Michigan Press Association names The Ann Arbor News 'Newspaper of the Year'
The Ann Arbor News has won the Newspaper of the Year award in its circulation category in the Michigan Press Association's 2016 Better Newspaper Contest. The [...]
Ann Arbor School Board Calls for Rejection of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education
The Ann Arbor Public Schools board of education is calling on U.S. senators to reject Betsy DeVos as U.S. Secretary of Education, based on what one trustee [...]
The New Negresses
One of the special programs at AAFF is the The New Negress Film Society (newnegressfilm.org.) The NNFS is a NY-based collective of black women filmmakers whose [...]
Queer Stories Help LGBTQ+ Youth at The Ark
An "As We Go On: Queer Story" cast photo features Kate Peterson and Leah Schew downstage front. Photo courtesy of the show director Margaret Smith Ann Arbor – [...]
Theatre Nova and Ellipsis Theatre Announce Partnership at The Yellow Barn in 2017
ANN ARBOR – Theatre Nova, at the "edge" of theater in downtown Ann Arbor since 2014, welcomes Ellipsis Theatre to share performance space at The Yellow Barn [...]
Ann Arbor To Raise Tobacco Purchases To 21
BY BTL STAFF ANN ARBOR – Beginning on Jan. 1, 2017 Ann Arbor will be the first city in Michigan to join the national Tobacco 21 movement and ban the sale of [...]
Ann Arbor Art Fair Brings New Dates, Artists
The Ann Arbor Art Fair is one of Michigan's finest summer traditions and one of the largest outdoor art fairs in the nation. Each year, thousands of artists [...]
Ann Arbor Summer Festival Launches June 10
The Ann Arbor Summer Festival is an exhilarating celebration of performing arts, outdoor entertainment and community spirit. An international arts gathering [...]
LGBTQ Culture in the Ann Arbor Area
Ann Arbor and its surrounding areas are known as inclusive and celebratory when it comes to the LGBTQ community. With a long and storied history in regards to [...]
Ann Arbor Gears Up For Film Festival With Featured Filmmaker
BY BTL STAFF "Alien Child" (2013) As part of AAFF 54, the Ann Arbor Film Festival's upcoming Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker series will feature filmmaker [...]
Get Ready To Find Your Folk At Annual AA Folk Festival
BY BTL STAFF Joan Baez Friday, Jan. 29 City and Colour Richard Thompson Yo La Tengo The Oh Hellos Penny and Sparrow Nora Jane Struthers and The Party Line Ben [...]
Brazilian Film Depicts 1970s Drag Act
BY BTL STAFF As the finale to the Lusophone Film Fest, the State Theater will present a showing of "Tattoo (Tataugem)," a Brazilian film directed by Hilton [...]
