Arts & Culture
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Brothers of band
In the 1920s, brothers Nicholas and Leonard Falcone played opposite sides of the field as rival directors of the Michigan and Michigan State marching bands.
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Detroit’s underbelly: Fertile ground for fiction
Motown plays a starring role in hard-boiled crime series by novelist Steve Hamilton, BA ’83.
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Mail-order pride
Carrie Thorpe, MBA ’12, launches subscription service ProudBox, an official U-M ‘fan box’ that delivers treats, U-M memorabilia, and a whole lotta love.
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Reaching Nirvana
On the 25th anniversary of Nirvana’s album Nevermind, Jesse Frohman, BA ’81, recounts his experience as one of the last artists to photograph the late Kurt Cobain.
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The artist and the athlete
Stamps professor David Turnley and Head Football Coach Jim Harbaugh co-author photographic documentary of “what it takes to make champions.”
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Lyrically speaking
Michigan Men’s Glee Club invites U-M community to submit lyrics for new ‘Michigan song,’ composed by School of Music, Theatre & Dance professor Kristin Kuster, AMusD ’02.
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Putting his life on the line
Thinking about a career in adventure filmmaking? Based on the experience of Jim Aikman, ’08, the fainthearted need not apply.
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Daytona rising
Racing fans: Cue the victory lap for architect Jim Renne, BS ’83/MArch ’86, as he reimagines the iconic birthplace of NASCAR.
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Make it work
StyleWatch publisher Stephanie Sladkus, BA ’93, reworks the print-meets-digital model for today’s “smart” consumer. Get ready to lean in — and lean back.