NYC All Blister, No Bluster Ingrid Laubrock’s Lilith The Jazz Gallery Flatiron, Manhattan Feb. 21, 2024 Ears on a swivel and eyes wide, we all hold our breath for the moment pianist Yvonne Rogers’ K Hank Jost 22 Feb 2024 · 2 min read
New Haven Artists Walk The Path The view of a mountain in Sichuan, China is breathtaking, though not for the usual reasons. Photographer Roy Money doesn’t train his camera on the usual kind of tourist Brian Slattery 22 Feb 2024 · 1 min read
The Library of Broken Hearts Broken Hearts Party and Shrine Launch Oakland Public Library Oakland, CA Feb. 13, 2024 At The Alcove cafe on the east side of Los Angeles, there was a secret desk Stacey Peters 22 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Art Imitates … Books Todd Magill Paper Ink Bookcloth Book/Shop 485 9th St. Oakland The smallest bits caught my eye first. Well, that’s not fair — the tray of $5 books out front Sarah Bass 22 Feb 2024 · 2 min read
NYC Crew Loads-in The House Before Bringing It Down Arts Workers Are Artists Too Performance Space New York Feb. 8, 2024 Assemble the stage. Hang the soft goods. Focus the lights. Focus the projector. Coffee break. Usually, when I Adam Wassilchalk 21 Feb 2024 · 4 min read
New Haven Ross Gay Incites Joy Ross Gay practiced what he preaches last night at Possible Futures, as the poet, essayist, and teacher offered a grateful crowd a selection of his work encompassing joy and tenderness Karen Ponzio 21 Feb 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland Doing the Mardi Gras Mambo on the Shores of Lake Merritt Fat Tuesday Celebration Lake Chalet Seafood Bar & Grill Oakland, CA Feb. 13, 2024 I was sitting on the outdoor patio on Tuesday night, admiring the nighttime views of Lake Stacey Peters 21 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford A Garlic Aioli Revelation Sorella Hartford Feb. 19, 2024 Despite its central location in Downtown Hartford, I’d never been to Sorella before. I chose a great evening to visit, as the noontime rush Jamil Ragland 20 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
New Haven A View, From The Harbor Long Wharf Theatre’s current offering of A View from the Bridge takes audiences to the Canal Dock Boathouse on Long Wharf Drive, to let its sweeping view of the Donald Brown 20 Feb 2024 · 1 min read
“Hella’ Funny Comedians Walk Into A Speakeasy Hella Funny Comedy Collective Fluid510 Oakland Feb. 16, 2024 A jubilant man half-riding a bicycle called to me, “Why did the scarecrow outspend his Christmas bonus?” After I replied with Stacey Peters 20 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
NYC Bits, Bobs, and Big Ben Pederson Grotto: Shrine Soloway Gallery Williamsburg, NYC Through March 25, 2024 I’ve written before that art in this city finds incredible ways to survive. Whether it’s noise shows in K Hank Jost 20 Feb 2024 · 2 min read
Troy/Albany Albany Civic Theater Counts The Minutes The Minutes Albany Civic Theater Albany, N.Y. 2/15/24 While attending a production of Tracy Letts’ The Minutes in New York City, capital region theater director Brian Sheldon RS Benedict 19 Feb 2024 · 2 min read
Raleigh/ Durham/ Chapel Hill Yankee Goes Whole Hog On Eastern N. Carolina BBQ The Pig Chapel Hill, N.C. 2/17/24 Before me sat a plate of pork, hush puppies, coleslaw, and pickles. Behind that, because I’d insisted on trying more Brian Slattery 19 Feb 2024 · 7 min read
NYC Sweeter And Sweeter: A Night Out With Doc Honey Doc Honey Windjammer Ridgewood, NYC 11/16/2024 It’s an undeniably special thing to watch an ensemble come together. Pay attention when your friends say they’re starting a K Hank Jost 19 Feb 2024 · 2 min read
Oakland “Black Gold” Found In Oakland Museum Opening event Town Treasures: Black Migration Stories Camron-Stanford House Oakland Feb. 16, 2024 Even if you regularly walk along Lake Merritt in Oakland, you might not notice the Camron-Stanford House, Stacey Peters 19 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Raleigh/ Durham/ Chapel Hill String Quartet Rocks Rock Club Bergamot Quartet, Tercel, Spare, and Blood Red River The Cave Chapel Hill, N.C. 2/16/24 People filed into the Cave on W. Franklin Ave. in Chapel Hill and Brian Slattery 18 Feb 2024 · 4 min read
NYC Mandelbaum’s Familiar? Faces Stephane Mandelbaum The Drawing Center SoHo, Manhattan NYC 2/16/2024 Neighborhoods in NYC, despite decades of gentrification, massive demographic shifts, and architectural changes, always seem to hold onto whatever K Hank Jost 18 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland High-Life Acts For The Low Lifes Fuck Valentine’s Variety Show Ruckus Revival The Continental Club Oakland Feb. 8, 2024 The Ruckus Revival, now 25 years old, has had several names and many homes during its Sarah Bass 18 Feb 2024 · 4 min read
