Franny Choi
Each section of Franny Choi’s first collection of poems, Soft Science, begins with a poem...
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Culture
The Blue LLama
The Blue LLama jazz club and restaurant finally opened on Main St. last month with a full program...
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Boneshaker
Among the wonders of the short history of jazz is its urbanism. The musical chronicles of American...
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Polly Rosenwaike
In her short story “Ten Warning Signs of Postpartum Depression,” Polly Rosenwaike...
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Mathias Eick
Downtown Ann Arbor has not had a dedicated jazz club since the Firefly closed almost two decades...
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Anthony Marra
It has been six years since Anthony Marra’s A Constellation of Vital Phenomena startled...
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Triptych (Eyes of One on Another)
Among the most intriguing entries in Robert Mapplethorpe’s photographic soft parade of...
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Fraser & Haas
Many musicians, perhaps especially ones with early immersion in traditional folk music, eventually...
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Handel’s Semele
My first immersive listening experience involving the High Baroque was hearing the tenor aria...
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Never Not Once
Cary Crim’s latest Purple Rose premiere, Never Not Once, is one of those plays that uses its...
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We Banjo 3
Ireland’s We Banjo 3 call their music “Celtgrass.” The description is apt...
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Art in the Age of the Internet
There’s not much point waiting for the Internet art of tomorrow. As Art in the Age of the...
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The Little Mermaid
“It’s so clear, can’t you hear, I’m the ONE,” careens a soprano into...
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Kristin Roupenian
About a year ago The New Yorker published a short story, “Cat Person,” by Kristen...
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Andre Mehmari 2019
When Brazilian pianist Andre Mehmari returns to the Kerrytown Concert House on January 19, it will...
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Britten’s War Requiem
Over the past year, Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem has been performed in cities across...
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Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s
Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s at the U-M Museum of Art is for those who like...
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