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ARTS AROUND ANN ARBOR

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RECENT POSTS

MUSIC

The Radar: New music by Washtenaw County-associated artists and labels clone clone
One Track Mind: Post-Ford, “Bonfire”
The Radar: New music by Washtenaw County-associated artists and labels
Evolutionary Change: Ann Arbor Rapper Brandon Mitchell Closes MC Kadence Chapter and Looks Ahead to New Projects
One Track Mind: Knut Hill, “Up North”
Many Happy Hours (and Some Sad Ones): A new documentary profiles longtime Ann Arbor musician Randy Tessier

VISUAL ART

Ornithology and Ideology: Sheida Soleimani's "Flyways" exhibit at U-M features mixed media that explores wildlife and her Iranian heritage
Washtenaw County artists and filmmakers at the 64th Ann Arbor Film Festival
U-M's Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons Celebrates Connection and Healing Through Art
Arts and culture stories from the University of Michigan
State of Flux: Robin Speth’s drawings and airbrush paintings at Matthaei explore nature’s chronic change
Lynn Galbreath's U-M exhibit combines paintings that draw on travel, commercialism, and communications

FILM & VIDEO

Empowering Humor: A sneak peek of a doc on Ypsi's Fool School Clown Class screens at IFFY film fest
Many Happy Hours (and Some Sad Ones): A new documentary profiles longtime Ann Arbor musician Randy Tessier
Washtenaw County artists and filmmakers at the 64th Ann Arbor Film Festival
EMU alumnus Joshua Woodcock returns to Ypsi to screen his debut feature film, "One Night in Tokyo"
Memory Cares: A recent film and a play about dementia are coming to Ann Arbor
A Colorful Bouquet: U-M group's multidisciplinary "All the Flowers Festival" celebrates queer and female artists

THEATER & DANCE

April 2026 theater productions in Washtenaw County
Teen Spirit: Theatre Nova's “The JonBenét Game" captures the mercurial dynamics of teenage girls
Arts and culture stories from the University of Michigan
Ann Arbor Civic Theatre's "She Kills Monsters" shows a grieving sister coping through "Dungeons & Dragons"
Anyway, Here's "Afterall": Cole Hunter Dzubak's debut play was inspired by Oasis' "Wonderwall"
John Patrick Shanley’s "Doubt, a Parable" is a thought-provoking battle of wills

WRITTEN WORD

The characters in Laura Hulthen Thomas’ novel “The Meaning of Fear" encounter the relentless nature of pain and harm
Story Time: New and recent books by Washtenaw County-associated authors and imprints
Arts and culture stories from the University of Michigan
Angela Chen's "After School" chronicles the U-M Stamps School professor's childhood in pressure-filled summer-studies programs
Slash and Burn: Kelly Hoffer finds care and destruction in her new poetry collection, “Fire Series”
University of Michigan MFA student Kameryn Alexa Carter discusses her poem "Whoso list to hunt"

PULP LIFE

Visiting the Void: Josie Eli Herman and Michael Alan Herman explain their world-building audio dramas
Smart Schtick: U-M Ph.D. candidate Julianna Loera-Wiggins brings Femme Feedback to the Tree Town Comedy Festival
Fill the Freighthouse: UMS will bring a trainload of creativity to the Ypsi landmark in April
Two Ann Arbor food events will help thaw the January chill
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