Community Culture
IASA prepares for 'ZASTANA'
- Teresa Mathew/Daily
BY ALICIA ADAMCZYK
In its 28th year, the IASA Cultural Show is one of the most popular and highly regarded cultural events at the University. Over 220 IASA members will dance across the stage Friday, highlighting choreography from traditional Indian dances to contemporary hip hop.
Fourth annual Romanian Film Series entwines culture and cinema
- MK 2 International
BY CARLINA DUAN
The Fourth Annual Romanian Film Series, which begins Saturday, will spotlight four Romanian-produced films over the course of two weekends. As a part of the American Romanian Festival, the film series intends to illuminate aspects of modern Romanian culture and its art forms to audiences.
Edgefest to make jazz accessible with non-traditional sounds
BY JOHN BOHN
Sixteen years ago, Kerrytown Concert House staffer David Lynch founded Edgefest, a festival dedicated to bringing forward-thinking jazz artists to the Ann Arbor area.
Acclaimed author David Mitchell showcases fiction at UMMA
BY KAYLA UPADHYAYA
It took three people to adapt and direct the new sci-fi film “Cloud Atlas,” but the novel on which the genre-bending epic is based all sprouted from a singular mind: British novelist David Mitchell.
Elina Duni quartet blends traditional folk with jazz
BY JOEY STEINBERGER
The Elina Duni quartet, a Jazz group from Switzerland combines Jazz with Albanian folk songs. Elina Duni, the band’s namesake, started playing piano and singing when she was five.
'Winter's Bone' author Daniel Woodrell, Katie Estill to read passages for Zell series
BY TYLER BAILEY
This Thursday, Woodrell will be reading selected passages from his most recent work as part of the Zell Visiting Writer’s Series. Joining him will be his wife and fellow author Katie Estill, who will be reading from her own body of work.
One Pause Poetry to unite student and teacher in dual reading
BY JOEY STEINBERGER
One Pause Poetry will host a reading at METAL with Matthew Rohrer Friday night, a faculty member of the Creative Writing Program at NYU, and Residential College Lecturer Ken Mikolowski. The combination isn’t happenstance — many years ago, Rohrer was Mikolowski’s student.
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Thirty-six hours in the Nichols Arboretum
- Tracy Ko/Daily
BY JEFF WARANIAK
Ann Arbor is by no means big, but with its own train station, helipad, bus system and one very big house, the “little city” of Ann Arbor can occasionally feel big. Luckily, for those occasions, there’s the Nichols Arboretum.
Folk-Rock-O-Rama for Barack Obama to drum up support through music
BY ALICIA ADAMCZYK
Folk-Rock-O-Rama for Barack Obama is a collaboration of artists from the Ann Arbor area. It will feature folk, jazz, hip-hop and spoken word performances. Prizes, including signed concert posters, will also be raffled off.
'John Lennon Birthday Benefit' to raise money, spread awareness
BY TYLER BAILEY
On what would be his 72nd birthday, chapter 93 of the Veterans for Peace will be presenting the 5th annual “John Lennon Birthday Benefit Concert” at The Ark this Tuesday.
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