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After Thirty Years, Dropkick Murphys’ Anti-Authoritarian Flag Still Flies

https://midbrow.org/after-thirty-years-dropkick-murphys-anti-authoritarian-flag-still-flies/

Published: March 13, 2026 19:22

The Irish punk veterans sold out Cain’s for a massive, Guinness-soaked celebration of class solidarity

Bruxxer Fills Its Own Big Shoes

https://midbrow.org/bruxxer-fills-its-own-big-shoes/

Published: March 13, 2026 18:17

New band Bruxxer, self-described as "Mahavishnu Orchestra-meets Black Flag chaos rock," played their second show ever last night.

"Natchez" Is A Complicated Mosaic

https://midbrow.org/natchez-documentary-review/

Published: March 13, 2026 17:36

And a Southern documentary we need right now.

“Trouble” Minded In Full

https://midbrow.org/trouble-in-mind-play-review/

Published: March 13, 2026 17:25

Collective Consciousness stages an Alice Childress play as she meant it to be seen.

Yelling For More

https://midbrow.org/yelling-for-more/

Published: March 13, 2026 17:18

A two band bill was just enough to get an audience at Cousin Danny's all fired up.

Eagles Become Vultures

https://midbrow.org/eagles-become-vultures/

Published: March 13, 2026 16:04

Metal titans Baroness make doom sound like hope inside Underground Arts.

Fabiola Mendez Transports Trinity With The Cuatro

https://midbrow.org/fabiola-mendez-transports-trinity-with-the-cuatro/

Published: March 13, 2026 14:58

Offers songs and stories from her native Puerto Rico.

Ambition, Wrestling & Bangladeshi Cuisine

https://midbrow.org/p-paramtia-novel-appetite-review/

Published: March 13, 2026 14:45

Mash up in New Haven author P. Paramita’s debut novel “Appetite.”

Olympian Comes To Philly

https://midbrow.org/olympian-comes-to-philly/

Published: March 12, 2026 23:52

Abyssinia hosts a pair of West Coast bands.

Sinners, Stripped Down

https://midbrow.org/sinners-stripped-down/

Published: March 12, 2026 21:30

A pre-Oscars showing of Sinners ties into a local exhibit on the movie's costume designer.

Lovers Come To Life

https://midbrow.org/march-chagall-exhibit-review/

Published: March 12, 2026 18:27

In lithographs by Marc Chagall, on display at LSU.

Queer Adult Club Opens With “Family Affair”

https://midbrow.org/queer-adult-club-opens-with-family-affair/

Published: March 12, 2026 18:19

The Klaw Den comes to East Street.

Bruce Goff Finally Gets His Due

https://midbrow.org/bruce-goff-finally-gets-his-due/

Published: March 12, 2026 14:18

The Art Institute’s “Bruce Goff: Material Worlds” shows Goff as he was meant to be shown

If I Had Missed This, I Would Have Been Pissed

https://midbrow.org/if-i-had-missed-this-i-would-have-been-pissed/

Published: March 12, 2026 14:16

The Polish Boarte Trio put on a breathtaking show of a little-known composer after some lackluster Haydn and Debussy

"The Outsiders" Lands A Good Punch

https://midbrow.org/the-outsiders-lands-a-good-punch/

Published: March 11, 2026 21:47

At Fisher Theatre.

He Took A Chance In The Food Court

https://midbrow.org/erik-rabasca-review/

Published: March 11, 2026 20:23

A new song-in-progress changes the flow at the State House Winter Blues Concert Series.

Is Nine Inch Nails The Greatest American Rock Band?

https://midbrow.org/is-nine-inch-nails-the-greatest-american-rock-band/

Published: March 9, 2026 20:26

Salvation by synth with Reznor & Co. at the BOK Center

“Roughly Right” Doesn’t Need You To Be Perfect

https://midbrow.org/roughly-right-doesnt-need-you-to-be-perfect/

Published: March 9, 2026 20:23

Alicia Kelly’s show at 108|Contemporary brings a carpenter’s materials and an artist’s mentality together

Home Is Where The Glory Is

https://midbrow.org/home-is-where-the-glory-is/

Published: March 9, 2026 17:24

At new group exhibit at Dixwell’s NXTHVN gallery.

Toad’s Was For Lovers

https://midbrow.org/khamari-toads-place-review/

Published: March 9, 2026 17:07

When Khamari came to town.

3 Acts Spring Forward

https://midbrow.org/3-acts-spring-forward-at-3-sheets/

Published: March 9, 2026 17:02

At 3 Sheets.

Cue “What’s Going On.” Scream Sing

https://midbrow.org/cue-whats-going-on-scream-sing/

Published: March 9, 2026 16:38

A community sing-along lifts more than voices.

Slow Burning Chaos

https://midbrow.org/slow-burning-chaos/

Published: March 9, 2026 16:35

In Saba Sams' new novel about an bar owner and an enigmatic teen runaway.

