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Movie Review: “Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret”
Kelly Fremon Craig directs a kinder, gentler take on the Judy Blume classic that skips some of the straight talk about growing up.
by Amy Nicholson
Judy Blume’s landmark 1970 young adult novel “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret”…
Argus Farm Stop Cafe Trivia Going Strong After A Dozen Years
by Garrett Schumann
Trivia nights in Ann Arbor are not uncommon, but Terry McClymonds' event might have the longest legacy. He started Trivia Night With Terry! in 2011 and has garnered a devoted following for his twice-a-month…
EMU’s Legacy Theatre Presents “9 to 5: The Musical”
by Lori Stratton, Pulp
The era of landline phones, typewriters, and carbon copies returns for Eastern Michigan University’s Department of Communication, Media & Theatre Arts production of 9 to 5: The Musical at the Legacy…
Poet and Writer Naomi Shihab Nye Set Her Latest Middle-Grade-Fiction Novel, “The Turtle of Michigan,” in Ann Arbor
by Jenn McKee
Naomi Shihab Nye is best known for her poetry—she was chancellor of the Academy of American Poets from 2010-15, and the Poetry Foundation’s Young People’s Poet Laureate from 2019-21.
So perhaps it’s no surprise…
Foolmoon Celebration to Return to Kerrytown on April 7
Correction: Jennifer Goulet did not found the WonderFool Productions. She was the organization's Executive Director.
by Stephanie McIntyre
The foolish fun kicks off with a “Month of Making” – March is full of workshops and…
Film Review: “The Locksmith”
Nicolas Harvard’s directorial debut is a by-the-numbers crime story, distinguished slightly by Kate Bosworth's supporting turn.
MPA Rating: R. Running time: 91 MIN.
by Murta Elfadl
“The Locksmith” has the right elements for a…
Film Review: “Knock at the Cabin”
No Surprise, M. Night Shyamalan’s Latest Is Long, Slow and Disappointing. The "Sixth Sense" director has resuscitated his career more times than most, but this latest supernatural thriller feels like a tired remix of letdowns like 'Signs'…
U-M Prof’s Novel “Such A Fun Age” is the 2023 Washtenaw Read Book
by Martha Suitt, Pulp
The 2023 Washtenaw Read is Such a Fun Age by University of Michigan professor Kiley Reid, whose plot-driven novel details what happens and how people feel amidst misunderstandings and omissions…
Theatre Review: Encore Theatre’s “A Christmas Story: The Musical”
by Jenn McKee
A stage musical based on a beloved film classic—like, say, A Christmas Story: The Musical, now being staged at Dexter’s Encore Theatre—can be a double-edged sword.
Yes, it’s a known commodity, so people…
Film Review: “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
As the women of Wakanda, led by Letitia Wright's Shuri, struggle to fill the void T'Challa has left, Coogler stages less a typical Marvel movie than an intricately doom-laden geopolitical thriller.
by Owen Geiberman
When Chadwick…