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Shaunda Holloway Sings The Canvas Electric New Haven

Shaunda Holloway Sings The Canvas Electric

Mines music, poetry, visual art at opening of ​“Abstract Rebel” exhibition

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Midbrow Editor
28 Jan 2025 · 2 min read
Bench Black Bean Bowl, Revealed New Haven

Bench Black Bean Bowl, Revealed

Stumbling upon a season recipe at a tree-salvage-furniture mecca

  • Go to the profile of  Liz Grace
Liz Grace
28 Jan 2025 · 1 min read
Tycho Trips The Light Detroit

Tycho Trips The Light

What I saw after I charmed my way to the VIP seats and tuned in to the latest tour.

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Ryan Patrick Hooper
28 Jan 2025 · 2 min read
Hello, Goodbye Philadelphia

Hello, Goodbye

Words are beside the point at an international LOVE Park portal.

  • Go to the profile of  Nora Grace-Flood
Nora Grace-Flood
27 Jan 2025 · 4 min read
The Human Behind The Helmet Detroit

The Human Behind The Helmet

"Halftime with Don" confronts the audience with the price of our cultlike football obsession.

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Erica Hobbs
27 Jan 2025 · 3 min read
Happy Birthday, Old Milk Mooney New Haven

Happy Birthday, Old Milk Mooney

I am officially declaring 2025 the year of the Cozy Musical Get Together after Sunday night’s show at Never Ending Books.

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Karen Ponzio
27 Jan 2025 · 4 min read
Cécile Leads The Charge New Haven

Cécile Leads The Charge

Grammy-winning jazz vocalist McLorin Salvant charts her own path in New Haven concert.

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Etai Smotrich-Barr
26 Jan 2025 · 4 min read
Friends In Unknown Places Tulsa

Friends In Unknown Places

"The Dose: A Psychedelic Comedy Experience" made good on at least one promise: people onstage were definitely tripping balls.

  • Go to the profile of  Mitch Gilliam
Mitch Gilliam
24 Jan 2025 · 4 min read
"Halleleujah" Respite Hartford

"Halleleujah" Respite

Ali Kat feat. Gene Donaldson Old State House Food Court Hartford Jan. 22, 2025 The word that I would use to describe Ali Kat’s musical style is  “soothing.” I

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Jamil Ragland
24 Jan 2025 · 2 min read
Beat & Destroy New Haven

Beat & Destroy

Two Atlanta rappers bring a mesmerizing tour to Toad's.

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Midbrow Editor
24 Jan 2025 · 2 min read
Love Is On The Brain New Haven

Love Is On The Brain

In Yale Rep's revival of "Eden," about Black Families uprooted to build Lincoln Center.

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Adam Wassilchalk
24 Jan 2025 · 4 min read
A 20-Something Jazz Trio Blossoms New Haven

A 20-Something Jazz Trio Blossoms

Slide into originals at radio performance.

  • Go to the profile of  Paul Bass
Paul Bass
23 Jan 2025 · 2 min read
Cozy Amid Chaos Philadelphia

Cozy Amid Chaos

Anna Wehrwein's vibrant depictions of our inner worlds raise questions about how we reconcile with external realities.

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Nora Grace-Flood
23 Jan 2025 · 4 min read
Lions, Snakes, Goldfish, and the Art of Felicia Liang Oakland

Lions, Snakes, Goldfish, and the Art of Felicia Liang

The 33rd annual Lunar New Year Bazaar in Oakland’s Chinatown brought vibrant food, art, and dance to the streets of the city.

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Vita Hewitt
23 Jan 2025 · 4 min read
A Hip-Hop Birthday Party For The Ages Tulsa

A Hip-Hop Birthday Party For The Ages

Tulsa's hip-hop DJs come together to celebrate one of their own.

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Ryan Anderson
23 Jan 2025 · 3 min read
"Bernhardt/Hamlet" Goes Meta Detroit

"Bernhardt/Hamlet" Goes Meta

A play about Sarah Bernhardt playing the Prince of Denmark onstage aims high, comes up short

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Erica Hobbs
22 Jan 2025 · 3 min read
The Wisdom Of Our Plantcestors Detroit

The Wisdom Of Our Plantcestors

Memory and emotion, in color, connect in "Lay of the Land" group exhibition.

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Randiah Camille Green
22 Jan 2025 · 2 min read
The Best & Brightest Have ​“One of Them Days” All Over

The Best & Brightest Have ​“One of Them Days”

New film showcases talents some of today’s best and brightest African American stars

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
22 Jan 2025 · 3 min read
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