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A Jellyfish Blurping Over Downtown Tulsa And Other Scenes From “Surreal-East” Tulsa

A Jellyfish Blurping Over Downtown Tulsa And Other Scenes From “Surreal-East”

ArtHouse Tulsa puts on another killer show, this time in the Tulsa Global District

  • Go to the profile of  Alicia Chesser
Alicia Chesser
9 May 2025 · 6 min read
May Queen Bunny Gets Bloodshot Eyes New Haven

May Queen Bunny Gets Bloodshot Eyes

Drummer/artist brings distinctive sound and design to 3 Sheets.

  • Go to the profile of  Jisu Sheen
Jisu Sheen
9 May 2025 · 3 min read
Art As Prayer New Haven

Art As Prayer

Judy Sirota Rosenthal's colofrul meditations fill a synagogue's walls.

  • Go to the profile of  Midbrow Editor
Midbrow Editor
9 May 2025 · 4 min read
Broadway Nerd Heaven Detroit

Broadway Nerd Heaven

Touring show revives a 4-person show-tune revue.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
9 May 2025 · 3 min read
Monster Deal of a Meal Oakland

Monster Deal of a Meal

Thursdays through the end of May Monster Pho is offering dine-in customers a taste of their old school prices.

  • Go to the profile of  Sarah Bass
Sarah Bass
8 May 2025 · 2 min read
From Blob To Belief All Over

From Blob To Belief

In a debut novel, A new take on molding non-human companionship.

  • Go to the profile of  Paul Bass
Paul Bass
8 May 2025 · 4 min read
Stop-Solitary Doc Takes Shape New Haven

Stop-Solitary Doc Takes Shape

Film in progress previewed in New Haven, focused on longtime criminal justice activist.

  • Go to the profile of  Karen Ponzio
Karen Ponzio
8 May 2025 · 3 min read
Waves, Walls, and Whispers Oakland

Waves, Walls, and Whispers

The Oakland Ballet takes on a dark chapter in Asian Immigration. “They wrote their feelings, their emotions, their hopes, their dreams, and their frustrations on the bodies of the dancers who are going to be performing for you today.”

  • Go to the profile of  Vita Hewitt
Vita Hewitt
7 May 2025 · 3 min read
Izzy Joy Creates His Own Orbit New Haven

Izzy Joy Creates His Own Orbit

On his new single, "Understated."

  • Go to the profile of  Jisu Sheen
Jisu Sheen
7 May 2025 · 3 min read
Puppets Speak Up, But Not Out Philadelphia

Puppets Speak Up, But Not Out

Theatre company Bread and Puppet offers political certainty at the expense of narrative clarity.

  • Go to the profile of  Leo David
Leo David
6 May 2025 · 2 min read
Can We Offer You A Little Dignity And Candor? Tulsa

Can We Offer You A Little Dignity And Candor?

With free expression on the chopping block, Tulsa LitFest is more essential than ever before.

  • Go to the profile of  Meredith Boe
Meredith Boe
6 May 2025 · 3 min read
Esmer Returns Home With ​“Heather” New Haven

Esmer Returns Home With ​“Heather”

Musician finds missing piece in newly released song.

  • Go to the profile of  Jisu Sheen
Jisu Sheen
6 May 2025 · 3 min read
These Scraps Were Made For Painting Oakland

These Scraps Were Made For Painting

Digest: Lingering After a Meal Laurie Caird Awaken Cafe, 1429 Broadway Ave, Oakland EXTENDED through May 25, 2025 Food has always been political, and perhaps now more than ever. Who

  • Go to the profile of  Sarah Bass
Sarah Bass
5 May 2025 · 3 min read
Toying With Trauma Detroit

Toying With Trauma

The adults are the playthings in the room in a play about the collateral impact of school shootings.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
5 May 2025 · 4 min read
Wandering Roots Folkie Hartford

Wandering Roots Folkie

Strums into his fifth decade at one of Pratt Street's new restaurant-bars.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
5 May 2025 · 2 min read
Building Our Own Barbie Philadelphia

Building Our Own Barbie

A casual lecture series takes Barbie's history seriously.

  • Go to the profile of  Jessica Galletta
Jessica Galletta
5 May 2025 · 4 min read
New Haven

Shredded Beats

The rhythm section for Niger's Mdou Moctar brings psychedelic sustenance across the ocean.

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Brian Slattery
5 May 2025 · 3 min read
Toad’s Goes Club C*nt New Haven

Toad’s Goes Club C*nt

Featuring furry boots, ​“Get Ur Freak On,” and a four-DJ lineup.

  • Go to the profile of  Karen Ponzio
Karen Ponzio
5 May 2025 · 6 min read
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