Philadelphia A “Wake” Brings Magic Back to Life The Wake Velvet Whip 11th & Vine Street Philadelphia May 14, 2024 The deceased held a torn picture of himself as he faced the crowd — and we, the viewers of Lindo Yes 17 May 2024 · 3 min read
Tulsa The Guy Who Started Meow Wolf Has Some Thoughts About Art And Capitalism Mayfest Keynote Address: “The Value of Creativity in These Transformative Times” by Meow Wolf’s Vince Kadlubek 101 Archer Tulsa May 11, 2024 “There has never been a creative company Becky Carman 17 May 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford Travelers Come Out At Night — & Hit the Right Note Over The Rainbow: A Free Concert Presented by the Travelers Chorale Bushnell Center for Performing Arts Hartford May 16, 2024 Life is full of surprises, and I experienced an excellent Jamil Ragland 17 May 2024 · 4 min read
Tulsa Groundwaves: Underground Music’s Solution To Artist Development Groundwaves Skyline Mansion Tulsa May 9, 2024 The music industry is in shambles. Music labels across the nation are either closing up shop or consolidating departments in an effort to Ryan Anderson 17 May 2024 · 3 min read
New Haven Love n’Co Brings The Love In the back room hookah lounge of the Mediterranea Cafe, Love n’Co gave a sneak peak into their musical take on chocolate and hope, a week before it lands Dereen Shirnekhi 17 May 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford Secret Breakfast Ingredient: Family Aqui Me Quedo Restaurant Hartford May 15, 2024 Aqui Me Quedo (“I’ll Stay Here”) is located on Albany Avenue just a few hundred feet short of where the road Jamil Ragland 16 May 2024 · 4 min read
LA A Blood Transfusion From Charli XCX CHARLI XCX PRESENTS CLUB ANGEL Brain Dead Studios Los Angeles, May 9, 2024 Last Wednesday night, Los Angeles – based fans of Charli XCX received the same mass text. It read, Annika Gavlak 16 May 2024 · 2 min read
New Haven Artists Stare Into The Sun An entire gallery of the Ely Center of Contemporary Art on Trumbull Street is bathed in a pinkish-orange glow that streams in through tinted windows, a constant chemical sunset. The Brian Slattery 16 May 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland A Glimpse into the Future of Oakland “The Future of Oakland” Artist: Matley Hurd @MatleyHurd 1014 Fruitvale Ave Fruitvale District, Oakland Frederick Noland 15 May 2024 · 1 min read
Hartford Free, But Still a Servant: The Life Of George Griffin The Life and Legacy of George Griffin Mark Twain House and Museum Hartford May 14, 2024 The Mark Twain House and Museum hosted “The Life and Legacy of George Griffin, Jamil Ragland 15 May 2024 · 4 min read
Oakland “What, You Don’t Like Keyboards?” Fantastic Negrito & Friends Oakland Museum of California 1000 Oak St, Oakland May 10, 2024 Seeing Fantastic Negrito & Friends at the latest Friday night event at Oakland Museum of Breezy Bratton 15 May 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland #WeStillHere: A “510 Day” Love Letter to Oakland Amid Gentrification 510 Day Lake Merritt Oakland May 10, 2024 510 Day is a true celebration for Black Oakland and Oakland natives, a “cultural resilience” gathering of Oaklanders of all kinds. The Lisa Gray 14 May 2024 · 6 min read
Philadelphia Dave Cope Crafts A “Hidden World” Dave Cope and the Sass Dawson St. Pub 100 Dawson St. Philadelphia May 10, 2024 Shadows of cigarette smoke cha-cha’d alongside smooth-moving middle-agers on the makeshift dance floor of Nora Grace-Flood 14 May 2024 · 4 min read
Hartford “The Hartford Sound” Is A Real Thing Jazz 201: Unsung Legends and the Hartford Jazz Scene Hartford Public Library Hartford May 13, 2024 There’s a special sound that only jazz musicians trained in Hartford can perform. Jamil Ragland 14 May 2024 · 3 min read
New Haven Artists Bend Time’s Arrow In Sean Patrick Gallagher’s series of paintings, the sea roils red. The image is clear enough, but the title brings home the allusions the artist is leaning toward. “Wine-dark, Brian Slattery 14 May 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland Tommy Orange Goes There (There) Oakland Arts and Lectures: Tommy Orange and Dr. Darcie Littlefoot Hosted by Sistah Scifi Oakstop’s Broadway Gallery 1723 Broadway Ave. Oakland There There, published in 2018, was Tommy Orange’ Sarah Bass 14 May 2024 · 3 min read
New Haven Today’s Special: Megan’s Garganelli Legend has it that garganelli originated with a Bolognese housewife was making tortellini for her guests when she realized her cat had devoured all the filling. So she took the Lisa Reisman 13 May 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland Daring to Dream: Mx. Yaffa’s Utopia Inara: Light of Utopia Oakland Launch 510 Firehouse 815 Alice St. Oakland May 6, 2024 “No one ever stops to ask what a free Palestine looks like.” I got to Breezy Bratton 13 May 2024 · 4 min read