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The Flaming Lips, Brilliantly Frivolous, Party On New Haven

The Flaming Lips, Brilliantly Frivolous, Party On

The Lips prove why they're one of the country's top party bands.

  • Go to the profile of  Mark Oppenheimer
Mark Oppenheimer
12 Aug 2025 · 5 min read
Choose Your Own Ghost Story Detroit

Choose Your Own Ghost Story

Lines get blurred in immersive theater production-turned-ghost hunt.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
12 Aug 2025 · 5 min read
A Confession of Murder, with Strings Attached Oakland

A Confession of Murder, with Strings Attached

A director’s cut and live quartet brought new life to “Amadeus”.

  • Go to the profile of  Agustín Maes
Agustín Maes
11 Aug 2025 · 4 min read
Pickles? At The Best Music Festival? New Haven

Pickles? At The Best Music Festival?

All-day musical lineup raises money for beloved video store.

  • Go to the profile of  Jisu Sheen
Jisu Sheen
11 Aug 2025 · 4 min read
DIY DIARY: Days 1 & 2 Philadelphia

DIY DIARY: Days 1 & 2

Musician and Midbrow reviewer Ty Maxwell documents his DIY solo tour across the Northeast.

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Tyler Maxwell
11 Aug 2025 · 6 min read
No Pee! Philadelphia

No Pee!

Three bands — Talulah Paisley, Couch and Idiot Mambo — bring house shows back.

  • Go to the profile of  Izzy True
Izzy True
11 Aug 2025 · 1 min read
The 3 Rules For Cover Bands Hartford

The 3 Rules For Cover Bands

And how one quartet mastered them all.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
10 Aug 2025 · 2 min read
brittny ray crowell Speaks with Ghosts All Over

brittny ray crowell Speaks with Ghosts

In debut poetry collection.

  • Go to the profile of  Meagan Masterman
Meagan Masterman
10 Aug 2025 · 3 min read
Winds Of Change All Over

Winds Of Change

Tochi Onyebuchi's latest novel brings neo-noir to West Africa.

  • Go to the profile of  Betsy Kim
Betsy Kim
10 Aug 2025 · 3 min read
Hiroshima, Gaza Mon Amour New Haven

Hiroshima, Gaza Mon Amour

Screening of French anti-war film elicits timely parallels on 80th anniversary of bombing of Hiroshima.

  • Go to the profile of  Midbrow Editor
Midbrow Editor
8 Aug 2025 · 4 min read
"Upstairs Neighbors" Takes The High Road Philadelphia

"Upstairs Neighbors" Takes The High Road

A touring podcast team worked in tandem with local show promoters and organizers to support Philly workers affected by ongoing labor disputes at World Café Live.

  • Go to the profile of  Leo David
Leo David
8 Aug 2025 · 3 min read
Pushing Past Adversity, Daria Burke Lives All Over

Pushing Past Adversity, Daria Burke Lives

Burke's success transcends a deprived and chaotic childhood. She explores her past to make better sense of her now.

  • Go to the profile of  Frederick Noland
Frederick Noland
8 Aug 2025 · 1 min read
The Delights & Downfalls of Collecting New Haven

The Delights & Downfalls of Collecting

Considered in an exhibition at the Institute Library.

  • Go to the profile of  Brian Slattery
Brian Slattery
7 Aug 2025 · 5 min read
Backyard Jazz Says "Cheese" New Haven

Backyard Jazz Says "Cheese"

At Neighborhood Music School celebration of Jesse Hameen & co.

  • Go to the profile of  Jisu Sheen
Jisu Sheen
7 Aug 2025 · 6 min read
“Benny & The Jets”? BBQ Bingo! Hartford

“Benny & The Jets”? BBQ Bingo!

A smokehouse cranks up the tunes, and the cards comet.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
7 Aug 2025 · 3 min read
Brightmoor Shines Detroit

Brightmoor Shines

Art brings fresh eyes, and possibilities, to an urban park.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
7 Aug 2025 · 3 min read
Uncracked Eggs... Philadelphia

Uncracked Eggs...

... And unanswerable questions are illustrated in Lauren Tsipori's abstract, avian portraits.

  • Go to the profile of  Nora Grace-Flood
Nora Grace-Flood
7 Aug 2025 · 3 min read
"Keeper" Is A Keeper Detroit

"Keeper" Is A Keeper

Onstage, Michelle Murphy works through traumatic memories to inspire.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
6 Aug 2025 · 3 min read
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