Tulsa We’re Off To See The Whizzer: Tulsa Theatre Ensemble Hits High Note in Falsettos Falsettos Aug. 11, 2023 Lynn Riggs Black Box Theater “Happy or sad? That’s a question with no answer.” Those early lines in Falsettos, the 1992 musical by William Finn Alicia Chesser 15 Aug 2023 · 3 min read
Troy/Albany Powwow Drums Set Heartbeat For Wild Musical Ride At a Medicine Singers show, barriers are loose suggestions, meant to be crossed: barriers between music styles, and cultures, and time. The group’s sound combines powwow drumming with psychedelic RS Benedict 15 Aug 2023 · 3 min read
New Haven Sculptors, Painter Lead With The Heart At New Haven’s City Gallery, where works by Linda Mickens, Susan Clinard, and Shaunda Holloway are on display. Click here to read Brian Slattery’s review. Brian Slattery 15 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
Hartford 50 Cent Goes 50 – 50 “Excuse me, what are you writing?” I looked up from my notepad. A short Latina with bright eyes and wavy brown hair was standing over me. I was sitting on Jamil Ragland 14 Aug 2023 · 4 min read
NYC Ooh, Lala’s: New Haven Pizza Migrates To Brooklyn I miss New Haven pizza. I spent the majority of the last five years in New Haven, and moved to New York City only a few months ago. As a Adam Wassilchalk 14 Aug 2023 · 6 min read
New Haven Moshing To The Smiths Math-punkers Shed Life kicked off a four-band, 17-person blow-out that made the Gather coffeehouse on State Street feel like it could burst at the seams. Instead of exploding outward, the Eleanor Polak 14 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
Hartford Willie Mann Turns Karaoke Night Into Soul History Night I enjoy singing, even though I’m not great at it. But more than that, I enjoy the pleasant surprise of hearing a regular person blow me away with their Jamil Ragland 11 Aug 2023 · 3 min read
Tulsa Get Your Brass On The Ground! King Cabbage Twerks in Merc Church King Cabbage Brass Band August 5, 2023 Mercury Lounge There’s a sign onstage at Mercury Lounge threatening anyone who performs more than three cover songs with removal. Like most Becky Carman 11 Aug 2023 · 2 min read
Oakland Gen Z Up-&-Comers, Fans, Connect IRL “There’s a lot of children here!” a woman shouted to her boyfriend, echoing my thoughts, as Avril Lavigne’s “Sk8r Boy” played loudly over the speakers and guests patiently, Sarah Bass 11 Aug 2023 · 4 min read
Troy/Albany 10 Abstract Artists Summon “The Feels” The Feels, a group exhibition showcasing the work of ten Albany area abstract artists, invites the viewer to do just that: feel the phantom texture of smooth ceramic and rough RS Benedict 10 Aug 2023 · 3 min read
NW Arkansas Citified Sushi Strut Looks Fishy A Facebook post in a local food group from July 30 asked for “A restaurant that everyone seems to love but you think is actually not that good.” Hot takes Serena Puang 10 Aug 2023 · 3 min read
Boston Hair Hangs From Ceiling, Sparks Stories From The Heart The introductory video to Gu Wenda’s “United Nations” exhibit, currently on display in the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass., states that a single strand of hair contains enough Sasha Patkin 9 Aug 2023 · 5 min read
Tulsa Tap Dancing On The Edge Of The Earnest: Self-Aware Pop Rocker Nicholas Foster Finds His Stride Winston Churchbus & Silo Trees July 26, 2023 Mercury Lounge Forgive my bias, as I’m a drummer myself, but here’s a claim: Rhythm is the backbone of musical Z.B. Reeves 9 Aug 2023 · 2 min read
Oakland Much Mush: At Blue Nile Ethiopian, The Details Make The Difference In the past eight years of living in Oakland I have sampled perhaps more than my share of Ethiopian cuisine, always pitting one mound of mush against another. A handful Sarah Bass 9 Aug 2023 · 5 min read
Tulsa Prophets of Doom: Tulsa Metal Chronicles Malignant Modernity Medicine Horse + Slumbering Sun + Surus July 26, 2023 Soundpony It is fitting for a state ranked 50th in education to become a bastion of doom. Not just the “fear of Mitch Gilliam 8 Aug 2023 · 3 min read
New Haven Flaming Lips Embrace College Street Giant inflatable pink robots. Enormous balls filled with confetti. And a veteran band, playing as well as ever, fronted by a singer who was all heart. Now-venerable psychedelic rockers The Brian Slattery 8 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
Boston In The Shadow Of Fenway, Mountain Goat Fans Beat Their Own Path Lansdowne Street in Fenway was packed with an eclectic array of Bostonians this past Saturday. Red Sox fans were buying hot dogs from street carts and making their way to Sasha Patkin 7 Aug 2023 · 4 min read
New Haven Sound Bath Sundays Set Tone For Mindfulness If asked where one might go in New Haven for a moment or two of meditative stillness, few people would suggest Crown Street, known for its bustling and crowded restaurants Karen Ponzio 7 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
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