It was July of last year, and she had to finish What Springs Forth for a Zoom reading. It would be her first chance to hear her play—about “middle-aged friends who head for what they think will be a spa retreat and wind up battling [the elements], each other, and their inner demons”—read aloud.
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The ancient Egyptian and Greek symbol of a snake eating its tail, Ouroboros, is also the inspiration for the three-part art installation by U-M Stamps Roman J. Witt artist-in-residence Machine Dazzle (né Matthew Flower). The resident artist works jointly with students and faculty to create a work of art: Ouroboros, a room-sized “snake” that hangs from the ceiling at UMMA’s Irving Stenn Jr. Family Gallery.
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Marschall Runge didn’t realize how many physicians wanted to write fiction until he signed up for a “Writing for Doctors” workshop—and found 300 others in attendance.
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These days, Charlene Kaye only gets back to Ann Arbor on tour, but she launched her music career playing open mics as a U-M English major in the late aughts.
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Peter “Madcat” Ruth was fifteen when he first heard blues duo Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry on...
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Sopheap Pich’s 2012 Seated Buddha—Abhaya Mudra, made of bamboo and rattan, greets visitors to the...
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Every time Jay Platt walked past the building on his way to work, he thought it would be an ideal...
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Gorski works on the Ann Arbor District Library’s outreach team and hosts The Gayest Generation, an...
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Artist Dylan Strzynski started interviewing art fair artists in 2013. It was easy to find...
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“I joke that other people go to the lake to relax by the water,” says Susan Pollay. “I just enjoy...
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“I felt some community responsibility to bring it back,” says Tucker, who’s art director and...
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For almost thirty years Johnny Williams hosted concerts in the basement of his home on Dexter Rd....
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A distraught woman stares into the middle distance against an ominous red background; from a jagged voice bubble comes her anguished cry: “… NOW WHAT?”
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On February 27, 1924, Ann Arbor celebrated its first centennial with a big birthday party at the...
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If you love art but hate the crowds and heat of the city’s summer art fairs, you’ll swoon over the...
Read MoreWhenever Karen TenBrink talks about music, her eyes light up. From her earliest years, it’s brought her joy, and it’s brought people together. For the past decade she’s been sharing those pleasures as director of the Ann Arbor...
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On Saturday, December 9, shoppers in Briarwood Mall will encounter ringing bells, singing choirs,...
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Last summer and into the fall, a constellation of crocheted geometric tapestries graced the side...
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In 1963, a fellow U-M art student heard Tom Petiet singing while working in class and suggested...
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