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Plus, a jazz and funk-filled concert at the Beachland Tavern featuring Qualified and Thicarus on Friday.
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Jan 14, 2026
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Catch Qualified and Thicarus at the Beachland Tavern on Jan. 16 for a birthday bash and a wild night of music.
And no, Little Nemo has absolutely nothing to do with Finding Nemo.
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This week we've got a couple of cozy music-driven animated projects and an article about "algospeak" from relatively new feminist publication, The FlyTrap.
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Is it just me, or is it haunted in here?
Includes Fallout 2, Boston rapstress Brandie Blaze and a book about the militarization of the police.
Includes The Christmas List, Olive the Other Reindeer and my favorite slow holiday song, "Merry Christmas, Darling" by The Carpenters.
Includes Knights of Guinevere, Garden of Eden by Bad Rabbits and The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld. The recommendations are a little darker this week, but that's what makes them beautiful.
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