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Riding The Intergenerational Sludge Wave With Chat Pile And Acid Bath Tulsa

Riding The Intergenerational Sludge Wave With Chat Pile And Acid Bath

A night of crust, death, doom, and camaraderie at OKC's Criterion

  • Go to the profile of  Mitch Gilliam
Mitch Gilliam
12 Jun 2026 · 5 min read
Kristen Ford Wants It Wicked New Haven

Kristen Ford Wants It Wicked

Indie singer-songwriter pops back into town with a new song in progress.

  • Go to the profile of  Paul Bass
Paul Bass
12 Jun 2026 · 2 min read
Portrait Of The Essayist As An Aging Man Detroit

Portrait Of The Essayist As An Aging Man

David Sedaris unpacks his latest struggles and obsessions in a new memoir.

  • Go to the profile of  Jenn McKee
Jenn McKee
12 Jun 2026 · 4 min read
Much Ado About Modern Shakespeare Baton Rouge

Much Ado About Modern Shakespeare

Presented with vim by one of Baton Rouge's new theater companies.

  • Go to the profile of  Serena Puang
Serena Puang
12 Jun 2026 · 2 min read
Dispensaryland Oakland

Dispensaryland

Once local businesses plying all manner of goods and services, the Town’s buildings now seem to be all up in smoke.

  • Go to the profile of  Frederick Noland
Frederick Noland
12 Jun 2026 · 3 min read
A collection of photographs is arranged close together on a wall. They are all photos of trees. They are zoomed into the branches, so the photos have a blended-together effect. Gwangju

The Hidden Lives Of Non-Human Beings

Jisu discovers them in an art show inside and outside a zero-waste facility.

  • Go to the profile of  Jisu Sheen
Jisu Sheen
12 Jun 2026 · 3 min read
Spielberg’s Still Got It New Haven

Spielberg’s Still Got It

As revealed in his latest summer blockbuster, “Disclosure Day.”

  • Go to the profile of  Karen Ponzio
Karen Ponzio
12 Jun 2026 · 3 min read
Art Tour Invites Everyone To The House New Haven

Art Tour Invites Everyone To The House

At NHXTHVN "Glory," as part of Arts & Ideas.

  • Go to the profile of  Brian Slattery
Brian Slattery
12 Jun 2026 · 6 min read
Extra-Ordinary Obessions Oakland

Extra-Ordinary Obessions

“I feel like when I’m making work I’m inside time.” Debra Greene's work is formal, superbly unique, and very smart.

  • Go to the profile of  Agustín Maes
Agustín Maes
11 Jun 2026 · 4 min read
Paolo Angeli Makes His Own Instrument Philadelphia

Paolo Angeli Makes His Own Instrument

The musician brought an original combo of guitar and violoncello to The Rotunda — as well as a cover of Bjork, much to Tyler Maxwell's delight.

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Tyler Maxwell
10 Jun 2026 · 3 min read
Art Without The Artist? Hartford

Art Without The Artist?

Wadsworth contemporary exhibit prompts Big Questions.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
10 Jun 2026 · 3 min read
A Living Landscape Oakland

A Living Landscape

Alejandro Rubio’s “The Green Man” invites viewers into another, greener, world.

  • Go to the profile of  Vita Hewitt
Vita Hewitt
10 Jun 2026 · 3 min read
Process Takes Center Stage Oakland

Process Takes Center Stage

At East Bay Photo Collective, as shown in the works of teaching artists.

  • Go to the profile of  Vita Hewitt
Vita Hewitt
10 Jun 2026 · 3 min read
Meet Barbara, Your New Best Friend All Over

Meet Barbara, Your New Best Friend

Daniel Lavery's latest book talks about the difficulties of forging modern day friendships — and gives lonely audiences a complex character to care about.

  • Go to the profile of  Serena Puang
Serena Puang
9 Jun 2026 · 2 min read
Maya C. Popa’s “If You Love That Lady” Tries to Hide Its Face In a Book All Over

Maya C. Popa’s “If You Love That Lady” Tries to Hide Its Face In a Book

Poetry collection pulls away into literary reference during its meditations on heartbreak.

  • Go to the profile of  Meagan Masterman
Meagan Masterman
9 Jun 2026 · 4 min read
Local Artists Shine New Haven

Local Artists Shine

At a major regional museum decennial showcase.

  • Go to the profile of  Janday Wilson
Janday Wilson
9 Jun 2026 · 5 min read
New Haven Music Meets The Movies New Haven

New Haven Music Meets The Movies

At 2nd music video festival, held on Flint Street.

  • Go to the profile of  Janday Wilson
Janday Wilson
9 Jun 2026 · 4 min read
A Louisiana Western? Baton Rouge

A Louisiana Western?

There were some elephants in the room during a screening of the new movie "Cowboy."

  • Go to the profile of  Serena Puang
Serena Puang
9 Jun 2026 · 2 min read
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