Oakland Upcycling in Uptown A habitué of thrift shops, flea markets, and similar bazaars near and far, artist Melanie Walas is attracted to stuffed animals and toys she finds at the discount emporia she visits. Agustín Maes 14 Oct 2024 · 4 min read
New Haven Human Animals Watch One Last Doc Prairie dogs have a word for “human.” They talk about us in a language with nouns, adjectives, and variable dialects — even though, to most of us, their words sound like unintelligible squeaks. Laura Glesby 14 Oct 2024 · 1 min read
Tulsa Talking Shop with Jad Abumrad The Lorton Performance Center’s 635 seats were all full as the former host of WNYC’s RadioLab took the stage as part of TU’s Presidential Lecture Series. Z.B. Reeves 13 Oct 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford A Walk On The Wild (And Creepy) Side There’s nothing like a nice walk on a crisp fall day, and Wethersfield has turned the fall tradition into a walk on the wild side with its annual “Scarecrows Along Main” celebration and competition. Jamil Ragland 9 Oct 2024 · 4 min read
Philadelphia (VW) Buggin’ Out In The Yard Clark Bedford moved his ancient, trash-packed Volkswagen out of his Maryland driveway — and into a contemporary art gallery. Nora Grace-Flood 7 Oct 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Mike Birbiglia Calls Back Mike Birgiglia — Please Stop the Ride at the Fox Theater Frederick Noland 2 Oct 2024 · 1 min read
Hartford An Old Oak Tale He was our guide on a tour of the notable trees that make the Kim Arboretum at Elizabeth Park in West Hartford their home. Jamil Ragland 2 Oct 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Razzing the Nerds Vexillology: That’s the study of flags, in case you didn’t know. It’s an interest of mine, one I never imagined could be used as a comedic weapon — let alone against me. Agustín Maes 1 Oct 2024 · 5 min read
Oakland “These Things Are Like Yeast”: 50 Years On, New College Artists Remain Collective Once, when I was a young, bright-eyed MFA student, a professor told the class to “look to the left of you. Look to the right of you. You should know that only one in five of you will still be making art in five years time. As the years go on, it will be even less.” Vita Hewitt 26 Sep 2024 · 4 min read
LA Out of the Closet, Over the Hedge BANANA REPUBLIC/FRATRICIDE Tom of Finland House Los Angeles Aug. 22, 2024 The Tom of Finland House is separated from Laveta Terrace by a tall green hedge. It’s not Brandon Sward 12 Sep 2024 · 2 min read
LA Keeping an Opa Mind LONG BEACH GREEK FOOD & MUSIC FESTIVAL Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Long Beach Aug. 31 – Sept. 2, 2024 In the Aquatic Capital of America™, it’s easy to A.J. Urquidi 6 Sep 2024 · 3 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. Sarah Bass 21 Aug 2024 · 4 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 Mitch Gilliam 16 Aug 2024 · 4 min read
Oakland Global Citizens, Local Fashions Oakland Renaissance: Saint Maurice Fashion Show West Oakland Matters 7th West 1255 7th St, Oakland July 27, 2024 Local art matters, and so do your neighbors. Produced in “The New Sarah Bass 31 Jul 2024 · 4 min read
Tulsa Thunderwof’s Hip-Hop Is No Joke Thunderwof Mixtape Release: “Boys Don’t Cry But, Wofs Shed Tears.” Heirloom Rustic Ales Tulsa July 19, 2024 If you’ve been to a comedy show in Tulsa in the Mitch Gilliam 26 Jul 2024 · 3 min read
Philadelphia Musical Juices Squeezed At Sweet Fest Sweet Juice Festival 1 Awbury Rd. Philadelphia July 6, 202 Deadline Poet LindoYes checked out the Sweet Juice Fest in Germantown last weekend, featuring bands like Noun, Sam Rise, Honeychile, Lindo Yes 9 Jul 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland Connection Found In Another Country Called Home ‘Searching for Kapwa’ Film Screening and Discussion Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St., Suite 290, Oakland June 22, 2024 At the Oakland Asian Cultural Center’s screening for Searching Robin Lapid 1 Jul 2024 · 3 min read
Tulsa Every Song Has To Start Somewhere I Can’t… Write a Song! Workshop TCC McKeon Center for Creativity Tulsa June 22, 2024 Songwriting is a strange art, hard to explain, harder to practice. The art of Z.B. Reeves 30 Jun 2024 · 2 min read
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