Arts and Culture

Ypsilanti International Elementary School teacher Gary Quann and Ypsilanti Future History project leader Nick Azzaro (adults in back row) with Quann's class, wearing masks they made in response to the history of an underground venue in Ypsilanti.

Students respond to Ypsi history through art in “Ypsilanti Future History” project

Ypsilanti Community Schools students at all grade levels are learning about Ypsilanti's history and making art about it in a project called Ypsilanti Future History.

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A young participant tries out a trumpet at an Ann Arbor Art Center PlayLab session that featured the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra's "Instrument Petting Zoo."
Free art activities available to children and caregivers through Ann Arbor Art Center program

The Ann Arbor Art Center’s PlayLab program is carving out a rare space where children and caregivers can explore creativity together, free of charge.

"American Sampler" exhibit curator Julie Ault reviews archival materials from the University of Michigan's Labadie Collection.
American political dissent highlighted in new U-M Museum of Art show

In a new exhibition at the University of Michigan Museum of Art, curator Julie Ault examines “how artists … have registered their politics or social effect in their art.”

Art featured at the fourth annual Black Artist Exhibit at Riverside Arts Center in Ypsilanti.
Black artists spotlighted in annual art show at Ypsi’s Riverside Art Center

Riverside Arts Center, 76 N Huron St. in Ypsilanti, is currently hosting its fourth annual Black Artist Exhibit in cooperation with the African American Cultural and Historical Museum of Washtenaw County.

The Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band.
All-Indigenous big band’s Ann Arbor performance will celebrate history of Native people in jazz

Bandleader Julia Keefe describes her group's mission as "to celebrate the diversity and vitality of Indigenous people in jazz — past, present, and future."

Alex Holycross and Erin Zindle of the folk duo Ember & Ash.
Ann Arbor folk super-duo Ember & Ash unites members of Ragbirds and Native Howl

Ember & Ash features Erin Zindle of the Ragbirds, a folk band, and Alex Holycross of the "thrash-grass" band the Native Howl.

Participants at the 2024 Ypsilanti Bourbon Fest.
Ypsi Bourbon Fest offers rare bourbons, plus tequila, beer, and wine, in 5th year

Ypsilanti Bourbon Fest will bring an expanded list of more than 100 local and rare spirits back to the Michigan Firehouse Museum on Jan. 17.

A performance of "Dimanche."
Actors and puppets depict the end of the world in Belgian performance coming to Ann Arbor

"Dimanche" uses puppetry, mime, video, and multiple kinds of theater to tell the everyday story of the end of the world.

Don Was and the Pan-Detroit Ensemble.
Detroit music icon Don Was to kick off tour with new Pan-Detroit Ensemble in Ann Arbor

Detroit bassist and producer Don Was will kick off the "Groove in the Face of Adversity" tour with his newest group, the Pan-Detroit Ensemble, on Jan. 9 and 10 at Ann Arbor’s Blue LLama Jazz Club.

Schmaltz performs at North Star Lounge in Ann Arbor.
Ann Arbor “modern klezmer” band Schmaltz tackles first album after years of live shows

After several years of regular gigging, Schmaltz's members decided to replicate a live environment while recording their first studio album.

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