Heaven Meets Earth

https://midbrow.org/baton-rouge-gallery-artist-talk/

Published: March 9, 2026 16:15

At artist talk at Baton Rouge Gallery.

The Dickhead Consortium Celebrates National Cereal Day

https://midbrow.org/the-dickhead-consortium-celebrates-national-cereal-day/

Published: March 9, 2026 16:01

Tyler Maxwell has fun in a basement for the first time in a while.

Iranian Artist Highlights The Long Resistance

https://midbrow.org/iranian-artist-mahsa-attaran-highlights-the-long-resistance/

Published: March 8, 2026 16:41

At Ball and Socket Arts.

Rainbow Kitten Surprise Triumphs

https://midbrow.org/rainbow-kitten-surprise-triumphs/

Published: March 8, 2026 16:38

At College Street Music Hall.

Sarah Margu Comes To Life

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Published: March 8, 2026 16:32

Along the human story of the Amistad case, at Prosser Library reenactment.

DJ Ryan’s New Release of the Week: James Blake's “Death of Love”

https://midbrow.org/dj-ryans-new-release-of-the-week-james-blake-death-of-love/

Published: March 8, 2026 16:26

Blake brings us to church, and into the dark.

Getting Her Roses

https://midbrow.org/awak-jen-hatmaker-review/

Published: March 8, 2026 16:25

Jen Haymaker's bracingly honest post-divorce memoir goes deep.

Breadth Of A "Salesman"

https://midbrow.org/death-of-a-salesman-hartford-stage/

Published: March 8, 2026 16:20

Jamil Ragland finds new layers to the family story in Arthur Miller's classic.

Cross Cast, Crew Change The World One Lesbian At A Time

https://midbrow.org/cross-play/

Published: March 6, 2026 21:26

With musical running through the weekend.

"The Handmaid’s Tale" Chills

https://midbrow.org/the-handmaids-tale-chills-the-detroit-opera-house/

Published: March 6, 2026 17:41

At the Detroit Opera House.

The Sounds Of Cemetery Silence

https://midbrow.org/black-cemeteries-of-west-baton-rouge/

Published: March 6, 2026 17:09

Black cemeteries of West Baton Rouge on display.

Your 2026 Philly Bucket List

https://midbrow.org/your-2026-philly-bucket-list/

Published: March 6, 2026 16:45

Social club GoodThings wants to remind Philadelphians of all that the city has to offer.

"Threads of Identity" Stuns

https://midbrow.org/threads-of-identity-gallery-review/

Published: March 5, 2026 23:34

At the Scarab Club.

Joie du Rock

https://midbrow.org/joie-du-rock/

Published: March 5, 2026 22:37

Chicago's Ratboys and Philly's Florry delivered gleeful sets during a show at First Unitarian Church.

At The Spotlight, The Rivalry Between OKC And Tulsa Is Made Musical

https://midbrow.org/at-the-spotlight-the-rivalry-between-okc-and-tulsa-is-made-musical/

Published: March 5, 2026 20:13

The historic Bruce Goff-designed venue hosted a night of rappers and DJs, put together by ThunderWof. and dj noname.

In “Conversation”

https://midbrow.org/in-conversation/

Published: March 5, 2026 20:11

Former VP Harris talked the night away on home turf.

An Rx For Music Out Of Misery

https://midbrow.org/philip-schultz-poetry-review-2/

Published: March 5, 2026 19:19

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Philip Schultz enters his ninth decade with “enormous” insights.

Jazz Lives On Wednesdays

https://midbrow.org/jazz-lives-on-wednesdays/

Published: March 5, 2026 19:13

Thanks to Andy Pizzo Trio at Hayride Scandal.

Greasers Not the Only Ones Who Get a Beating

https://midbrow.org/the-outsiders-theater-review/

Published: March 5, 2026 16:43

In Fisher Theatre's "The Outsiders."

Del Comes Home

https://midbrow.org/del-water-gap-concert-review/

Published: March 5, 2026 16:39

New Havener S. Holden Jaffe (aka Del Water Gap) fills College St with indie-alt-pop energy to close national tour.

An Rx For Music Out Of Misery

https://midbrow.org/philip-schultz-enormous-morning/

Published: March 5, 2026 15:50

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Philip Schultz enters his ninth decade with “enormous” insights.

Help: I Couldn't Stop Eating This Butter Chicken Pizza

https://midbrow.org/h/

Published: March 4, 2026 23:30

Pakistani street food takes new form at Pie Sci pop-up.

The 90-Minute, One-Act Play That Made Me Weep 3 Minutes In

https://midbrow.org/the-90-minute-one-act-play-that-made-me-weep-3-minutes-in/

Published: March 4, 2026 21:02

Spoken word meets song and movement in World Stage Theatre Company’s “for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf”

Attention Manifesto Makes Imaginary Friends

https://midbrow.org/attensify-manifesto-book-review/

Published: March 4, 2026 16:28

Is this the best way to take attention back from corporations and corrupt systems?

