LA Tuning In To TV Girl TV GIRL Hollywood Palladium Los Angeles Nov. 28, 2023 Every winter, I add to a playlist called “Christmas songs that aren’t Christmas songs” — a series of tracks that conjure Brittany Menjivar 30 Nov 2023 · 2 min read
New Haven Tall Juan On Stilts Brings Elevated Guitar-Playing To Cafe 9 Sweeping music from cello and electronics that sounded as huge as the tide. A man on stilts, playing guitar, his hair nearly touching the ceiling. Another man singlehandedly turning the Brian Slattery 30 Nov 2023 · 1 min read
Tulsa Brahms Got Heavy Past My Bedtime Tulsa Chorale: Brahms’ “A German Requiem” First Baptist Tulsa Nov. 18, 2023 On a blustery Saturday night, a crowd of about a hundred settled into the First Baptist Church at Z.B. Reeves 29 Nov 2023 · 2 min read
LA Accursed Lover Returns From Dead EL ÙLTIMO SUEÑO DE FRIDA Y DIEGO Los Angeles Opera Los Angeles Through Dec. 9, 2023 “Ah, a night at the opera! El último sueño de Frida y Diego! How Emily Ann Zisko 29 Nov 2023 · 3 min read
New Haven From The Kolkata Brassworks To A New Haven Gallery, Artists Explore The Meaning Of Home The photograph of a brass worker in Kolkata encompasses the weight of history and the immediacy of the present; it’s an image from decades ago, but it’s plausible Brian Slattery 29 Nov 2023 · 1 min read
Raleigh/ Durham/ Chapel Hill Tribal Celebration: “We’re Still Here” Annual American Indian Heritage Celebration North Carolina Museum of History Raleigh Nov 18, 2023 The dancers stood in the center of the stage, facing a full crowd of onlookers. The Synclaire Cruel 28 Nov 2023 · 4 min read
LA Basquiat’s Final Studio Travels From Coast To Coast JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT: King Pleasure The Grant Los Angeles Through Jan. 1, 2024 The opening walkway of the Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure exhibit at the Grand LA is printed with the David Diaz 28 Nov 2023 · 2 min read
NYC Invisible Guy Must Be Seen Ben Goldberg’s Invisible Guy Big Bar East Village, NYC Nov. 26, 2023 On a rainy Sunday night after a holiday weekend, shoulders up and head tucked against the drizzle, K Hank Jost 28 Nov 2023 · 3 min read
New Haven Walls Decked With Photographic Reflections Penrhyn Cook’s series of photographs, Holiday Reflections, are absorbing enough in their own right. Colorful and festive, the images are just askew enough to warrant a closer look. Are Brian Slattery 28 Nov 2023 · 1 min read
LA 40 Years Later, Violent Femmes Lean Into The Experimental VIOLENT FEMMES The Novo Los Angeles Nov. 16, 2023 This wasn’t just any old Violent Femmes show. It was the 40th anniversary celebration of their self-titled first album — the Brittany Menjivar 27 Nov 2023 · 2 min read
Hartford Music Smothers A Musical Moulin Rouge: The Musical Bushnell Center for Performing Arts Hartford Nov. 25, 2023 Beautiful people parading around half-dressed. A score of certified hits. Eye-popping sets and world class performers. What Jamil Ragland 27 Nov 2023 · 4 min read
Oakland Real Food, Veganized Roasted and Raw 607 14th St. Oakland On a beautiful, sunny California autumn afternoon on a corner in almost downtown Oakland, I walked through large plate glass windows that have Sarah Bass 27 Nov 2023 · 3 min read
New Haven FiFac’s House Makes A Home On the day after Thanksgiving, many scattered through stores to find the best prices on holiday presents. Others settled into couches to catch college football. A select few found themselves Karen Ponzio 27 Nov 2023 · 1 min read
NYC Unheard Voices Find A Watering Hole Home Palace Reading Series The Palace Bar/ Greenpoint Palace Greenpoint, Brooklyn Nov. 21, 2023; ongoing Tuesday nights It’s the week of Thanksgiving and, by and large, the city is empty. K Hank Jost 27 Nov 2023 · 4 min read
Tulsa Mural: The Cosmic Dance of Thiccfoot and the Gayliens Mural: The Cosmic Dance of Thiccfoot and the Gayliens Artists: Jamie Pierson (@scraps_designs) and Erin Baird (@erin.bread) Location: Pearl District, Tulsa, Oklahoma What it shows: A view of Alicia Chesser 22 Nov 2023 · 1 min read
Hartford The Artist Who Chooses the Artists Broadens The Landscape Changin’ Seasons: A Juried Art Exhibition Gallery 66 New Britain Through Jan. 13, 2024 Do you know your local arts curator? I’ve made it a point to learn the Jamil Ragland 22 Nov 2023 · 3 min read
Boston Motherhood Undone: Jennifer McClure at Leica Gallery Boston How Easily We Are Undone Jennifer McClure’s photography Leica Gallery Boston Through Jan. 28, 2024 “I never expected to be a mother,” Jennifer McClure writes in her artist statement. Sasha Patkin 22 Nov 2023 · 4 min read
Raleigh/ Durham/ Chapel Hill Kicking Off Tour, 6lack Connects With Crowd 6lack, QUIN, Jordan Ward “Since I Have A Lover” World Tour The Ritz Raleigh, N.C. Nov. 18, 2023 The beat dropped, the live band began to play, and the Synclaire Cruel 21 Nov 2023 · 3 min read
