Arts & Culture
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What's the buzz
What defines a beloved tavern, dive, or watering hole? New York-based artist/author John Tebeau, BS ’86, has a pretty good idea. In fact, he left his heart at Dominick’s and the Del Rio.
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Precious mettle
Coin collector Patrick Heller, BBA ’74, once held a rare doubloon worth $7.4 million. So how does he appraise the coin commemorating the U.S./North Korea summit?
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Pride and publishing
As a gay youth, Edmund White, BA ’62, bemoaned the dearth of books that reflected his experience. So, he wrote his own. Today he holds the PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction.
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All in the family
When the U-M Museum of Natural History reopens in 2019, visitors will come face to face with a hyperrealistic reconstruction of an extinct human relation.
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Winging it
U-M partners with Destination Ann Arbor, Downtown Development Authority to commission interactive mural at Maynard and William streets to ask, “What lifts you?”
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Just humor me
Campus unrest often erupts at times of social unrest. But what about campus humor? Some say it’s at its best when times are not.
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Confronting the Gershwins' 'Porgy and Bess'
New critical edition of iconic folk opera addresses its complex place in American history.
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Soldier, prisoner, lexicographer
‘Hereward Thimbleby Price’ may sound like a character in a cozy English tale, but real life took him from Madagascar to Michigan.
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Music and the games people play
Video game audio has progressed so much that artists and orchestras now contribute interactive, complex scores to the experience.