New Haven New Haven Symphony Opens Season Triumphantly Towering C major chords from organ and orchestra in unison. Dazzling rhythmic interplay between soloist Joyce Yang and the orchestra. An energetic rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” resuming a Adam Matlock 2 Oct 2023 · 1 min read
New Haven Old Farts Rock Still In Tuna: On "Last" Electric Tour, Jorma Kaukonen Shows Why Octogenarians Still Tour & Boomers Still Buy Tix Hot Tuna College Street Music Hall Sept. 27, 2023 Paul Bass 29 Sep 2023 · 1 min read
NYC Word Paging Nurse Ratched: In Jesi Bender’s latest, Kinderkrankenhaus, language itself is the problem. Kinderkrankenhaus Brick Theatre Williamsburg, Brooklyn Through Sept. 30, 2023 White sheets. Six beds. Patients in unwashed K Hank Jost 29 Sep 2023 · 3 min read
NYC Can I Get A Yeehaw!? Cross That River 59E59 Theaters Theater B New York, NY Through Oct. 8, 2023 Most folks probably wouldn’t be able to guess that a quarter of American cowboys were Adam Wassilchalk 29 Sep 2023 · 4 min read
LA Art Can Be Destroyed But Not Defeated ALEXANDRE ARRECHEA: INTERSECTED HORIZONS Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) Long Beach, Cal. Sept. 9, 2023 – May 2024 PAOLA VEGA: THE MYSTERY OF PAINTING MOLAA Sept. 9, 2023 – March 2024 A.J. Urquidi 29 Sep 2023 · 3 min read
Tulsa The Book Fair Grows Up Magic City Books’ Adult Book Fair NEFF Brewing Sept. 21, 2023 I wasn’t sure what to expect when I arrived at Magic City’s Adult Book Fair. Like many Z.B. Reeves 28 Sep 2023 · 2 min read
NYC Sex, Supposedly Brooklyn writer series aims to revive literature's heartbeat. Red-Light Fiction Reading Series EZ LVR Williamsburg, Brooklyn Sept. 23, 2023 “The fuck are you shushing me for?” Audible K Hank Jost 28 Sep 2023 · 4 min read
LA Bravery in the Blackness of Punk Soul Glo/ Zulu The Roxy Theatre West Hollywood, California Sept. 15, 2023 There is an evergreen discomfort in being a Black punk going to the Roxy Theatre. The venue is Marcus Clayton 27 Sep 2023 · 3 min read
New Haven When Kristen Met Ani Watch out Taylor Swift: A DIY one-woman band catches a break, courtesy of her “Righteous Babe” hero, to release a liberation anthem for our times. Paul Bass 27 Sep 2023 · 1 min read
NYC That Upstairs Rave Isn’t In The Script One-Winged Dove The Brooklyn Center for Theatre Research Greenpoint, Brooklyn Closed It’s Sunday night and the room at the Brooklyn Center is packed. There’s a rave going K Hank Jost 27 Sep 2023 · 4 min read
Tulsa Rappers Meet Up With Poets To Pärlā Pärlā Creative Festival Presents: Open Mic Poetry & Hip-Hop Night Letterman’s Lounge Sept. 21, 2023 “Good poets talk about the loss. Great poets teach you how to win. Ryan Anderson 27 Sep 2023 · 2 min read
Oakland Crunch Time Cactus Taqueria 5642 College Ave. Oakland, CA 94618 The streets run amok with tacos here in Oakland, but finding one worth its salt (or cheese) for a vegetarian is a Sarah Bass 27 Sep 2023 · 4 min read
New Haven “Neverending Poetry” Moves From Open Mic To The Page On the last page of the new poetry anthology Never Ending Poetry — a celebration of the first year of Open Mic Surgery, the poetry reading series that happens almost every Brian Slattery 27 Sep 2023 · 1 min read
Boston The Latinx Question Explored in an exhibit that looks below the surface of identity politrix. Latinx Identities: Struggles, Perspectives, and Critiques Unbound Visual Arts Exhibit Gallery 43 North Beacon St., Allston, Mass. Through Sasha Patkin 27 Sep 2023 · 4 min read
New Haven Buffalo Nichols Embodies The Blues Buffalo Nichols Cafe 9 New Haven Sept. 23, 2023 Saturday night was a great night for blues. As rain pattered on the windows of Cafe Nine on the corner of Lisa Gray 26 Sep 2023 · 1 min read
NYC Un Museo Gets Under The Hood Something Beautiful: Reframing La Colección El Museo del Barrio 1230 Fifth Ave. at 104th St. New York, NY Through March 10, 2024 Upon entering Something Beautiful: Reframing La Colección, visitors Betsy Kim 26 Sep 2023 · 4 min read
Boston Not Your Bubbe’s Latkes — But Almost Kosher! Zaftigs Delicatessen 335 Harvard St. Brookline, Mass. “Knish Happens,” “Love you a latke,” “Almost Kosher,” and “Got Matzo Balls?” Zaftigs in Brookline knows its brand, and its tongue-in-cheek Sasha PatkinKelley McLaughlin 26 Sep 2023 · 3 min read
Troy/Albany DIRK & Quirks: Int’l Film Fest Sees World Through Micro Lens New York State International Film Festival The Linda/ WAMC Performing Arts Studio Albany, N.Y. Sept. 22 – 23 The eighth annual New York State International Film Festivalc elebrated small things. RS Benedict 26 Sep 2023 · 3 min read
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