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The Day That Dance Got Me Detroit

The Day That Dance Got Me

Twyla Tharp's still a badass with a wicked sense of humor.

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
4 Feb 2025 · 3 min read
Color, Texture, A Sense Of Play Detroit

Color, Texture, A Sense Of Play

Fiber artist Gerhardt Knodel has a blast in colorful "Imagined Futures" show -- and so do we.

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Ryan Patrick Hooper
4 Feb 2025 · 2 min read
Year of the Snake: I’m the Love, He’s the Butter Oakland

Year of the Snake: I’m the Love, He’s the Butter

Billed as a “celebration of Asian and African-American solidarity,” Saturday’s rainy lion dance performance still drew a crowd.

  • Go to the profile of  Agustín Maes
Agustín Maes
4 Feb 2025 · 4 min read
Raymond Burr Brings the Heat as a Heavy Oakland

Raymond Burr Brings the Heat as a Heavy

Noir City coverage continues: “Raw Deal” gives its follow-up film a shove.

  • Go to the profile of  Frederick Noland
Frederick Noland
2 Feb 2025 · 1 min read
Leapin’ Lizards! New Haven

Leapin’ Lizards!

Year of the Snake begins with festive Whitney Avenue parade.

  • Go to the profile of  Midbrow Editor
Midbrow Editor
2 Feb 2025 · 2 min read
Safety In Bubbles New Haven

Safety In Bubbles

"Grandmother/Bathtub" makes a splash at Yale Cabaret.

  • Go to the profile of  Adam Wassilchalk
Adam Wassilchalk
2 Feb 2025 · 2 min read
“What Kind of Country Am I Living in?” ‘Democracy Noir’ Reveals Americans Aren’t Alone In Asking. Oakland

“What Kind of Country Am I Living in?” ‘Democracy Noir’ Reveals Americans Aren’t Alone In Asking.

What happens when democracy goes dark? Viktor Orban has created franchisable fascism, and Connie Field's latest doc shares a global perspective. Screened January 20th, 2025.

  • Go to the profile of  Frederick Noland
Frederick Noland
31 Jan 2025 · 1 min read
The Long Bow Home New Haven

The Long Bow Home

Long Covid sets a virtuoso cellist on a new ​“rebel” path.

  • Go to the profile of  Paul Bass
Paul Bass
31 Jan 2025 · 3 min read
No Way Out But Through Philadelphia

No Way Out But Through

Bands rallied for abortion access during a punk extravaganza at Johnny Brenda's.

  • Go to the profile of  Izzy True
Izzy True
31 Jan 2025 · 1 min read
Stay Tooned: Les Toil’s Painted Tales Oakland

Stay Tooned: Les Toil’s Painted Tales

Pinups and kooky creatures coexist in the fantastical oil paintings of Les Toil, on view at The Grand Gallery.

  • Go to the profile of  Sarah Bass
Sarah Bass
30 Jan 2025 · 3 min read
"Fuck 47" Shares The Rage New Haven

"Fuck 47" Shares The Rage

Punk band Psycho Brat's new POTUS piece unleashes pent-up frustrations at 3-band Cafe 9 show.

  • Go to the profile of  Brian Slattery
Brian Slattery
30 Jan 2025 · 3 min read
Which Way To Immersion Town? Philadelphia

Which Way To Immersion Town?

Maps leap from the pages of fantasy novels to gallery walls.

  • Go to the profile of  Nora Grace-Flood
Nora Grace-Flood
30 Jan 2025 · 3 min read
Shadows and Subversion Oakland

Shadows and Subversion

Noir City 22 kicked off Friday evening with "The Narrow Margin" and “Hell’s Half Acre,” sets a strong tone for the festival.

  • Go to the profile of  Vita Hewitt
Vita Hewitt
29 Jan 2025 · 6 min read
Date Night Goes Dark Philadelphia

Date Night Goes Dark

A 40,000-square-foot interactive art installation known as "Otherworld" was built for sci-fi adventure.

  • Go to the profile of  Nora Grace-Flood
Nora Grace-Flood
29 Jan 2025 · 5 min read
At Home And Abroad With James Baldwin Tulsa

At Home And Abroad With James Baldwin

Three documentaries and a night of conversation.

  • Go to the profile of  Alicia Chesser
Alicia Chesser
28 Jan 2025 · 4 min read
Trading Bad Beer For Orange Wine at the DIY Punk Show Detroit

Trading Bad Beer For Orange Wine at the DIY Punk Show

DIY ethos evolves at Stadt Garten show.

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
28 Jan 2025 · 2 min read
Bob Dylan’s 115th Moment Tulsa

Bob Dylan’s 115th Moment

A dispatch from the Bob Dylan Center’s sold-out, star-laden celebration of 50 years of "Blood on the Tracks."

  • Go to the profile of  Matt Carney
Matt Carney
28 Jan 2025 · 7 min read
Noir and Gnawa: Unforeseen Surprises Oakland

Noir and Gnawa: Unforeseen Surprises

Surprises just kept piling up on the second day of the ten-day Noir City 22 film festival.

  • Go to the profile of  Agustín Maes
Agustín Maes
28 Jan 2025 · 5 min read
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