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A Grand Brunch Oakland

A Grand Brunch

Grand Lake Kitchen 576 Grand Ave. Oakland Take an all-day diner and deli, but make it hip, in an Oakland kinda way: Grand Lake neighborhood’s Grand Lake Kitchen, a

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Sarah Bass
15 Jan 2024 · 3 min read
Currant Jam, Customland, and the ​“Vagina Dream Cave” LA

Currant Jam, Customland, and the ​“Vagina Dream Cave”

CURRANT JAM LAUNCH PARTY Frogtown Creative Los Angeles Jan. 6, 2024 On a crisp January evening, the sleepy backstreet that houses Frogtown Creative was abuzz. New and familiar faces in

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A.J. Brown
15 Jan 2024 · 2 min read
As Indie (Lit) As It Get NYC

As Indie (Lit) As It Get

Lit reading KGB (bar) 85 E. 4th St. New York City Jan. 11, 2024 I know, I know: Another review about KGB bar. I can’t help that they’re

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K Hank Jost
14 Jan 2024 · 4 min read
Sliding Into Happy Hour Hartford

Sliding Into Happy Hour

The Main Pub Manchester Jan. 9, 2024 Until a few years ago, I didn’t like to eat. It was a chore on the same level as sleeping: While it

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Jamil Ragland
14 Jan 2024 · 3 min read
David Bowie Falls Back To Earth Oakland

David Bowie Falls Back To Earth

Nicholas Roeg’s “The Man Who Fell to Earth” The New Parkway Theater Oakland Jan. 7, 2024 I’m ensconced on a couch with a bowl of popcorn and a

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Robin Lapid
12 Jan 2024 · 3 min read
Dr. Brains(ane) Will See You Now Oakland

Dr. Brains(ane) Will See You Now

Joseph Kowalczyk Fm Gallery 483 25th St. Oakland On a small pedestal at waist are a clutter of ceramic sculptures, none more than 10 or 12 inches high. They are

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Sarah Bass
12 Jan 2024 · 4 min read
Artists Look At Beginning Again New Haven

Artists Look At Beginning Again

Hank Paper may have given his photograph the perfect title. Another Brand New Day is on one level just a normal street scene in Italy, but its vivid colors and

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Brian Slattery
12 Jan 2024 · 1 min read
Making Voices Visible Tulsa

Making Voices Visible

Invisible Voices Positive Space Tulsa Tulsa Through Jan. 27 Not many things around here move me as much as a packed house at an art show opening. When the community

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Alicia Chesser
11 Jan 2024 · 4 min read
Finding My Story On Gallery Walls Oakland

Finding My Story On Gallery Walls

First Sundays Oakland Museum of California 1000 Oak St. Oakland The Oakland Museum of California is not that crowded around noon on this Sunday. But there are a lot of

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Robin Lapid
11 Jan 2024 · 3 min read
Ukraine, In The Rearview LA

Ukraine, In The Rearview

IN THE REARVIEW Los Feliz Theater Los Angeles Jan. 7, 2024 On a windy Sunday at the Los Feliz Theater, Maciek Hamela pops out from behind the curtain before the

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Emma dePaulo Reid
11 Jan 2024 · 2 min read
At City Gallery, ​“Blue Does Not Mean Sky” New Haven

At City Gallery, ​“Blue Does Not Mean Sky”

Judy Atlas’s Blue Flux can evoke dozens of things if you let it: a cityscape in the rain, a snow field, the inside of an ice crystal, with just

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Brian Slattery
11 Jan 2024 · 1 min read
A Full Pour (Of Art) Oakland

A Full Pour (Of Art)

First Pour by Lola SLATE Contemporary Gallery 473 25th St. Oakland, Calif. Eye-popping colors of tinted, layered resins in organic shapes ooze an unreal light. Some soothe, watery; others evoke

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Sarah Bass
10 Jan 2024 · 3 min read
At Dee’s, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes Kicks Off The Off-Season Nashville

At Dee’s, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes Kicks Off The Off-Season

Brownwyn Keith-Hynes Dee’s Country Cocktail Lounge Nashville, TN Jan. 8, 2024 As I walked in the door, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes was stepping off the mic after taking a solo and

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Libby Weitnauer
10 Jan 2024 · 3 min read
Living Room Drama Goes Literal in The Whole of Time NYC

Living Room Drama Goes Literal in The Whole of Time

The Whole of Time Torn Page 435 W 22nd St. New York City Through Jan. 27, 2024 There’s something about a living room play. You know the kind: An

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Rebecca Salzhauer
10 Jan 2024 · 4 min read
Everybody Loves Parker Posey New Haven

Everybody Loves Parker Posey

Meg Swan is all sharp angles and biting retorts as she attempts to maneuver her dog into becoming a prizewinner in the film Best in Show, the first in Best

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Karen Ponzio
10 Jan 2024 · 1 min read
A Hidden Hip-Hop Artery Pulsates On A Monday Night Hartford

A Hidden Hip-Hop Artery Pulsates On A Monday Night

Open Mic The Artery Creative Space Bloomfield, Conn. Jan. 8, 2024 By the time I found the front door to The Artery Creative Space, I’d had to ask two

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Jamil Ragland
9 Jan 2024 · 3 min read
That Was Funny (Even The 3rd Time) Hartford

That Was Funny (Even The 3rd Time)

Comedy Night Featuring Jacob Williams City Steam Brewery Hartford Jan. 5, 2024 Comedy is one of those skills that everyone thinks they can do professionally because they’ve been funny

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Jamil Ragland
9 Jan 2024 · 3 min read
Jazz-Punk Takes Off Amid Bookshelves New Haven

Jazz-Punk Takes Off Amid Bookshelves

Nicholas Serrambana on bass came on with a prowling, acrobatic line. Jeff Dragan on electronics countered with purrs and hisses, as though from a virtual snake. Nick Di Maria played

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Brian Slattery
9 Jan 2024 · 1 min read
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