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Laid Off? Same! Philadelphia

Laid Off? Same!

A new social scene has emerged in Philadelphia. Call it the league of the laid off.

  • Go to the profile of  Clay Davies
Clay Davies
28 Aug 2025 · 3 min read
Freeman Fought For Freedom Hartford

Freeman Fought For Freedom

A Revolutionary War-era reenactment speaks to the present moment.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
28 Aug 2025 · 2 min read
"I'm Nerdy About Weave Structure" Warp & Weft with Susie Taylor Oakland

"I'm Nerdy About Weave Structure" Warp & Weft with Susie Taylor

Grid-minded fabric artist Taylor is a "hardcore shaft loom weaver."

  • Go to the profile of  Agustín Maes
Agustín Maes
28 Aug 2025 · 4 min read
"Elimination Of The Unfit" New Haven

"Elimination Of The Unfit"

New Haven Museum examines local eugenics history

  • Go to the profile of  Midbrow Editor
Midbrow Editor
28 Aug 2025 · 3 min read
Art In A Time Of Rising Fascism New Haven

Art In A Time Of Rising Fascism

New Yale gallery photo exhibition takes viewers to an art studio in Berlin in the 1930s.

  • Go to the profile of  Brian Slattery
Brian Slattery
27 Aug 2025 · 4 min read
Fraternizing With The Future Philadelphia

Fraternizing With The Future

A public play in Malcolm X Park got passerby participating in a fictional — but resonant — political race.

  • Go to the profile of  Leo David
Leo David
26 Aug 2025 · 4 min read
Hartford

“He Could Imagine Himself In Every Puddle”

Connecticut poets laureate summon the pain of the opioid crisis.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
26 Aug 2025 · 3 min read
How The Fuck Is This Legal? All Over

How The Fuck Is This Legal?

Bridget Read's new book, "Little Bosses Everywhere," outlines how America's political system is basically a bunch of close-knit pyramid schemes.

  • Go to the profile of  Izzy True
Izzy True
26 Aug 2025 · 1 min read
Crooners Take Karaoke Mic New Haven

Crooners Take Karaoke Mic

At Best Video fundraiser for Another Octave: Connecticut Women’s Chorus

  • Go to the profile of  Jisu Sheen
Jisu Sheen
26 Aug 2025 · 3 min read
Revolutionary Re-Enactors Rivet New Haven

Revolutionary Re-Enactors Rivet

At New Haven history event.

  • Go to the profile of  Midbrow Editor
Midbrow Editor
26 Aug 2025 · 4 min read
DIY DIARY: Day 17 Philadelphia

DIY DIARY: Day 17

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

  • Go to the profile of  Tyler Maxwell
Tyler Maxwell
26 Aug 2025 · 3 min read
No Child’s Play Oakland

No Child’s Play

A Very Adult Puppet Play goes off without a hitch.

  • Go to the profile of  Sarah Bass
Sarah Bass
25 Aug 2025 · 2 min read
DIY Diary: Days 14, 15 & 16 Philadelphia

DIY Diary: Days 14, 15 & 16

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

  • Go to the profile of  Tyler Maxwell
Tyler Maxwell
23 Aug 2025 · 5 min read
Pomegranate Smears, Bloody Projections, Ghost Cowboys, And An Alien Playing Basketball Tulsa

Pomegranate Smears, Bloody Projections, Ghost Cowboys, And An Alien Playing Basketball

Exhibitions by Olivia Maday and Josiah Bolth present layered and upsetting visions of a phantasmagorical world

  • Go to the profile of  Alicia Chesser
Alicia Chesser
22 Aug 2025 · 6 min read
“The Crucible” Is Timely And Mostly Bewitching Tulsa

“The Crucible” Is Timely And Mostly Bewitching

Theatre Tulsa’s in-the-round production brings humanity to Arthur Miller’s play

  • Go to the profile of  Alex Isaak
Alex Isaak
22 Aug 2025 · 6 min read
Black Spaces: The Scars of Progress Oakland

Black Spaces: The Scars of Progress

Black Spaces: Reclaim & Remain pays homage to communities lost in the name of progress.

  • Go to the profile of  Frederick Noland
Frederick Noland
22 Aug 2025 · 1 min read
Hartford

Rock For Everyone

Professional musicians give untrained voices a shot onstage at "Rock Voices."

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
22 Aug 2025 · 2 min read
"Harbour" Lights Up TLA Philadelphia

"Harbour" Lights Up TLA

Indie pop rockers spice up photographer Emily Cohen's stale Spotify rotation during their visit to Philly.

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Emily Cohen
21 Aug 2025 · 3 min read
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