30 Nov 2023 · 1 min read
Tulsa Brahms Got Heavy Past My Bedtime Tulsa Chorale: Brahms’ “A German Requiem” First Baptist Tulsa Nov. 18, 2023 On a blustery Saturday night, a crowd of about a hundred settled into the First Baptist Church at Z.B. Reeves 29 Nov 2023 · 2 min read
LA Accursed Lover Returns From Dead EL ÙLTIMO SUEÑO DE FRIDA Y DIEGO Los Angeles Opera Los Angeles Through Dec. 9, 2023 “Ah, a night at the opera! El último sueño de Frida y Diego! How Emily Ann Zisko 29 Nov 2023 · 3 min read
New Haven From The Kolkata Brassworks To A New Haven Gallery, Artists Explore The Meaning Of Home The photograph of a brass worker in Kolkata encompasses the weight of history and the immediacy of the present; it’s an image from decades ago, but it’s plausible Brian Slattery 29 Nov 2023 · 1 min read
Raleigh/ Durham/ Chapel Hill Tribal Celebration: “We’re Still Here” Annual American Indian Heritage Celebration North Carolina Museum of History Raleigh Nov 18, 2023 The dancers stood in the center of the stage, facing a full crowd of onlookers. The Synclaire Cruel 28 Nov 2023 · 4 min read
LA Basquiat’s Final Studio Travels From Coast To Coast JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT: King Pleasure The Grant Los Angeles Through Jan. 1, 2024 The opening walkway of the Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure exhibit at the Grand LA is printed with the David Diaz 28 Nov 2023 · 2 min read
NYC Invisible Guy Must Be Seen Ben Goldberg’s Invisible Guy Big Bar East Village, NYC Nov. 26, 2023 On a rainy Sunday night after a holiday weekend, shoulders up and head tucked against the drizzle, K Hank Jost 28 Nov 2023 · 3 min read
New Haven Walls Decked With Photographic Reflections Penrhyn Cook’s series of photographs, Holiday Reflections, are absorbing enough in their own right. Colorful and festive, the images are just askew enough to warrant a closer look. Are Brian Slattery 28 Nov 2023 · 1 min read
LA 40 Years Later, Violent Femmes Lean Into The Experimental VIOLENT FEMMES The Novo Los Angeles Nov. 16, 2023 This wasn’t just any old Violent Femmes show. It was the 40th anniversary celebration of their self-titled first album — the Brittany Menjivar 27 Nov 2023 · 2 min read
Hartford Music Smothers A Musical Moulin Rouge: The Musical Bushnell Center for Performing Arts Hartford Nov. 25, 2023 Beautiful people parading around half-dressed. A score of certified hits. Eye-popping sets and world class performers. What Jamil Ragland 27 Nov 2023 · 4 min read
Oakland Real Food, Veganized Roasted and Raw 607 14th St. Oakland On a beautiful, sunny California autumn afternoon on a corner in almost downtown Oakland, I walked through large plate glass windows that have Sarah Bass 27 Nov 2023 · 3 min read
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