Arts & Culture
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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.
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Take a giant step outside your mind
Award-winning author/illustrator Chris Van Allsburg, BFA ’72, (‘Jumanji,’ ‘The Polar Express’) relies on a simple prompt to activate his creativity: “What if…?”
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From Moog to Mannheim
’Tis the season for Mannheim Steamroller’s Chip Davis, BMus ’69, and his ‘18th-century classical rock’ renditions of holiday hits.
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All Detroit's a stage
Dominique Morisseau (center), BFA ’00, is known as ‘Detroit’s playwright’ in NYC. The city is a main character in much of her work.