Philadelphia “Attack Dog” Delivers Puppy Love Attack Dog PhilaMOCA 531 N. 12th St. Philadelphia May 2, 2024 Attack Dog ambushed an avant-garde audience inside PhilaMOCA — not with snarling words or slobbery chops, but with catchy riffs Nora Grace-Flood 7 May 2024 · 2 min read
Oakland Who Said Pro Wrasslin’ Isn’t Real? “Hoodslam” Re-Suspends Disbelief Hoodslam The Continental Club 1658 12th Street Oakland May 3, 2024 Fred Noland 7 May 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven “Black Book” Opens Armed Teacher Debate It was just a read-through of a scene, without a costume or stage blocking, but the switches in writer and actor Austin Dean Ashford’s tone of voice were more Brian Slattery 7 May 2024 · 1 min read
Philadelphia Live Band Ups The Karaoke Game Live Band Karaoke Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom St. Philadelphia May 4, 2024 Backed by a guitarist, bassist, drummer and a harmonizing hostess, the pony-tailed sequined woman who had introduced Nora Grace-Flood 6 May 2024 · 5 min read
Oakland Still Lifes Of A Wounded City “Revisiting Oakland: A Post-Pandemic Photographic Survey of Urban Landscapes“ Works by Gina Gaiser Manna Gallery 473 25th Street, Oakland Through June 1 Only four years ago we were washing our Agustín Maes 6 May 2024 · 3 min read
New Haven The Decemberists Make it Better The Decemberists brought May to a magnificent start on Saturday night when they returned to College Street Music Hall for the fourth show of their 2024 A Peaceable Kingdom North Karen Ponzio 6 May 2024 · 1 min read
Tulsa Her Tea: The R&B Open Mic Night Brewing In Tulsa Mi Tea + R&B Mi Tea Lounge April 24, 2024 Hip-hop’s dominance on Tulsa’s airwaves and stages has inadvertently created a void for R&B lovers. Ryan Anderson 5 May 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford All My Sons Goes Out With A Bang All My Sons Hartford Stage Hartford May 3, 2024 Warning: This review contains significant plot spoilers. There’s so much to say about this wonderful play, but I want to Jamil Ragland 3 May 2024 · 3 min read
LA All’s Fair At The Ren Faire ORIGINAL RENAISSANCE PLEASURE FAIRE Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area Through May 19, 2024 My ren faire experience began with a quest of fantastic proportions. After parking on a side street Brittany Menjivar 3 May 2024 · 3 min read
Tulsa Eat To The Beat: LoFi Pizza & Wine Bar Is Live LoFi Pizza & Wine Bar 1301 E 15th St Tulsa It’s been only seven months since a fire destroyed our beloved Hodges Bend and Lowood. The loss of those Becky Carman 3 May 2024 · 5 min read
New Haven Artists Take Time To Breathe Unbothered, a new exhibit in a coworking space in downtown New Haven, features works by Juliana Chavarria, Lauren Clayton, Shaunda Holloway, Kimberly Klauss, Melida McKenzie-Alford, Shanna T. Melton, Aisha Nailah, Brian Slattery 3 May 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland Clogging, Cartwheeling, & Rocking Tapestry: Weaving the Community of Dance Oakland Temple Hill 4780 Lincoln Ave. Oakland April 27, 2024 I had seen the place a hundred times from other parts of the city, Stacey Peters 3 May 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland My Posse’s On Grand Lake Outlaw Posse Red Carpet Premiere Grand Lake Theatre Tuesday, April 30, 2024 Fred Noland 2 May 2024 · 1 min read
LA Melody From Noise HELMET: LOOK LEFT TOUR with CRO-MAGS Teragram Ballroom Los Angeles April 28, 2024 On Sunday in Central Los Angeles, I parked on one of Westlake’s copious skid rows, crunching A.J. Urquidi 2 May 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Rich Roti Aman Cafe 4021 Broadway Ave. Oakland Nestled unassumingly between other quietly popular restaurants on a wide stretch of Broadway at 40th is Aman Cafe, home to Malaysian roti that are Sarah Bass 2 May 2024 · 5 min read
New Haven “Hadestown” Keeps Up The Fight Orpheus is smitten with Eurydice before they even speak. Hermes, Orpheus’s wingman, helps him work up his courage to ask her out. “Orpheus,” he warns, “don’t come on Brian Slattery 2 May 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland Humble Hip Hop Trumpeter Packs Out The New Parish Takuya Kuroda w/ Isaiah Mostafa & DJ Wonway Posibul The New Parish 1743 San Pablo Ave. Oakland April 25, 2024 Hip hop heads will grant Takuya Kuroda street cred from Stacey Peters 2 May 2024 · 3 min read
Philadelphia Metal Goes Mental For Meditation Savage Sisters Metal Meditation with Monks Pond PhilaMOCA 531 N. 12th St. Philadelphia April 28, 2024 *Extra credit: Test your focus (or flexibility) by reading this review while listening to Nora Grace-Flood 1 May 2024 · 4 min read
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