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Gabriel Royal Had Me at “Cello” Tulsa

Gabriel Royal Had Me at “Cello”

On his main instrument, Royal channels a fusion of Andrew Bird and John Legend: a cool, laid-back, even sensuous sensibility blended with a sense of presence and technicality.

  • Go to the profile of  Z.B. Reeves
Z.B. Reeves
6 Dec 2024 · 2 min read
To Tar Beach and Back Philadelphia

To Tar Beach and Back

The skyline as seen from a Harlem rooftop is celebrated in Faith Ringgold's children's book-inspired quilt.

  • Go to the profile of  Clay Davies
Clay Davies
5 Dec 2024 · 3 min read
tulsa, museum, pop-up, curation, barbie Tulsa

My Job Is Just Museum-Goer

At the Vintage Barbie Museum Pop-Up, you too can reconnect with your childhood self—and with the many selves represented in the world of Barbie.

  • Go to the profile of  Alicia Chesser
Alicia Chesser
5 Dec 2024 · 5 min read
Boxes Checked Off All Over

Boxes Checked Off

How the film "Conclave" seeks to stand on the right side of the Catholic Church’s sordid history.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
5 Dec 2024 · 3 min read
Comic Belief Philadelphia

Comic Belief

Pearlstein Gallery exhibit reveals how cartoonists evade the claws of art-world co-optation.

  • Go to the profile of  Nora Grace-Flood
Nora Grace-Flood
4 Dec 2024 · 5 min read
Rumors, Secrets, and Conspirations Oakland

Rumors, Secrets, and Conspirations

The Pope has died and it’s time for the convening of one of those rarest of events. This movie is a banger--smart, tension-filled, and full of surprises.

  • Go to the profile of  Agustín Maes
Agustín Maes
3 Dec 2024 · 3 min read
Something's Not Quite Right New Haven

Something's Not Quite Right

Yale Peabody Museum neuroscience-art exhibit plays with perception.

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Brian Slattery
3 Dec 2024 · 8 min read
Brass Knuckles and Kneecaps Philadelphia

Brass Knuckles and Kneecaps

The West Philly Orchestra gets their crowd moving with a little help from the horn section.

  • Go to the profile of  Izzy True
Izzy True
3 Dec 2024 · 1 min read
The Fog City Singers Tunefully Traverse the Labyrinth Oakland

The Fog City Singers Tunefully Traverse the Labyrinth

Fog City Singers, a forty-man tenor-bass “voltron of a chorus”, brought big charm and emotion to hallowed acoustic halls.

  • Go to the profile of  Frederick Noland
Frederick Noland
2 Dec 2024 · 1 min read
Threats Have Consequences All Over

Threats Have Consequences

Disney makes true transformation possible in Moana 2.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
2 Dec 2024 · 3 min read
With Final Solo Album, Ceschi Completes The Cycle New Haven

With Final Solo Album, Ceschi Completes The Cycle

After 16 years of albums, tours, collaborations and compilations, indie hip hop and folk pioneer  is done.

  • Go to the profile of  Brian Slattery
Brian Slattery
2 Dec 2024 · 7 min read
A Drunken Angel Eulogy Philadelphia

A Drunken Angel Eulogy

Lucinda Williams' timeless talent comes to McCarter Theater.

  • Go to the profile of  Izzy True
Izzy True
29 Nov 2024 · 1 min read
Zoinked-Out, Man! Philadelphia

Zoinked-Out, Man!

Three genre-defying bands unleash an evening of clarifying anarchy at Johnny Brenda's

  • Go to the profile of  Nora Grace-Flood
Nora Grace-Flood
28 Nov 2024 · 3 min read
Recipe For A Pressure Cooker Philadelphia

Recipe For A Pressure Cooker

The Comeuppance, a play about high school reunions, offers home-for-the-holidays survival strategy.

  • Go to the profile of  Leo David
Leo David
27 Nov 2024 · 2 min read
How Does Your Garden Grow? Philadelphia

How Does Your Garden Grow?

Mother-daughter exhibit gives birth to a floral take on acceptance.

  • Go to the profile of  Nora Grace-Flood
Nora Grace-Flood
26 Nov 2024 · 3 min read
Wicked Wonders: What's The Harm in Some Charm? Philadelphia

Wicked Wonders: What's The Harm in Some Charm?

"Wicked" makes an old story sing; the sequel will determine how Hollywood channels the horror.

  • Go to the profile of  Juliana Tedeschi
Juliana Tedeschi
25 Nov 2024 · 4 min read
Imagine a Trumpet. Now, a Cello Oakland

Imagine a Trumpet. Now, a Cello

jung mudra and friends warm up a chilly November eve with acoustic charm at a single-release celebration.

  • Go to the profile of  Sarah Bass
Sarah Bass
25 Nov 2024 · 4 min read
Symphony Lights A Creative Fire New Haven

Symphony Lights A Creative Fire

A symphony orchestra in a vast concert hall. Ballet dancers, barefoot. A spoken-word poet and a singer. A traditional African drummer.  These elements all came together in concert, as a

  • Go to the profile of  Brian Slattery
Brian Slattery
25 Nov 2024 · 6 min read
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