75-Cent Pierogi Taste Better, Round By Round Tattooed Mom: Pierogi Thursday 530 South St. Philadelphia July 25, 2024 Mint lemonade, mango boba, peach brandy, and pineapple juice all scream summer — but a steaming hot pierogi beats a Nora Grace-Flood 31 Jul 2024 · 5 min read
Hartford With River In Sight, I Didn’t Call Her Shirley River: A Waterfront Restaurant and Bar Wethersfield July 30, 2024 River restaurant is located in an unassuming location in Old Wethersfield: the back of an office building. It’s well-hidden Jamil Ragland 31 Jul 2024 · 3 min read
Artists Blast Blerdcon BlerDCon Hyatt Regency Crystal City Arlington, Virginia July 12 – 14, 2024 Deadline Poet LindoYes took a break from Philly last week to attend BlerDCon — a convention celebrating and selling Black Lindo Yes 31 Jul 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland Global Citizens, Local Fashions Oakland Renaissance: Saint Maurice Fashion Show West Oakland Matters 7th West 1255 7th St, Oakland July 27, 2024 Local art matters, and so do your neighbors. Produced in “The New Sarah Bass 31 Jul 2024 · 4 min read
LA Who Took the Gothic from the Cookie Jar? AMERICAN GOTHIC READING Night Gallery Los Angeles July 25, 2024 The United States is definitely haunted. I mean, the whole country is built on an “Indian” graveyard. And it has Brandon Sward 30 Jul 2024 · 2 min read
New Haven Shaunda Holloway Shows Up For Shaunda Holloway, art is all about getting yourself a seat at the table. It’s a way to be seen, to be heard, to express yourself and then have Eleanor Polak 30 Jul 2024 · 1 min read
Hartford Let’s Just Say You’ll Need A Hanky … Deadpool & Wolverine Apple Cinemas Xtreme Hartford July 28, 2024 How do I talk about this movie without spoiling it? I can’t tell you what happens, outside of the Jamil Ragland 29 Jul 2024 · 3 min read
Tulsa Land Back, Language Back: Osage Poetic Forms 𐓏𐒰𐒿𐒷́𐓒𐒷 (Markings): 𐓏𐒰𐓓𐒰́𐓓𐒷 𐒻́𐒷 poetic forms Tulsa Artist Fellowship Flagship Tulsa Through Aug. 10 Standing in 𐓏𐒰𐒿𐒷́𐓒𐒷 (Markings): 𐓏𐒰𐓓𐒰́𐓓𐒷 𐒻́𐒷 poetic forms, the current exhibit at the Tulsa Artist Fellowship Flagship space, I feel as though Alicia Chesser 29 Jul 2024 · 4 min read
New Haven Witch Bitch Brings The Puppets What do felt, paper, string, feathers, eggs, and odd socks have in common? They can all be made into puppets, and they all came alive on Friday night during the Eleanor Polak 29 Jul 2024 · 1 min read
Philadelphia Artists Blast Blerdcon BlerDCon Hyatt Regency Crystal City Arlington, Virginia July 12 – 14, 2024 Deadline Poet LindoYes took a break from Philly last week to attend BlerDCon — a convention celebrating and selling Black Lindo Yes 29 Jul 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven Fashion Cops Probe Ketchup “Crime” In the middle of the floor of director Zach Fox’s parents’ kitchen lay some fake blood, a real knife, and an avocado. This was a crime scene, and the Eleanor Polak 29 Jul 2024 · 1 min read
Philadelphia 75-Cent Pierogi Taste Better, Round By Round Tattooed Mom: Pierogi Thursday 530 South St. Philadelphia July 25, 2024 Mint lemonade, mango boba, peach brandy, and pineapple juice all scream summer — but a steaming hot pierogi beats a Nora Grace-Flood 28 Jul 2024 · 5 min read
Tulsa Yevtushenko Reads Yevtushenko: A 92nd Birthday In Two Languages Yevtushenko Reads Yevtushenko WOMPA Tulsa July 19, 2024 If you haven’t been to WOMPA yet, I’ll start by saying it’s unlike anything else in the city. It Cassidy McCants 28 Jul 2024 · 2 min read
Oakland El Gallo Crows At The Grand The Grand Gallery 560 2nd St Oakland El Gallo, or Bill Weber, as the government or his friends and family would know him, sat quietly, tucked in a corner and Sarah Bass 28 Jul 2024 · 5 min read
New Haven The Ful Story Omar Rajeh had the slow-cooked fava beans ready to go. A little mashing, pinches of seasoning, a drizzle or two, and a signature dish was ready to go. Paul Bass 26 Jul 2024 · 1 min read
Tulsa Thunderwof’s Hip-Hop Is No Joke Thunderwof Mixtape Release: “Boys Don’t Cry But, Wofs Shed Tears.” Heirloom Rustic Ales Tulsa July 19, 2024 If you’ve been to a comedy show in Tulsa in the Mitch Gilliam 26 Jul 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford Hibachi Without the Hibachi Kobe Asian Bistro Manchester July 26, 2024 Is it still hibachi if there’s no show involved? I pondered that question when I arrived at Kobe Asian Bistro. A last-minute Jamil Ragland 26 Jul 2024 · 3 min read
Philadelphia That’s Bananas E.T. And Some Bananas Fleisher/ Ollman Gallery 915 Spring Garden St. Philadelphia July 24, 2024 I took in a wall of misshapen, flat figures with stone faced expressions — and Nora Grace-Flood 26 Jul 2024 · 4 min read
