New Haven

Black & Brown Artists Abstract Origins

Howard el-Yasin’s My Mother’s Hose hangs at one end of Orchid Gallery in The Lab at ConnCORP, redolent with associations without landing definitively on a single one. From

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Brian Slattery

25 Aug 2024 · 1 min read

New Haven

Artist Makes The Mythology

Ralph Levesque’s Match Maker, at first glance, looks like religious art, from the halo encircling one of the figures to the positions of the figures in relation to each

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Brian Slattery

25 Aug 2024 · 1 min read

New Haven

Photography Show Sees Through Younger Eyes

Bethany Edwards’s The Eye of the Beholder is both formal and relaxed. It’s formal in the staged positioning of the two subjects, the way that (it appears) they

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Brian Slattery

25 Aug 2024 · 1 min read

Hartford

One Character Short For A Love Story

Touch Cinestudio Hartford Aug. 19, 2024 This review contains spoilers for the movie. “What’s going on, Miko? Can you tell me what you’re thinking?” Kristófer, the main character

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Jamil Ragland

23 Aug 2024 · 3 min read

Chicago

DNC Diary Day 4: Signs of the Times

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Frederick Noland

23 Aug 2024 · 1 min read

Oakland

DNC Diary Day 3

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Frederick Noland

22 Aug 2024 · 1 min read

LA

Are You Okay, My Love?

St. Vincent w/ Eartheater & Maiah Manser The Greek Theater Los Angeles Aug. 16, 2024 Halfway through her concert at Griffith Park’s Greek Theatre, I decide St. Vincent is

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Madeline Connors

22 Aug 2024 · 2 min read

Hartford

Next Gen Rocks Under-21 Open Mic

Amplify: Under 21 Open Mic Hartford Aug. 20, 2024 One of the first events I covered this summer was the Under 21 open mic put on by the Hartford Business

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Jamil Ragland

22 Aug 2024 · 2 min read

Oakland

DNC Diary Day 2: Unite and Conquer

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Frederick Noland

21 Aug 2024 · 1 min read

Oakland

Making Waves: New Barbers On the Block

The frenzy began, with a dozen students vying for aesthetic bragging rights, and all laser-focused on the model (often a fellow student) in their chair. Tools, spare hair, and gel flashed in hands, on hands, on the floor.

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Sarah Bass

21 Aug 2024 · 4 min read

LA

I Would Do Anything For Indie Sleaze

Amid all this talk about indie sleaze, there’s woefully little nostalgia for the exuberant indie pop of the late aughts and early 2010s. Think back: which bands played on

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Brittany Menjivar

20 Aug 2024 · 3 min read

Philadelphia

Want A Snack With Your Sculpture?

Rodin Garden Bar Rodin Museum Philadelphia Aug. 16, 2024 Over the summer months, the garden at the Rodin Museum transforms. Guests flock to what becomes the weekly Friday Pop-Up Garden

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Emily Cohen

20 Aug 2024 · 3 min read

Oakland

DNC Diary Day 1: Finding The Light In Chicago

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Frederick Noland

20 Aug 2024 · 1 min read

Tulsa

We Have An Update On The Whole ​“Gambill’s Taco Spot” Situation

Gambill’s Taco Casa 1927 S. Harvard Ave. Tulsa August 13, 2024 What’s in a name? For hungry Tulsans, the name Gambill could mean anything: vodka, fresh pasta, an

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Becky Carman

18 Aug 2024 · 3 min read

Philadelphia

Brick Art Builds Up Lego Legend

Art Of The Brick The Franklin Institute 222 N 20th St. Philadelphia Aug. 12, 2024 I’m not sure quite what I expected as we walked into the Franklin Institute’

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Emily Cohen

16 Aug 2024 · 5 min read

Tulsa

“Latch Is Love”: Beloved Bar Cat Honored With Second Annual Bar Fest

Latch Fest 2024 Whittier Bar Tulsa Aug. 9 & 10, 2024 Sitting side by side at Whittier Bar on a slow afternoon, Latch Fest organizers Laura Voth and Bradley Metcalf

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Mitch Gilliam

16 Aug 2024 · 4 min read

Oakland

Love in the Laurel: ​“I Eat My Vegetables, I Eat My Fruit”

Every August, eight blocks of Oakland’s Laurel District becomes the locus of eyes, ears, noses, mouths, and wandering feet for the annual Laurel Street Fair & World Music Festival.

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Agustín Maes

16 Aug 2024 · 4 min read

New Haven

Photographers Make Life Into Art

John T. Deneka’s Lifeguards tells an entire story by itself. The photo is one of 88 photographs selected to appear in “IMAGES 2024,” an exhibition running now at Kehler

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Eleanor Polak

16 Aug 2024 · 1 min read