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Wyrd Byrd owner Shawn Gates.

New Ypsi businesses cater to gamers of all kinds and a wave of nostalgia for retro games

Several new Ypsi-area businesses cater to all things gaming-related, from retro video games to tabletop roleplaying books and supplies.

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The Ebird and Friends Holiday Show.
Annual holiday revue featuring Michigan musicians celebrates 15th anniversary in Ann Arbor

The annual Ebird and Friends Holiday Show, hosted by the Ann Arbor-based folk-rock band the Ragbirds, will celebrate its 15th anniversary on Dec. 8-10 at the Ark in Ann Arbor. 

Art at last year's A2 Artoberfest.
A2 Artoberfest returns, bringing a more intimate art fair to Ann Arbor

The event will feature 100 jury-selected artists, live entertainment, food vendors, art activities, and beverages from local brewing companies along North Fourth Avenue and East Ann Street.

Ypsi festival seeks to celebrate all local pollinators, not just honey bees, with name change

Ypsilanti's former Festival of the Honey Bee will celebrate its 10th anniversary Sept. 2 with a new name: Festival of the Pollinators.

Kallista Walker at the 2022 Parkridge SummerFest and Joe Dulin Community Day.
Photo essay: Scenes from Ypsilanti’s 2022 Parkridge SummerFest and Joe Dulin Community Day

The annual Parkridge SummerFest and Joe Dulin Community Day has deep significance for the Ypsilanti community, particularly residents of the city's Southside.

Hafsah Mijinyawa, Natalia Rocafuerte, Toko Shiiki, and Donald Harrison at Riverside Arts Center.
Independent Film Festival Ypsilanti returns to original vision with three days of movies

The founders of the Independent Film Festival Ypsilanti will finally realize their vision for a multi-day event dedicated to movies at Riverside Arts Center in Ypsilanti June 2-4.

The University Musical Society will present "Octavia E. Butler's 'Parable of the Sower,'" an operatic adaptation of the acclaimed novel, on March 25-27.
Ann Arbor and Ypsi event series will celebrate Octavia E. Butler’s “Parable of the Sower”

The University Musical Society and numerous community partners are preparing a monthlong series of events in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, inspired by Octavia E. Butler's classic Afrofuturist science-fiction novel.

John E Lawrence.
Ann Arbor and Ypsi arts venues gear up for return to in-person events

We checked in with several arts presenters in Washtenaw County to hear about their respective plans to return to something more like "normal."

A still from "Covid Mouth," a film that will be presented at this year's IFFY drive-in.
Independent Film Festival Ypsilanti to return with drive-in event this month

The film festival will return for its second year with an outdoor screening of short films at 9:30 p.m. June 24, and plans to come back bigger and better in 2022.

Ypsi Pride's kickoff on June 4.
Ypsi Pride brings LGBTQ+ community back together for a month of in-person programming

The celebration of Ypsi's LGBTQ+ community takes place each Friday in June outdoors on downtown Ypsilanti's Washington Street and other Ypsi venues.

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