Troy/Albany Live Live Revelation: Middle-Age Uncool Is Fine Live Unplugged The Egg Albany, N.Y. 2/27/24 I ran into a work friend — a fellow civil servant — in the Egg’s subterranean entrance before the Live concert. RS Benedict 3 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Doing the Mardi Gras Mambo on the Shores of Lake Merritt Fat Tuesday Celebration Lake Chalet Seafood Bar & Grill Oakland, CA Feb. 13, 2024 I was sitting on the outdoor patio on Tuesday night, admiring the nighttime views of Lake Stacey Peters 21 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland The Trims Turn Up The Sound And Turn On The Bright Lights Mod80s Disco Presents The Trims Elbo Room Oakland Oakland Feb. 2, 2024 I have fond memories of late nights-into-early mornings spent dancing the night away at the Elbo Room in Stacey Peters 7 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Leela James Rocks The Fox Leela James Fox Theater Oakland Jan. 26, 2024 Leela James, aka The Goddaughter of Soul, took the stage at the Fox Theater and, let me tell you, she didn’t Lisa Gray 6 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Easy Like Sunday Morning, On Tuesday Night Karaoke Night Baba’s House Oakland Jan. 30, 2024 It was another not-so-secret party at Baba’s House, and everyone was welcome. I was back in downtown Oakland, on yet Stacey Peters 5 Feb 2024 · 2 min read
Hartford Apocalypse at Arch Street: The Omen Meets George Clinton P(X3) Arch Street Tavern Hartford Dec. 14, 2023 The organ may not be the first thing you think about when the world is ending. But at Arch Street Tavern Jamil Ragland 15 Dec 2023 · 2 min read
Hartford The Trombone Sings at Black Eyed Sally’s Dr. Emmett Goods Black Eyed Sally’s Hartford Nov. 15, 2023 The trombone is not the first instrument I associate with jazz music. I’d seen trombones as part of Jamil Ragland 16 Nov 2023 · 2 min read
Oakland Nowhere Lands The Seshen Somewhere New After more than a decade The Seshen deliver their fourth full-length LP, “Nowhere,” their most complete project to date. The Seshen with Boostive “Nowhere” Album Release Party The New Parish Sayre Piotrkowski 27 Oct 2023 · 4 min read
Oakland No Community = No Liberation! Life is Living Oct. 14, 2023 Defermery/Little Bobby Hutton Park West Oakland, Cal. The “Life Is Living Festival” of 2023 was nothing short of a tribal celebration of community John Williams 19 Oct 2023 · 3 min read
Oakland Guitar Karaoke: Who Knew? Guitar Bar The Alley 3225 Grand Ave., Oakland Wednesday, 8 – 12 p.m. “That was much better than I was expecting!” Paul Hlebcar (pronounced heb-car) proclaimed from behind his KN95 Sarah Bass 16 Oct 2023 · 2 min read
Oakland A Whole Hella Love Danielle Helena in concert Towne Cycles Adeline Street, Oakland, Cal. Sept. 22, 2023 The backyard of Towne Cycles on Oakland’s Adeline Street hummed with clinking cans and whispered pleasantries Lauren Tannenbaum 2 Oct 2023 · 4 min read
Oakland Ethiopian Musical Ambassadors Bring Down The House Ethiocolor Zanzi 19 Grand Ave., Oakland Sept. 19, 2023 The ensemble Ethiocolor brought an exuberant range of Ethiopian music and dance traditions from Addis Abba to Oakland’s Zanzi — and Lauren Tannenbaum 24 Sep 2023 · 3 min read
Hartford BooYah! Expectations Shattered at Arch Street Tavern As I’ve written before, I try to go to arts events with no prior knowledge or expectations. I like being surprised and I feel that it gives me a Jamil Ragland 18 Aug 2023 · 3 min read
Oakland Gen Z Up-&-Comers, Fans, Connect IRL “There’s a lot of children here!” a woman shouted to her boyfriend, echoing my thoughts, as Avril Lavigne’s “Sk8r Boy” played loudly over the speakers and guests patiently, Sarah Bass 11 Aug 2023 · 4 min read
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