Oakland O‑Town, A‑Fare Ever tried a collard salad? Town Fare by chef Michele McQueen sits inside of the Oakland Museum of California’s complex of buildings, walkways, and gardens. The museum restaurant reopened Sarah Bass 24 Aug 2023 · 5 min read
Tulsa Honky Tonk Hero Serves Up Country Crooning If you have, as Junior Brown sang, spent “too many nights in a roadhouse,” you can now get your fill of country music and cold drinks during daylight hours on Becky Carman 23 Aug 2023 · 3 min read
New Haven AcoustiQueers Fill Black Box With Song The Black Box at Witch Bitch Thrift echoed with music, laughter, and an ever-present sense of community as AcoustiQueers made its premiere at the event space on Saturday night. A Karen Ponzio 23 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
Boston Guadalupe Maravilla’s Vision Rings Out at ICA Watershed Block Party Our experience of art doesn’t solely consist of the impression we get in the moment as we stand in front of a painting or sit in the audience of Sasha Patkin 22 Aug 2023 · 7 min read
Tulsa Taking Art To The Moon And Back Linda Lopez & Mathew McConnell: Live from the Moon Aug. 4 — Sept. 24, 2023 108|Contemporary On Christmas Eve in 1968, three American astronauts aboard the spacecraft Apollo 8 became Jenny Wu 22 Aug 2023 · 3 min read
NYC Egg And Spoon Tell The Truth About College “Give us a One Word Suggestion!” reads a sign on a table in the lobby of Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre at 502 West 53rd St. Before seeing What Else Adam Wassilchalk 21 Aug 2023 · 6 min read
Knoxville Old Gods Of Appalachia Pushes Back “Well, hey there, family.” It’s the welcome Steve Shell gives at the top of every episode of the hit podcast Old Gods of Appalachia, and he gave it again Drew Bunting 21 Aug 2023 · 4 min read
Hartford BooYah! Expectations Shattered at Arch Street Tavern As I’ve written before, I try to go to arts events with no prior knowledge or expectations. I like being surprised and I feel that it gives me a Jamil Ragland 18 Aug 2023 · 3 min read
New Haven Elm Shakespeare Makes Merry “Here will be an old abusing of God’s patience and the King’s English,” says Mistress Quigley, played with cheeky humor by Martine Fleurisma in Elm Shakespeare Company’s Eleanor Polak 18 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
Boston Plants Invade Museum — & Art Blooms The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is one of my favorite museums in Boston, which has to do with its unique history (who doesn’t love an unsolved art heist or Sasha Patkin 17 Aug 2023 · 6 min read
Tulsa The Lucky Find In The Dumpster Fire: Hot Messes Tackle Hot Topics At Tulsa Story Slam “OK, So” Story Slam: Hot Mess Aug. 11, 2023 Living Arts of Tulsa The literary theorist Roland Barthes believed it was a photographer’s job to “shock” — in other words, Alicia Chesser 17 Aug 2023 · 3 min read
Oakland Mini Museum Preserves Black Panther Art Of Revolution As with any political or social movement, visual art, from murals to posters to newspaper illustrations, played a central role in the Black Panther’s efforts to promote revolutionary change. Sarah Bass 17 Aug 2023 · 4 min read
New Haven Raucous Bluegrass Flows From Missouri To New Haven As Lindley Creek takes the stage at Cafe Nine. Click here to continue reading Brian’s review. Brian Slattery 17 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
New Haven “A House Without A Rushnyk Is Not A Home” New Knights of Columbus museum show explores sacred Ukrainian textiles. Click here to read Eleanor’s review. Eleanor Polak 17 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
Tulsa Emcees on Main: Tulsa Veterans & Rookies Mix It Up For Hip Hop’s 50th Culture Over Everything Presents: Happy Birthday To H.E.R. Aug. 11, 2023 Soundpony “You never thought that hip-hop would take it this far.” This iconic line from The Notorious Ryan Anderson 16 Aug 2023 · 3 min read
NYC Happy Hip Hop Birthday x3 “Fifty years down the line, you can start this ‘Cause we’ll be the Old School artists And even in that time, I’ll say a rhyme A brand-new style, Lisa Gray 16 Aug 2023 · 13 min read
Boston Thaiger Meets (Vegan) Duck; Curry Soothes With Mix Of Sweet, Sour, Salt, & Spice The first thing you notice when you enter Crying Thaiger Rustic Thai Kitchen in Malden, Mass., is that the walls are painted black. But that doesn’t mean it’s Sasha PatkinKelley McLaughlin 16 Aug 2023 · 4 min read
New Haven Three Bands Rock It Easy Three New Haven-based bands took the stage at Cafe Nine on the corner of State and Crown Tuesday night to share new songs, try out new ideas, and ease into Brian Slattery 16 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
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