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Dykes' cartoonist tells memoir in graphic story format
Alison Bechdel examines relationship with her father in "Fun Home" When most authors decide to write their autobiography, they sit in front of their computer and pound away at the keyboard. Not Alison Bechdel. Instead, the creator of the popular [...]
Oh, those scary homos: PBS documentary traces 1960s gay witch hunt
'The Great Pink Scare' to air in early June DETROIT – In an age where photos and videos of every sex act imaginable are only a mouse-click away, it's hard to imagine a time when possessing images of artfully-posed, nearly-naked men would raise an [...]
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Theater Profile: Williamston Theatre New theater trumps economy with laughs With risers still to be installed and a light grid yet to be hung, workers are busily transforming a former furniture store in downtown Williamston into Michigan's newest [...]
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Community Theater Corner: Stagecrafters presents 'Ragtime' ROYAL OAK – Twenty-first century audiences will get a front-row seat for the dawn of the twentieth century and experience the forces that shaped modern America as Stagecrafters presents [...]
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CCO Teaser [note – replace CCO logo with Wilde Carde logo]: Join us at this week's Wilde Carde event: "Uncoupled" at Ann Arbor's Improv Inferno on Friday, May 19 at 8.p.m. CC1a Life_3L5670(2).jpg: David Wolber and Loren Bass play two generations of [...]
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Professional Theater News from Around Town: Fisher Theatre announces season you won't want to misseth DETROIT – The Nederlander Company has announced its 2006 – 2007 Fisher Playgoer Subscription Series, an intriguing line-up of five hit shows [...]
MOT's 35th spring opera season continues with 'Cinderella'
DETROIT – Michigan Opera Theatre's 35th annual spring opera season continues with Gioacchino Rossini's "Cinderella" ("La Cenerentola"), continues May 17, 19 and 20 at the magnificent Detroit Opera House. The production, which marks the company's [...]
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Preview: 'Hastings Street' Veteran actor inspires Mosaic Youth After tackling Motown in the 1960s, the energetic young actors of Mosaic Youth Theatre are moving backwards through time to "Hastings Street," an original play with music that explores [...]
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Preview: 'Studio 2g' (Part 2) Plowshares' next frontier: The second generation of artists For Part 1 of this preview, please read this week's edition of Curtain Calls. Later this month, Plowshares Theatre Company premieres its latest endeavor, [...]
Michigan Theater and Sundance Institute announce exclusive film series
ANN ARBOR – The Michigan Theater and Sundance Institute announce the Michigan Theater's participation in The Sundance Institute Art House Project, a new national initiative that pairs Sundance Institute with 14 art house cinemas across the country. [...]
Opus 21 returns to Kerrytown Concert House with six multicultural world premiere commissions
ANN ARBOR – The eight-member contemporary music ensemble Opus 21 returns to Ann Arbor for the world premiere of six newly commissioned works focusing on the influence of world cultures on art music in the United States. The concert, which follows [...]
Birmingham Fine Art Festival celebrates 25th anniversary
BIRMINGHAM – Thousands of art enthusiasts from throughout the metro area are expected to celebrate Mother's Day weekend, May 13 and 14, by attending the very popular and prestigious Birmingham Fine Art Festival in Birmingham's Shain Park. Ranked [...]