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ARTS AROUND ANN ARBOR

BRANCHING OUT INTO ARTS CULTURE

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MUSIC

Timothy Monger cleaned out his songwriting notebook for a new album recorded at home
Friday Five: GVMMY, Pattengill Pumas, Dimitra, Sigidy/Le Dawg/Flwr.Chld, Minus 9
Music in Motion: The Carolyn Striho Group brings Detroit energy to AADL June 1
Fruitful Experiment: Chris Bathgate explores thematic writing on his new album, “The Significance of Peaches” 
Friday Five: French Ship, Reena Pang, Ayany Jowi, Darrin James, Loamsy
From Solitude to the Stage: Post Eden’s debut album is a trip to achieve "Solace in Entropy"

VISUAL ART

Embracing Our Differences Michigan installs 60 art banners in two Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti parks
Nature's Way: Cathy Barry's "Connatural" paintings at Matthaei Botanical Gardens explore biological patterns
Eyes on Watercolor: Jeremy Wheeler takes the bold step to get soft in his new collection of paintings at Ann Arbor Art Center
"'I have a crisis for you': Women Artists of Ukraine Respond to War" acts as an archive of witness and response
EMU's "King Kong at Ninety: Visualization in the Art of Stop-Motion Animation" celebrates the creativity behind the film that helped launch the Creature Feature
Open the Vaults: Tania El Khoury's multimedia installation “Cultural Exchange Rate” immerses you in the artist's family history

FILM & VIDEO

Panel Discussion: "Cinema Guild and Campus Film Societies: Their History and Legacy"
No Restrictions: Independent Film Festival Ypsilanti returns with a full slate
A Quick Guide to the 61st Ann Arbor Film Festival
Sound "Waves": Chien-An Yuan plays off the screen at the Ann Arbor Film Festival
A Portrait Study: Ann Arbor Film Festival highlights the Black, queer, experimental cinema of Edward Owens
Societies of Cinema: Frank Uhle creates AADL exhibit, hosts a roundtable at the 61st Ann Arbor Film Fest discussing the cultural influence of campus film groups

THEATER & DANCE

The STEM of the Problem: "Digging Up Dessa" follows a young female archeologist grappling with sexism in the science world
A Ghost Story: Purple Rose’s world premiere of the humorous but serious "In Common" explores friends struggling with relationships, past and present
Action Pain-ing: The ghost of painter Jackson Pollock is a conflicted priest's confidant in Theatre NOVA's "SPLATTERED!"
University of Michigan drama professor Kate Mendeloff passes away from cancer
Take a Leap: Fifth Wall's new abstract chamber-rock opera "The Precipice" debuts at Riverside Arts in Ypsilanti
Turn Down for What?: U-M’s production of “Rent” brightened the corners of the play's darker edges

WRITTEN WORD

Dr. Janet Gilsdorf's novel "Fever" charts a mysterious illness and a researcher's race to discover the bacteria causing it
Shannon McLeod’s Short Story Collection “Nature Trail Stories” Provides Natural Spaces for People to Reflect and Integrate Their Past and Present Selves
“Crying in H Mart”: Michelle Zauner’s Memoir Helps Me Process the Loss of My Mother
BACKYARD BRAINS' GREG GAGE AND TIM MARZULLO HELP PEOPLE EXPLORE NEUROSCIENCE IN THEIR NEW BOOK, "How Your Brain Works"
Stephanie Heit's New Hybrid Memoir Poem "Psych Murders" Examines Shock Treatment, The Aftermath, and How Time and Memory Move in Unexpected Ways
Award-winning poet and writer Naomi Shihab Nye set her latest middle-grade-fiction novel, "The Turtle of Michigan," in Ann Arbor

PULP LIFE

Going Platinum: Friends of the Ann Arbor District Library Reflects on 70 Years of Supporting AADL Patrons and Programs
“Crying in H Mart”: Michelle Zauner’s Memoir Helps Me Process the Loss of My Mother
Chasing Lights: Ann Arbor's Melissa Kaelin knows the secrets to seeing the aurora borealis right here in Michigan
'Til Tuesday: Terry McClymonds' idiosyncratic trivia nights have built an enthusiastic community over the past 12 years
Report Ranks Ann Arbor as One of the Nation’s 10 Most Arts-Vibrant Medium-Sized Cities
AADL 2022 Staff Picks: Homepage

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