NYC More Than Enough Ennio Ennio Film Forum West Village, NYC 2/15/2024 You know who Ennio Morricone is. Trust me. You do. Even if the name only rings on account of it’s K Hank Jost 16 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Fat Tuesday Rolls Through The Bay Mardi Gras Parade and Party 19th Street and The New Parish Oakland Feb. 13, 2024 The Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans can be a little overwhelming if you’re Stacey Peters 16 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford The Flying Spaghetti Monster, & The Spirit Of Space Leave No Trace Clare Gallery Fransciscan Center for Urban Ministry Hartford Through March 15, 2024 Clare Gallery has become one of my favorite galleries in Hartford thanks to the friendly Jamil Ragland 16 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Tulsa “Now Change” Hits The Big Notes “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change” Tulsa Opera Lynn Riggs Theatre Feb. 8, 2024 Legacy arts companies take a huge gamble when they try something new. Core audiences Alicia Chesser 16 Feb 2024 · 4 min read
New Haven Resilience & Collective Cultural Heritage On Display Shaunda Holloway’s Nature’s Children greets viewers as soon as they enter the second floor of the gallery at Creative Arts Workshop. Over the shoulder of that piece, Aisha Brian Slattery 16 Feb 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland Freaky Teenage Foibles Flaunted For Laughs Mortified’s “Doomed Valentines” Show The New Parish Oakland Feb. 10, 2024 Ah, the foolishness of youth. Is the ability to laugh at your own adolescent follies evidence of your Stacey Peters 16 Feb 2024 · 4 min read
Hartford A Split Decision At The Sports Bar XL Center Sports Bar & Fanatics Sportsbook Hartford February 16, 2024 I love sports, and I love food, so checking out the newest sports bar in Hartford was a no-brainer. Jamil Ragland 16 Feb 2024 · 4 min read
Oakland Rectangular Bread Casserole — aka “Detroit Pizza” — Takes the Cake Square Pie Guys 499 9th St. Oakland Simplicity and good ingredients treated with care bring a lot to the table. In the case of the Bay Area mini-chain Square Pie Sarah Bass 15 Feb 2024 · 4 min read
Hartford The Black History Past Is Present “I’m Black and I’m Proud” Black History Month Meet and Greet Alvin & Beatrice Wood Human Services Center Bloomfield Feb. 14, 2024 Black History Month, by its very Jamil Ragland 15 Feb 2024 · 4 min read
LA We Chanted Kobe’s Name KOBE BRYANT STATUE UNVEILING CEREMONY Crypto.com Arena Los Angeles Feb. 8, 2024 I had come for the reveal, true, but was not there to see the veil lifted. I Julian Castronovo 15 Feb 2024 · 2 min read
Oakland Red and Gold: Dragons Prevail Lunar New Year Celebrations Jack London Square Oakland Feb. 10, 2024 The Bay Area had a lot to celebrate this past weekend, so one was hard-pressed to decide what should Stacey Peters 15 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford We’ll Always Have Casablanca Casablanca Cinestudio Hartford Through Feb. 15, 2024 I’d heard about Casablanca so many times. I’ve seen all the references and parodies, but never the movie itself. When I Jamil Ragland 14 Feb 2024 · 2 min read
Oakland Valdez Street Vibe Captures Soul Of The city Valdez Street Vibes Valdez Street between 23rd and 24th Streets Oakland Feb. 10, 2024 I was surprised that, even if I was only there a short while, I caught it. Stacey Peters 14 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
New Haven “Embroidery Resistance” Meets Atticus On the walls of Atticus on Chapel Street, just above diners’ heads, is a row of mixed-media artworks that brighten and enrich the space, making it feel both more vibrant Brian Slattery 14 Feb 2024 · 1 min read
Tulsa Artist? Curator? Viewer? You Can Be All Three What Is Spurious Is Also Precious Through February 24, 2024 Positive Space Tulsa Artists often get through the hard part of starting a new work by relying on a preconceived Cassidy Petrazzi 14 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Super Sew Sunday Rock Paper Scissor Collective’s Community Art Workshop Series Oakland Public Library Oakland Feb. 11, 2024 Super Bowl Sunday in the basement of the downtown Oakland library, and I am Stacey Peters 14 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
LA Freaks Come Out At Night CREEPY GALS LAND Superchief Gallery Los Angeles Feb. 10, 2024 Is there any holiday Angelenos won’t use as an excuse to dress up like fabulous little freaks? Just when Eloise Rollins-Fife 13 Feb 2024 · 2 min read
Oakland Comedic Insights: Beans, Being Uncool, & The Perils of Masturbation Stoney McBlaze Comedy Drake’s Dealership 2325 Broadway Oakland Feb. 3, 2024 Comedy is an art form I revere with profound admiration. Maybe it’s because I can’t tell Agustín Maes 13 Feb 2024 · 4 min read