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ARTS AROUND ANN ARBOR

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MUSIC

The Radar: New music by Washtenaw County-associated artists and labels
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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

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