Everyone's a Critic

We all love springtime in Ann Arbor, especially the usual things that remind us that spring has...

In his best-selling novel set in Europe during WWII, Anthony Doerr follows the fortunes of two...

I was in the inaugural class of the Washtenaw Technical Middle College. Since 1997, the Middle...

Helen Hill is retiring again, this time at the age of 99. At 2:30 p.m. on December 4, 2014,...

Earth to Christopher Nolan: “There’s no crying in outer space!” Roger that....

Informally surveying the line of patient Ark concert-goers in a drizzling October night revealed a...

I am 42 and was born in Madagascar. Since 2008, my family and I live in Ann Arbor. Last Saturday...

In her new novel The Interestings, Meg Wolitzer dances between two time-tested tropes. It’s...

Back in the early sixties, the Blue Front Cigar Store was my home away from home. Our Saturday...

Last year at The Ark, my klezmer show got bumped for Judy Collins. She took our slot. Ann...

“I see him!” someone shouted and we all broke in applause. I jumped up and down, as...

Birds of a feather flock together. My mother used to always say this to us as we ran across the...

On October 6, a cool, overcast Sunday afternoon, the intersection of Huron Parkway and Washtenaw...

Shortly after Pohrt’s death, Fricke, chair of the U-M Anthropology Department, shared these...

‘I reached down the pants cuff with the eraser end of my pencil and poked it. Frozen solid....

I attended Measure for Measure, a men’s choral society performance, at the University of...

My Mother and I drove through a summer thunderstorm in the mountains of West Virginia. The...

The cardinal rule of book reviewing is, Don’t spoil the plot. Nowhere is that maxim more...

On November 8, 9, 10, and 11 at the Power Center, University of Michigan’s Opera Theatre...

These are dark times for America indeed. Not just because of all the polarization and disunity we...