Pulp | Arts Around Ann Arbor

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Ann Arbor News, July 23, 1981

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23

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July

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1981

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Barfield Manufacturing Co.

Black American Businesses

Black Americans

John W. Barfield

Betty Williams Barfield

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FIELD TRIP — High school students from Detroit visited the-Barfield Manufacturing Co. in Ypsilanti Wednesday for a tour of the auto parts manufacturing firm. Acting as guide is Aaron Barfield, far right, who shows the students one of the firm's fastener products, Barfield Manufacturing was founded by John and Betty Barfield in 1977.
NEWS PHOTO BY JANE HALE

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Open-Source Oscillators: Gear Lords, Ann Arbor Bleep Bloop Collective build community with wires and knobs

The Band Abides: The Dude Revue, a musical tribute to "The Big Lebowski," returns to The Blind Pig

"Easy" Does It: Singer-songwriter Kyle Joe explores the light and dark on a new album with Chris DuPont

Friday Five: French Ship, Racing Mount Pleasant, The Missing Cats, J-Classic, Sacha

Friday Five: Louise Toppin and Darryl Taylor, Gifts of Art compilation, Latimer Rogland, Matt McCleskey, Lauren Blackford

Friday Five: Elliot McConnell, Punto de Fuga, Maddy Ringo, Dick Texas, AGN7

VISUAL ART

So Much Larger Than Life: Meggie Ramm's winsome "Batcat: Cooking Contest!" graphic novel helps kids process big-time emotions

Dedicated Followers of Fashion: Gutman Gallery's "In Style" exhibit highlights wearable design

Sasha Gusikhin's NeuroArts Productions organizes multidisciplinary creative events to promote mental health awareness

Curiosity Knocks: "asses.masses" at Stamps Auditorium showed the power of building community

UMMA's "La Raza Art and Media Collective, 1975 to Today" highlights the pioneering work of a campus student group

Common Ground: Philippa Pham Hughes' "Hey, We Need to Talk!" at UMMA is an interactive exhibit that ponders how to build sustainable relationships

FILM & VIDEO

iFFY the Filmsters: The Independent Film Festival Ypsilanti returns for its sixth edition

The 63rd Ann Arbor Film Festival will show that de-evolution is real

Monday Mix: Michigan Creates, Music Un-Tuxed, A2AC Murals & Planters, Blue LLama live streams, Ann Arbor 200 documentaries

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THEATER & DANCE

Big Time: U-M Theatre offered the rare chance to see "Titanic: The Musical"

Theatre Nova's world premiere of "Eclipsed" is an intimate look at a Black family trying to better itself in the racially charged climate of Detroit

Battle Lines: Purple Rose's "My Mother and the Michigan/Ohio War" swings from funny to poignant

"Our Oz" opens a new U-M theater project to address issues via BIPOC and queer lenses

The Mendelssohn Theatre is haunted by a chilling opera version of Henry James' "Turn of the Screw"

Fight for Rights: UMGASS views the Gilbert and Sullivan musical-comedy "H.M.S Pinafore" through the lens of empowerment

WRITTEN WORD

Attack Mode: David Wolinsky looks at the Gamergate scandal and internet culture in "The Hivemind Swarmed" and a panel discussion at AADL

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Writing Into Clarity: Poet Carmen Bugan’s “Tristia” collection engages with loss and pain

Chelsea's Midwest Literary Walk returns with Sarah Vowell, Angie Kim & Shelby Van Pelt

Mother Sky: Ellen Stone sees the moon as a guide and caretaker in her new poetry collection

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