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MUSIC

One Track Mind: Post-Ford, “Bonfire”

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

Evolutionary Change: Ann Arbor Rapper Brandon Mitchell Closes MC Kadence Chapter and Looks Ahead to New Projects

One Track Mind: Knut Hill, “Up North”

Many Happy Hours (and Some Sad Ones): A new documentary profiles longtime Ann Arbor musician Randy Tessier

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

VISUAL ART

Ornithology and Ideology: Sheida Soleimani's "Flyways" exhibit at U-M features mixed media that explores wildlife and her Iranian heritage

Washtenaw County artists and filmmakers at the 64th Ann Arbor Film Festival

U-M's Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons Celebrates Connection and Healing Through Art

Arts and culture stories from the University of Michigan

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

FILM & VIDEO

Empowering Humor: A sneak peek of a doc on Ypsi's Fool School Clown Class screens at IFFY film fest

Many Happy Hours (and Some Sad Ones): A new documentary profiles longtime Ann Arbor musician Randy Tessier

Washtenaw County artists and filmmakers at the 64th Ann Arbor Film Festival

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

THEATER & DANCE

April 2026 theater productions in Washtenaw County

Teen Spirit: Theatre Nova's “The JonBenét Game" captures the mercurial dynamics of teenage girls

Arts and culture stories from the University of Michigan

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

WRITTEN WORD

The characters in Laura Hulthen Thomas’ novel “The Meaning of Fear" encounter the relentless nature of pain and harm

Story Time: New and recent books by Washtenaw County-associated authors and imprints

Arts and culture stories from the University of Michigan

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"

PULP LIFE

Visiting the Void: Josie Eli Herman and Michael Alan Herman explain their world-building audio dramas

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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