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Pro-Kid Thesis Gets Lost in the Lingo All Over

Pro-Kid Thesis Gets Lost in the Lingo

Even for adults, in a book titled “Solidarity With Children.”

  • Go to the profile of  Jisu Sheen
Jisu Sheen
30 Jan 2026 · 4 min read
Students Reshape "Tradition" Hartford

Students Reshape "Tradition"

Step in as curators at Trinity Arts Center exhibit.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
30 Jan 2026 · 3 min read
A Weekend Gone Awry All Over

A Weekend Gone Awry

A dead dog interrupts quiet plans.

  • Go to the profile of  Vita Hewitt
Vita Hewitt
29 Jan 2026 · 2 min read
I'm Not OK; You're Not OK Baton Rouge

I'm Not OK; You're Not OK

But we found hope in each other at Matthew Black's concert.

  • Go to the profile of  Serena Puang
Serena Puang
29 Jan 2026 · 3 min read
Burn It All Down New Haven

Burn It All Down

Patricide is at times a punch line as Black women reclaim power in “Is God Is.”

  • Go to the profile of  Janday Wilson
Janday Wilson
29 Jan 2026 · 3 min read
Portraits Of The Teacher As An Artist New Haven

Portraits Of The Teacher As An Artist

Yale exhibit highlights work of Abstract Expressionist innovator Hans Hoffman.

  • Go to the profile of  Brian Slattery
Brian Slattery
29 Jan 2026 · 4 min read
Writing In The White Lines Hartford

Writing In The White Lines

A former slave's 1865 letter read in a new light in 2026.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
29 Jan 2026 · 4 min read
Peak Summer Mid Winter Philadelphia

Peak Summer Mid Winter

Greg Freeman brings vein-popping power during a two-band bill at Ukie Club.

  • Go to the profile of  Tyler Maxwell
Tyler Maxwell
28 Jan 2026 · 3 min read
Everything And Nothing All At Once Detroit

Everything And Nothing All At Once

In upcoming art show “untitled, unknown,” abstract art becomes a conversation

  • Go to the profile of  Layla McMurtrie
Layla McMurtrie
28 Jan 2026 · 4 min read
Patti Smith Reminds Us New Haven

Patti Smith Reminds Us

That "People have the power" -- cue book-talk audience singalong.

  • Go to the profile of  Janday Wilson
Janday Wilson
28 Jan 2026 · 4 min read
Soundtrack To A Pool Game Detroit

Soundtrack To A Pool Game

Hamtramck Pool League leans on old-school R&B and Nolo.

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
28 Jan 2026 · 1 min read
Apizza Exhibition Serves Up Slice Of History New Haven

Apizza Exhibition Serves Up Slice Of History

At New Haven Museum.

  • Go to the profile of  Brian Slattery
Brian Slattery
28 Jan 2026 · 9 min read
A Margaret Atwood Memoir Of Sorts Detroit

A Margaret Atwood Memoir Of Sorts

The famed author visited the Detroit Opera House last weekend to talk karma, curly hair and creepy politics.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
27 Jan 2026 · 3 min read
A Final, Jazzy, Genre Bending Note Oakland

A Final, Jazzy, Genre Bending Note

Noir City 23 went out with a bang of a double feature, even if not chronologically correct.

  • Go to the profile of  Vita Hewitt
Vita Hewitt
27 Jan 2026 · 3 min read
In “The Just Assassins,” Little Shop Of Productions Wrestled With The Ethics Of Revolutionary Violence Tulsa

In “The Just Assassins,” Little Shop Of Productions Wrestled With The Ethics Of Revolutionary Violence

Director Anna Seat made the 1949 play by Camus feel eerily resonant

  • Go to the profile of  Alex Isaak
Alex Isaak
27 Jan 2026 · 5 min read
TERRA Takes The Stand Philadelphia

TERRA Takes The Stand

A three-band show at Launderette Records ties together electronic instruments with organic soundscapes.

  • Go to the profile of  Bengal (B. Gallman)
Bengal (B. Gallman)
27 Jan 2026 · 4 min read
Post-Storm Sky-Eye View New Haven

Post-Storm Sky-Eye View

Chris Randall launches a drone to capture New Haven after the snowfuries.

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Chris Randall
26 Jan 2026 · 1 min read
Cool Vs. Uncool Hellscapes Philadelphia

Cool Vs. Uncool Hellscapes

A Subtle Body show at God's Auto Body reminds Pierce Jordan how fun — and necessary — it is to sin.

  • Go to the profile of  Pierce Jordan
Pierce Jordan
26 Jan 2026 · 2 min read
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