Hartford Conventioneers Toy With Memory Trek Manchester Comic and Toy Convention Army and Navy Club, Manchester, Conn. Nov. 12, 2023 I’ve been a Gundam fan since Gundam Wing premiered on Cartoon Network almost 30 years Jamil Ragland 13 Nov 2023 · 4 min read
NYC Black (Woman) Magic Nicole Cardoza — Magician NeueHouse Madison Square Manhattan, NY Oct. 31, 2023 “This is my first time performing for such a wide, intergalactic, interspecies audience,” Nicole Cardoza observed, looking out across Adam Wassilchalk 5 Nov 2023 · 4 min read
LA Apocalypse (Party) Wow APOCALYPSE HALLOWEEN PARTY A downtown warehouse Los Angeles Oct. 28, 2023 As a recent East Coast transplant, I’ve noticed a major difference between New York parties and L.A. Brittany Menjivar 1 Nov 2023 · 2 min read
LA Anatomy of a Scare, Courtesy of a Horrorista HAUNTED HOUSE CONFIDENTIAL: THE ART AND ORIGINS OF THE SCARE With Kristen Phillips Philosophical Research Society Los Angeles Oct. 26, 2023 I’d never been to the Philosophical Research Society Roby Duncan 31 Oct 2023 · 3 min read
Raleigh/ Durham/ Chapel Hill Up, Up & … Whoa Carolina Balloon Fest Oct. 21, 2023 Statesville, N.C. Tethered hot air balloon rides are a surreal experience that one isn’t likely to soon forget. So I learned at Synclaire Cruel 30 Oct 2023 · 4 min read
Oakland Style Week Takeaway: Cali Cool Is Here To Stay Bespoke Cocktails and Stylish Conversation Oakland Style Week Kissel Hotel Uptown Oakland Oct. 19, 2023 The evening was still hot as I got dressed to head downtown for Cocktails and Sarah Bass 25 Oct 2023 · 3 min read
LA The Horror Of The Haunted House Waiting Line HALLOWEEN HORROR NIGHTS Universal Studios Hollywood Universal City, Calif. Through Oct. 31, 2023 There is a special plane of reality that can only be accessed in line for the Universal Maya Chen 23 Oct 2023 · 3 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 OutKast Endures: Oakland Parties Like It’s 9/29/98 The Art Of Storytellin’ Level 13, 341 13th St. Oakland Oct. 7, 2023 Twenty-five years ago, I could not have possibly known I’d be spending this past Saturday evening Sayre Piotrkowski 13 Oct 2023 · 5 min read
NYC Culture Makers Cross Paths at The Apollo [at] The Intersection Festival of Arts & Ideas The Apollo Theater Harlem, NY Oct. 6 – 8, 2023 “We are literally in culture’s uterus.” Jourdan Hicks observed, while facilitating a Adam Wassilchalk 10 Oct 2023 · 4 min read
Oakland Craft Beer Magic Flows Downstream Oaktoberfest in the Diamond Oakland Sept. 30 & Oct. 1 For lovers of Oakland, Oaktoberfest effectively concentrates the flavors, sounds, and spirit that made you fall for the town into Sayre Piotrkowski 4 Oct 2023 · 4 min read
New Haven Greil Marcus Finally Finds, Tells The “Secret History” Legendary culture writer opens up at launch of annual writer-award fest. A rumination on the question of why people write — delivered by legendary culture writer Greil Marcus — that took in Brian Slattery 21 Sep 2023 · 1 min read
NW Arkansas Rat Bikes Rumble An annual motorcyclists' gathering highlights the power of a lesser-known two-wheeled art form. Hill City Rumble Prairie Street Live Fayetteville Sept. 16 Thirty miles south of where a museum Mickey Mercier 18 Sep 2023 · 4 min read
LA Winning At Being Canceled 4 outspoken women assembled by Bari Weiss debate -- and moot -- the question. LIVE DEBATE: HAS THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION FAILED? The Theatre at the Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles Stacey Peters 18 Sep 2023 · 3 min read
New Haven You Talkin’ To Me? Screening Prompts Reappraisal Of Taxi Driver Four decades later, the question is called: What was the point, in the end? Brian Slattery 6 Sep 2023 · 1 min read
Oakland Grand Avenue Barbie Line Offers Respite From The Real World The movie-goers are as much a part of this story as the blockbuster new Barbie feature film itself, as evidenced by brightly flocked patrons queueing up at the corner of Sarah Bass 28 Jul 2023 · 3 min read
Hartford Cosplayers Battle AI, Studio Villains Am I going to take pictures of struck cosplay? I pondered the question as I waited in the line that snaked through the Hartford Marriott’s parking lot for ConnectiCon Jamil Ragland 24 Jul 2023 · 4 min read
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