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Arts Around Ann Arbor
4+ hour, 14+ min ago (866+ words) When Toko Shiiki learned about Rose Carver's emotional story about why she decided to become a clown, she knew it was more than just a laughing matter. The Ann Arbor resident's inspiring story of carrying on the legacy of her…...
Many Happy Hours (and Some Sad Ones): A new documentary profiles longtime Ann Arbor musician Randy Tessier
1+ week, 3+ day ago (184+ words) Randy Tessier has spent large portions of his life as a professional musician, but the 75-year-old always had a part-time gig, too. "I was a pot dealer. I sold marijuana'lots of it. Hundreds of pounds," he said. "And over the…...
Arts and culture stories from the University of Michigan
1+ mon, 1+ hour ago (204+ words) The University of Michigan produces a tremendous number of major talents in the fields of visual arts, music, film, theater, literature, and more. The various colleges within U-M, as well as several in-house publications, also do a good job of…...
Ann Arbor Civic Theatre's "She Kills Monsters" shows a grieiving sister coping through "Dungeons & Dragons"
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (1005+ words) Meme Resnick's interest in Dungeons & Dragons started when she transferred to a new high school in her junior year." A friend suggested that she might like to learn about the popular role-playing game. "He was putting together a group and…...
Memory Cares: A recent film and a play about dementia are coming to Ann Arbor
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (557+ words) Well, she used to have a carefree mind of her own And a delicate look in her eye These days, I'm afraid, she's not even sure If her name is Veronica'Elvis Costello, "Veronica," 1989 Memory loss is a slow burn. For…...
A new exhibit at Ann Arbor's CLUSTER Museum helps us remember what we might forget or ignore
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (176+ words) Ann Arbor's CLUSTER Museum is highlighting what's left behind when something is taken away. The Smoke, the Ghost, the Balm, which runs January 30 to February 28, "pays homage to the residue that rises from disappearances and forced erasures," according to the…...
Ghanaian artist Bright Ackwerh brings his satirical political paintings to Ann Arbor Art Center
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (219+ words) Curator Alice Korkor Ebeheakey is clear about the intent of 404: Accountability Not Found, the new exhibit at Ann Arbor Art Center featuring the satirical works of Ghanaian creative Bright Ackwerh: "The exhibition explores how art can confront the global challenge…...
The Ann Arbor Civic Theatre has to move, but it's not going away
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (264+ words) An MLive headline on January 10 may have caused the heart rates of local theater fans to spike for a second: "96-year-old Ann Arbor theater hopes to continue despite lease nearing its end" The article discusses the history of Ann Arbor…...
Forge Theater announces first play, other performances in its new collaborative creative space in Ann Arbor
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (129+ words) Theater is communal by nature, with different departments'costumes, set design, acting'coming together to create something of artistic value. But Ann Arbor's Forge Theater is built entirely on community. The collaborative studio space on Packard Street soft-launched in the fall, and…...
Telegraph Quartet will perform a free concert of Haydn, Bart'k, and Skye in Ann Arbor
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (261+ words) The Telegraph Quartet, which formed in San Francisco in 2013, has been in residence at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance (SMTD) since fall 2024." David Gier, dean of SMTD and Paul C. Boylan Collegiate Professor of Music, said at…...