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2012 Poetry & Fiction WinnersHeroin addicts dying in the street. Ghosts revisiting their kin. Adventure. Walking through dreams. Memories of a father. Natural disasters. These are the themes covered by our six winners, whose evocative, powerful, oftentimes chilling stories and poems were chosen as the winners of this year’s annual Current Magazine Poetry and Fiction Contest. Enjoy. |
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Better Than Ever: The Ann Arbor Art CenterIf you’re new in town, or even if you have been here a while, be sure to check out the Ann Arbor Art Center. |
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Understanding ourselvesHow we understand ourselves and the world around us is constantly changing. |
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Locally raisedA compilation of four different plays, Home Grown is the A2CT Studio Series season opener. The start of the play is based around Pre-existing Conditions, a one-act written by Ann Arbor local Madeline Diehl. |
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Coming to gripsThe Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Lanford Wilson’s 1987 play, Burn This, is the Performance Network’s summer presentation, running from August 2 - September 2. |
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A single tearA parody of 50’s teen musicals. A cast that includes Johnny Depp, Iggy Pop, Ricki Lake and Patty Hearst. Two orphans with absurd backstories. |
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Lindsay Lou & the FlatbellysThe great state of Michigan has its fair share of talented young bands exploring the far reaches of Americana and incorporating the sounds of bluegrass, rhythm & blues, folk and even rock n' roll. |
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MC ChrisI can’t quite put my finger on it, but there’s something about MC Chris’ half-serious, goofy-ass rap style that just works. |
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Summer wrap-up and the big shebang!The bittersweet feelings I always have as the days shorten and summer wanes are always balanced by the excitement of the cornucopia of jazz delights that is the Detroit Jazz Festival. |
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Thirty Three & 1/3In a seedy corner of the Midwest music scene, contemporary psychedelic blues still makes its case as the most exciting music throughout the rustbelt. |
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The Double Phelix Philosophy, and Graham Parsons’ “Positive Purpose” Plus: The Go Rounds’ new albumAs you read this, Graham Parsons is rattling around in a van as far north as Calumet. |
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Superhuman stringsStephane Grappelli once said of Mark O’Connor, “He’s not what you would call…human.” |
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That's amoreEnjoy a night straight from a fancy Italian villa with Paesano Restaurant & Wine Bar’s Italian Dance Party. |
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Brainy brew tourMotor City Brew Tours — the thinking beer lover’s answer to a pub crawl — brings their behind-the-scenes walking tours of Michigan breweries to Ann Arbor. |
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“The Brinery Stimulates Local Economy”David Klingenberger gets more passionate about fermentation than anyone has a right to. The founder of the Brinery (thebrinery.com), demonstrating his products in a recent collaborative dinner with Zingerman’s, is attracting national notice for his natural brine-fermented sauerkraut, kimchi, and pickles. |
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Taco KingMeat with a little char, straight off the grill, tortillas with that perfect griddle-heated texture microwaves never achieve, tortas with their complexity of textures and temperatures – cram it all together to steam itself in a Styrofoam box while you drive home, and it’s wrecked. |
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Chuck amokNot only is Chuck Klosterman one of the most talented and wittiest writers working today, he’s one of the classiest. |
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New faces, awards and thinking localAs we ride out the last of the heat wave (hopefully) and the city braces itself for the college school year's annual influx of students, a few area business highlights are happening around town, that include everything from the newest place to get married to the place you might grab your next slice of pizza. |
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Drink greenThe Ravens Club is known for concocting classy cocktails, and every month Tammy’s Tastings hosts a cocktail class that teaches patrons about the subtleties of ordering the perfect drink and how to become a mixologist at home. |
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That which we call Washtenaw CountBy any other name would Washtenaw County be as sweet? |
