Community Culture
Peony festival brings arboretum to life this month
BY ANNA SADOVSKAYA
Bursting with color, the peonies stand tall in their rows, blooming under the sun. The 90th anniversary of the U-M Nichols Arboretum Peon y Festival came early this year as the March weather warmed the flowers and sped up the blooming time.
Alzheimers and the Arts: museums push forward novel approach to combating dementia
- Terra Molengraff/Daily
BY JENNIFER XU
Andrea Simons, a docent for the Detroit Institute of Arts, is giving a tour. She pauses at a sculpture called “The Genius of the Dance,” showcasing a man with long, flowing locks holding a tambourine. His body, taut with muscles, sways with the motion of the imaginary music.
Indigo Girls' Amy Ray to perform at Blind Pig
BY JOHN BOHN
As artist and social activist, Ray, one half of the folk-duo Indigo Girls, is a clear example of that unclear and rather dizzying oscillation between art and identity, art and politics and politics and identity. Tonight Ray will be returning to Ann Arbor for a performance at the Blind Pig where she will be sharing her music, and perhaps inextricably her identity and her politics.
The Beet Box: engaging and creating a health community
BY JOHN BOHN
The Beet Box is a place where students can not only eat a quick, healthy meal to the sweet sounds of Motown, but also meet others with a similar passion and together join this vertex to a community founded on the celebration of health and empowerment.
Genre-bending artist Cheikh Lô to perform for 'U'
BY TYLER BAILEY
Cheikh Lô will be showcasing his art along with an accompanying band at the Michigan Theater tomorrow. Lô is known as a singer, songwriter and percussionist.
Rude Mechanicals to explore automated nature of day-to-day life in 'Machinal'
- Teresa Mathew/Daily
BY JOEY STEINBERGER
An expressionist work written by playwright Sophie Treadwell, “Machinal” follows a woman stuck in a post-industrial mechanical society. With the mechanical nature of our own daily routine, “Machinal” could ring especially poignant.
One Pause Poetry to bring verse to METAL for season-opener
BY JOHN BOHN
One Pause Poetry is an organization within Copper Colored Mountain Arts, and this year it will be the focus of CCMA’s artistic agenda. They will kick off their 2012 season tonight with readings by three poets.
Annual Latin@ cultural show to emphasize diversity
BY JOEY STEINBERGER
At the 12th annual Latin@ Culture Show, University students will perform dances, poetry, monologues and piano pieces. But unlike previous years, the cultural acts are not just from Latin America. They’re from all over the world.
Puppets to parade through downtown in upcoming FestiFools celebration
BY ALICIA ADAMCZYK
Looking for a particularly foolish way to spend the first of April this year, but tired of the same old pranks and tricks? The sixth annual FestiFools will offer an artistic experience for April Fool’s Day enthusiasts.
Persian Student Association to showcase multiculturalism
BY JOHN BOHN
The Persian New Year has been brought to the University campus by the Persian Student Association since the group’s inception, and tomorrow will be the event’s 14th consecutive celebration.
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The walls are covered with graffiti-esque murals of Mario and Megaman. The shelves contain every imaginable object of the gaming world, from the latest PlayStation 3 releases to the rulebooks to the latest edition of “Dungeons & Dragons.” Welcome to Ann Arbor's gaming Mecca.
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