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ARTS AROUND ANN ARBOR

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MUSIC

One Track Mind: Michael Skib, "Maneuvers Through the Prominence of Tau Ceti"
The Radar: New music by Washtenaw County-associated artists and labels
One Track Mind: Ki5, "Rain"
The Radar: New music by Washtenaw County-associated artists and labels
One Track Mind: Fearless Amaretto, "Amaretto"
Monsters Mash: Live recordings of Destroy All Monsters

VISUAL ART

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
View From the East: Terry Swafford's new exhibit at U-M captures a specific side of Detroit
A new exhibit at Ann Arbor's CLUSTER Museum helps us remember what we might forget or ignore
Shared Humanity: The "Black Artist Exhibit" at Riverside Arts Center promotes unity
Collecting "Chaos": The Destroy All Monsters exhibit at Cranbrook gathers artifacts from the pioneering Ann Arbor art and music collective

FILM & VIDEO

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
The University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies' film series returns with a laugh
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THEATER & DANCE

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
Under the Hood: Purple Rose's "The Classic King" is a detailed comedy-drama set in the used-car world
Memory Cares: A recent film and a play about dementia are coming to Ann Arbor
Theatre Nova's "Kayak" combines comedy, character studies, and current events

WRITTEN WORD

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"
University of Michigan instructor Tracy Zeman discusses her poem "Belle Isle"
A viral video tests friendships in Lillian Li’s new novel, “Bad Asians”
Afrodiasporic Verse: Aaron Coleman's recent poetry books look to the past to unlock possibilities for the future

PULP LIFE

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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