The Retrospective

“21,398 keys, 26 artist grants, one vision” - so begin the opening lines of the 823 Key Project site. The idea is brilliant in its simplicity, and inspiring in its goal. Sell a series of one-of-a-kind, vintage, handmade, skeleton-key necklaces, and use the proceeds to create a grant fund that musicians and writers, painters and photographers, travelers and revelers can tap for their next project.

Notorious for putting their hearts and emotions on display for the world to interpret, Thursday hides very little from their audience. Over the years, Thursday has gained thousands of admirers, millions have watched them come into their own, and most importantly (to us, anyway) they’ve become our friends.

Walking into the Leo Ketsing Gallery this past Friday night, one might have thought they’d stumbled into a trendy fashion auction from twenty years ago. Event organizers Zia Ziprin and Raquel Griffin put together a night full of retro fashion and fun all for a good cause. Designers Issey Miyake, Claude Montana, and Theirry Mugler [...]

In an effort to foster relationship and dialogue with creatives that inspire us to stop and think, we’ve decided the new year needed a new focus. “We Are Each Other” is an on-going series and our new motto/tagline which reflecting a belief that we are all extensions of a larger community, growing and learning from [...]

“If you are good at something, never do it for free, ” opines the Joker in a memorable scene from the  The Dark Knight. That kind of freelance gravitas is easy to throw around when you have differentiated yourself from the marketplace with a niche skillset: killing, terror, and cackling. What about the rest of [...]

In this shocking Retrospective exclusive, contributing writer, Caitlin Schiller, recounts a torrid aural love affair with the crooning Zach Condon and her exciting afternoon encounter (in her ears) with his collaborative new EP, March of the Zapotec/Realpeople, from Beirut and their dreamy frontman’s pre-Beirut electronic endeavor, Realpeople!!!!

On a vision quest to bring classic hat styles back into the mainstream with ‘vigor and purpose,’ Goorin Brothers Hatmakers have sent our newly appointed leader one of their signature fedoras, The Blake. Chosen for That One  (presumably to be renamed, Lid One) Goorin kicked off their Great American Hat Campaign during the inauguration, asking folks to vote on [...]

Spirit of Apollo, the new album from N.A.S.A. boasts collaborations with the likes of George Clinton, Kanye, M.I.A., Santogold, and Lykke Li, to name a few–and if you’re like me, you’ve been streaming all 17 tracks from the duo’s myspace page all weekend. N.A.S.A., which stands for North America South America, also collaborates on the album with indie [...]

This night, This crowd, and This venue is what counts in the entertainment industry, or so they say. At Hartford’s Webster Theater,  however,  This was not Wale’s night. The February 5th show had me begging for a different night and definitely for a different crowd. The performance is best summed up by Wale sitting down at one point [...]

The nation of Sweden is not made up exclusively of blond haired, blue eyed guys and gals named Sven and Elkie. Perfect example is rocker Adiam Dymott. Named after an African queen, she was born in 1982 to Eritrean parents who fled their war torn nation,  and raised their daughter in the city of Uppsala.