LA Holy Strike: Carolers Crash The Inn A WORKER’S POSADA Sheraton Gateway Los Angeles Dec. 8, 2023 The first thing I saw upon approaching the Sheraton Gateway was a swarm of hotel workers in red T‑ Claire Lewandowski 15 Dec 2023 · 3 min read
New Haven A Journey Into Alice Coltrane’s Spiritual Jazz Album Club dives into Journey in Satchidananda, at Never Ending Books. Adam Matlock 15 Dec 2023 · 1 min read
Raleigh/ Durham/ Chapel Hill Merry Boo The Christmas Spirits Ghost Tour Raleigh, N.C. A red light beamed throughout the Great Raleigh Trolley, holiday decorations were strung about the carriage — and the tale of a missing Synclaire Cruel 15 Dec 2023 · 4 min read
Tulsa The Throughline From Woody Guthrie to Billie Holiday Is Shorter Than You Think Tahira Clayton Woody Guthrie Center Tulsa Dec. 9, 2023 What do Woody Guthrie and Billie Holiday have in common? A recent concert teased out some answers to that question, anchored Cassidy McCants 14 Dec 2023 · 3 min read
Boston Ethiopian Haven Brightens The Mood, & Palate Habesha Restaurant 535 Main St. Malden, Mass. As the weather turns from bright and autumnal to dull early winter, corners of Boston can feel like rows of endless gray, beige, Sasha PatkinKelley McLaughlin 14 Dec 2023 · 3 min read
LA I Fell In Love With Jenny Lewis All Over Again Jenny Lewis Joy’all Ball Tour Hollywood Palladium Los Angeles Dec. 8, 2023 The soap dispenser in the women’s bathroom was malfunctioning at the Jenny Lewis concert at the Madeline Connors 13 Dec 2023 · 2 min read
Hartford Christmas On the Rocks Goes Down Smooth Christmas on the Rocks ‘23 Theaterworks Hartford Through Dec. 23, 2023 Sitting in the big Santa chair that welcomed visitors into TheaterWorks made me feel like a kid again, excited Jamil Ragland 13 Dec 2023 · 3 min read
New Haven Kapelye Makes It“Nu Haven Style” “Turetskaya,” the opening number on the Nu Haven Kapelye’s new album, Nu Haven Style — to be officially released the day of the klezmer orchestra’s annual concert at Congregation Brian Slattery 13 Dec 2023 · 1 min read
NYC Woman Plays The Straight Man In Search For Self A Good Day To Me Not To You The Connelly Theater 220 E 4th St. New York City Runs through 12/16 By the time Lameece arrives at St. Agnes Rebecca Salzhauer 13 Dec 2023 · 4 min read
LA Former Freak Folk Icon Flips His Wig DEVENDRA BANHART with HAYDEN PEDIGO The Belasco Los Angeles Dec. 7, 2023 There are some thoughts that do well to be said aloud and others that fare better inside someone’ Sarahh Wolfe 12 Dec 2023 · 2 min read
Troy/Albany Speedo Santas Overrun New York’s Capital 18th Annual Santa Speedo Sprint Lark Street Albany, N.Y. Dec. 9, 2023 Two weeks before Christmas, Albany’s beloved entertainment hotspot Lark Street was overrun by semi-nude Saint Nicks. RS Benedict 12 Dec 2023 · 3 min read
Reno Life On The Farm, For Real Birthed from the soil Iyana Esters Front Door Gallery at UNR Reno Through Jan. 1, 2024 You have to get close to some of Iyana Esters’ photographs to make out Jose Davila IV 12 Dec 2023 · 3 min read
New Haven First Youth Shakespeare Fest Marks Dramatic Success Cast members of Elm Shakespeare Teen Troupe’s production of Henry V burst onto the stage in a rush of sound and energy. “O, for a muse of fire that Brian Slattery 12 Dec 2023 · 1 min read
Oakland The Little Crowd That Could Amber Lounge Comedy 1517 Franklin St. Oakland Weekly Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. We’ve all been at a comedy show where a heckler or two drastically alters the Sarah Bass 12 Dec 2023 · 2 min read
New Haven Long Live The Beehive Queen There are three things you can count on in December: stores jammed with holiday shoppers, roads jammed with holiday travelers, and Christine Ohlman jamming though The Beehive Holiday Blowout at Karen Ponzio 11 Dec 2023 · 1 min read
Nashville Nashville’s Musician Test Kitchen Bubbles Kaitlyn Raitz Bowery Vault Nashville Dec. 5, 2023 Kaitlyn Raitz looked down at her cello and the pedal board to the right of her right foot and said to the Libby Weitnauer 11 Dec 2023 · 4 min read
Chicago Bill Callahan Shows The Man Behind The Guitar Bill Callahan The Constellation Bricktown, Chicago Dec. 5, 2023 “What’s up, Chicago?!” Bill Callahan enthusiastically inquired of his audience, denizens of his former hometown. “That’s what comedians say. Allison Hadley & Daniel Shoemaker 11 Dec 2023 · 4 min read
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