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Natalia Holtzman

Natalia Holtzman is a freelance journalist based in Ann Arbor whose work appears frequently in Concentrate, Hour Detroit, the Detroit Metro Times, and other publications. She can be reached at natalia.holtzman@gmail.com.

Natalia Holtzman's Latest Articles

Obama: An Intimate Portrait by Pete Souza
Ann Arbor exhibit offers rare peek behind the White House curtain, with photographer Pete Souza

A new Ann Arbor Art Center exhibit from Chief Official White House Photographer Pete Souza shows tenderness, humor, and tension in a revealing look behind the scenes during the Obama years. 

A performance of "Fight Night."
Play the game show of politics in this Belgian theater piece coming to Ann Arbor

Theater company Ontroerend Goed will bring the acclaimed show "Fight Night," in which audience members vote actors offstage, to Ann Arbor.

Author 'Pemi Aguda pictured with the cover of her new book, "Ghostroots."
U-M alum ‘Pemi Aguda digs into uncanny elements of Nigerian life in new book

In her debut story collection, "Ghostroots," Nigerian-born writer ‘Pemi Aguda blends elements of the uncanny with the gritty mundanities of everyday life.

Larry Nisson's Ann Arbor garden.
Ann Arbor artist to open glass garden to public for charity sale

From noon-5 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 15, glassblower Larry Nisson will exhibit his work in a garden show and sale at his Ann Arbor home.

A poster for the Django Reinhardt Festival.
Django Reinhardt Festival brings celebration of French Romani jazz to Ann Arbor

Organizer Andrew Brown says what he loves most about Django Reinhardt’s music, and the French Romani musical style Reinhardt inspired, is "its unbridled, joyous, infectious energy."

"Color Real and Imagined" by Carrie Mae Weems will be featured in "Silver Linings" at UMMA.
UMMA to exhibit works from Spelman College’s collection of Black women’s art

"Silver Linings" will celebrate the 25th anniversary of Atlanta's Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, one of the nation’s only museums to focus exclusively on art by and for women of the African diaspora.

Gina María Balibrera.
Author Gina María Balibrera examines sisterhood and Latin American identity in acclaimed new novel

Novelist Gina María Balibrera, who will give a reading at Ann Arbor's Literati Bookstore at 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 20, says she's always been "drawn to stories of families, and [particularly] of sisters."

A detail of Brian Whitfield's new mural at 122 W. Washington St. in Ann Arbor.
New Ann Arbor mural honors Thelonious Monk and beloved Del Rio Bar

Chera Piehutkoski, co-owner of 122 W. Washington St. in Ann Arbor, says a new mural there is an "ode" to her stepfather, Rick Burgess, who for decades owned the building best known as the home of the Del Rio Bar.

People watch a band play at Fun Fest.
Fun Fest brings music, art vendors, and more back to Ypsi’s Frog Island Park

The fourth annual Fun Fest will feature live music, food trucks, vendors, and a bounce house for kids.

A poster for "Beehive."
Ann Arbor’s Penny Seats Theatre breaks in new home with ’60s-set jukebox musical

The Penny Seats Theatre Company will kick off its 2024-2025 season with a musical paying tribute to female vocalists and musicians of the 1960s, presented in an unconventional new venue.

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