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Survival and Legacy on Stage at Oakland Theater Project Oakland

Survival and Legacy on Stage at Oakland Theater Project

"Never forget you are in the lion's den. Sometimes you must howl with the wolves."

  • Go to the profile of  Vita Hewitt
Vita Hewitt
28 Mar 2025 · 3 min read
They Don't Call Him Trombone Shorty For Nothing Tulsa

They Don't Call Him Trombone Shorty For Nothing

In a world currently defined in measures of cruelty, Cain’s on this night contained only cheer.

  • Go to the profile of  Mitch Gilliam
Mitch Gilliam
28 Mar 2025 · 3 min read
Everything Must Go Philadelphia

Everything Must Go

Final performances on the world's largest playable pipe organ funeralize a department store... and the American Dream.

  • Go to the profile of  Izzy True
Izzy True
28 Mar 2025 · 1 min read
DIY Jollof Rice Recipe Revealed New Haven

DIY Jollof Rice Recipe Revealed

Coming home from a visit to a cozy Wooster Square coffee shop with a spicy secret

  • Go to the profile of  Liz Grace
Liz Grace
28 Mar 2025 · 1 min read
Crack Gardens Philadelphia

Crack Gardens

Janie Gross' multi-media exhibit checks out what's growing under the sidewalk.

  • Go to the profile of  Nora Grace-Flood
Nora Grace-Flood
27 Mar 2025 · 2 min read
Survival Is No Joke All Over

Survival Is No Joke

In Boris Fishman's new novel about a family escaping civil war and totalitarianism.

  • Go to the profile of  Paul Bass
Paul Bass
27 Mar 2025 · 6 min read
“A Refugee is a Snail Without A Shell” Oakland

“A Refugee is a Snail Without A Shell”

Three Ukrainian artists, living in an active war zone, document their lives and practices, to great emotional and visual effect.

  • Go to the profile of  Sarah Bass
Sarah Bass
27 Mar 2025 · 4 min read
Bob Dylan Kicks Tour Off In Tulsa With Wacky Samba, Folk Noir Spookiness Tulsa

Bob Dylan Kicks Tour Off In Tulsa With Wacky Samba, Folk Noir Spookiness

Bob and his band thrilled and chilled at the Tulsa Theater, a venue that maybe has captured his imagination?

  • Go to the profile of  Matt Carney
Matt Carney
27 Mar 2025 · 4 min read
Private Grief Made Public Hartford

Private Grief Made Public

And "Cracked Open" at Artspace Gallery.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
26 Mar 2025 · 3 min read
Life Off Earth Philadelphia

Life Off Earth

Alfred Rosenbluth's surrealist show, "Heaven Above, The Lake Below," illustrates the rules of regeneration.

  • Go to the profile of  Nora Grace-Flood
Nora Grace-Flood
25 Mar 2025 · 2 min read
A Hilarious and Flavorful Evening in Temescal Oakland

A Hilarious and Flavorful Evening in Temescal

Quick wit and a mastery of their craft allowed these sharp-as-tacks comics to show us how it's done— some seasoned and some new to the game, but all came out with their comedy teeth sharpened.

  • Go to the profile of  Vita Hewitt
Vita Hewitt
25 Mar 2025 · 3 min read
Artist Listens To The Trees New Haven

Artist Listens To The Trees

Rita Hannafin's art quilts Find The Mother Tree.

  • Go to the profile of  Brian Slattery
Brian Slattery
25 Mar 2025 · 7 min read
Brotherly Love Rocks The Shop New Haven

Brotherly Love Rocks The Shop

Video-store-employee-driven band Wally brings a range of genres to recording studio venue.

  • Go to the profile of  Jisu Sheen
Jisu Sheen
25 Mar 2025 · 5 min read
Who's Hysterical? Detroit

Who's Hysterical?

In Elenna Stauffer's play, a mysterious contagion plays off a word's Greek etymology.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
25 Mar 2025 · 3 min read
Heller Theatre Company Won’t Let Me Avoid Reality In Peace Tulsa

Heller Theatre Company Won’t Let Me Avoid Reality In Peace

How we deal with loss, two new plays suggest, shows us how we’re not dealing with ourselves and our relationships.

  • Go to the profile of  Alicia Chesser
Alicia Chesser
24 Mar 2025 · 5 min read
If Not Resilience, What Else Is The Blues? Oakland

If Not Resilience, What Else Is The Blues?

Thriving community at historic Eli's Mile High Club carries on despite most recent threat of closure. Mondays ought to have a little extra blues.

  • Go to the profile of  Tony Daquipa
Tony Daquipa
24 Mar 2025 · 3 min read
Cluedunit New Haven

Cluedunit

Stage version of classic murder mystery reveals its power on tour.

  • Go to the profile of  Adam Wassilchalk
Adam Wassilchalk
23 Mar 2025 · 3 min read
Uptown Jazz Orchestra at Yoshi's Oakland

Uptown Jazz Orchestra at Yoshi's

Delfeayo Marsalis's New Orleans-based brass ensemble celebrates the musical traditions of their city in an updated, eclectic musical gumbo.

  • Go to the profile of  Jeff Kaliss
Jeff Kaliss
21 Mar 2025 · 4 min read
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