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Dvořák, Strauss, And … One Other Guy Tulsa

Dvořák, Strauss, And … One Other Guy

Even the TSO’s spirited rendition of Hanson’s symphony didn’t get me on board. The melodies are unmemorable; the harmonies are lush but predictable; the rhythms are standard.

  • Go to the profile of  Yvonne Hazelton
Yvonne Hazelton
18 Apr 2025 · 3 min read
Don't You Wish You Could Go on a Jungle Cruise? Oakland

Don't You Wish You Could Go on a Jungle Cruise?

Legendary punk musicians Alice Bag and Kid Congo Powers are the duo Juanita & Juan: a “psychedelic lounge act on a Mexican beach.”

  • Go to the profile of  Agustín Maes
Agustín Maes
18 Apr 2025 · 4 min read
Java Spring Philadelphia

Java Spring

Coffee shop blues give way to seasonal revelation.

  • Go to the profile of  Nora Grace-Flood
Nora Grace-Flood
17 Apr 2025 · 2 min read
Rhythm Lounge Nation Oakland

Rhythm Lounge Nation

Rhythm Lounge brings creatives together to socialize in a chill atmosphere.

  • Go to the profile of  Frederick Noland
Frederick Noland
17 Apr 2025 · 1 min read
Tangled Bedsheets New Haven

Tangled Bedsheets

It's a wrap at a juried show marking the Paint & Clay Club's 125th year.

  • Go to the profile of  Brian Slattery
Brian Slattery
17 Apr 2025 · 3 min read
Reviewing Myself In "Mud Follies" New Haven

Reviewing Myself In "Mud Follies"

" ​‘A Wounded Bird,’ didn’t put any audience members to sleep, though six people got up to go the bathroom.”

  • Go to the profile of  Lary Bloom
Lary Bloom
17 Apr 2025 · 4 min read
Pianist Jason Moran Stuns Detroit

Pianist Jason Moran Stuns

At 2025 Detroit Jazz Fest preview

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
17 Apr 2025 · 2 min read
Trip-Hop Monday Detroit

Trip-Hop Monday

Portishead's Beth Gibbons, flying solo, brings the Cathedral Theatre to life on a Monday night.

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
17 Apr 2025 · 2 min read
Tina Fey & Amy Poehler Deliver Detroit

Tina Fey & Amy Poehler Deliver

Onstage, and on the Home Screen.

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
17 Apr 2025 · 2 min read
Identity, Mapped and Mod Podged Oakland

Identity, Mapped and Mod Podged

Collage of people and places, with some paints and prints, come together for a personal solo show by Anthony R. Grant.

  • Go to the profile of  Sarah Bass
Sarah Bass
16 Apr 2025 · 3 min read
Let’s Give A Shit About Trans Rights Tulsa

Let’s Give A Shit About Trans Rights

The Here To Pee Comedy Protest Tour made me laugh, fired me up, and led me to reflect—especially on how much I take bathroom access for granted.

  • Go to the profile of  Kathryn Parkman
Kathryn Parkman
16 Apr 2025 · 5 min read
Krautrocking Fury Philadelphia

Krautrocking Fury

Mexico City band Diles Que No Me Maten pack international gumption into an American tour.

  • Go to the profile of  Izzy True
Izzy True
16 Apr 2025 · 1 min read
New Haven

“Radiohead” For Gen Rosalíe

An evolving artist's new single details love and heartbreak through instrumental tension.

  • Go to the profile of  Jisu Sheen
Jisu Sheen
15 Apr 2025 · 3 min read
Gold In The Stack New Haven

Gold In The Stack

Shubert, PBS, library team up for screening of new doc all about public libraries.

  • Go to the profile of  Jisu Sheen
Jisu Sheen
15 Apr 2025 · 3 min read
Jack White Comes Home Detroit

Jack White Comes Home

Less surprise this time, lots of new material mixed in with the classics.

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
15 Apr 2025 · 2 min read
A Feast For The Senses New Haven

A Feast For The Senses

Silent films, music, and soup make for sight, smell, taste, touch, sound fun.

  • Go to the profile of  Jisu Sheen
Jisu Sheen
14 Apr 2025 · 4 min read
On The Grid Hartford

On The Grid

U of Hartford exhibit explores design, geometry, grids, and an artist's Ugandan heritage.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
14 Apr 2025 · 3 min read
OMCA Celebrates 75 Years of Fairyland Oakland

OMCA Celebrates 75 Years of Fairyland

Oakland Museum of California commemorates Fairyland's 75th anniversary with a small but mighty retrospective.

  • Go to the profile of  Frederick Noland
Frederick Noland
14 Apr 2025 · 1 min read
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