New Haven Stories Told Through Song The music room in Never Ending Books at 810 State St. was cluttered but homey. A collage of brightly-colored abstract art and painted records decorated the walls, which were lined Eleanor Polak 3 Jun 2024 · 1 min read
Tulsa Natural Wonders: Red Dirt, Bluegrass & Heartbreak With Three Tulsa Songwriters Kalyn Fay, Justin Bloss, Mallory Eagle Belafonte Tulsa May 24, 2024 Belafonte is like your cool friend’s house, a west Tulsa gem of a venue just off Charles Page Jennie The Lloyd 2 Jun 2024 · 3 min read
Tulsa Shelter From The Storm Lyrical Lifelines for Mental Health and Sobriety Living Arts of Tulsa May 25, 2024 In the Tulsa Arts District on a humid May evening, electric as a storm cloud and Jennie The Lloyd 2 Jun 2024 · 2 min read
Hartford I Think They’re Pronounced “Yeer-Rosh” Greek Festival St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral Hartford May 30, 2024 The Greek Festival has been an event in Hartford for 50 years, and somehow I’ve always missed it. Jamil Ragland 31 May 2024 · 4 min read
New Haven Piaget Crashes Tha Cataclysm Armando Acevedo clicked on a file from his phone. He unrolled a taped-together 10-page scroll. He started rapping the printed lyrics, summoning the insights of a noted 20th century Swiss Paul Bass 31 May 2024 · 1 min read
LA Paint The Town Red, In Flames ED RUSCHA/ NOW THEN Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles Through Oct. 6, 2024 Ed Ruscha imagines a Los Angeles where LACMA is burning. It’s surprisingly serene. Madeline Connors 31 May 2024 · 2 min read
Hartford When The Saints Came Marching Home Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch Hartford May 30, 2024 There are few structures in Hartford as distinctive as the Soldiers and Sailors Arch located on Trinity Street. The Bushnell Park Jamil Ragland 31 May 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland A Better Bakery Oaklandia Bakery x Cafe 555 12th St. Oakland Midafternoon, and I have yet to eat. I think I am going to chow down on a juicy salad, a buttery pastry, Sarah Bass 31 May 2024 · 6 min read
New Haven Like Rush Hour On Canvas Frank Bruckmann paints the sky to convey a sense of the clouds roiling overhead; perhaps it’s getting dark, or threatening rain, or both. In the dimness, the lights in Brian Slattery 31 May 2024 · 1 min read
Hartford The Avocado’s In There Somewhere Dave and Buster’s Manchester May 29, 2024 Dave and Buster’s might not be the first place you think of when it’s time to eat. The chain franchise Jamil Ragland 30 May 2024 · 3 min read
LA Whether Painter Or Painted MICKALENE THOMAS: ALL ABOUT LOVE The Broad Los Angeles Through Sept. 29, 2024 Little did I know that my stay in Los Angeles would begin with my walking through the Stephanie Bastek 30 May 2024 · 3 min read
New Haven Breathing Fire, Falling Rain: “Year Of The Dragon” Makes Waves “Year of the Dragon” — an exhibition at Yale University Art Gallery celebrating the year 2024 and running now through Nov. 10 — begins with two artworks of waves. One of those Brian Slattery 30 May 2024 · 1 min read
Philadelphia Watch One Nerd Geek Out At Ren Faire Philadelphia Renaissance Faire at Fort Mifflin 6400 Hog Island Rd. Philadelphia May 27, 2024 Deadline Poet LindoYes checked out the Philly Faire, a three-day event held this year at the Lindo Yes 29 May 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford The Abstract Feels More Real Watershed Moments Clare Gallery St. Patrick-St. Anthony Church Hartford May 28, 2024 Watershed Moments, paintings of the Connecticut River’s watershed by Connecticut’s own Diana Rogers on display at Jamil Ragland 29 May 2024 · 3 min read
New Haven On Being Soft It’s a simple idea with big consequences. The picture of East Rock is the sort you might see on a postcard. The message is easy to digest, a salute Brian Slattery 29 May 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland Maximum Recursion in ‘East Bay’ East Bay The New Parkway Theater Sunday, May 26, 2024 Fred Noland 28 May 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland It Must Be Love Or Madness Madness The Fox Theater 1807 Telegraph Ave. Oakland May 23, 2024 If you ever thought your middle-aged years weren’t meant for raising hell, just say to hell with the Stacey Peters 28 May 2024 · 3 min read
LA Pearl Jam Won’t Back Down PEARL JAM: DARK MATTER TOUR with DEEP SEA DIVER Kia Forum Inglewood May 22, 2024 I, a regular concert frequenter, have never encountered anything like the novelty I experienced at A.J. Urquidi 28 May 2024 · 3 min read
