Localized: Sonnei

Localized: Sonnei
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Sonnei is an artist whose expression has shape-shifted sonically and aesthetically. From school programs in second grade to the typical national anthem stint to singing with local dynamos, their career has been one of transformation. … read more

Localized: Stephanie Mabey

Localized: Stephanie Mabey
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Mabey’s most recent EP, I Still Taste Fire, released in September 2016, yet her older catalog is concurrently carving a path for her expanding potential. Having no management or outside art direction, Mabey is honing her sonic and aesthetic identity in a wholly organic process, from the roots up. … read more

Kiitos Brewing Crafts the Conscious and Delicious

Kiitos Brewing Crafts the Conscious and Delicious
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“Always look local,” says Clay Turnbow, the congenial home brewer–turned–Head Brewer at Kiitos Brewing. A minimalist, unpretentious yet ultra-cool oasis nestled amid a semi-dilapidated industrial park, Kiitos offers a cheerful gathering space for the love of the suds. … read more

Finding a Home: Art Makes an Impact at the Rio Gallery

Finding a Home: Art Makes an Impact at the Rio...
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The brainchild of local professional artist and curator Clinton Whiting, Art In The Home is a meditation on the powerful impact that owning original works can sustain for families who might not otherwise access them. … read more

Slamdance Film Review: Mr. Fish: Cartooning from the Deep End

Slamdance Film Review: Mr. Fish: Cartooning from the Deep End
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The best of art comes from the creation that follows destruction. Mr. Fish: Cartooning From The Deep End is a documentary full of raw, ugly, animated humanity that respects that tension. … read more

Slamdance Film Review: Human Affairs

Slamdance Film Review: Human Affairs
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Genevieve, a young French expat living a quiet Vermont life, travels to New York to make the first personal contact with Sidney and Lucinda, the couple for whom she is three months into surrogacy. … read more

Two Sides of the Self: M/M at Slamdance

Two Sides of the Self: M/M at Slamdance
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M/M is a beautifully shot, modern and stylish film by director Drew Lint, and will show at the 2018 Slamdance Film Festival. … read more

Pale Waves @ Kilby Court with The Candescents 11.24

Pale Waves @ Kilby Court with The Candescents 11.24
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Pale Waves come onstage with a sophisticated air of taut professionalism. “Goth Mum” Barron-Gracie immediately serves her perplexingly dark vibes with smart, delicious bubblegum hooks. … read more

The Third Space: The Printed Garden’s Good Reads and Grounding

The Third Space: The Printed Garden’s Good Reads and Grounding
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Comfortable, quiet and safe are more than descriptors of the books neatly lining The Printed Garden’s shelves. They are also the central spirit of the store itself; the “third space” Cance has crafted with heaps of heart. … read more

Perturbator, Visigoth, Darklord @ Metro 09.06

Perturbator, Visigoth, Darklord @ Metro 09.06
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The show Kent provides is an energizing blend of madness and melodic trance worth the ringing ears and mechanized nightmares. … read more