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Connectors to Our Shared Humanity Oakland

Connectors to Our Shared Humanity

Faith photographed: The structures, [Sertorio] says, “all express the beliefs and aspirations of specific people living in a particular time and place; a continuing, shared human search for meaning.”

  • Go to the profile of  Agustín Maes
Agustín Maes
16 May 2025 · 5 min read
A City at the Crossroads: Oakland’s Global Role All Over

A City at the Crossroads: Oakland’s Global Role

Madrigal has deftly illuminated a web of history, credit, globalization and customer desire that created the landscape that we know of as Oakland today.

  • Go to the profile of  Vita Hewitt
Vita Hewitt
16 May 2025 · 4 min read
Renée Fleming, Cringe-Free Tulsa

Renée Fleming, Cringe-Free

I'm not usually a fan of classical singing in concert. Then Fleming came onstage, and my prejudices evaporated.

  • Go to the profile of  Yvonne Hazelton
Yvonne Hazelton
16 May 2025 · 4 min read
Hartford

The Sweetness Of Sade Eases The Bitterness Of Defeat

As TV sports share the bar with a live open mic.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
15 May 2025 · 3 min read
Unjust Thoughts All Over

Unjust Thoughts

Lori Ostlund’s collection of short stories explores the daily pains of family, love, and trauma, in an easy to consume package.

  • Go to the profile of  Sarah Bass
Sarah Bass
15 May 2025 · 3 min read
Poignant Play Takes Aim At America’s Out-Of-Control Gun Violence Detroit

Poignant Play Takes Aim At America’s Out-Of-Control Gun Violence

In “Soft Target,” a girl’s toys help her process a school shooting.

  • Go to the profile of  Randiah Camille Green
Randiah Camille Green
15 May 2025 · 2 min read
Broken, Bustling Neighborhoods Philadelphia

Broken, Bustling Neighborhoods

"Contemporary Ruins" at Drexel showcases the demolition and rebuilding of modern day Philadelphia.

  • Go to the profile of  Nora Grace-Flood
Nora Grace-Flood
15 May 2025 · 2 min read
Fear And Loathing At The Opera Detroit

Fear And Loathing At The Opera

“The Central Park Five” taps into real fears, but falls short of catharsis.

  • Go to the profile of  Randiah Camille Green
Randiah Camille Green
14 May 2025 · 4 min read
My First Time As An Oil Painting Detroit

My First Time As An Oil Painting

The eyes have it at a pop-up of Richard Wilson's powerful portraits of Detroit characters.

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
14 May 2025 · 4 min read
Fontaines D.C. Deliver Detroit

Fontaines D.C. Deliver

On all fronts, at the Fillmore Detroit.

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
14 May 2025 · 3 min read
Halloween Hits In May Detroit

Halloween Hits In May

At a haunted trail.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
14 May 2025 · 3 min read
33 Artists Go Plant-Based New Haven

33 Artists Go Plant-Based

In downtown New Haven group show.

  • Go to the profile of  Brian Slattery
Brian Slattery
14 May 2025 · 5 min read
P-Funktion: Generational Grooves Go Lakeside Oakland

P-Funktion: Generational Grooves Go Lakeside

Parliament Funkadelic, led by George Clinton, showcased its catalogue with a multi-generational show at Oakland’s newly renovated Calvin Simmons Theater.

  • Go to the profile of  Jeff Kaliss
  • Go to the profile of  Tony Daquipa
Jeff Kaliss, Tony Daquipa
14 May 2025 · 4 min read
Glitter, Joy, and Queer Power Oakland

Glitter, Joy, and Queer Power

The orca eyed queen has come a long way: Trixie Mattel and assorted openers brought on a big ole gay dance party brimming with sequins and unbridled joy.

  • Go to the profile of  Vita Hewitt
Vita Hewitt
13 May 2025 · 3 min read
Coming Up For Air Detroit

Coming Up For Air

Tipping Point's latest production uses decades of dialogue to chart the course of a relationship.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
12 May 2025 · 3 min read
When The Distance Is Blue Philadelphia

When The Distance Is Blue

Multi-instrumentalist Macie Stewart pushes the limits of sonic range during an album release event.

  • Go to the profile of  Izzy True
Izzy True
12 May 2025 · 1 min read
Aloe In There New Haven

Aloe In There

DIY after-sun butter recipe discovered in … a still-standing letterpress printer/ stationery store.

  • Go to the profile of  Liz Grace
Liz Grace
12 May 2025 · 1 min read
All A Guitar Can Do Philadelphia

All A Guitar Can Do

Two guitarists display their instrument's capacity at a new studio's first public event.

  • Go to the profile of  Tyler Maxwell
Tyler Maxwell
10 May 2025 · 3 min read
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