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Visually Inescapable Oakland

Visually Inescapable

Lucas “treats the cultivated plants, weeds, native, and non-native species she gathers equally, challenging the scientific framework society has inherited from Linnaeus.”

  • Go to the profile of  Agustín Maes
Agustín Maes
17 Feb 2025 · 4 min read
In Detroit Public Theatre’s ‘The Confederates,’ History Repeats Itself Detroit

In Detroit Public Theatre’s ‘The Confederates,’ History Repeats Itself

When there’s more than one Black woman in a work setting, it can sometimes feel like the Hunger Games. Our scarcity mindset is triggered and we feel like we

  • Go to the profile of  Randiah Camille Green
Randiah Camille Green
17 Feb 2025 · 4 min read
Japanese Guitar Wizard Lights Furniture Store On Fire New Haven

Japanese Guitar Wizard Lights Furniture Store On Fire

Hiroya Tsukamoto  Fair Haven Furniture New Haven Feb. 15, 2025 Guitarist and composer Hiroya Tsukamoto played an amazing show at Fair Haven Furniture, turning the cozy, intimately-lit space into a

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Chris Randall
17 Feb 2025 · 1 min read
‘Living Frequency’ Follows The Mycelial Threads of Black Detroit Art From Past To Present Detroit

‘Living Frequency’ Follows The Mycelial Threads of Black Detroit Art From Past To Present

At Midtown's Galerie Camille.

  • Go to the profile of  Randiah Camille Green
Randiah Camille Green
14 Feb 2025 · 4 min read
Lost Tribe Finds Its Way Home New Haven

Lost Tribe Finds Its Way Home

The Lost Tribe NXTHVN New Haven Feb. 13, 2025 “The telepathy up here is crazy.” Jocelyn Pleasant, leader of Connecticut’s well-loved Afro-funk fusion ensemble The Lost Tribe, might have

  • Go to the profile of  Jisu Sheen
Jisu Sheen
14 Feb 2025 · 4 min read
Lede Buried Hartford

Lede Buried

Thanks to mistimed civil rights context, Two Trains never leaves the station.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
14 Feb 2025 · 3 min read
Family Extended New Haven

Family Extended

At artist Marquis Brantley Sr.‘s CAW exhibition.

  • Go to the profile of  Brian Slattery
Brian Slattery
14 Feb 2025 · 3 min read
May Yang Is Speaking Tulsa

May Yang Is Speaking

In this robust and subtle solo show, a word becomes a situation, an environment, almost a dance.

  • Go to the profile of  Alicia Chesser
Alicia Chesser
14 Feb 2025 · 5 min read
Today In Inexplicable Contraptions Tulsa

Today In Inexplicable Contraptions

“Doug Cannell: Backstories,” 108|Contemporary's current show, is a perfect instance of everything this place is getting right.

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Z.B. Reeves
14 Feb 2025 · 4 min read
A Bold Celebration of Truth, Community and Radical Acceptance Oakland

A Bold Celebration of Truth, Community and Radical Acceptance

A captivating blend of dance, song, and personal storytelling, the opera gives voice to the marginalized residents of San Francisco’s Tenderloin, offering a raw and beautiful exploration of community and resilience.

  • Go to the profile of  Vita Hewitt
Vita Hewitt
13 Feb 2025 · 4 min read
Reasons Why I Hate Spotify Philadelphia

Reasons Why I Hate Spotify

"Mood Machine," journalist Liz Pelly's new book, lays out how a Swedish ad-tech company swallowed the music industry with the help of major labels.

  • Go to the profile of  Izzy True
Izzy True
13 Feb 2025 · 1 min read
Blight Chains Broken New Haven

Blight Chains Broken

As a grassroots mural duo steps in where NIMBY kept a neighborhood stuck in place.

  • Go to the profile of  Paul Bass
Paul Bass
13 Feb 2025 · 3 min read
Burgin’ Out with Bad Mitch: Finding Tulsa’s Best Okie Burger Tulsa

Burgin’ Out with Bad Mitch: Finding Tulsa’s Best Okie Burger

Tulsa’s burger scene is massive, rich with lore, and worth exploring.

  • Go to the profile of  Mitch Gilliam
Mitch Gilliam
12 Feb 2025 · 5 min read
A Symphony Concert For Snobs and Non-Snobs Alike Tulsa

A Symphony Concert For Snobs and Non-Snobs Alike

Whether listening with attention to specifics or taking it all in as a wave of sound, everyone in my little party found something to enjoy.

  • Go to the profile of  Yvonne Hazelton
Yvonne Hazelton
12 Feb 2025 · 3 min read
Loco-Bro Brings Bonkers Bingo Oakland

Loco-Bro Brings Bonkers Bingo

Bring out your bingo best, and maybe some earplugs too.

  • Go to the profile of  Sarah Bass
Sarah Bass
12 Feb 2025 · 3 min read
Hope for Humanity Detroit

Hope for Humanity

"Come From Away" taps true tales from 9/11 to offer a tonic for our times.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
12 Feb 2025 · 3 min read
I Spy With AI Philadelphia

I Spy With AI

Margaret Koval's surveillance-inspired paintings capture society's eerie slippage into an uncanny valley.

  • Go to the profile of  Nora Grace-Flood
Nora Grace-Flood
12 Feb 2025 · 4 min read
Funky Latin Getdown Grooves at Geoffrey’s Oakland

Funky Latin Getdown Grooves at Geoffrey’s

A showcase of Latin music takes on jazz and pop standards.

  • Go to the profile of  Jeff Kaliss
Jeff Kaliss
11 Feb 2025 · 4 min read
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