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Ann Arbor man amused to find he 'was Madonna's first lover'

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Costumer Helen King recalled as vital force in local theater circles

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Services set for Ann Arbor costumer Helen Bruesser King, who died at 92

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'Celina' takes melodrama to absurd, funny extremes

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'Dog' has it all

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It'll be a night of chills and thrills with 'Aleister Crowley'

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A 'last refuge for artists'? Judge for yourself, as the Artists Network opens the doors to its house this weekend

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Keeping the season's spirit with 'Scrooge'

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'Marigolds' is beyond this company's capacities

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ARTS AROUND ANN ARBOR

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MUSIC

Friday Five: Dave Sharp Worlds Quartet & Elden Kelly, Loss of Life, Scoops Lively, Normal Park, Pajamas
Inside Story: Jess Merritt's new songs display a bold, transformative mindset
Singer-songwriter Joe Reilly lets kids know there's a place for them in the circle
Friday Five: Jason Engling, Dollie Rot, Dave & Kristi, Latimer Rogland, Delos Prismatic
Monday Mix: Fans With Bands/Mazinga, UMich Symphony Band, DJ Art/MEMCO, DJ DC
Friday Five: Mei Semones, Nadim Azzam, Bill Edwards, Chip Kramer, Tinn Parrow and His Clapfold Platune

VISUAL ART

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
Common Ground: Philippa Pham Hughes' "Hey, We Need to Talk!" at UMMA is an interactive exhibit that ponders how to build sustainable relationships

FILM & VIDEO

Ann Arbor-filmed comedy flick "Hometown Summer" premieres at the Michigan Theater
Michigan Murders: "1969: Killers, Freaks, and Radicals" documentary makes its Ann Arbor debut at Cinetopia
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

Neighborhood Theatre Group's "The Stranger in My Breakfast Nook" is a hilarious musical send-up of Lifetime movies
Rory and Evelyn: PTD Productions’ comedy "Welcome to Paradise" celebrates a chance encounter between generations
A beauty parlor creates a safe place to gather in Ann Arbor Civic Theatre’s staging of "Steel Magnolias"
Still Wilde: Encore Theatre's "The Importance of Being Earnest" is an energetic physical comedy with seriously good acting
Big Time: U-M Theatre offered the rare chance to see "Titanic: The Musical"
Theatre Nova's world premiere of "Eclipsed" is an intimate look at a Black family trying to better itself in the racially charged climate of Detroit

WRITTEN WORD

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"
Poet Zilka Joseph imparts memories, history, and culture of the Bene Israel people by way of food in “Sweet Malida”
Attack Mode: David Wolinsky looks at the Gamergate scandal and internet culture in "The Hivemind Swarmed" and a panel discussion at AADL
So Much Larger Than Life: Meggie Ramm's winsome "Batcat: Cooking Contest!" graphic novel helps kids process big-time emotions

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