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A woman in a crisp white button-down speaks carefully into a mic in the middle of a conference room. In the back is a Korean flag. All Over

The Last Gwangju Citizens' Day

Citizen writers detail life in Gwangju. Jisu Sheen reports.

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Jisu Sheen
26 May 2026 · 4 min read
Memoir Evokes 1950s New Haven & Holocaust Ghosts All Over

Memoir Evokes 1950s New Haven & Holocaust Ghosts

Westville-raised Arthur Horwitz navigates “Dual Identities.”

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Midbrow Editor
26 May 2026 · 6 min read
Tales From The Kitchen Gwangju

Tales From The Kitchen

How, and why, a "girl from the South" fled a Michelin restaurant to a Gwangju studio.

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Jisu Sheen
26 May 2026 · 4 min read
The Rembert Gift Keeps Giving New Haven

The Rembert Gift Keeps Giving

The celebrated late leather artist’s son and granddaughter get into the art game.

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Janday Wilson
25 May 2026 · 4 min read
The River And Us Baton Rouge

The River And Us

Art and ecology flow through each other at a Bluebonnet Library exhibit.

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Serena Puang
25 May 2026 · 2 min read
Hot Mess Wantons Baton Rouge

Hot Mess Wantons

Lydia Pang's memoir "Eat Bitter" explores food and enduring sufferings through the lens of a central Chinese phrase.

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Serena Puang
25 May 2026 · 2 min read
Uncle Chess Magic Baton Rouge

Uncle Chess Magic

Star act lifts a dampened Soul Food Fest.

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Serena Puang
25 May 2026 · 2 min read
The Very Berry Strawberry Princess of Jeonnam Gwangju

The Very Berry Strawberry Princess of Jeonnam

A decade after leaving New Haven, a Korean-born guitarist takes on the world.

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Jisu Sheen
25 May 2026 · 3 min read
Amy Arledge Recognizes The Patterns New Haven

Amy Arledge Recognizes The Patterns

In her "Eclectic" show at City Gallery.

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Brian Slattery
25 May 2026 · 4 min read
Chillin' Con "Carnage" New Haven

Chillin' Con "Carnage"

At Stella Blues' combo vide-game/music "Beats, Bits & Bytes."

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Judy Lee
25 May 2026 · 2 min read
May 25: The Weekly Roundup Philadelphia

May 25: The Weekly Roundup

Welcome! You're reading a weekly wrap of articles from Philly Midbrow, which publishes daily reviews about arts and culture events happening across our city. Scroll for local story

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Midbrow Editor
25 May 2026 · 2 min read
Family Affairs All Over

Family Affairs

Debut comic novel focuses on an offbeat clan in crisis

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Jenn McKee
24 May 2026 · 3 min read
DJ Ryan's New Release of the Week: Kurt Vile's "Zoom 97" Detroit

DJ Ryan's New Release of the Week: Kurt Vile's "Zoom 97"

Blissed out, buzzed -- and into Philly.

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Ryan Patrick Hooper
24 May 2026 · 2 min read
Un-Caged At Cranbrook Detroit

Un-Caged At Cranbrook

Stepping inside Detroit Opera Orchestra's wild staging of "Apartment House 1776" within museum walls.

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Ryan Patrick Hooper
24 May 2026 · 3 min read
On Topa The World Detroit

On Topa The World

A star chef brings unforgettable food to a forgettable decor atop new AC Hotel Detroit.

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Ryan Patrick Hooper
24 May 2026 · 2 min read
The Music Makes The Murals Philadelphia

The Music Makes The Murals

A tour through some of Philly's most iconic public art installations points to the songs and cultures that inspired them.

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John Morrison
24 May 2026 · 1 min read
Philadelphia

Blue Skidoo'ing Into Syd Carpenter's Sculptures

It's the final weekend to catch a retrospective on the clay artist's work, including her research on the Southern African American Farmers Network.

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Kelechi Azu
23 May 2026 · 1 min read
What The Hell's The Big Idea? Philadelphia

What The Hell's The Big Idea?

A powerhouse performance from the touring Lily Talmers made Ty Maxwell existential about the mysterious meaning of music.

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Tyler Maxwell
23 May 2026 · 3 min read
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