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Tiger Lily Steals The Show Hartford

Tiger Lily Steals The Show

As "Peter Pan" makes me feel like a kids again.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
6 Feb 2025 · 3 min read
Anxiety Mixes With Adobo New Haven

Anxiety Mixes With Adobo

At Dominican restaurant in the ICE crosshairs.

  • Go to the profile of  Midbrow Editor
Midbrow Editor
5 Feb 2025 · 2 min read
A Cold Open, A Cool Close Oakland

A Cold Open, A Cool Close

Noir never sleeps, nor does it nap: matineé double header took criminal women to new (old) heights.

  • Go to the profile of  Sarah Bass
Sarah Bass
5 Feb 2025 · 4 min read
Hypnotic Dancing Triangles Philadelphia

Hypnotic Dancing Triangles

Cousin Danny's taps into an incoherent groove with four sets of dance music ranging from aerobic to arresting.

  • Go to the profile of  Izzy True
Izzy True
5 Feb 2025 · 1 min read
The Day That Dance Got Me Detroit

The Day That Dance Got Me

Twyla Tharp's still a badass with a wicked sense of humor.

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
4 Feb 2025 · 3 min read
Color, Texture, A Sense Of Play Detroit

Color, Texture, A Sense Of Play

Fiber artist Gerhardt Knodel has a blast in colorful "Imagined Futures" show -- and so do we.

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
4 Feb 2025 · 2 min read
Year of the Snake: I’m the Love, He’s the Butter Oakland

Year of the Snake: I’m the Love, He’s the Butter

Billed as a “celebration of Asian and African-American solidarity,” Saturday’s rainy lion dance performance still drew a crowd.

  • Go to the profile of  Agustín Maes
Agustín Maes
4 Feb 2025 · 4 min read
Raymond Burr Brings the Heat as a Heavy Oakland

Raymond Burr Brings the Heat as a Heavy

Noir City coverage continues: “Raw Deal” gives its follow-up film a shove.

  • Go to the profile of  Frederick Noland
Frederick Noland
2 Feb 2025 · 1 min read
Leapin’ Lizards! New Haven

Leapin’ Lizards!

Year of the Snake begins with festive Whitney Avenue parade.

  • Go to the profile of  Midbrow Editor
Midbrow Editor
2 Feb 2025 · 2 min read
Safety In Bubbles New Haven

Safety In Bubbles

"Grandmother/Bathtub" makes a splash at Yale Cabaret.

  • Go to the profile of  Adam Wassilchalk
Adam Wassilchalk
2 Feb 2025 · 2 min read
“What Kind of Country Am I Living in?” ‘Democracy Noir’ Reveals Americans Aren’t Alone In Asking. Oakland

“What Kind of Country Am I Living in?” ‘Democracy Noir’ Reveals Americans Aren’t Alone In Asking.

What happens when democracy goes dark? Viktor Orban has created franchisable fascism, and Connie Field's latest doc shares a global perspective. Screened January 20th, 2025.

  • Go to the profile of  Frederick Noland
Frederick Noland
31 Jan 2025 · 1 min read
The Long Bow Home New Haven

The Long Bow Home

Long Covid sets a virtuoso cellist on a new ​“rebel” path.

  • Go to the profile of  Paul Bass
Paul Bass
31 Jan 2025 · 3 min read
No Way Out But Through Philadelphia

No Way Out But Through

Bands rallied for abortion access during a punk extravaganza at Johnny Brenda's.

  • Go to the profile of  Izzy True
Izzy True
31 Jan 2025 · 1 min read
Stay Tooned: Les Toil’s Painted Tales Oakland

Stay Tooned: Les Toil’s Painted Tales

Pinups and kooky creatures coexist in the fantastical oil paintings of Les Toil, on view at The Grand Gallery.

  • Go to the profile of  Sarah Bass
Sarah Bass
30 Jan 2025 · 3 min read
"Fuck 47" Shares The Rage New Haven

"Fuck 47" Shares The Rage

Punk band Psycho Brat's new POTUS piece unleashes pent-up frustrations at 3-band Cafe 9 show.

  • Go to the profile of  Brian Slattery
Brian Slattery
30 Jan 2025 · 3 min read
Which Way To Immersion Town? Philadelphia

Which Way To Immersion Town?

Maps leap from the pages of fantasy novels to gallery walls.

  • Go to the profile of  Nora Grace-Flood
Nora Grace-Flood
30 Jan 2025 · 3 min read
Shadows and Subversion Oakland

Shadows and Subversion

Noir City 22 kicked off Friday evening with "The Narrow Margin" and “Hell’s Half Acre,” sets a strong tone for the festival.

  • Go to the profile of  Vita Hewitt
Vita Hewitt
29 Jan 2025 · 6 min read
Date Night Goes Dark Philadelphia

Date Night Goes Dark

A 40,000-square-foot interactive art installation known as "Otherworld" was built for sci-fi adventure.

  • Go to the profile of  Nora Grace-Flood
Nora Grace-Flood
29 Jan 2025 · 5 min read
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