April 2020
April 29, 2020
The future of performing arts, according to UMS president Matthew VanBesien
April 27, 2020Q+A courtesy of U-Michigan News. Matthew VanBesien is the president of the University Musical Society, a National Medal of Arts recipient and one of the oldest performing arts presenters in the country that is based at the University of Michigan. Along with commissioning new work and sponsoring artist residencies, UMS presents about 60-75 music, dance
Edgefest 2019: Out West
September 30, 2019Edgefest, Ann Arbor’s internationally recognized annual four-day avant-garde jazz and new music festival, returns to the Kerrytown Concert House and The Blue Llama Jazz Club this October 16-19. The festival was founded in 1997 as a single day event. It’s since grown to become a major four-day musical exposition with a mission to expose new
The Fentanyl Factor
September 30, 2019Ben Westhoff’s dive into the ‘deadliest wave of the opioid epidemic’ is the most frightening book of the year, and it’s mandatory reading By Chris Faraone @FARA1 First a spoiler alert: Among the multiple apocalyptic revelations in Ben Westhoff’s Fentanyl, Inc.: How Rogue Chemists Are Creating the Deadliest Wave of the Opioid Epidemic is sour