Tulsa The Soothing Sounds Of Gonkulation Ten bucks got me a whole night of creative laboratory action, a few new pals, and—as usual—a fresh appreciation for the mischievous, investigative, risk-taking chops of the friendly artists who gather around the One Aux cable. Alicia Chesser 25 Oct 2024 · 4 min read
Tulsa The Founder of Sand Springs Might Have Been a Real Weirdo (Or Worse) Russell Cobb’s newest history, Ghosts of Crook County, traces the life—and the alleged fraud—of Charles Page, that scion of Sand Springs, Oklahoma, whose name graces a statue and street signs along the Arkansas River. Z.B. Reeves 25 Oct 2024 · 2 min read
Tulsa It Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain’t Got That Dang Clarinet! The Austin-based Miró Quartet, along with clarinetist David Shifrin, delivered a show that was by turns technically thrilling, culturally edifying, emotionally satisfying, and—wouldn’t you know it—swinging. Z.B. Reeves 24 Oct 2024 · 2 min read
Oakland Drunk on Film(s) Drunken Film Fest Oakland strikes again. Shorts from near and far served up with your favorite brews. Sarah Bass 23 Oct 2024 · 3 min read
From One Man, Multitudes American Renaissance art gets its due, at Yale University Art Gallery Brian Slattery 23 Oct 2024 · 5 min read
Oakland Black Cowboys: Sparking the Imagination and Correcting the Historical Record How many Black movie cowboys can you remember? Danny Glover in Silverado, Morgan Freeman in Unforgiven, and, of course, Cleavon LIttle in Blazing Saddles. Arguably the best. If I asked the same of White cowboys, we would be here all day. Frederick Noland 23 Oct 2024 · 1 min read
Philadelphia Foot Tappers Touch The 1920s Four-piece Gypsy swing band The West Philly Foot Tappers brought 1930s Prohibition-era sounds across state lines to Delaware speakeasy “Hummingbird to Mars” on Thursday. Emily Cohen 22 Oct 2024 · 2 min read
New Haven Hit The Bowl, Mac Liz Grace picks up the recipe for plant-based mac & cheese from a vegan-trending Soul Greenery. Liz Grace 22 Oct 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland A Gory Substance We say body horror, I believe, because we have no better words. The production’s heavy use of intricate prosthetics exaggerate the horror that is a human form, with silicone rearing its ugly head in an unexpected ways for Hollywood. Sarah Bass 22 Oct 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Blues and Culture in a West Oakland Lot Remember — Dance is good for your mind, body, spirit, and mental health. Frederick Noland 22 Oct 2024 · 1 min read
LA A Question For The (Sub)Culture Brittany Menjivar enters the Void to get slizzard at the Subculture anniversary party in Mid-City. Brittany Menjivar 22 Oct 2024 · 3 min read
New Haven Through A Glass, Brightly At Kehler Liddell Gallery's "overtones" and "bold as Love" shows. Brian Slattery 22 Oct 2024 · 3 min read
LA We Lived to Tell A. J. Urquidi splurges on emo guyliner at his mall’s Hot Topic before watching Saosin play their timeless debut record live in Garden Grove. A.J. Urquidi 22 Oct 2024 · 3 min read
Philadelphia Dancing Outside The Lines “My name is Donkey, I use they/ them pronouns, and I am your host for the night,” a denim-clad cow-dude told a room full of non-conforming honky-tonkers before leading a lesson on line dancing for dummies. Nora Grace-Flood 21 Oct 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford A Holocaust Morality Tale, With One Hitch In the film White Bird, wolves bring individual culpability into focus. Jamil Ragland 21 Oct 2024 · 4 min read
Hartford Yes, I’m “Bored of the Negro Problem” HartBeat Ensemble’s production of Jimmy and Lorraine: A Musing, which chronicles the friendship of famed African-American writers James Baldwin and Lorraine Hansberry, brings two of the giants of American literature to a present day... Jamil Ragland 21 Oct 2024 · 3 min read
New Haven Chopped Glass & Palm-Sized Homes This weekend was the turn of artists at Willow Street's Marlin Works complex to invite the public in for Open Studios. Karen Ponzio 21 Oct 2024 · 4 min read
New Haven Hey Erector Square: Who You Calling Meat Face? Amelia Ingraham's "MeatFace" captures the vibe of the artwork being put together in studios where workers once produced America's erector sets. Brian Slattery 21 Oct 2024 · 8 min read
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