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There Actually IS There Here Oakland

There Actually IS There Here

With a block party and a tribute to community heroes—in partnership with the Black Panther Alumni Legacy Network and the Bay Area Association of Black Social Workers, plus local rapper Jwalt—The Ballers showed that they are hella Oakland.

  • Go to the profile of  Tony Daquipa
Tony Daquipa
22 Jul 2025 · 4 min read
Home Is Where The Jazz Fest Is Hartford

Home Is Where The Jazz Fest Is

Top talent came back to Hartford for a summer tradition.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
22 Jul 2025 · 3 min read
Psych-Garage Rock Is Alive & Well Detroit

Psych-Garage Rock Is Alive & Well

Witness Shadow Show's performance at Concert of Colors.

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
22 Jul 2025 · 2 min read
Sixpence None The Richer Is Still Putting In The Work Tulsa

Sixpence None The Richer Is Still Putting In The Work

Despite logistical quibbles, the band’s legacy shined through in a Live Room performance

  • Go to the profile of  Becky Carman
Becky Carman
21 Jul 2025 · 6 min read
Go Team! Philadelphia

Go Team!

Philly proves its gritty spirit once again — in a soccer game against neighboring nemeses, the New York Red Bulls.

  • Go to the profile of  Emily Cohen
Emily Cohen
21 Jul 2025 · 3 min read
Photog's Aerial Shift Adds Bird's-Eye Love For New Haven New Haven

Photog's Aerial Shift Adds Bird's-Eye Love For New Haven

Chris Randall gets a City Hall show in the city he has lovingly documented for 13 years.

  • Go to the profile of  Jisu Sheen
Jisu Sheen
21 Jul 2025 · 5 min read
Kurt Vile Brings Cosmic Soundscape To Toad’s New Haven

Kurt Vile Brings Cosmic Soundscape To Toad’s

The Violators cut deep.

  • Go to the profile of  Midbrow Editor
Midbrow Editor
21 Jul 2025 · 4 min read
Paycheck Punchlines All Over

Paycheck Punchlines

Nate Bargatze phones in a book.

  • Go to the profile of  Jenn McKee
Jenn McKee
20 Jul 2025 · 3 min read
Just Another Girl... Failure Philadelphia

Just Another Girl... Failure

A new play about two 20-somethings finding their way takes the trope of friendship-focused sitcoms off the screen and into a new generation of theater.

  • Go to the profile of  Jessica Galletta
Jessica Galletta
18 Jul 2025 · 2 min read
Grandpa Spills Secrets Detroit

Grandpa Spills Secrets

As Planet Ant brings improv comedy on the road.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
18 Jul 2025 · 2 min read
Sea & Sky, & Us Detroit

Sea & Sky, & Us

Exhibit of 30 artists challenges us to examine our place within the world around us.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
18 Jul 2025 · 4 min read
New Gallery has Great Promise Oakland

New Gallery has Great Promise

Oakland's new art space, Dictée Art & Exhibition, could very well become an excellent space for future exhibitions.

  • Go to the profile of  Agustín Maes
Agustín Maes
18 Jul 2025 · 4 min read
I Did Not Feel Empowered By “Lysistrata” Tulsa

I Did Not Feel Empowered By “Lysistrata”

Despite a powerful production and performances, this adaptation of the ancient Greek play struck a confusing balance

  • Go to the profile of  Alex Isaak
Alex Isaak
18 Jul 2025 · 8 min read
“Joy = Resistance” Tour Blasts Off New Haven

“Joy = Resistance” Tour Blasts Off

Kristen Ford and Rachael Sage team up to fight back with rhythm and tunes.

  • Go to the profile of  Paul Bass
Paul Bass
18 Jul 2025 · 3 min read
Dreaming of Water Philadelphia

Dreaming of Water

Musical intimacy takes center stage at a Johnny Brenda's folk set.

  • Go to the profile of  Tyler Maxwell
Tyler Maxwell
18 Jul 2025 · 3 min read
Outside Looking In Philadelphia

Outside Looking In

Fleisher/Ollman, a gallery dedicated to outsider artists, is hosting a meta group exhibit on painting and illustrating the outdoors.

  • Go to the profile of  Nora Grace-Flood
Nora Grace-Flood
17 Jul 2025 · 3 min read
Psychedelic Corvette Crashes Beer Garden Party Hartford

Psychedelic Corvette Crashes Beer Garden Party

A cool classic car show on a hot day.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
17 Jul 2025 · 3 min read
Sabor The Flan New Haven

Sabor The Flan

Cooling off on Orange St., leaving with a DIY recipe.

  • Go to the profile of  Liz Grace
Liz Grace
17 Jul 2025 · 1 min read
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