New Haven Bossa Nova Energizes, As Arts & Ideas Fest Nears Finish The evening was warm but not too warm, the New Haven Green was packed full of people, and the sweet sounds of Brazilian bossa nova perfumed the air. Caro Pierotto, Eleanor Polak 28 Jun 2024 · 1 min read
Philadelphia People I Love Embrace Imperfection People I Love PhilaMoca 531 N 12th St. Philadelphia June 26, 2024 Dan Poppa winced during the soundcheck as he requested some fine-tuning on the guitar levels. From my front Nora Grace-Flood 28 Jun 2024 · 3 min read
LA Nothing Is Trivial WEDNESDAY NIGHT TRIVIA Bigfoot Lodge Los Angeles Every Wednesday Every time I visit the East Coast, I’m subjected to rumors of some strange new insect sweeping the area. First, Brittany Menjivar 27 Jun 2024 · 3 min read
New Haven Joy Resounds Samara Joy wowed the crowd at College Street Music Hall Wednesday night with her powerhouse vocal stylings aspart of the International Festival of Arts and Ideas. A rising star in Karen Ponzio 27 Jun 2024 · 1 min read
Hartford J‑Lab Rocks The Red Brick Road Mic Amplify Under 21 Open Mic Pratt Street Hartford June 25, 2024 The Amplify Open Mic held on the famous red bricks of Pratt Street in Hartford Tueday night was the Jamil Ragland 26 Jun 2024 · 3 min read
LA Bringing Up Radiant Baby KEITH HARING: RADIANT VISION Long Beach Museum of Art Long Beach May 25 – Aug. 25, 2024 This Father’s Day was like any other Long Beach day as I strolled A.J. Urquidi 25 Jun 2024 · 3 min read
New Haven What’s In A Legacy? Exhibition On Wheels Brings High-School Art To NXTHVN A small white bus was parked outside of NXTHVN, at 169 Henry St., its walls decorated with handwritten definitions of the word “legacy”: “legacy is saying cheers to the next Eleanor Polak 25 Jun 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven Star-Crossed Acrobats Take Romeo & Juliet To New Heights The 7 Fingers, an acrobatic and theatrical company, was about to begin its performance of Arts & Ideas’ Duel Reality, a circus-like retelling of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, when Eleanor Polak 24 Jun 2024 · 1 min read
LA Look How They Massacred, My Boy THE GODFATHER and THE GODFATHER PART II Egyptian Theatre June 16, 2024 When I was 15, I pirated The Godfather (1972) on my Chromebook and fell asleep during the second Eli Osei 24 Jun 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Jazzed for Brunch Jazz Brunch with Future Standard The Cook and Her Farmer 510 9th St. Oakland June 22, 2024 You know the vibes at a jazz brunch are immaculate when a diner Robin Lapid 24 Jun 2024 · 2 min read
Oakland Beauty Without Borders Beyond Trend Runway Show Creative Growth Art Center 355 24th St. Oakland June 22, 2024 On a glittery, gold-colored runway taped to Valdez Street near Lake Merritt, a woman in Robin Lapid 24 Jun 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland CALLI: The Art of Xicanx Peoples Calli: The Art of Xicanx Peoples Oakland Museum of California June 14, 2024 — January 26, 2025 Frederick Noland 23 Jun 2024 · 1 min read
Tulsa And The Skies Are Not Cloudy All Day Maple St. Construct: “Home On The Range“ 1303 E Admiral Blvd. Tulsa June 14, 2024 Throughout history, we see humans’ imprint on natural and manmade environments through careful, slight and Cassidy Petrazzi 23 Jun 2024 · 5 min read
Hartford To The Max: A Taste Of The Seafood “Haves” Max Fish Glastonbury June 19, 2024 When I was growing up in Hartford, I always thought of Max Downtown as the ultimate in fine dining. I never went inside, saw Jamil Ragland 23 Jun 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford Ode To Wet Crows — & Farmer’s Market Dragons Summer Concerts at the Farmer’s Market Connecticut Old State House Hartford June 21, 2024 Friday was the kickoff of the Summer Concert series at the Old State House, which Jamil Ragland 23 Jun 2024 · 4 min read
Philadelphia Sugar Wrapper Breaks The Cigar Code The humidor was locked, and I didn’t know the code — so I made my way to the backyard patio of the cigar lounge, tucked myself into a far left Nora Grace-Flood 21 Jun 2024 · 5 min read
New Haven Rhythms Cross Continents As Ukrainian, Haitian musicians perform on the New Haven Green for the Festival of Arts & Ideas. Brian Slattery 21 Jun 2024 · 1 min read
Tulsa One Part Cuisine, One Part Community, Mix, Repeat The Great Tulsa Cookbook Swap Mother Road Market Tulsa June 13, 2024 When I entered the Mother Road Market patio at 6 p.m. on a sweltering early summer evening Cassidy McCants 21 Jun 2024 · 4 min read
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