NIGHT & DAY: A Good Start
Along with a recap of this week's six FilterD selections, editor Jeff Meyers opens the new year with some good news about local arts and culture organizations.
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NIGHT & DAY: Theatrical Inspiration
Amidst the half dozen cultural events spotlighted in this week's FilterD, editor Jeff Meyers finds inspiration from a film about Orson Welles and connection to Ann Arbor's ongoing discussion of public art.
NIGHT & DAY: Goodnight Keith Moon
This week FilterD goes locavore with a trio of must-see indigenous acts (amidst its half dozen picks). Then editor Jeff Meyers gets the inside scoop from a local writer-artist team whose spoof of a childhood classic has hit the Internet buzz mill.
NIGHT & DAY: A Shadow Art Culture
This week's FilterD is filled with secrets and shadows and... gasp!... puppets. Editor Jeff Meyers points you toward six cultural events worth checking out and chats with Shadow Art Fair co-founder Mark Maynard about Ypsilanti's fringe arts scene.
NIGHT & DAY: The Asylum Street Spankers, The Latest Debate Over Funding Public Art
From profane old-timey music to hilariously awful film and video footage, irreverent ironic entertainment seems to be the rule of thumb this week in FilterD. Editor Jeff Meyers points you to the best cultural consumables while weighing in on Ann Arbor's debate over the fate of public art.
NIGHT & DAY: More Information Than You Require
Another week, another FilterD: All the week's events distilled into six attention-worthy offerings. Editor Jeff Meyers reviews the cultural happenings worth happening upon, while following up on last week's musings about the state of creative real estate.
NIGHT AND DAY: Ann Arbor Ignites (but lacks space to innovative)
This week is chock-a-block with cool and interesting events. Editor Jeff Meyers points you to the creme de la creme as well as the also-rans. Top o' the list? IGNITE... which leads to thoughts of Ann Arbor's lack of accessible creative space (and possible solutions).
NIGHT AND DAY: A Virtual Halloween and Dracula Before He Was Cool
It's that time of year again, where drunken adults play dress up and neighborhood kids beg for candy. Editor Jeff Meyers points you toward some groovy Halloween apps, Nosferatu - the original movie vampire, lesser known horror flicks and the mad love some A2 streets show for All Hallow's Eve.
NIGHT AND DAY: Fringe Theater, Fringe Thoughts and Evil Dead
What is the value of fringe arts? Editor Jeff Meyers discusses how seeding the ground for a new generation of arts and culture means providing more accessible creative third places. He also weighs in on this week's eclectic entertainment opportunities.
NIGHT AND DAY: Our Cultural Plan, Mike Doughty
Yeah, the Wilco show is sold out, but that doesn't mean there isn't plenty to do in A2. Editor Jeff Meyers weighs in on efforts to bring the local arts community together, as well as his six picks for your entertainment consumption. Top of the heap: ex-Soul Coughing lead Mike Doughty, whose stop-start guitar and layered lyrics are a special kind of singer-songwriter poetry.
