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Poetry & Fiction ContestSubmit entries of fiction or poetry and you just might see your name in print! |
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Strawberry Week 2012 |
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Cover of Current Competition — Last CallWe started with 12, now we're down to the final two. Current caught up with the finalists — Gun Lake and Dragon Wagon — of the Cover of Current Competition for a brief conversation to help our readers cast their final vote. |
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Highbrow CampingAficionados and novices alike can enjoy a day full of wine and beer fit for Dionysus at the Great Lakes Wine Fest at the Michigan International Speedway on Saturday, May 19. |
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Stretching perceptionPeter Campus helped stretch the minimalist movement into the next frontier, pioneering live video art that incorporates the viewer and twists the room into an almost dreamlike, man-made mirage. |
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Traditional TuscanExperience an authentic Tuscan meal that will leave you salivating for more. Join established culinary expert and Tuscan cook Peggy Markel at Zingerman’s Roadhouse on May 15th as she brings her favorite Italian selections to Ann Arbor. |
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Coming back to MichiganThe Ann Arbor Civic Theatre is bringing back a play which made it's world premier at the Purple Rose Theatre. |
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Volunteer At the Huron River Watershed CouncilDo you enjoy working outdoors, helping the environment and meeting lots of new people? Volunteers are needed to assess grasslands, forests, aquatic habitats and wetlands for the spring, summer and fall. |
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Movie heavenThe Michigan Theater has contemplated having an international film festival (other than the experimental gem Ann Arbor Film Festival of course) for several years, and now it’s a reality. |
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Changing of the guardThe Performance Network’s next production is Red by John Logan. The play is about the prominent modern painter, Mark Rothko, and focuses on the period in Rothko’s career when he was working on his gigantic Four Seasons restaurant murals. The play won the 2010 Tony Award for Best Play. |
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A film for the agesThe truly magical thing about E.T.: the Extra Terrestrial is that it's a film you grew up with, but, unlike a slew of other whimsical kid-magnet flicks, you can continue to appreciate it as an adult for non-nostalgic reasons. |
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Joe PugAfter opening for the late Americana legend Levon Helm at the Michigan Theater two months ago, Joe Pug has a lot of buzz circulating in Ann Arbor (and, basically, everywhere else). |
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Kina GrannisKina Grannis is a darling singer/songwriter from California, and has amassed a huge following on the internet thanks to her highly successful string of YouTube videos. |
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May flowersAfter my sabbatical, I find that there is almost too much folk music to talk about! But I’ll try to get a handle on it and share the coolest bits of May’s abundance of riches with you. |
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A-square root of the bluesThe blues is no stranger to Ann Arbor. The inverse is also true. In fact our town is in the history books as the host of some of the most important blues events ever, including the Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festivals of the early 1970’s and between 1992 and 2006. |
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Summer starts earlyAmerica’s greatest summer celebration of art and entertainment, the Ann Arbor Summer Festival, opens early this year, with Bonnie Raitt at Hill Auditorium on Friday, May 25. This is the 31st incarnation of the Fest and somehow it keeps getting better, thanks to Festival Director extraordinaire, maestro-with-the-magic-touch, Robb Wolfe. |
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Samosa HouseIt’s rare that we get to welcome a completely new cuisine to our area, but this is one of those occasions: Samosa House, in the old Red Sea space on Washtenaw, is our first Somali restaurant. Owned by sisters Amina and Hawa Hassan, Samosa House showcases Somalia’s cuisine, demonstrating its culinary influences from India, the Middle East, and Italy. |
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Spring Mix Tape: It’s May. School’s out for summer…Hereupon the fifth month of the year, I sat down to make a “Top 5” favorite local rock songs – so far – of 2012. With the death of CD’s, it seems like the MixTape is undoubtedly back to being on actual tape. Actually, some of the songs listed here are available only in the cassette format. |
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The Tony Rice UnitTony Rice may no longer sing, but he's as dynamic as ever; still mesmerizing crowds with wicked acoustic guitar skills that shift from ambient folk to blazing bluegrass in the blink of an eye. |
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Those girls have moxieThe Encarta World English Dictionary defines moxie as courage combined with inventiveness. That definition applies aptly to The Moxie Strings, the duo of fiddler Diana Ladio and cellist Alison Lynn. |
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Under-Promise and Over-DeliverAnn Arbor’s historic Elks Club is no longer keeping its soul food to itself. The torch has been passed, and it is smokin’ hot. |
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Minding Our BizThe spring and summer is all about getting out, going somewhere new and shaking off those cold-weather blues — even though, to be fair, this winter was super mild. Anyway, there are some new things brewing downtown, which means more opportunities to explore. |
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DIAL-A-GARDENSpringtime is here and it's time to head outside and get your garden ready. But not everybody has a green thumb. That's why Washtenaw County has teamed up with the Michigan State University Extension to offer the DIAL-A-GARDEN service. |
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A head full of steamThe 2012 World Steam Expo, held on Memorial Day Weekend (May 25—28), at the Hyatt Regency Dearborn, in the Fairlane Town Center, is one of the area’s largest and newest conventions. If you’ve ever been curious about the phenomenon known as “steampunk”, here is where you can get your steam, corset, and/or goggles on. |
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Dine outside. Drink outside. Be outside.When your work day is done, don’t waste time inside — play outside, work out outside, and, above all, eat, drink and be merry outside. These eight patios can help. |
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