Hartford An Emotional Story, Without The Emotion Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara Cinestudio Hartford June 5, 2024 Visiting Cinestudio has become one of my favorite activities, as the college-based theater offers some of the more interesting Jamil Ragland 6 Jun 2024 · 3 min read
New Haven Me & Mom The photo is of Adil Mansoor when he was a child, in Pakistan. The scene was a family celebration, and a relative, on a lark, dressed the boy in a Brian Slattery 6 Jun 2024 · 1 min read
LA Million Dollar Babyface SUKEBAN: JAPANESE FEMALE PRO-WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP Trinity Auditorium Los Angeles May 30 “Call her babyface,” proclaims an announcer in a black velvet suit and Ray-Bans. He looks slick, like a Japanese Madeline Connors 5 Jun 2024 · 2 min read
New Haven Musicians Lend A Hand Chloe, of the Hartford-based band Cvmrats, told stories about deceased friends and the difficulties of being mistaken for a train hopper, but everyone at Cafe Nine on Tuesday night knew Brian Slattery 5 Jun 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland Art For All: Open Studios Kick Off East Bay Open Studios Salon Exhibition and Opening Party Studio One Arts Center 365 45th St. Oakland May 30, 2024 My friend Emily and I stared at the white and Sarah Bass 4 Jun 2024 · 6 min read
Philadelphia Open Mic Pigs Out On Talent Surplus Open Mic Ortlieb’s 847 N 3rd St. Philadelphia May 29, 2024 There I was, pigging out on hot dogs, listening to the Viagra Boys, and watching the Phillies move Nora Grace-Flood 4 Jun 2024 · 4 min read
LA Screamo? You Wouldn’t Understand YOUR RENAISSANCE FEST: JEROMES DREAM, LOMA PRIETA, and friends 1720 Los Angeles May 24, 2024 Screamo is a fickle beast often fawned over by the hard-to-please. As a derivative of David Diaz 3 Jun 2024 · 3 min read
LA Eyes On The Road EYES ON THE ROAD: ART OF THE AUTOMOTIVE LANDSCAPE PETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM Los Angeles Through November 2024 Having survived a near-fatal collision, I’m constantly contemplating the automobile. Much like Brittany Menjivar 3 Jun 2024 · 2 min read
New Haven Russian Munsters Swarm Downtown Bar Spooky sounds emanated from Cafe Nine Saturday night. Instead of sending shivers up spines, it kept a crowd smiling and shuffling from side to side for a nonstop hour. The Paul Bass 3 Jun 2024 · 1 min read
Tulsa It’s Been Cowboy Carter For 121 Years At The Boley Rodeo 121st Annual Boley Rodeo Boley, OK May 25, 2024 Next weekend, Tulsa Tough will attract thousands of visitors to our city. Throngs of out-of-state and out-of-country travelers will revel in Mitch Gilliam 3 Jun 2024 · 4 min read
New Haven Stories Told Through Song The music room in Never Ending Books at 810 State St. was cluttered but homey. A collage of brightly-colored abstract art and painted records decorated the walls, which were lined Eleanor Polak 3 Jun 2024 · 1 min read
Tulsa Natural Wonders: Red Dirt, Bluegrass & Heartbreak With Three Tulsa Songwriters Kalyn Fay, Justin Bloss, Mallory Eagle Belafonte Tulsa May 24, 2024 Belafonte is like your cool friend’s house, a west Tulsa gem of a venue just off Charles Page Jennie The Lloyd 2 Jun 2024 · 3 min read
Tulsa Shelter From The Storm Lyrical Lifelines for Mental Health and Sobriety Living Arts of Tulsa May 25, 2024 In the Tulsa Arts District on a humid May evening, electric as a storm cloud and Jennie The Lloyd 2 Jun 2024 · 2 min read
Hartford I Think They’re Pronounced “Yeer-Rosh” Greek Festival St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral Hartford May 30, 2024 The Greek Festival has been an event in Hartford for 50 years, and somehow I’ve always missed it. Jamil Ragland 31 May 2024 · 4 min read
New Haven Piaget Crashes Tha Cataclysm Armando Acevedo clicked on a file from his phone. He unrolled a taped-together 10-page scroll. He started rapping the printed lyrics, summoning the insights of a noted 20th century Swiss Paul Bass 31 May 2024 · 1 min read
LA Paint The Town Red, In Flames ED RUSCHA/ NOW THEN Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles Through Oct. 6, 2024 Ed Ruscha imagines a Los Angeles where LACMA is burning. It’s surprisingly serene. Madeline Connors 31 May 2024 · 2 min read
Hartford When The Saints Came Marching Home Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch Hartford May 30, 2024 There are few structures in Hartford as distinctive as the Soldiers and Sailors Arch located on Trinity Street. The Bushnell Park Jamil Ragland 31 May 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland A Better Bakery Oaklandia Bakery x Cafe 555 12th St. Oakland Midafternoon, and I have yet to eat. I think I am going to chow down on a juicy salad, a buttery pastry, Sarah Bass 31 May 2024 · 6 min read
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