The Record Store Slash Venue: A Quaint, Necessary Reminder of Pre-COVID Times
In St. Paul, after imaging Afro Deli, I stopped into Eclipse Records, a mainstay of the Twin Cities retail music
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Just When We Thought There Was Nothing Left To Gentrify, They Gentrified… Protest Speech?
A big to-do was made about Dan Gilbert’s effort to paint “POWER TO THE PEOPLE” in prominent, white and black
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A Night Out in Jessica Cabot’s Los Angeles
Nat tours Hollywood, the Hollywood Hills, Sunset Boulevard, and Griffith Observatory with a native Angeleno, and even manages to eat an obscene amount of chili cheese fries.
Read MoreNoel Night 2019
It was my fourth Noel Night, an annual happening in Midtown Detroit. In spite of a heavy police presence– probably
Read MoreChromatics of Commonwealths And Then Some
Fair warning, folks– this post is borne largely of jetlagged travel musings. I was recently struck by the idea of
Read MoreDX’s EDIT Festival in Toronto
On a last-minute weekend trip to Toronto with a friend, I accidentally happened upon the EDIT Festival. Billing itself as
Read MorePublic art, small-town challenges, and big questions
Gary’s Miller Beach Arts and Creative District hosted a street fair in June centered around several graffiti art mural completed
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