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 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
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 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
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