Philadelphia Overdressed Symphony An infusion of contemporary poetry into an orchestral concert at the Kimmel Center underscores the importance of letting music speak for itself. Leo David 22 Jan 2025 · 2 min read
Oakland First In Show Oakland artist Marsha Balian’s collages offer an alternate reality, one in which fantastical histories and cat-men can coexist. Sarah Bass 21 Jan 2025 · 3 min read
Philadelphia Philly Stands Up for Cumbia The legacies of Colombian music legends lit and lifted up Philly's Fire Museum in concert. Izzy True 21 Jan 2025 · 1 min read
Detroit Underground Railroad Revisited A "Flight To Freedom" tour sparked parallels to today's journeys to freedom. Erica Hobbs 21 Jan 2025 · 3 min read
Detroit Last Dance At The Auto Prom I rented a tux -- and barely got out alive. Ryan Patrick Hooper 20 Jan 2025 · 4 min read
Detroit A Breath Of Fresh Air In A Polluted Art World "Lay of the Land" group exhibition turns environmentalism into abstraction. Ryan Patrick Hooper 20 Jan 2025 · 3 min read
Oakland Cynicism and Singing: David Cross Mildly Amuses An old dog with old bits - David Cross‘s brand of "alternative comedy" is now only reminiscent of his once-edgy standup from twenty years ago. Frederick Noland 20 Jan 2025 · 1 min read
Philadelphia Swimming With Trash Fish Jedediah Morfit's exhibit, "Your Myths are Trash," is a sculptural dumpster-dive into the lies we're living through. Nora Grace-Flood 20 Jan 2025 · 4 min read
New Haven Synchronicity Set Jazz trio Clutchtet brings the underground aboveground to a popular New Haven bar Etai Smotrich-Barr 20 Jan 2025 · 3 min read
Oakland Afro Bowie: A Gathering of Glamblerds Deferred Afro Bowie brings together Bowie-loving musicians and fans to celebrate David Bowie’s birthday and memorialize his passing. This year, however, LA’s fires ground the planned celebration to a halt. Frederick Noland 17 Jan 2025 · 1 min read
Hartford Young Man Sings "Old Man" At warmed-up Winter Blues Fest. Jamil Ragland 17 Jan 2025 · 2 min read
Philadelphia Ever Seen A Man Boiled To Death? Musician Geordie Greep in concert strikes cartoonist Izzy True as "one of the strangest men I have seen in a long time." Izzy True 17 Jan 2025 · 1 min read
Philadelphia Downsizing "Miss Daisy" A slimmed-down restaging lands just as the world prepares to change again. Nora Grace-Flood 16 Jan 2025 · 3 min read
Tulsa You Can’t Have Tenacity Without Triangles or Timpani The concert was subtle, until it was exciting, until it was hard as hell, in a good way. Z.B. Reeves 16 Jan 2025 · 2 min read
Oakland A Tender Portrait of California Indigenous Life Duncan Agulair’s photographs of Native California life stand as a direct challenge to the pervasive narrative that Indigenous communities are relics of the past. On view at OMCA now. Vita Hewitt 16 Jan 2025 · 4 min read
Philadelphia MINKA Goes Glam for Bowie Week A local, millennial synth-pop band brings back the Bowie spirit during a masquerade party at Brooklyn Bowl. Jessica Galletta 15 Jan 2025 · 3 min read