LA Down(town) in the Underground LABYRINTH MASQUERADE Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles Aug. 16 – 17, 2024 Last Thursday night, I posted an urgent inquiry to my Insta story: “Where can I buy a masquerade mask? Brittany Menjivar 28 Aug 2024 · 3 min read
Philadelphia All-You-Can-Eat Arcade Buffet Otakon Walter E. Washington Convention Center Washington, D.C. Aug 3, 2024 In his latest summer vacation nerd excursion, Deadline Poet Lindo Yes visits Otakon, a celebration of Asian pop Lindo Yes 8 Aug 2024 · 1 min read
Philadelphia Artists Blast Blerdcon BlerDCon Hyatt Regency Crystal City Arlington, Virginia July 12 – 14, 2024 Deadline Poet LindoYes took a break from Philly last week to attend BlerDCon — a convention celebrating and selling Black Lindo Yes 29 Jul 2024 · 1 min read
LA The Zoo Roars Like Las Vegas and housewife-based reality television, it’s impossible to stroll through a zoo without a pang of moral discomfort — the slow, swelling realization that beneath this spectacle throbs Madeline Connors 19 Jul 2024 · 2 min read
LA Sparks & Mystics: Women Even Out The Score LOS ANGELES SPARKS versus WASHINGTON MYSTICS Crypto.com Arena Los Angeles July 2, 2024 It’s early summer, and the girls are down bad. The Los Angeles Sparks are in Madeline Connors 15 Jul 2024 · 2 min read
LA Nothing Is Trivial WEDNESDAY NIGHT TRIVIA Bigfoot Lodge Los Angeles Every Wednesday Every time I visit the East Coast, I’m subjected to rumors of some strange new insect sweeping the area. First, Brittany Menjivar 27 Jun 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford When the Sharks Meet The Warhawks Shark Tank Pitch Competition Bloomfield High School Bloomfield June 6, 2024 I hadn’t been back to Bloomfield High School, my alma mater, in at least a decade. What better Jamil Ragland 9 Jun 2024 · 4 min read
LA Million Dollar Babyface SUKEBAN: JAPANESE FEMALE PRO-WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP Trinity Auditorium Los Angeles May 30 “Call her babyface,” proclaims an announcer in a black velvet suit and Ray-Bans. He looks slick, like a Japanese Madeline Connors 5 Jun 2024 · 2 min read
Oakland Down The Rabbit Hole … Of Cocktails And Dancing Mad Tea Party Children’s Fairyland Oakland May 4, 2024 My friend Dorothy was stuck in the slide at Children’s Fairyland in Oakland. I couldn’t see her, but Stacey Peters 8 May 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Who Said Pro Wrasslin’ Isn’t Real? “Hoodslam” Re-Suspends Disbelief Hoodslam The Continental Club 1658 12th Street Oakland May 3, 2024 Fred Noland 7 May 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland Weed Is A Plant. So Paint Your Pot Weed Is A Plant Hella Bees Bar 2340 Harrison St. Oakland April 20, 2024 The sun showed out as hundreds of people gathered around Lake Merritt, grilling and playing music Lisa Gray 25 Apr 2024 · 4 min read
Hartford ESports Fantasy Becomes Reality Nutmeg State Games ESports Tournament 2024 Alumni Hall Complex Central Connecticut State University New Britain April 7, 2024 Many children dream of becoming professional athletes. Some want to play on Jamil Ragland 10 Apr 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Is This the Future of Oakland? The Exhibit A: A Town Hall on AntiBlackness in the City of Oakland James Moore Theater at Oakland Museum of California March 14, 2024 “What does it say about a Stacey Peters 21 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland A Tropical — Not “Tiki” — Interlude in the Oakland Hills Tonga in the Hills The Lobby Bar at Claremont Club & Spa Oakland March 7, 2024 In the Lobby Bar at the storied Claremont Hotel in the Oakland Hills, my Stacey Peters 12 Mar 2024 · 5 min read
Oakland The Library of Broken Hearts Broken Hearts Party and Shrine Launch Oakland Public Library Oakland, CA Feb. 13, 2024 At The Alcove cafe on the east side of Los Angeles, there was a secret desk Stacey Peters 22 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
LA Freaks Come Out At Night CREEPY GALS LAND Superchief Gallery Los Angeles Feb. 10, 2024 Is there any holiday Angelenos won’t use as an excuse to dress up like fabulous little freaks? Just when Eloise Rollins-Fife 13 Feb 2024 · 2 min read
LA Comic Convo: Hello, RX-24 PASADENA COMIC CON Pasadena Convention Center Pasadena Jan. 28, 2024 Comic cons are like chain restaurants: everywhere the same. Whether held in sleepy suburbs or busy cities, comic cons share Brittany Menjivar 1 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Grandmas Duke It Out In The Ring Winner Winner TV Dinner Sensational 7 Wrestling 7th West Oakland CA Jan. 27, 2024 The smell of burning gasoline filled my nostrils, begging for fresh air. “That’s not OSHA Sarah Bass 30 Jan 2024 · 3 min read
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