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More than 20 Venues Participating in June 5 Ypsi First Friday
First Friday Ypsilanti is a self-guided monthly art walk hosted throughout downtown Ypsilanti at multiple venues. Each month on the first Friday participating venues offer free art activities involving local artists, musicians, and/or…
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Arbor Brewing Company Scrabble Club But Were Afraid to Ask
by Christian Usera
SCRABBLE. THAT’S THE one cryptic (16 point) word I had to go off of when I started this journey. Not knowing what to expect, I enter the Arbor Brewing Company, where I’m greeted by a man with a shaved head with an “OM”…
Feb. 11 U-M Poet Lorna Goodison to Receive 4th Annual Shirley Verrett Award
by Eilisha Dermont
CELEBRATED POET Lorna Goodison, a University of Michigan professor of English language and literature and of Afroamerican and African studies, will receive the 4th annual Shirley Verrett Award. The ceremony will take…
Michigan Council for the Arts Awards Grants Worth $749K to Washtenaw County Organizations
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…
A Day at the Museum—Tagging Along on a Tour of the U-M’s Dinosaur Exhibits
The children are restless and complain, “When does it start? Can we go!” Just when the kiddos are about to gang up on our tour guide, an enthusiastic 20-something U-M student named, Stuart Richardson, directs us up the stairwell to the…
We Band of Brewers: “The Michigan Beer Film”
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.
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Detroit’s New “Writers Residency” Takes Off
AS THE LARGEST city in U.S. history to declare bankruptcy and home of the infamous Eight Mile Road, Detroit might not be the first place that comes to mind if you’re a writer looking for community. But in the wake of a decades-long exodus…
Performance Network Theatre: Loss of Tax Exempt Status & Loss of State License to Solicit Donations
by Christian Usera
ANN ARBOR’S PERFORMANCE Network Theatre has been in financial trouble for years, but its most recent financial difficulties might be just the tip of a titanic iceberg. The group has filed income tax returns (in 2011)…
CULTURE VULTURE: An Interview With Bonnie ZoBell
by Mary Akers
TWICE IN MY life, I have flown through an airport only hours before another plane crashed there. In 1994, with my two young daughters in tow, we landed in Charlotte, NC for an extended visit. Later that evening, a band of…
CULTURE VULTURE: Elvisfest Coming to Ypsilanti Depot Town July 11
RIVERSIDE PARK, Ypsilanti, will be transported back in time to pay tribute to one of America’s most recognized figures–Elvis Presley®. The 15th Anniversary of the Michigan ElvisFest is one of a handful of events that is sanctioned by Elvis…
