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You Sure You Want This Role? Detroit

You Sure You Want This Role?

Corporate-greed comedy "Harold's Big Break" finds aspiring actors getting more than they bargained for.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
17 Jun 2025 · 2 min read
Closing Thoughts: "Soft Target" Points The Way Detroit

Closing Thoughts: "Soft Target" Points The Way

For processing school shootings, onstage.

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
17 Jun 2025 · 3 min read
In “A Relentless Pursuit,” Freedom Of Expression Is Not A Given Tulsa

In “A Relentless Pursuit,” Freedom Of Expression Is Not A Given

William Livingston’s posters, produced in prison, point to more than the concerts they advertise.

  • Go to the profile of  Z.B. Reeves
Z.B. Reeves
17 Jun 2025 · 3 min read
Tea With Tea New Haven

Tea With Tea

Yields a DIY red snapper recipe.

  • Go to the profile of  Liz Grace
Liz Grace
17 Jun 2025 · 1 min read
Apartheid Photographer Echoes The Present New Haven

Apartheid Photographer Echoes The Present

At Yale University Art Gallery show.

  • Go to the profile of  Brian Slattery
Brian Slattery
17 Jun 2025 · 6 min read
Tobe Nwigwe Came Correct Tulsa

Tobe Nwigwe Came Correct

The Houston rapper delivered heritage, family, and legacy at Legacy Fest.

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Anderson
Ryan Anderson
17 Jun 2025 · 3 min read
Sax Sits In New Haven

Sax Sits In

Everyone was with the band at Cafe 9 Saturday jazz jam.

  • Go to the profile of  Jisu Sheen
Jisu Sheen
16 Jun 2025 · 3 min read
We Love Lamp Oakland

We Love Lamp

Traveling light exhibit illuminates a Rockridge homeware boutique.

  • Go to the profile of  Sarah Bass
Sarah Bass
16 Jun 2025 · 5 min read
An International Grilling New Haven

An International Grilling

At bookstore event, author Anelise Chen and mother explore raw territory as they discuss the new memoir "Clam Down."

  • Go to the profile of  Jisu Sheen
Jisu Sheen
16 Jun 2025 · 4 min read
Embracing The Swamp Life Philadelphia

Embracing The Swamp Life

The wetlands get their due in artist Allison Sommer's illustrations of life's murkiest waters.

  • Go to the profile of  Nora Grace-Flood
Nora Grace-Flood
16 Jun 2025 · 3 min read
"Dandelion Puff" Takes It Time Hartford

"Dandelion Puff" Takes It Time

At sunset, thanks to 3 jazz musicians from 3 continents.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
15 Jun 2025 · 2 min read
Awe For The Birds All Over

Awe For The Birds

Lili Taylor opens up a world of birds -- and bird-watchers.

  • Go to the profile of  Jenn McKee
Jenn McKee
13 Jun 2025 · 3 min read
Low Water Marks All Over

Low Water Marks

James C. Scott's problematic paean to floods.

  • Go to the profile of  Brian Slattery
Brian Slattery
13 Jun 2025 · 9 min read
Sound & Awe New Haven

Sound & Awe

Son, mom team up to reveal the reality of growing up with cochlear implants.

  • Go to the profile of  Paul Bass
Paul Bass
13 Jun 2025 · 3 min read
Adult Ed Meets City Planning -- Through Art New Haven

Adult Ed Meets City Planning -- Through Art

At City Hall exhibit.

  • Go to the profile of  Midbrow Editor
Midbrow Editor
12 Jun 2025 · 5 min read
Pigskin Prints Philadelphia

Pigskin Prints

One artist sees the power of sport through mandalic sculptures of war-torn footballs.

  • Go to the profile of  Nora Grace-Flood
Nora Grace-Flood
12 Jun 2025 · 2 min read
Crashing Hard: The Surreal Obsession at the Heart of "Sky Daddy" All Over

Crashing Hard: The Surreal Obsession at the Heart of "Sky Daddy"

In a society that values AI over people and their screen addictions, a love affair between a woman and a plane doesn't seem so very strange.

  • Go to the profile of  Vita Hewitt
Vita Hewitt
12 Jun 2025 · 3 min read
The Devil Is Hiding In Plain Sight In Detroit Repertory Theatre’s "Covenant" Detroit

The Devil Is Hiding In Plain Sight In Detroit Repertory Theatre’s "Covenant"

The ending had the entire audience gagged.

  • Go to the profile of  Randiah Camille Green
Randiah Camille Green
12 Jun 2025 · 3 min read
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