Hartford The Steel-Drum Sound Of Independence Reinterprets Pop Classics At The Old State House Hartford has a long history of reinventing itself. It was a literary hub and the richest city in the United States in the late 19th century, a booming industrial center Jamil Ragland 7 Aug 2023 · 3 min read
Hartford The Person In The Portrait: Seeing Through Frederick Douglass’ Eyes Frederick Douglass stands next to Harriet Tubman as the only people I describe as heroes. They demonstrated enormous courage even when they didn’t have to. Both had escaped slavery, Jamil Ragland 4 Aug 2023 · 3 min read
Tulsa The Pitriarchy Persists: Feminist Critique Propels Performance Art Dance Party Google the name “Pitriarchy,” and you’ll get an instant question back: “Did you mean patriarchy?” Would I have rolled my eyes quite as hard at that had I not Alicia Chesser 3 Aug 2023 · 3 min read
Oakland Parking Lot Comedy Night Is Lit — & Light I often wonder if male comics are required to mention their significant other onstage, and, well, it seems they still do. “We like women!” their wedding rings and wife-loving jokes Sarah Bass 3 Aug 2023 · 4 min read
Boston Sand-Sculpted King Kongs (Mostly) Withstand The Rain Ever since I learned that there’s a train in Boston that literally goes to “Wonderland,” I’ve been looking for a reason to make the journey to the end Sasha Patkin 2 Aug 2023 · 5 min read
Oakland House Music Heats Up “Sunday Bliss” I am a househead. I fell in love with house in the early ’90s in a club in DC when I heard a Crystal Waters “Gypsy Woman” club mix that Lisa Gray 2 Aug 2023 · 3 min read
NW Arkansas In Cheese Plant-Turned Gallery Space, Bubblegum Pink Beckons The outside of the Momentary (a contemporary art space/music venue/coffee shop/bar in Bentonville, Akansas) looks like a shoebox. The building itself is a repurposed cheese plant, and Serena Puang 1 Aug 2023 · 3 min read
NYC The Rainfall Gods Descend Onto East Village Stage Greek Gods. Check. Yoruba Gods. Check. Basketball Gods. Check. It’s a combination you won’t find elsewhere, save for the New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW), located in Manhattan’s Adam Wassilchalk 1 Aug 2023 · 6 min read
Tulsa Dialtone Picks Up The Mic, Taps Into Everyday Tulsa Frequency: “No Club“ Atento Capital July 22, 2023 It’s hard to imagine the day Dialtone picked up a mic. Maybe it was in middle school during lunch break. Maybe Ryan Anderson 31 Jul 2023 · 4 min read
New Haven Lost Tribe Beats Rain With Rhythm-Wrapped Spoken Word “We had to take you to Africa, real quick,” the percussionist said after the last drumbeats of the first number had faded into the air and the band, defined by Eleanor Polak 31 Jul 2023 · 1 min read
Hartford Open Mic Drops To The Next Generation I’ve worked as an educator for most of my adult life. One of the great pleasures of tutoring and teaching is watching students grow in skill and confidence. That Jamil Ragland 28 Jul 2023 · 2 min read
Oakland Black Men Speak From The Heart On a hot night in Oakland, a packed house listened to Black men get vulnerable and share stories about their journeys. Produced by Create the Space, 2ME4U: Stories of Self-Exploration Lisa Gray 28 Jul 2023 · 4 min read
Oakland Grand Avenue Barbie Line Offers Respite From The Real World The movie-goers are as much a part of this story as the blockbuster new Barbie feature film itself, as evidenced by brightly flocked patrons queueing up at the corner of Sarah Bass 28 Jul 2023 · 3 min read
New Haven Who Runs The World? Barbie Does I walked into Bow Tie Cinemas proudly sporting the only pink top I own, and I thought I was ready for anything. Turns out, I wasn’t ready for Barbie. Eleanor Polak 28 Jul 2023 · 1 min read
New Haven Self-Love, & The Intertwined History Of Pharmaceuticals & Color Explored in new group show at the Blake Hotel. Click here to read Brian’s review and see more images. Brian Slattery 27 Jul 2023 · 1 min read
Troy/Albany Aimee Mann’s No-Nonsense Honesty Ages With Grace Only Aimee Mann could make a giant concrete orb packed with hundreds of strangers feel intimate. But during her show Monday night at The Egg, Albany’s oddly-shaped performing arts RS Benedict 27 Jul 2023 · 3 min read
Tulsa The Way We Are, Post-Pandemic Phantom Limb: Mixed Media Works by Zach Litwack July 14-August 4, 2023 Liggett Studio Who are you when you lose part of what makes you “you”? Zach Litwack started asking Alicia Chesser 27 Jul 2023 · 3 min read
Boston At Burmese Lunch Spot, You Can Have Your Tea and Eat It Too On a bustling corner in the heart of Boston’s Allston Village neighborhood, behind an unassuming storefront, its door flanked by two tidy cafe tables, stands Yoma Burmese Cuisine. Despite Kelley McLaughlinSasha Patkin 27 Jul 2023 · 3 min read
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