Oakland Doing the Mardi Gras Mambo on the Shores of Lake Merritt Fat Tuesday Celebration Lake Chalet Seafood Bar & Grill Oakland, CA Feb. 13, 2024 I was sitting on the outdoor patio on Tuesday night, admiring the nighttime views of Lake Robin Lapid 21 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford A Garlic Aioli Revelation Sorella Hartford Feb. 19, 2024 Despite its central location in Downtown Hartford, I’d never been to Sorella before. I chose a great evening to visit, as the noontime rush Jamil Ragland 20 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
New Haven A View, From The Harbor Long Wharf Theatre’s current offering of A View from the Bridge takes audiences to the Canal Dock Boathouse on Long Wharf Drive, to let its sweeping view of the Donald Brown 20 Feb 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland “Hella’ Funny Comedians Walk Into A Speakeasy Hella Funny Comedy Collective Fluid510 Oakland Feb. 16, 2024 A jubilant man half-riding a bicycle called to me, “Why did the scarecrow outspend his Christmas bonus?” After I replied with Breezy Bratton 20 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
NYC Bits, Bobs, and Big Ben Pederson Grotto: Shrine Soloway Gallery Williamsburg, NYC Through March 25, 2024 I’ve written before that art in this city finds incredible ways to survive. Whether it’s noise shows in K Hank Jost 20 Feb 2024 · 2 min read
Troy/Albany Albany Civic Theater Counts The Minutes The Minutes Albany Civic Theater Albany, N.Y. 2/15/24 While attending a production of Tracy Letts’ The Minutes in New York City, capital region theater director Brian Sheldon RS Benedict 19 Feb 2024 · 2 min read
Raleigh/ Durham/ Chapel Hill Yankee Goes Whole Hog On Eastern N. Carolina BBQ The Pig Chapel Hill, N.C. 2/17/24 Before me sat a plate of pork, hush puppies, coleslaw, and pickles. Behind that, because I’d insisted on trying more Brian Slattery 19 Feb 2024 · 7 min read
NYC Sweeter And Sweeter: A Night Out With Doc Honey Doc Honey Windjammer Ridgewood, NYC 11/16/2024 It’s an undeniably special thing to watch an ensemble come together. Pay attention when your friends say they’re starting a K Hank Jost 19 Feb 2024 · 2 min read
Oakland “Black Gold” Found In Oakland Museum Town Treasures: Black Migration Stories Camron-Stanford House Oakland Feb. 16, 2024 Even if you regularly walk along Lake Merritt in Oakland, you might not notice the Camron-Stanford House, the stately Robin Lapid 19 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Raleigh/ Durham/ Chapel Hill String Quartet Rocks Rock Club Bergamot Quartet, Tercel, Spare, and Blood Red River The Cave Chapel Hill, N.C. 2/16/24 People filed into the Cave on W. Franklin Ave. in Chapel Hill and Brian Slattery 18 Feb 2024 · 4 min read
NYC Mandelbaum’s Familiar? Faces Stephane Mandelbaum The Drawing Center SoHo, Manhattan NYC 2/16/2024 Neighborhoods in NYC, despite decades of gentrification, massive demographic shifts, and architectural changes, always seem to hold onto whatever K Hank Jost 18 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland High-Life Acts For The Low Lifes Fuck Valentine’s Variety Show Ruckus Revival The Continental Club Oakland Feb. 8, 2024 The Ruckus Revival, now 25 years old, has had several names and many homes during its Sarah Bass 18 Feb 2024 · 4 min read
NYC More Than Enough Ennio Ennio Film Forum West Village, NYC 2/15/2024 You know who Ennio Morricone is. Trust me. You do. Even if the name only rings on account of it’s K Hank Jost 16 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Fat Tuesday Rolls Through The Bay Mardi Gras Parade and Party 19th Street and The New Parish Oakland Feb. 13, 2024 The Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans can be a little overwhelming if you’re Robin Lapid 16 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford The Flying Spaghetti Monster, & The Spirit Of Space Leave No Trace Clare Gallery Fransciscan Center for Urban Ministry Hartford Through March 15, 2024 Clare Gallery has become one of my favorite galleries in Hartford thanks to the friendly Jamil Ragland 16 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Tulsa “Now Change” Hits The Big Notes “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change” Tulsa Opera Lynn Riggs Theatre Feb. 8, 2024 Legacy arts companies take a huge gamble when they try something new. Core audiences Alicia Chesser 16 Feb 2024 · 4 min read
New Haven Resilience & Collective Cultural Heritage On Display Shaunda Holloway’s Nature’s Children greets viewers as soon as they enter the second floor of the gallery at Creative Arts Workshop. Over the shoulder of that piece, Aisha Brian Slattery 16 Feb 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland Freaky Teenage Foibles Flaunted For Laughs Mortified’s “Doomed Valentines” Show The New Parish Oakland Feb. 10, 2024 Ah, the foolishness of youth. Is the ability to laugh at your own adolescent follies evidence of your Robin Lapid 16 Feb 2024 · 4 min read
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