On July 27, the Ann Arbor-based hip-hop artist Taylor Michael, who performs as Tru Klassick, will headline a show at The Blind Pig to celebrate both his birthday and the release of his second full-length record, "The Halo Effect."
The sound of Ann Arbor/Ypsi hip-hop is hard to pin down, but a distinct community has arisen around it over three-plus decades. We dug into what makes the local scene unique.
Each of the three fairs that comprise the Ann Arbor Art Fair offers an Emerging Artist program to highlight up-and-coming artists. We chatted with three of them.
In a weeklong residency, U-M students joined the Orchestra of the Americas, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and composer Kayhan Kalhor to preview a new piece Kalhor had written with Ma in mind.
You can sample cocktails designed to "pair" with Ann Arbor's public art during Artini, the Ann Arbor Art Center's 15th annual pub crawl fundraiser, on June 21 from 6 to 10 p.m.
The 41st Ann Arbor Summer Festival will launch June 14, with mostly free music, film, and arts programming running through June 30 in downtown Ann Arbor.
On June 9, the city of Ypsilanti will inaugurate its first-ever Youth Poet Laureate, Ruth Mella. We chatted with Mella about what drew her to creative writing and her plans for her term as Youth Poet Laureate.
Residents of Ann Arbor's West Side neighborhood will host artist booths in their garages, porches, driveways, and yards, while visitors are invited to browse and buy original artwork.
The inaugural Ann Arbor Black Film Festival will debut on June 1, with films screening at the State Theatre in Ann Arbor from noon to 9:00 p.m.
In her new book, Michigan native McMillan traces the lives of five white families, her own included, to examine and ultimately tally "how race benefits people who are white."
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