B at Home
Spring is here, but this is the season of GoFundMe: The web is alive with a chorus of pleas to...
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Event Reviews
Lauren Groff
Lauren Groff’s last two books have been short-listed for the National Book Award. Her 2015...
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Going Viral
The economic effects of Covid-19 have already battered nearly every category of workers in the...
Read MoreThe Covid Calendar
First venues shut down. Then they looked ahead.”I’m trying not to panic but take it one day at a time,” said Kerrytown Concert House director Monica Swartout-Bebow. That was back on March 9. Though no cases of...
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Laugh or Die
I love comedy. Mostly because I’m determined to maintain a healthy level of faith that...
Read MoreAlternative Activities
Although many in-person events have been put on hiatus, there are still community-supported activities that you can enjoy while social distancing. Please reference the daily calendar for more up-to-date online events....
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58th Ann Arbor Film Festival
Three outstanding documentaries in competition at the 58th Ann Arbor Film Festival focus on...
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Helene Grimaud
Watching Helene Grimaud’s hands in flight over the piano keys is like glimpsing a meteor...
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Learning Curve
When my grandmother died, I inherited one of her coats: a stunning, 1940s-era formal wraparound...
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Jumpin’ Jukebox
There is a special place in jazz and popular music for singers who are equally adept pianists:...
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Ellen Stone
Ellen Stone taught at Community High School for many years before her recent retirement. Now she...
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AAPS Orchestra Night
Every February, friends with older children told us about the logistics of transporting and...
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PD9 Sun Ra Band
Sun Ra, who appeared on this planet as Herman Poole Blount in Birmingham, Alabama, 105 years ago,...
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Budapest Festival Orchestra
The Budapest Festival Orchestra’s conductor and co-founder Ivan Fischer is a master at...
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Mustard’s Retreat
Before Mustard’s Retreat formed as a trio in Ann Arbor in 1975, folk musician David...
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Ilya Kaminsky
Ilya Kaminsky’s Deaf Republic seemed to appear on everyone’s “Best of...
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Alternative Realities
Four years ago, Ann Arborite Alexander Weinstein received a lot of praise for his first book, a...
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Martin Katz & Friends
Martin Katz is a beloved pedagogue, vocal coach, and internationally respected organizer of song...
Read MoreFifty First Jokes
Stop me if you’ve heard this—fifty comics walk into a coffeehouse …No joke that. Instead it’s the setup for the sixth annual 50 First Jokes at the Ark on Thursday, January 2. Fifty of the area’s top working...
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