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Clouds Take Center Stage in Dreamlike Exhibit Oakland

Clouds Take Center Stage in Dreamlike Exhibit

What we see in the sky and what we imagine it to be: beautiful and just beyond reach, even as climate change alters color and composition.

  • Go to the profile of  Vita Hewitt
Vita Hewitt
30 Jul 2025 · 3 min read
Romcom Turns Dark Oakland

Romcom Turns Dark

Sophie Brooks’ “Oh, Hi” takes some sharp turns, making for an unhinged genre experiment.

  • Go to the profile of  Vita Hewitt
Vita Hewitt
29 Jul 2025 · 3 min read
Commune Ism All Over

Commune Ism

Alison Bechdel weaves her fictional characters with real ones in her new comic novel.

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Jenn McKee
29 Jul 2025 · 3 min read
One Man's Trash ... New Haven

One Man's Trash ...

is another’s fash(ion). It drew a crowd.

  • Go to the profile of  Jisu Sheen
Jisu Sheen
29 Jul 2025 · 4 min read
Philadelphia

Straight Out The Crate

Rediscovered '70s songwriter Robert Lester Folsom takes to the stage.

  • Go to the profile of  Izzy True
Izzy True
28 Jul 2025 · 1 min read
Little Rascals Take the Green New Haven

Little Rascals Take the Green

On and off the screen, at an outdoor park viewing.

  • Go to the profile of  Jisu Sheen
Jisu Sheen
28 Jul 2025 · 3 min read
Riff Raff Find Love As Apocalypse Rages New Haven

Riff Raff Find Love As Apocalypse Rages

Alynda Segarra sells out the hall and injects hope in hard times on latest tour.

  • Go to the profile of  Dereen Shirnekhi
Dereen Shirnekhi
28 Jul 2025 · 4 min read
The Ancients Remain New Haven

The Ancients Remain

Philanthropist-photographer Bill Graustein debuts exhibition.

  • Go to the profile of  Midbrow Editor
Midbrow Editor
28 Jul 2025 · 3 min read
Chinatown Redux Detroit

Chinatown Redux

An inaugural block part takes a cultural look back with an eye to the future.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
27 Jul 2025 · 3 min read
Mashed-Up Hits Detroit

Mashed-Up Hits

Bring electricity to "Postmodern Jukebox" stage tour.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
27 Jul 2025 · 2 min read
Bookwyrms Draw Swords Hartford

Bookwyrms Draw Swords

At library fantasy role-playing fest.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
27 Jul 2025 · 3 min read
It’s All for the Children Oakland

It’s All for the Children

Legacy is everything: Justin Schein’s documentary looks at generational wealth, economic inequality, and his father.

  • Go to the profile of  Sarah Bass
Sarah Bass
25 Jul 2025 · 2 min read
Ladies in Red Philadelphia

Ladies in Red

Two artists transfer movie magic to canvas.

  • Go to the profile of  Nora Grace-Flood
Nora Grace-Flood
25 Jul 2025 · 5 min read
Rising Poet’s ​“Man vs Bear” Goes Viral New Haven

Rising Poet’s ​“Man vs Bear” Goes Viral

Yex Diaz's sudden outpouring tapped into a national phenomenon.

  • Go to the profile of  Laura Glesby
Laura Glesby
25 Jul 2025 · 6 min read
Friendship Forever Philadelphia

Friendship Forever

At their latest album release show, indie band Friendship forges fresh bonds with audiences new and old.

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Izzy True
25 Jul 2025 · 1 min read
‘Les Blancs’ Claps Back at Colonialism in Hansberry's Prescient Play Oakland

‘Les Blancs’ Claps Back at Colonialism in Hansberry's Prescient Play

Lorraine Hansberry’s play calls out racism and points the finger at The Church as an instrument of oppression.

  • Go to the profile of  Frederick Noland
Frederick Noland
25 Jul 2025 · 1 min read
A Sharp, Darkly Funny Look at Loneliness and the Life of a Quiet Survivor All Over

A Sharp, Darkly Funny Look at Loneliness and the Life of a Quiet Survivor

Wang’s take and takedown of Bay Area entitlement alone make this book worth the read.

  • Go to the profile of  Vita Hewitt
Vita Hewitt
24 Jul 2025 · 2 min read
Tulsa’s Drum Corps Took A Step Forward Tulsa

Tulsa’s Drum Corps Took A Step Forward

Drums! Props! Platforms! Gizmos! A dispatch from the world's most mindblowing marching band competition

  • Go to the profile of  Z.B. Reeves
Z.B. Reeves
24 Jul 2025 · 3 min read
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