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MUSIC

Today's Troubadour: Maddy Ringo explores folk music through a modern lens on "People of the Earth and Sea"

Friday Five: Idle Ray, Dapper Ain't Delirious, Gusmão, Splingus, Reckless Manner

Picturing Surprise: Jeff Dunn plays a jazz photography solo at Argus Museum

Now Hear This: Summer Music Festivals in Washtenaw County

Friday Five: Tension Splash, The Strange Theory of Light and Matter, Lionbelly, The AMX, Iconic Chronic

Songbird: Dave & Kristi embrace the spirit of the chickadee on their new folk album

VISUAL ART

Picturing Surprise: Jeff Dunn plays a jazz photography solo at Argus Museum

So Much Larger Than Life: Meggie Ramm's winsome "Batcat: Cooking Contest!" graphic novel helps kids process big-time emotions

Dedicated Followers of Fashion: Gutman Gallery's "In Style" exhibit highlights wearable design

Sasha Gusikhin's NeuroArts Productions organizes multidisciplinary creative events to promote mental health awareness

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

FILM & VIDEO

Ann Arbor-filmed comedy flick "Hometown Summer" premieres at the Michigan Theater

Barbara Neri's "Unlocking Desire" film looks to a Tennessee Williams classic for inspiration

iFFY the Filmsters: The Independent Film Festival Ypsilanti returns for its sixth edition

The 63rd Ann Arbor Film Festival will show that de-evolution is real

Monday Mix: Michigan Creates, Music Un-Tuxed, A2AC Murals & Planters, Blue LLama live streams, Ann Arbor 200 documentaries

THEATER & DANCE

Surrealism on Stage: Theatre Nova's "Jorge Luis Borges Gives a Lecture on Anatomy" is a trippy ride

Racism, Resentment, Rumbles: Encore Theatre's "West Side Story" is a rare opportunity to see this American classic live, as the country wrestles with similar themes

Fake It 'Til You Break It: The Imposters bring improv skills to sketch comedy

Teenage Kicks: The musical adaptation of "Spring Awakening" connects the past with the present at Ann Arbor Civic Theatre

Shakespeare in the Arb’s "Merry Wives of Windsor" offers a comedy classic—and a walk in the woods

WRITTEN WORD

Middle School Shenanigans: Caroline Huntoon's "Going Overboard" tracks two clashing teens who team up for mischief

Above & Below: A family's fragmentation follows the "Waterline" in Aram Mrjoian’s new novel

Northern Exposure: U-M professor Michelle Adams' "The Containment" shines a light on the 1974 Supreme Court decision on school segregation in Detroit

Human Depth: Danielle Leavitt's "By the Second Spring" covers the first year of the invasion of Ukraine through the eyes of seven people

Cult of Personality: Omar Hussain's psychological thriller, "A Thousand Natural Shocks," explores how far people will go to forget their pasts

U-M professor Leah Litman makes a ruling on the Supreme Court in her new book, "Lawless"

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