LA Towards a New Plastic Order ONLY THE YOUNG: EXPERIMENTAL ART IN KOREA, 1960s – 1970s Hammer Museum Los Angeles Through May 24, 2024. Inside the collegiate enclave that is the UCLA-adjacent neighborhood of Westwood, art history Emma dePaulo Reid 21 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
NYC Angel Food Blowout Angel Food Magazine Launch Sisters Brooklyn, NYC March 20, 2024 Here we continue documentation of the early 2020s NYC literary magazine boom. I was genuinely excited for this one, the K Hank Jost 21 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
Troy/Albany Suzan-Lori Parks’ Scarlet Update Draws Blood In the Blood Saint Rose Theater Albany N.Y. March 15, 2024 Suzan-Lori Parks’ In the Blood, a gritty urban remix of The Scarlet Letter, presents the struggles of a RS Benedict 21 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford Sake Sizzles, Lychee Livens Steakhouse Happy Hour Koma Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi West Hartford March 20, 2024 I found myself in West Hartford on a Wednesday afternoon, with a taste for something different than the usual. I Jamil Ragland 21 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
New Haven Artists Explode The Runway Sandy Clafford’s trio of paintings take over the space near the window of the Institute Library’s upstairs gallery for the show “Look Book” — running now through May 23 Brian Slattery 21 Mar 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland Is This the Future of Oakland? The Exhibit A: A Town Hall on AntiBlackness in the City of Oakland James Moore Theater at Oakland Museum of California March 14, 2024 “What does it say about a Breezy Bratton 21 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
New Haven Punks Rock For Choice Addie and Jacey of the Connecticut Democratic Socialists of America declared themselves “thrilled” to be on Cafe Nine’s stage Tuesday night. The DSA is involved in a number of Brian Slattery 20 Mar 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland Afghan Food In Oaktown: Just Drink the Yogurt Saffron Kitchen 5940 College Ave. Oakland “Oh! That’s not good for business!” A closed sign flipped to open, and a large, airy, open, and the empty restaurant was ours. Sarah Bass 20 Mar 2024 · 4 min read
NYC A Castle To Return To For The Spoken Word The Palace Reading Series Greenpoint, Brooklyn 2/19/24 I do my best in these articles to avoid reviewing the same folks. In a city like this one there’s K Hank Jost 20 Mar 2024 · 2 min read
Hartford Organist Moves Us Beyond Thunderous Calamity Trinity College Organ Series: Twilight Tuesdays Christopher Houlihan Trinity College Chapel Hartford March 19, 2024 Despite being a student and an employee at Trinity College for seven years, I never Jamil Ragland 20 Mar 2024 · 2 min read
New Haven Firehouse 12 Ignites New Jazz Season Ingrid Laubrock’s Lilith opened Firehouse 12’s spring season of shows at its concert space, recording studio, and bar on Crown Street with a fiery set of Laubrock’s Brian Slattery 19 Mar 2024 · 1 min read
Chicago The Wednesday Tour De Weird Honestly, Same/Ka Baird/Horse Lords Empty Bottle 4/13/24 Bookended by instrumental bands, second opener Ka Baird at the Empty Bottle was a capella rendered in giallo, running Stacey Peters 18 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
NYC A Multi-Hyphenate St. Patrick’s Meernaa Baby’s All Right Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NYC March 17, 2024 It’s no secret now that a good majority of modern independent music is fusional in its construction — more K Hank Jost 18 Mar 2024 · 2 min read
Boulder The Therapeutic Power Of Dance Mindfield Boulder Ballet Boulder, Colorado March 8 – 10, 2024 Boulder Ballet’s latest production, “Mindfield,” is ambitious to say the least and a departure from the company’s usual productions, Alice Kaderlan 18 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
Tulsa Dombrance & The Collapse Of Meaning Dombrance Cain’s Ballroom Tulsa March 9, 2024 The character of Dombrance — with his red suit, black tie, distinctive mustache, and high-energy beats — was well-received, and deservingly so, at Cain’ Z.B. Reeves 18 Mar 2024 · 4 min read
Nashville Honky Tonk Tuesday Holds Down The Fort Honky Tonk Tuesday American Legion Post 82 Tuesdays Getting out the door for some air was honestly more difficult than getting in. Since I’d arrived, a line of 15 Libby Weitnauer 17 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford When the Hero Falls, Mayhem Erupts & Bodies Fly Lone Survivor 5 Warehouse 635 West Hartford March 17, 2024 There are some people who know exactly what they want to be, and then they go out and do it. Jamil Ragland 17 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
Chicago Laetitia Sadier Loops The Sonic Love Laetitia Sadier Empty Bottle 3/12/24 Musician Laetitia Sadier ’s performance at Chicago’s legendary Empty Bottle was soft-focused and multifaceted, rendering her sonic landscapes in warm, consonant keyboards, Allison HadleyDaniel Shoemaker 17 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
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