Hartford Historical Changes UndermIne Damning View of Monarchy Firebrand Cinestudio Hartford July 17, 2024 Firebrand, a movie directed by Karim Aïnouz and starring Alicia Vikander and Jude Law, starts with a disclaimer: “History tells us a few things, Jamil Ragland 24 Jul 2024 · 3 min read
Tulsa Working The Early Shift: A Profoundly Weird And Enjoyable Happy Hour Pedal Steel Residency Hank Early’s Rabbit Habitat (Wednesday Happy Hour Residency) Mercury Lounge Tulsa July 17, 2024 When a musician could, ostensibly, play anything, then I think about their artistry as a Becky Carman 24 Jul 2024 · 3 min read
LA Straight From La La To Never Land PETER PAN: THE BROADWAY MUSICAL Pantages Theatre Los Angeles July 12 – 28, 2024 On Wednesday night, I headed toward the second star to the right and straight on till the Brittany Menjivar 24 Jul 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Reflecting on Lake Merritt “Reflections on Lake Merritt” Preview Fundraiser With Brandon Jourdan, Dorothy Lazard and Liam O’Donoghue Camron-Stanford House 1418 Lakeside Dr, Oakland July 6, 2024 Read Fred’s review of “What Fred Noland 23 Jul 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven Artists Embrace Change, Transformation A preoccupation with change suffuses a few of the solo shows at the Ely Center of Contemporary Art, running now through Aug. 4. Brian Slattery 23 Jul 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland RNC Diary Coda: The Food Desert Minutes — & A Universe — Away Previous entries: • RNC Diary, Day 1: The Trip • RNC Diary, Day 2: The States Strut Their Stuff • RNC Diary Day 3: The Barroom Watch Party • RNC Diary Day 4: Signs Fred Noland 22 Jul 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven “Humans Is On The Fritz” Surviving techno-dystopia, with the help of New Haven-based Sotolish’s new EP Neon Black. Brian Slattery 22 Jul 2024 · 1 min read
Tulsa Willi Carlisle Hits Close To Home Willi Carlisle: The Critterland! Tour Mercury Lounge Tulsa July 11, 2024 In Willi Carlisle’s song “Tulsa’s Last Magician,” an aspiring trickster lives and dies on the side streets Z.B. Reeves 21 Jul 2024 · 2 min read
Oakland RNC Diary Date 5: The Big Reveal Previous entries: • RNC Diary, Day 1: The Trip • RNC Diary, Day 2: The States Strut Their Stuff • RNC Diary Day 3: The Barroom Watch Party • RNC Diary Day 4: Signs Fred Noland 21 Jul 2024 · 1 min read
Tulsa The City Belongs To Us: Emergent Futurism In A Downtown Parking Garage Downtown Parking Garage Concert Series: “Super Imposed” 100 W. 1st St. Tulsa July 11, 2024 What’s the point of a downtown parking garage after all the workers go home Alicia Chesser 19 Jul 2024 · 5 min read
Oakland Turn Up The Turmeric Desta Ethiopian Cafe 303A Oakland Ave Oakland Talk food with me for more than a few minutes and my long abiding love of Ethiopian fare will likely rear its stewed Sarah Bass 19 Jul 2024 · 4 min read
Tulsa You Might Be A Redneck If… Trae Crowder The Loony Bin Tulsa July 12, 2024 If you were on social media in 2016 and missed Trae Crowder’s “Liberal Redneck” series, the algorithm might’ve determined Cassidy McCants 19 Jul 2024 · 4 min read
LA The Zoo Roars Like Las Vegas and housewife-based reality television, it’s impossible to stroll through a zoo without a pang of moral discomfort — the slow, swelling realization that beneath this spectacle throbs Madeline Connors 19 Jul 2024 · 2 min read
New Haven Mythology Made Natural Even without knowing the name of the piece, the figure represented there looks like a mythological personage, a character freighted with symbols. It’s there in the decorations on her Brian Slattery 19 Jul 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland RNC Diary Day 4: Signs Of The Times Previous entries: • RNC Diary, Day 1: The Trip • RNC Diary, Day 2: The States Strut Their Stuff • RNC Diary Day 3: The Barroom Watch Party Fred Noland 19 Jul 2024 · 1 min read
LA A New Genus of Genius GIVE ME THE MACARTHUR GENIUS GRANT Hollywood Fringe Festival Stephanie Feury Studio Theatre Los Angeles, June 29, 2024 Whom or what do you envision when you hear the word “genius” Brittany Menjivar 18 Jul 2024 · 3 min read