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Philly Band Brings Silly, Essential Queer Resistance Music To Tulsa

By Carl Antonowicz

3:46 PM CDT on May 26, 2024

HIRS Collective at Whittier Bar

|Carl Antonowicz

HIRS Collective

Whittier Bar

May 15, 2024

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Carl Antonowicz

Carl Antonowicz is a cartoonist, noisician, performer and academic living on unceded land in Tvlse, OK. He co-runs the experimental music organization One Aux with his pal Todd Woodlan, and plays in at least three different musical formations with friends. See what he's up to at https://linktr.ee/cantocomics

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