Philadelphia

Ominous Harmonica

Mundanities and eerie distortions are respectively articulated during a two-act show at Johnny Brenda's.

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Izzy True

7 Apr 2025 · 1 min read

Philadelphia

If, Ands & Butts

A clown show about cybernetics takes us down a whirlpool of circular causality.

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Nora Grace-Flood

4 Apr 2025 · 4 min read

Tulsa

You’re Probably More Hip-Hop Than You Know

The Woody Guthrie Center’s new “Mixtape” exhibition brings hip-hop history together, with a little help from Digable Planets

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Ryan Anderson

4 Apr 2025 · 7 min read

Philadelphia

Nowhere To Go Solo Show

A Welsh one-woman play brings superficial grit to the stage.

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Leo David

3 Apr 2025 · 3 min read

All Over

A Full Life Through Death

A moving, unsentimental new film follows novelist Cai Emmons through the final stages of a degenerative disease.

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Brian Slattery

3 Apr 2025 · 8 min read

All Over

Snow New Ground

In Disney remake.

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Jamil Ragland

3 Apr 2025 · 3 min read

Oakland

Thunderous Pipes Beneath the Fish's Bladder

Inside a glass hatbox, or fish bladder, home to Christ, an organ bellowed thunderously. A recital of some classics, in a godly setting, for a Saturday afternoon.

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Agustín Maes

3 Apr 2025 · 4 min read

Detroit

A Baby DJ Grows Up

... just a tiny bit, at Kraftwerk tribute party. .

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Ryan Patrick Hooper

3 Apr 2025 · 2 min read

Detroit

Pasta & Paint

Team up for a flavorful night showcasing local artists and local chefs.

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Erica Hobbs

3 Apr 2025 · 3 min read

New Haven

Fahrenheit 451 Ignites

This year's Big Read.

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Midbrow Editor

3 Apr 2025 · 4 min read

Detroit

Marcus Elliot Arrives With Big Motifs

... and I can still feel the music in my bones.

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Ryan Patrick Hooper

3 Apr 2025 · 3 min read

New Haven

WAX Gets Cannon Jumpin’

For a 3 1/2‑hour old-school hip-hop party.

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Lisa Gray

2 Apr 2025 · 4 min read

Oakland

Short Dog, That’s Oakland Baby

Professional sports is alive and well in the Town, and you already know how Oakland it is. With the long term future of the coliseum in question, soccer fans show out in open defiance of the doom loop narrative, and of course Too $hort performed at halftime.

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Tony Daquipa

2 Apr 2025 · 4 min read

New Haven

The 6-Hour Gelato

New caffe’s owners take their time to craft an Old Country treat.

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Paul Bass

2 Apr 2025 · 3 min read

Philadelphia

The Eggbeater Revolution

A retrospective on Wanda Gag sets an old world in motion.

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Nora Grace-Flood

1 Apr 2025 · 4 min read

Detroit

Women-Only Exhibition Centers 'Female Gaze'

Show curated by gallery-owner Paulina Petkoski for Women’s History Month features work by 30+ artists

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Randiah Camille Green

1 Apr 2025 · 3 min read

New Haven

The Revolution Will Be Spiraled

Artivists carve their own space in local art scene.

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Jisu Sheen

1 Apr 2025 · 4 min read

Oakland

Collage and Creativity: the Diaspora in an Oakland Library

Nedra T. Williams’ works, on view at the African American Museum and Library, share complex collaged worlds and divas extraordinaire.

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Sarah Bass

1 Apr 2025 · 3 min read