New Haven Artist Trashes Never Ending Books That’s the point of a new exhibit. Brian Slattery 6 Sep 2024 · 1 min read
Philadelphia From Pen To Reed Tom Moon with Ensemble Novo Time Restaurant and Whiskey Bar 1315 Sansom St. Philadelphia Sept. 4, 2024 Saxophonist Tom Moon forgot the melody of Cole Porter’s “I Love You” Nora Grace-Flood 5 Sep 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland What’s In A Name? San Enrique Makes Art For All Painted on a cinderblock enclosure for Two Star’s Dumpsters, it caught my eye with its somber yet gentle rendering of a pair of cupped hands with a diamond floating above them against a stark black background, framed by the words “Dimond District” and “Oakland.” Agustín Maes 5 Sep 2024 · 4 min read
Hartford Hearing the Planet’s Cry, Through Art The Space Between Clare Gallery St. Patrick-St. Anthony Church Hartford Aug. 5, 2024 As the terrible flooding of western Connecticut just a few weeks ago demonstrates, climate change is not Jamil Ragland 5 Sep 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford Teen Suffering Needs More Laughs Dìdi Real Art Ways Hartford Aug. 4, 2024 Dìdi tells the story of Chris Wang (played with earnest enthusiasm by Isaac Wang), known as Wang Wang to his friends, and Jamil Ragland 5 Sep 2024 · 3 min read
New Haven Our Lady Of The Snacks It’s a famous picture, of a girl peeking into a window, and seems almost like a happy accident, a case of the photographer being in the right place at Brian Slattery 5 Sep 2024 · 1 min read
Hartford 3 = A Love Quadrilateral The Bikeriders Cinestudio Hartford, CT Aug. 3, 2024 “You can’t have him!” Kathy shouts at Johnny, the leader of the Chicago Vandals bike club, after her husband Benny nearly Jamil Ragland 4 Sep 2024 · 4 min read
Oakland Comedy Bang! Bang! All Star Improv Takes the Stage “Come see my improv group” are five words that have ended many friendships and estranged family members from one another. But these are professionals. Frederick Noland 4 Sep 2024 · 1 min read
Philadelphia cinéSPEAK Films Fly Black Revolution Back To The Future Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project Lucien E. Blackwell Free Library Philadelphia Aug. 20, 2024 Throughout August, nonprofit cinéSPEAK hosted no-cost film screenings about Black revolutionaries at the Lucien Lindo Yes 4 Sep 2024 · 1 min read
LA Outside The Lucky Few A Painting Retrospective by Kevin Bouton-Scott Towne Square Los Angeles June 23, 2024 On Fourth Street in Los Angeles where it becomes Skid Row, east of San Pedro Street, there’ Eli Diner 4 Sep 2024 · 4 min read
Oakland LOW LIFE SCUM THAT’S WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT ME These rambunctious, cheeky, ketamine-loving miscreants also happen to be smart, angry at the British, and versed in Welsh, a dying language and deeply important part of their heritage. Cue the mayhem, and wear your stomping boots. Sarah Bass 4 Sep 2024 · 3 min read
New Haven Ballad of Buttery Cake Ass, The Audiobook “When we were, like, 15, 16, me and my best friend Trig used to go record shopping. And it was weird. Our local record store had this counter with all Brian Slattery 4 Sep 2024 · 1 min read
Tulsa Reggie Watts Isn’t Going To Get To The Point Reggie Watts, With Openers Casey Rocket, Simon Fraser, Cepeda Cheeks and Val Werner Blue Whale Comedy Festival Cain’s Ballroom Tulsa August 24, 2024 Reggie Watts tickled me first through Z.B. Reeves 3 Sep 2024 · 2 min read
Hartford Screening Brings To Life A More Perfect, If Imperfect, Union The American Constitution: 1787 Connecticut Old State House Hartford August 29, 2024 How did our constitution come to be? A documentary featuring actors and special effects brought what might be Jamil Ragland 3 Sep 2024 · 3 min read
LA The Dog Ears of Summer Friday Night Mixer A Good Used Book Los Angeles August 23, 2024 Certified bibliophiles will know that there are two distinct varieties of used and rare bookstores. Some stock autographed Brittany Menjivar 30 Aug 2024 · 2 min read
Tulsa If The Spot Is Moroccan, Then Do Come A‑Knockin’ Notes of Marrakesh 315 S. Trenton Ave. Tulsa August 24, 2024 The façades of Trenton Avenue’s 300 block, particularly on the east side — home to Maples 918 Tacos & Cassidy McCants 30 Aug 2024 · 3 min read
New Haven Rocking Out While The Sun’s Still Out Turkey Vulture — a metal/punk duo of Milford-based couple Jessie May (vocals, guitar) and Jim Clegg (drums) — typically spend Sunday afternoons entertaining their two toddler sons. So when May growled Marisa Torrieri 30 Aug 2024 · 1 min read
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