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ARTS AROUND ANN ARBOR

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MUSIC

Friday Five: The Nuts, PRISM Quartet, People I Like, Kelsey, STELLA.
Friday Five: Lily Talmers, Brawny Lad, Prol'e, Crypt Watcher, Akropolis Reed Quintet
Out of the Blue: Ann Arbor hip-hop group Tree City makes a surprise return with “Pure Levels” album
Friday Five: Paul Vornhagen, Martin Babl, Bekka Madeleine, Othercast, Jack de Quidt
Friday Five: Blou Reed, J Rowe & Jordan Schug, Petalwave, Stephen Oduro, This Is Not a Franchise
Cast Away: Ypsilanti’s Premium Rat Finds Connection and Community on Debut Album, “Stranded on Land”

VISUAL ART

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
The Art of Play: "Oscillation" is a new interactive sculpture in downtown Ann Arbor
Monday Mix: Michigan Creates, Music Un-Tuxed, A2AC Murals & Planters, Blue LLama live streams, Ann Arbor 200 documentaries
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FILM & VIDEO

Monday Mix: Michigan Creates, Music Un-Tuxed, A2AC Murals & Planters, Blue LLama live streams, Ann Arbor 200 documentaries
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Long-Awaited Sequel: Cinetopia Film Festival returns to Ann Arbor
Locals Rule: Highlighting the Washtenaw County creatives in the 62nd Ann Arbor Film Festival
The Acting Office: Andrew Otchere turned his University of Michigan studies into the comedy "Becoming BFA: The Showcase Showdown"

THEATER & DANCE

Curiosity Knocks: "asses.masses" at Stamps Auditorium showed the power of building community
A chance at immorality threatens a new romance in Theatre Nova’s production of "Kairos"
Big city meets small town in Purple Rose’s "Fourteen Funerals"
Bureaucracy Meets Buffoonery in U-M’s Production of “The Government Inspector”
Time Warp: EMU Theatre’s “The Rocky Horror Show” Celebrates the Enduring Legacy of the Campy Musical Comedy
Time to Squirm: "Nate — A One Man Show" is a filthy, goofy production with an intellectually provocative foundation

WRITTEN WORD

Novel Idea: Author Breeda Kelly Miller’s Book, “Mrs. Kelly’s Journey Home,” Expands on the Family Immigrant Stories Shared in Her Play
Beauty & Survival: Ann Arbor poet Monica Rico matches people to bird counterparts in "Pinion"
The main character of Maria Leonhauser’s “Murder at Twin Beeches” is good at investigating, bad at relationships
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Believing in Art As a Saving Grace: "The Coolidge-Wagner Anthology of Recorded Poetry" documents the voices of Michigan writers

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Origin Stories: As Tree Town celebrates 200, Museum on Main's "Ann Arbor's Story" looks at the first 50 years

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