by The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team The 10th Anniversary Italian Film Festival USA of Metro Detroit opens on Wednesday, April 5 at 7 p.m. at the Detroit Institute of Arts’ Detroit Film Theatre with La pazza gioia (Like Crazy). A…

by Christian Usera IT’S JUNE IN Ann Arbor which means the ubiquitous Ann Arbor Summer Festival (A2SF) is set to kick off on June 12 with over 140 events. The much anticipated 32-year-old festival has featured music legends such as Johnny…

THE ANNUAL independent Ann Arbor Jewish Film Festival runs April 12-16 at the Michigan Theater, hosted by the Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor. Every film has been chosen by the Ann Arbor Jewish Film Festival committee in…

by John Ball THE 2015 ITALIAN Film Festival USA Metro Detroit recently announced the complete schedule of its 11th edition, which takes place April 1-26 at various locations across the metro area, including Ann Arbor. A trio of the…

A film screening and panel discussion of “Refusing to be Enemies: The Zeitouna Story.” by William Foreman ON JAN. 26, 2015, the University of Michigan Center for the Education of Women and the Minerva Project is sponsoring a showing…

by Sydney Hawkins LONG BEFORE LENA Dunham brought her groundbreaking depiction of the sexual life of post-college women to HBO’s “Girls,” a University of Michigan professor shocked audiences with her novel, The Diary of a Teenage Girl.…

by Rob Smith THE MICHIGAN COUNCIL for Arts and Cultural Affairs recently announced that the organization had awarded $9.7 million to cultural organizations in Michigan. That’s up 27 percent over the $7.6 million in grant money awarded…

On Oct. 6, the Ann Arbor District Library screened “The Michigan Beer Film” at Bill’s Beer Garden. A2 Indy arts writer Chris Usera was there on a cool, rainy evening, soaking in the atmosphere and, yes, sampling the Kombucha Beer. by…

by John DeFore James Moll interviews a half-dozen twentysomethings who’ve chosen the challenging life of a farmer. Attractive but none-to-deep celebration of hard-working heartlanders. SIX YOUNG AMERICANS share their experience of…

“Gabriel” Rory Culkin stars as a mentally unstable youth convinced that tracking down his first love is the answer to his problems in director Lou Howe’s debut feature. by Dave Rooney Venue: Tribeca Film Festival (World Narrative…