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An Older Self Entranced Oakland

An Older Self Entranced

A couple decades down the line, the craft of Viola Frey’s intricate and towering ceramic sculptures is now hitting home.

  • Go to the profile of  Agustín Maes
Agustín Maes
15 Jan 2025 · 4 min read
Ma Rainey Isn’t The Only One Showing Her Black Bottom At The Detroit Rep Detroit

Ma Rainey Isn’t The Only One Showing Her Black Bottom At The Detroit Rep

Even the small roles in this production of ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ shine

  • Go to the profile of  Randiah Camille Green
Randiah Camille Green
15 Jan 2025 · 3 min read
Burning The Corners Of Memory Philadelphia

Burning The Corners Of Memory

Jill Adler's visual reconstructions of her family's apartment at Blah Blah Gallery probe the erosion of our minds and environments.

  • Go to the profile of  Nora Grace-Flood
Nora Grace-Flood
14 Jan 2025 · 3 min read
Abracadabra! New Haven

Abracadabra!

56 artists conjure magic in Kehler Liddell group show.

  • Go to the profile of  Brian Slattery
Brian Slattery
14 Jan 2025 · 3 min read
Karaoke Breeds Community Detroit

Karaoke Breeds Community

I didn't think karaoke could matter this much. Turns out, in stratified Detroit, it can.

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
14 Jan 2025 · 2 min read
TikTok Kink and Unpacking Consent: “Babygirl” Brings A Complicated Narrative Oakland

TikTok Kink and Unpacking Consent: “Babygirl” Brings A Complicated Narrative

Erotic thriller or age-gap rom-com gone wrong? “Babygirl” fails to bring the heat, and worse, simplifies and stupefies complex sexuality, instead offering insipid regurgitations of pulpy tropes.

  • Go to the profile of  Vita Hewitt
Vita Hewitt
13 Jan 2025 · 4 min read
MLK & Nixon: The Musical Detroit

MLK & Nixon: The Musical

An ambitious attempt to understand historic figures at an American turning point gets distracted

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
13 Jan 2025 · 3 min read
Original Jazz Compositions Shine New Haven

Original Jazz Compositions Shine

At Jazzy's Cabaret, where Avery Wyman Quartet wove new sounds amid the standards.

  • Go to the profile of  Midbrow Editor
Midbrow Editor
13 Jan 2025 · 4 min read
Costs of The Perfect Playlist Philadelphia

Costs of The Perfect Playlist

Music journalist Liz Pelly talks about the rise of Spotify while on tour for her new book, "Mood Machine."

  • Go to the profile of  Izzy True
Izzy True
13 Jan 2025 · 1 min read
Nutmeg Slim Gives Permission Hartford

Nutmeg Slim Gives Permission

Blues night at Black Eyed Sally's was "built for comfort."

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
13 Jan 2025 · 2 min read
“Soul” Dusted Off, Unplugged New Haven

“Soul” Dusted Off, Unplugged

Dan Soto came without his rock band to join musicians trying out acoustic versions of their songs at a Sunday showcase.

  • Go to the profile of  Midbrow Editor
Midbrow Editor
13 Jan 2025 · 1 min read
ABC, PYT ... WTF? Philadelphia

ABC, PYT ... WTF?

Lynn Nottage's "MJ" — now on tour in Philly — is an over-the-top ode to a celebrity abuser.

  • Go to the profile of  Nora Grace-Flood
Nora Grace-Flood
10 Jan 2025 · 4 min read
Tour de Quartz Is A Tour de Force Tulsa

Tour de Quartz Is A Tour de Force

A taste of what the future holds for artmaking in Oklahoma and beyond.

  • Go to the profile of  Meredith Boe
Meredith Boe
10 Jan 2025 · 3 min read
Winter Blues Chased Hartford

Winter Blues Chased

Jamil Ragland finds what he was looking for as Ashley Hamel returns home for a singing visit.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
9 Jan 2025 · 2 min read
In The Eye of The Storm Philadelphia

In The Eye of The Storm

Zifeng Zang's deeply saturated, stain-soaked images on display at Muse Art Gallery recall an old-school approach to painting the natural environment.

  • Go to the profile of  Nora Grace-Flood
Nora Grace-Flood
9 Jan 2025 · 3 min read
Lalibela Turns 25 -- & Shares Its Kosta Secret New Haven

Lalibela Turns 25 -- & Shares Its Kosta Secret

An Ethiopian gem and a DIY recipe.

  • Go to the profile of  Liz Grace
Liz Grace
9 Jan 2025 · 1 min read
Prof/Filmmaker: The Green’s Not Just About Fun New Haven

Prof/Filmmaker: The Green’s Not Just About Fun

Documentarian weighs in on public space debate in a city's central square.

  • Go to the profile of  Midbrow Editor
Midbrow Editor
8 Jan 2025 · 9 min read
Peter Pan Takes iPad Baby Turn Philadelphia

Peter Pan Takes iPad Baby Turn

Is Neverland... dead?

  • Go to the profile of  Leo David
Leo David
8 Jan 2025 · 3 min read
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