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AADL Reads: Cecile Richards

In this episode of AADL Reads, we got to talk to Cecile Richards about her book, "Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding the Courage to Lead" and also about some of her own favorite reads!

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AADL Reads: Stephen Mack Jones

Stephen Mack Jones stopped by the studio to discuss a lot of books, including his own "Lives Laid Away"!

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AADL Reads: Sarah Dessen

Sarah Dessen, author of The Rest of the Story and SO MANY other YA novels, stopped and talked with us for a while about YA fiction, movie adaptations, and more!

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AADL Reads: Brigit Young

In this episode of AADL Reads, we got to talk with Brigit Young about her debut children's novel, Worth a Thousand Words. We also couldn't miss the opportunity to discuss the ever-controversial topic of movies that are better than the book (and more!) 

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AADL Reads: Michelle Kuo

Michelle Kuo, author of the memoir, Reading with Patrick, was kind enough to talk with us about her own writing, books that we would be shocked she loves, and also about what is currently on her reading list!

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AADL Reads: Sarah Vowell

In the first episode of AADL reads, we chatted with Sarah Vowell not only about her latest book, Lafayette in the Somewhat United States, but also about her relationship with reading, her go-to classics, and more!

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MUSIC

The Radar: New music by Washtenaw County-associated artists and labels
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One Track Mind: 3Steez, "Stand Up!"
The Radar: New music by Washtenaw County-associated artists and labels
The Radar: New music by Washtenaw County-associated artists and labels
A Colorful Bouquet: U-M group's multidisciplinary "All the Flowers Festival" celebrates queer and female artists

VISUAL ART

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
"Beyond the Cover: Celebrating Local Art" highlights the creatives behind the Chelsea District Library's newsletter fronts

FILM & VIDEO

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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Michigan Theater head organist Andrew Rogers dies at 74

THEATER & DANCE

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
A Colorful Bouquet: U-M group's multidisciplinary "All the Flowers Festival" celebrates queer and female artists
The Ann Arbor Civic Theatre has to move, but it's not going away

WRITTEN WORD

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
Kyle E. Miller's "The Idiot’s Garden" is a poetic postapocalyptic novel where few humans exist but the world flourishes
Washtenaw Jewish News editor Clare Kinberg discovered her estranged aunt's life story for “By the Waters of Paradise”
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PULP LIFE

Two Ann Arbor food events will help thaw the January chill
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