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Regenerate! Orchestra

Nov 22, 2022 | Community, Culture |

That’s how Regenerate! Orchestra leader Clay Gonzalez describes their music. “We take a pretty...

Plays at Pathways

Nov 22, 2022 | Community, Culture, Education, News |

In his eleven years at CHS, Strassel taught acting and produced thirty-three shows for the...

Guest Artists

Nov 22, 2022 | Culture, Featured, Sports |

Everyone knows the happy ending: At the Big House on October 15, the Michigan Wolverines...

The North Star Lounge Opens

Oct 25, 2022 | Culture, Dine, Marketplace |

While the Covid-19 pandemic curtailed indoor dining and music at Detroit Street Filling Station,...

Side gig

Oct 25, 2022 | Business, Culture |

For two performances this month at the Kerrytown Concert House, violinist Henrik Karapetyan will...

Of all the artists performing this month at Edgefest, the annual festival of avant-garde jazz and creative new music October 19–22 at Kerrytown Concert House, Anthony Braxton may be the most challenging to describe succinctly....

Murals & Beyond

Sep 23, 2022 | Culture, Featured |

Murals have been popping up like wildflowers on downtown buildings. Since 2019, fifteen have been...

Pulling the Goalie

Sep 23, 2022 | Culture, Featured, Health |

When Hiag Avsharian closed the door to his room at an Ann Arbor fertility clinic, making a movie...

Back to the North Country

Sep 23, 2022 | Culture |

Forty years ago, when he was fourteen, Aaron Stielstra was prop master when his father Jay...

That’s the Ticket

Sep 23, 2022 | Culture, Education, Sports |

The digital age is tough for memorabilia collectors like Ken Magee. The law enforcement consultant...

Land Art

Sep 23, 2022 | Community, Culture, Environment, My Town |

When Lisa and Nick Rombes moved into their home on Hilldale Dr. in late 2019, the view from their...

Question Corner | October 2022

Sep 23, 2022 | Community, Culture |

Q: The purple canoe sculpture in Bandemer Park is gone! What happened to it? A: That’s “Tulip,” ten aluminum canoes standing vertically and meeting at a point in the middle. In 2020 a vehicle crashed into it, and creator Ray...