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Love Forward, & Backwards Baton Rouge

Love Forward, & Backwards

"The Last Five Years" makes us root for love even when we know the ending

  • Go to the profile of  Serena Puang
Serena Puang
12 Oct 2025 · 3 min read
The Southward Scramble: Part 1 Philadelphia

The Southward Scramble: Part 1

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

  • Go to the profile of  Tyler Maxwell
Tyler Maxwell
11 Oct 2025 · 3 min read
Goal Scored For Socialism Philadelphia

Goal Scored For Socialism

Can a simple soccer game teach players political values?

  • Go to the profile of  Sabrina Iglesias
Sabrina Iglesias
11 Oct 2025 · 4 min read
On The Road Again Philadelphia

On The Road Again

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

  • Go to the profile of  Tyler Maxwell
Tyler Maxwell
10 Oct 2025 · 6 min read
The Words Have “Spunk” Theater

The Words Have “Spunk”

Yale Rep’s song-packed production of Zora Neale Hurston’s recovered short story illustrates the power of language

  • Go to the profile of  Adam Wassilchalk
Adam Wassilchalk
10 Oct 2025 · 3 min read
“The Outsiders” Musical Almost Captures S.E. Hinton’s Tulsa Tulsa

“The Outsiders” Musical Almost Captures S.E. Hinton’s Tulsa

The Broadway production’s stunning direction and design deliver on the novel’s dimensions, despite surface-level music and too-tidy lyrics

  • Go to the profile of  Alicia Chesser
Alicia Chesser
10 Oct 2025 · 7 min read
Tulsa Symphony Orchestra’s 20th Anniversary Celebration Rocked My World Tulsa

Tulsa Symphony Orchestra’s 20th Anniversary Celebration Rocked My World

Emanuel Ax and Maestro Lina González-Granados deliver a fire-breathing concert

  • Go to the profile of  Yvonne Hazelton
Yvonne Hazelton
10 Oct 2025 · 5 min read
I’d Rather Be Slowly Consumed By Art Detroit

I’d Rather Be Slowly Consumed By Art

Group Exhibition at Detroit’s Scarab Club shows photography isn’t just about capturing reality — it’s about reimagining it

  • Go to the profile of  Layla McMurtrie
Layla McMurtrie
10 Oct 2025 · 3 min read
Faces Beyond Walls Baton Rouge

Faces Beyond Walls

A public art project fills Baton Rouge with images of itself

  • Go to the profile of  Serena Puang
Serena Puang
10 Oct 2025 · 2 min read
Seeds of Change Hartford

Seeds of Change

Planted by "Growers of Color" highlighted in museum video series

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
10 Oct 2025 · 3 min read
Fascists On Film Detroit

Fascists On Film

Detroit Public Theatre's "Here There are Blueberries" zeroes in on concentration camp workers -- with truths relevant to today's world

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
9 Oct 2025 · 3 min read
This Is Your Synth, On Shrooms Oakland

This Is Your Synth, On Shrooms

Modern Biology brought by mushrooms for music.

  • Go to the profile of  Sarah Bass
Sarah Bass
9 Oct 2025 · 4 min read
Erector Square Artist Goes Abstract New Haven

Erector Square Artist Goes Abstract

Matt Herriot preps for Open Studios 2025.

  • Go to the profile of  Midbrow Editor
Midbrow Editor
9 Oct 2025 · 4 min read
Lost in Translation Hartford

Lost in Translation

Iranian-American artist finds her heritage heart language.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
9 Oct 2025 · 3 min read
A Living Wage... For Artists? Philadelphia

A Living Wage... For Artists?

Cartoonist Izzy True traveled from Philly to D.C. to observe a new act: lyrical legislation that could regulate streaming services and ensure fair payouts to musicians.

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Izzy True
8 Oct 2025 · 1 min read
Temperance, Pound Cake & Respectability Politics Hartford

Temperance, Pound Cake & Respectability Politics

How far will respectability get us?

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
8 Oct 2025 · 5 min read
Chickens in Revolt: Lessons on Socialism in the Park Oakland

Chickens in Revolt: Lessons on Socialism in the Park

This kids’ movie is not only fun and funny, but showcases organized community in resistance to the destructive forces of despotic greed.

  • Go to the profile of  Agustín Maes
Agustín Maes
8 Oct 2025 · 4 min read
These Cookies Are To Die For All Over

These Cookies Are To Die For

New cook book gathers gravestone recipes.

  • Go to the profile of  Serena Puang
Serena Puang
8 Oct 2025 · 3 min read
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