Go West, Not-So-Young Man

https://midbrow.org/the-rest-of-our-lives-ben-markovitz/

Published: March 4, 2026 16:20

An adrift man drops his daughter off at college and just keeps driving

An Oasis of Southern Charm in Detroit

https://midbrow.org/oasis-detroit-joe-louis-southern-kitchen/

Published: March 4, 2026 15:52

Found at Joe Louis Southern Kitchen

Dancing Through Memory at the Lantern Festival

https://midbrow.org/dancing-through-memory-at-the-lantern-festival/

Published: March 4, 2026 01:52

Megan Lowe Dances conjured the extraordinary at this year’s celebration.

Powerviolence Packs A Punch

https://midbrow.org/powerviolence-packs-a-punch/

Published: March 3, 2026 23:30

A four-band bill exemplifies why more live shows should keep it succinct.

Jim O’Rourke meets Finnegan’s Wake

https://midbrow.org/jim-orourke-meets-finnegans-wake/

Published: March 3, 2026 21:12

The Early gets experimental on stage during their album release show at Solar Myth.

Lean On!

https://midbrow.org/the-balancing-act-book-review/

Published: March 3, 2026 18:55

Nedra Glover Tawwab's latest book offers tips on asking others for help.

Detroit Opera’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Is Hauntingly Beautiful

https://midbrow.org/detroit-operas-the-handmaids-tale-is-hauntingly-beautiful/

Published: March 3, 2026 16:51

Thanks to stunning visuals and haunting singing and orchestration.

Andrew Callaghan Jumps Off The Internet

https://midbrow.org/andrew-callaghan-jumps-off-the-internet/

Published: March 2, 2026 22:31

And onto the Royal Oak Music Theatre stage.

Thrash at the Buzzard

https://midbrow.org/thrash-at-the-buzzard/

Published: March 2, 2026 19:17

The Oakland metal scene is alive and thriving.

'Just Watch Me' Stream Gets Spicy

https://midbrow.org/just-watch-me-stream-gets-spicy/

Published: March 2, 2026 19:15

Debut novel by an author worth watching.

Groove As Testimony

https://midbrow.org/seeing-sounds-jam-session/

Published: March 2, 2026 18:43

To community joyful-noisemaking, at a three-hour “Seeing Sounds” jam on Audubon Street.

The Piano Man At The German Bar

https://midbrow.org/the-piano-man-at-the-german-bar/

Published: March 2, 2026 18:13

At 73, Jerry Ferry goes truly classic on the kys.

"Bad Boy of Jazz" Elew Returns To Detroit With A Vengeance

https://midbrow.org/elew-does-sting/

Published: March 2, 2026 18:09

With a full night's take on ... Sting.

Grand Kyiv Ballet's "Giselle" Enchants

https://midbrow.org/grand-kyiv-ballets-gis/

Published: March 2, 2026 17:42

Deliciously dark at the Music Hall.

Here's Look At Us, House Of Blue

https://midbrow.org/mike-weary-exhibit-review/

Published: March 2, 2026 17:29

Blue is the through line of works by Mike Weary at Louisiana Art & Science.

SUPERCURSE Casts a Spell

https://midbrow.org/supercurse-casts-a-spell/

Published: March 2, 2026 17:13

The band submerged Kung Fu Necktie in knotty riffs and dark drones as part of a three-band bill Saturday night.

A Theater Kid’s Dreams Never Die

https://midbrow.org/rosetint-community-theater-east-rock/

Published: March 2, 2026 17:10

New community theater sings their hearts out at East Rock Market cabaret.

Aquintet Holds Down Sundays At The Cannon

https://midbrow.org/aquintet-sundays-at-the-cannon/

Published: March 2, 2026 16:56

A New Haven jazz jam tradition resurfaces.

Dressing Black Panther

https://midbrow.org/dressing-black-panther/

Published: March 2, 2026 16:53

The African American Museum displays the details of Ruth E. Carter's 40-year career as a costume designer (from "Sinners" to "Black Panther").

DJ Ryan’s New Release of the Week: Mitski's “Where’s My Phone?”

https://midbrow.org/dj-ryans-new-release-of-the-week-mitskis-wheres-my-phone/

Published: March 1, 2026 16:27

Power pop meets chamber music meets Belle and Sebastian on testosterone.

A Life Dedicated To Rugs

https://midbrow.org/a-life-dedicated-to-rugs/

Published: February 27, 2026 19:48

Tuft the World is Philly's magic carpet ride of artist studios.

From Bach to Busta

https://midbrow.org/black-violin-shubert-review/

Published: February 27, 2026 19:24

Black Violin genre-hops at the Shubert.

Where I Nested

https://midbrow.org/green-drinks-climate-haven-visualizing-change/

Published: February 27, 2026 19:20

At a climate-tech start-up's "Green Drinks" networking-hour opening for a 12-artist exhibition.