Brennan Andes
It’s a little after five on a fall Sunday afternoon. On the patio outside the Ann Arbor...
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Elizabeth Alexander
When Elizabeth Alexander recited her poem “Praise Song for the Day” at President...
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House Party
Not many people would regularly welcome forty or fifty people, some of them total strangers, into...
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Philip Metres
Philip Metres has become one of the leading poets and critics discussing the position of Arab...
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Friends In Deed – Holiday Bed & Crib Drive
For many Washtenaw County families, living without a bed is an unfortunate reality from which...
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Ypsilanti Symphony Orchestra’s 20th Anniversary Holiday Concert
YPSILANTI — Music Director Adam C. Riccinto and the Ypsilanti Symphony Orchestra (YSO)...
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Meals on Wheels Holiday Home Tour and Afterglow Reception
Tickets are now on sale for the 22nd annual Holiday Home Tour and Afterglow reception to benefit...
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Shakespeare in Love
The 24th season closes with Shakespeare in Love, based on the screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom...
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The War and Treaty
A year and a half ago The War and Treaty were playing occasional gigs around Albion, and when they...
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Diva Royale
If you like Mamma Mia, there’s a fair chance you’ll like Jeff Daniels’ new play,...
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James McMurtry
James McMurtry’s big, storytelling songs work either as acoustic folk or as Southern rock,...
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Roscoe Mitchell
Saxophonist, clarinetist, flutist, teacher, and composer Roscoe Mitchell comes to Ann Arbor this...
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Have We Met?
In 1967, Gordon Mumma of the ONCE Group observed that artists are nourished by the cultural...
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I first saw the Redford Township rockabilly trio Nobody’s Business in July, when English soccer mobs materialized seemingly out of thin air for the Manchester United-Liverpool FC match at Michigan Stadium. Afterwards a...
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Outdoor Art
The bold colors of the painted sunflowers grab attention, encouraging passersby to linger a moment...
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Maya Healers
Climbing the steps to Lane Hall, home of the U-M Women’s Studies Department, I anticipated...
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Rasa Festival
A microphone rests on a small pillow on the stage floor. A few inches away, Anurekha Ghosh, an...
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Doris Humphrey
Fall and recovery were bedrock in the technique of modern dance pioneer Doris Humphrey...
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