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Good Fire: Tending Native Lands Oakland

Good Fire: Tending Native Lands

OMCA’s current exhibit bridges the gap between our contemporary, (understandably) visceral, fear of fire, and fire’s role as a creator/destroyer/renewer

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Frederick Noland
12 Jan 2026 · 4 min read
Fettuccine Love Match New Haven

Fettuccine Love Match

This week's DIY recipe tip: Isaiah Harris adds chicken to the Alfredo.

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Liz Grace
12 Jan 2026 · 1 min read
"Pink Pony Club" Turns The Night Around Baton Rouge

"Pink Pony Club" Turns The Night Around

For all ages at Court to Table.

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Serena Puang
12 Jan 2026 · 2 min read
Krik? Krak! A Night of Stories Oakland

Krik? Krak! A Night of Stories

Host Duval captivated the audience, their words serving as a light guiding us through the tempest of emotions.

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Vita Hewitt
12 Jan 2026 · 3 min read
"Dimanche" In The Apocalypse, With Puppets Detroit

"Dimanche" In The Apocalypse, With Puppets

Dimanche Power Center Ann Arbor Jan. 10, 2026 When there’s a hurricane barreling towards your house and blowing all your belongings away, sometimes you just have to ignore it

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Ryan Patrick Hooper
12 Jan 2026 · 2 min read
"Piano Lesson" Strikes Deep Chord Detroit

"Piano Lesson" Strikes Deep Chord

At Detroit Repertory Theatre

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Erica Hobbs
12 Jan 2026 · 2 min read
A Visit to the Vault Philadelphia

A Visit to the Vault

This month, Izzy True is headed to the library — to review some rare books and public programming.

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Izzy True
12 Jan 2026 · 1 min read
Where Was The Audience?

Where Was The Audience?

Just in the Femur could have used some help at at Baton Rouge improv performance.

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Serena Puang
12 Jan 2026 · 2 min read
At Underground Rap Showcase, The Counselor Is In New Haven

At Underground Rap Showcase, The Counselor Is In

Jisu Sheen reports from a 17-artist hip-hop blow-out at the Cellar.

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Jisu Sheen
12 Jan 2026 · 3 min read
"This One's About My Mom" New Haven

"This One's About My Mom"

Poets Angela Siew and Susan Michele Coronel strike a chord at Possible Futures reading.

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Jisu Sheen
12 Jan 2026 · 4 min read
Somewhere, A Rainbow Flame Burns Bright New Haven

Somewhere, A Rainbow Flame Burns Bright

On the walls at Blue Orchid, for instance.

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Brian Slattery
12 Jan 2026 · 3 min read
Lyric Hall Brings Vintage Film Projector Back From Dead New Haven

Lyric Hall Brings Vintage Film Projector Back From Dead

In lead-up to film series with Best Video.

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Jisu Sheen
12 Jan 2026 · 3 min read
50 Years Of Surreality New Haven

50 Years Of Surreality

On display at CAW's Dalia Ramanauskas retrospective.

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Brian Slattery
12 Jan 2026 · 4 min read
"For Colored Girls" Breaks Hearts Detroit

"For Colored Girls" Breaks Hearts

At Planet Ant.

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Erica Hobbs
12 Jan 2026 · 2 min read
DJ Ryan's New Release of the Week: Hudson Freeman, "If You Know Me" All Over

DJ Ryan's New Release of the Week: Hudson Freeman, "If You Know Me"

His combo of rasp and desperation gets me every time.

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Ryan Patrick Hooper
12 Jan 2026 · 2 min read
Choose Your Own Ending All Over

Choose Your Own Ending

Lily King's latest novel examines how the choices we make in young adulthood can both buoy and haunt us

  • Go to the profile of  Jenn McKee
Jenn McKee
12 Jan 2026 · 4 min read
The Docent & The Goose Feathers Hartford

The Docent & The Goose Feathers

A Wadsworth tour leader reveals the parable behind a debauchery scene.

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Jamil Ragland
11 Jan 2026 · 3 min read
Space is The Place Philadelphia

Space is The Place

Kelechi Azu reflects on Xenobia Bailey's cosmic decal designs currently orbiting around the windows and walls of the Institute of Contemporary Art.

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Kelechi Azu
11 Jan 2026 · 1 min read
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