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Canine Crucible Detroit

Canine Crucible

Five young sisters rattle an 18th century English village in "The Hounding," Xenon Purvis's sly debut novel.

  • Go to the profile of  Jenn McKee
Jenn McKee
29 Oct 2025 · 3 min read
The School of Bloomfield Hartford

The School of Bloomfield

Italian Renaissance Artists 1300-1600 Bloomfield Public Library McMahon Wintonbury Branch Bloomfield Oct. 28, 2025 One thing that’s often forgotten about great classical philosophers that comprise so much of Renaissance

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
29 Oct 2025 · 3 min read
LaRussell Got Flavor Oakland

LaRussell Got Flavor

Vallejo rapper gives beats to packed Oakland Museum crowd.

  • Go to the profile of  Tony Daquipa
Tony Daquipa
29 Oct 2025 · 4 min read
THIS IS NOT A JOKE Philadelphia

THIS IS NOT A JOKE

Japanese psych band Acid Mothers Temple wants you to TURN UP THE VOLUME!

  • Go to the profile of  Izzy True
Izzy True
29 Oct 2025 · 1 min read
Ghost Stories In The Galleries Baton Rouge

Ghost Stories In The Galleries

Force Participants To Brave Their Actual Fear: Writing.

  • Go to the profile of  Serena Puang
Serena Puang
29 Oct 2025 · 3 min read
A mannequin wearing a denim set embroidered with roses and “Seydehwon” across the back stands in the middle of the gallery, framed by paintings in the background. Detroit

‘Seydehwon Experience’ Highlights Art, Fashion And Community

Detroit-based artist’s immersive exhibit captivates locals at Playground Detroit.

  • Go to the profile of  Caria Taylor
Caria Taylor
29 Oct 2025 · 4 min read
Southward Scramble: Part 4 Philadelphia

Southward Scramble: Part 4

Philly musician Ty Maxwell takes Midbrow readers back on tour — this time through the Deep South.

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Tyler Maxwell
29 Oct 2025 · 7 min read
Bitchin’ Kicks Oakland

Bitchin’ Kicks

The Art of Sneakers returned to share custom shoes from pros and students in a creative reuse store.

  • Go to the profile of  Sarah Bass
Sarah Bass
28 Oct 2025 · 4 min read
Sibling Revelry New Haven

Sibling Revelry

Infinity Song dives into the crowd to dance with their fans as world tour hits the Space Ballroom.

  • Go to the profile of  Midbrow Editor
Midbrow Editor
28 Oct 2025 · 3 min read
Harvest Fest Opens New Park With Buzz and Celebration Detroit

Harvest Fest Opens New Park With Buzz and Celebration

As a stretch of the West Riverfront is transformed.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
28 Oct 2025 · 3 min read
3-Armed Guard Reveals Shrunken Heads Detroit

3-Armed Guard Reveals Shrunken Heads

Science meets Halloween at Cranbrook.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
28 Oct 2025 · 3 min read
Real Human Connection Endures Baton Rouge

Real Human Connection Endures

In a four-sculptor show at LSU Museum.

  • Go to the profile of  Serena Puang
Serena Puang
27 Oct 2025 · 3 min read
Sunday Scaries Rock at Three Sheets New Haven

Sunday Scaries Rock at Three Sheets

4 bands get Halloween off to a raucous start

  • Go to the profile of  Karen Ponzio
Karen Ponzio
27 Oct 2025 · 4 min read
DJ Ryan's New Release Of The Week: Madison McFerrin, “Ain’t It Nice” All Over

DJ Ryan's New Release Of The Week: Madison McFerrin, “Ain’t It Nice”

Funky synths add weight to a slowly unraveling gem

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
26 Oct 2025 · 2 min read
For Sport or For Self? Philadelphia

For Sport or For Self?

A pop-up pub play explores the limits of competitive sport's spirit — through an-all-too abrupt ending to both the game and the show.

  • Go to the profile of  Leo David
Leo David
25 Oct 2025 · 3 min read
Face Me. Don't Arrest Me Hartford

Face Me. Don't Arrest Me

Widener Gallery exhibit explores being a person of color in a new age of automated and algorithmic surveillance

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
24 Oct 2025 · 3 min read
Improv 101: Learning How To Be There For Each Other Baton Rouge

Improv 101: Learning How To Be There For Each Other

Newly minted comics showed their skills at a Boomerang Theater showcase

  • Go to the profile of  Serena Puang
Serena Puang
24 Oct 2025 · 4 min read
Prints of Darkness New Haven

Prints of Darkness

Printmakers find the light in Yale gallery show.

  • Go to the profile of  Brian Slattery
Brian Slattery
24 Oct 2025 · 5 min read
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