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"For Colored Girls" Breaks Hearts Detroit

"For Colored Girls" Breaks Hearts

At Planet Ant.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
12 Jan 2026 · 2 min read
DJ Ryan's New Release of the Week: Hudson Freeman, "If You Know Me" All Over

DJ Ryan's New Release of the Week: Hudson Freeman, "If You Know Me"

His combo of rasp and desperation gets me every time.

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
12 Jan 2026 · 2 min read
Choose Your Own Ending All Over

Choose Your Own Ending

Lily King's latest novel examines how the choices we make in young adulthood can both buoy and haunt us

  • Go to the profile of  Jenn McKee
Jenn McKee
12 Jan 2026 · 4 min read
The Docent & The Goose Feathers

The Docent & The Goose Feathers

A Wadsworth tour leader reveals the parable behind a debauchery scene.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
11 Jan 2026 · 3 min read
Space is The Place Philadelphia

Space is The Place

Kelechi Azu reflects on Xenobia Bailey's cosmic decal designs currently orbiting around the windows and walls of the Institute of Contemporary Art.

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Kelechi Azu
11 Jan 2026 · 1 min read
King Cakes And Bingo Ring in Mardi Gras Season Baton Rouge

King Cakes And Bingo Ring in Mardi Gras Season

At Eloise Market

  • Go to the profile of  Serena Puang
Serena Puang
9 Jan 2026 · 2 min read
A Night Of Uncategorizable Talent Tulsa

A Night Of Uncategorizable Talent

The first show of the year at Drifters Theater was the reset we needed

  • Go to the profile of  Alicia Chesser
Alicia Chesser
9 Jan 2026 · 4 min read
Broken Vinyl and Electric Bass Philadelphia

Broken Vinyl and Electric Bass

Greg Saunier, Maria Chávez and Shahzad Ismaily join forces for a musical "excursion into the unknown."

  • Go to the profile of  Tyler Maxwell
Tyler Maxwell
9 Jan 2026 · 3 min read
OK Cello Brings Everyone Into The Music New Haven

OK Cello Brings Everyone Into The Music

Okorie Johnson's journey through two worlds wows a sold-out Shubert crowd.

  • Go to the profile of  Brian Slattery
Brian Slattery
9 Jan 2026 · 7 min read
Jazz Has Entered The BLDG New Haven

Jazz Has Entered The BLDG

Karen Ponzio reports from a sultry hotel lounge on Long Wharf.

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Karen Ponzio
9 Jan 2026 · 3 min read
Americana Folk Duo Debuts New Album New Haven

Americana Folk Duo Debuts New Album

Goodnight Moonshine will do it Saturday at Space Ballroom.

  • Go to the profile of  Lisa Reisman
Lisa Reisman
9 Jan 2026 · 3 min read
A Stunning End Of Year Show For 108|Contemporary Tulsa

A Stunning End Of Year Show For 108|Contemporary

“The State of Craft 2025” marks another year for Tulsa’s strongest downtown gallery

  • Go to the profile of  Z.B. Reeves
Z.B. Reeves
8 Jan 2026 · 2 min read
The Deadpan Isolation of Jackson Alone All Over

The Deadpan Isolation of Jackson Alone

Jose Ando’s sparse novella endeavors to take on big issues such as racism, classism, queer identity, the isolation of the other, and the powerlessness of living in a surveillance state.

  • Go to the profile of  Vita Hewitt
Vita Hewitt
8 Jan 2026 · 2 min read
Best Live Moments of '25 — And Shows to Check Out in January Philadelphia

Best Live Moments of '25 — And Shows to Check Out in January

Reviewer Tyler Maxwell reflects on Philly Midbrow's highlights from 2025 and offers a preview of what shows are to come this new year.

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Tyler Maxwell
8 Jan 2026 · 7 min read
You Are Looking At A Bagel Detroit

You Are Looking At A Bagel

One of the newfangled ones at Bev's.

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
7 Jan 2026 · 2 min read
Crafters Knit Together Community New Haven

Crafters Knit Together Community

At Spruce Coffee.

  • Go to the profile of  Brian Slattery
Brian Slattery
7 Jan 2026 · 3 min read
Yuks to Ring Out the Old Year Oakland

Yuks to Ring Out the Old Year

New Year's Eve funnies at Mushin 2.0.

  • Go to the profile of  Agustín Maes
Agustín Maes
7 Jan 2026 · 4 min read
Party Like It's 1699 Detroit

Party Like It's 1699

They rang in 2026 that way at Twelfth Night Dance.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
6 Jan 2026 · 2 min read
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