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A Quiet Ferry to the Afterlife All Over

A Quiet Ferry to the Afterlife

Frode Grytten’s novel is a meditation on the quiet weight of a life fully lived.

  • Go to the profile of  Vita Hewitt
Vita Hewitt
29 Dec 2025 · 2 min read
RoboCop Finally Lands In Detroit

RoboCop Finally Lands In Detroit

Ryan Patrick Hooper on what took so long.

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Ryan Patrick Hooper
24 Dec 2025 · 2 min read
Peel Back The Husks Detroit

Peel Back The Husks

A 2nd take on "Shucked": It's more than a light musical comedy.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
24 Dec 2025 · 3 min read
Honey, Get Me Rewind

Honey, Get Me Rewind

A "Free Blockbuster Box" prepares us for the eventual culture-conglomerate apocalypse.

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
24 Dec 2025 · 2 min read
Brothers’ Yemeni Tea Warms Up Orange Street New Haven

Brothers’ Yemeni Tea Warms Up Orange Street

A top-secret spice blend adds new flavor to downtown.

  • Go to the profile of  Jisu Sheen
Jisu Sheen
24 Dec 2025 · 5 min read
Zoo Sheds Light On Inner Child Philadelphia

Zoo Sheds Light On Inner Child

Happy holidays from the Philadelphia Zoo.

  • Go to the profile of  Emily Cohen
Emily Cohen
24 Dec 2025 · 4 min read
Aw, "Shucked!" Detroit

Aw, "Shucked!"

Big laughs and numbers, less depth in Fisher Theatre's "Shucked."

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
24 Dec 2025 · 2 min read
Getting Lost In The Mail All Over

Getting Lost In The Mail

Virginia Evans' epistolary novel "The Correspondent" unpacks an elderly woman's fears, grief, and guarded heart

  • Go to the profile of  Jenn McKee
Jenn McKee
24 Dec 2025 · 4 min read
Why These Baskets Are Art Baton Rouge

Why These Baskets Are Art

Functionality and beauty coexist at Native American "Weaving Nature" exhibit.

  • Go to the profile of  Serena Puang
Serena Puang
24 Dec 2025 · 3 min read
At A Honduh Daze Show, Balloons, Stand-Up Comedy, And Sales Pitches Are All Part Of The Punk Act Tulsa

At A Honduh Daze Show, Balloons, Stand-Up Comedy, And Sales Pitches Are All Part Of The Punk Act

This show blew me away—and probably damaged my hearing

  • Go to the profile of  Steve Gerkin
Steve Gerkin
23 Dec 2025 · 5 min read
Live-Scoring A Witch Hunt: Dustin Edward Howard’s Winter Solstice Tradition Tulsa

Live-Scoring A Witch Hunt: Dustin Edward Howard’s Winter Solstice Tradition

“Häxan” is devastating, disturbing, and a great way to bring in the darkest night of the year

  • Go to the profile of  Alicia Chesser
Alicia Chesser
23 Dec 2025 · 5 min read
Some Bang. Lots Of Bucks Baton Rouge

Some Bang. Lots Of Bucks

Is Louisiana Lights worth $24.76 a ticket?

  • Go to the profile of  Serena Puang
Serena Puang
23 Dec 2025 · 3 min read
A Holiday Trip Back To Hudson's Detroit

A Holiday Trip Back To Hudson's

Historical Museum recaptures the former downtown department story's glory.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
23 Dec 2025 · 4 min read
‘Tis the Season For Fundraisers Oakland

‘Tis the Season For Fundraisers

A mixture of live blues and electronic music spreads cheer at Eli’s in support of Street Spirit.

  • Go to the profile of  Tony Daquipa
Tony Daquipa
23 Dec 2025 · 3 min read
Pandemic-Honed Performers Broke Out In 2025 New Haven

Pandemic-Honed Performers Broke Out In 2025

Jisu Sheen tracks how the underground emerged above ground.

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Jisu Sheen
23 Dec 2025 · 5 min read
Skip The Glitter, Go For Gold All Over

Skip The Glitter, Go For Gold

Feminist indigenous writers follows that path in "Beyond the Glittering World," a new story and poem anthology.

  • Go to the profile of  Jisu Sheen
Jisu Sheen
23 Dec 2025 · 4 min read
Hell is a Graduate School All Over

Hell is a Graduate School

Cambridge dropout Helen Shiferaw reviews a new book about two cutthroat students' descent into an academic underworld.

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Helen Shiferaw
22 Dec 2025 · 3 min read
Noir City Xmas Brings the Holiday Drear Oakland

Noir City Xmas Brings the Holiday Drear

Dark and deadly, Noir City’s Xmas special missed some marks but brought the cheer.

  • Go to the profile of  Vita Hewitt
Vita Hewitt
22 Dec 2025 · 5 min read
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