Tulsa “We Have Arrived”: Envisioning Sovereign Futures Sovereign Futures Various locations April 4 – 7, 2024 Sovereign Futures, a multi-day program from the University of Tulsa, brought artists, academics, and others together for performances, exhibits, communal meals, chartered Alicia Chesser 15 Apr 2024 · 5 min read
LA Are You Receiving Her Psychic Messages? KENZY PEACH’S BRIC A BRAC BABY ALBUM RELEASE SHOW The Virgil Los Angeles April 6, 2024 Look up Kenzy Peach on Spotify, and you’ll find this bio: “Kenzy Brittany Menjivar 14 Apr 2024 · 2 min read
Tulsa Butterslutz The Sex-Ed Clown Gives The LowDown Lacee Rains Comedy Special: “Face/On” LowDown April 5, 2024 Tulsan Lacee Rains is a former slam poet turned self-described clown — ”the president of idiotville!!!!!” as her Threads profile puts Jennie The Lloyd 12 Apr 2024 · 3 min read
New Haven Charlie Widmer Finds A Need For“Love” Charlie Widmer didn’t expect people to want to hear “What Do I Need With Love?” Now it’s the first of his songs some people will ever hear. Paul Bass 12 Apr 2024 · 1 min read
Tulsa This Dust You Shall Discern Ashanti Chaplin: “The Hidden Gospels Of Dust“ Tulsa Artist Fellowship Flagship April 5, 2024 It’s spring in Tulsa and a lot of people are suffering. Often ranked as one Cassidy Petrazzi 12 Apr 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Cold Brew Black Coffee and Friends Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland April 6, 2024 What is the juncture of house music fans, Afrobeats, West Coast culture, and a chilly April Saturday, you might Sarah Bass 12 Apr 2024 · 5 min read
New Haven Artist Finds Holiness In The Ruins It’s the shape of an ancient Middle Eastern cityscape, verandahs and towers, arched doorways and windows like peeping eyes. But it’s not anywhere near the Middle East; it’ Brian Slattery 12 Apr 2024 · 1 min read
Philadelphia Jazz Jammer Takes A Bite Of Apple The Nicole Saphos Band Ortlieb’s April 8, 2024 Crammed around a three-person table at Ortlieb’s, I was listing to seven of my pals jokingly critique the “notes” of Nora Grace-Flood 11 Apr 2024 · 4 min read
New Haven Orange Street Goes To Hell In the backroom lounge of Mediterranea Cafe, among centuries-old hookah pipes and patterned cushions, a fairy rising from the Underworld sang about darkness — and love, too. Hell Fairy is made Dereen Shirnekhi 11 Apr 2024 · 1 min read
Hartford Playing Against Type: Finding The Keys To History In The Basement The American Revolution Experience Traveling Exhibit/Hartford History Exhibit CT Old State House Hartford April 9, 2024 I’m not a big fan of the American Revolution. I find it Jamil Ragland 11 Apr 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Tropics In The Town T’Chaka Taste of Haiti 901 Washington St. Oakland At a sweet corner in Old Oakland surrounded by plant life and happy patrons, feet from passersby, seven-month-old T’Chaka has Sarah Bass 11 Apr 2024 · 4 min read
New Haven Ghost Funk Orchestra, Marco Benevento Achieve Liftoff In front of a packed house that was ready to have fun, two touring acts — the New York City-based Ghost Funk Orchestra and the Woodstock, N.Y.-based Marco Benevento Brian Slattery 11 Apr 2024 · 1 min read
Hartford ESports Fantasy Becomes Reality Nutmeg State Games ESports Tournament 2024 Alumni Hall Complex Central Connecticut State University New Britain April 7, 2024 Many children dream of becoming professional athletes. Some want to play on Jamil Ragland 10 Apr 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Seeking The Soul Of James Baldwin Winter in America: The Speakeasy; Bold, Black & Brilliant — The Baldwin Edition Joyce Gordon Gallery 406 14th St. Oakland April 3, 2024 When I think of James Baldwin, the images Breezy Bratton 10 Apr 2024 · 3 min read
LA Mitksi Blows Past Fans’ (9 PM) Curfew MITSKI with JULIA JACKLIN Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles March 29, 2024 As countless critics have observed, the attention-based economy is killing live music. Case in point: Mitski’s concerts represent Rory Hayes 10 Apr 2024 · 2 min read
Oakland Neko Case Storms The Barn Neko Case Redwood Barn Gundlach Bundschu Winery Somona, Cal. March 26, 2024 (Advice: Pinch and zoom the images below to read more easily.) Frederick Noland 9 Apr 2024 · 1 min read
Philadelphia Total Eclipse Of The Art Eclipse Viewing The Woodlands April 8, 2024 The Woodlands in West Philly looked picturesque under the half-baked sun Monday afternoon, with picnic blankets, magnolia leaves, and bicycles strewn across the Nora Grace-Flood 9 Apr 2024 · 4 min read
New Haven Deadpan Yoga La Práctica (The Practice) — the latest from Argentinian writer/director Martín Rejtman — is the story of a yoga instructor’s interactions with students old and new as he maneuvers his Karen Ponzio 9 Apr 2024 · 1 min read