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In Fact – New Skews on “Party Music”

It starts with a beat, blooms with bass, colors-in with chilly synths and coagulates with dreamy distortion. Then those staggering, sweet and soulful lead vocals breathe in such humanity onto the glitched-out electro-pallet of ...

by Jeff Milo

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Found Footage Festival

The Found Footage Festival began, as too few great things do, in the back of a McDonald’s in Wisconsin. The catalyst on that day was what co-curator and host Nick Prueher refers to as a “remarkably dumb and insulting” tra...

by Jasmine Zweifler

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The Ark Fall Fundraiser

Each autumn, as Ann Arbor locals slip their hands into their pockets to keep warm, they pull out generous donations to keep one of the area’s most beloved institutions alive – the non-profit home for folk, roots and ethnic ...

by David Nassar

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A Little Night Music

Ok kids, it’s time to put that Glee cast album away. It’s fall – time to class it up and see a real musical starring real people in a real theatre, don’t you think? And when the subject is musicals and the target is cla...

by Jasmine Zweifler

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Fashionality: Fashion Week 2012 at EMU

Come check out the excitement during Eastern Michigan University’s 2012 fashion week while helping to raise money for a good cause! Fashion Week at EMU is run by EMU students that aspire to pursue a future career in Apparel T...

by iSPY Team

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Ypsifest #8

YpsiFest isn’t out to be self-congratulatory – no, it’s out to be a summit, a meeting of distanced musical minds, a bridge! This will be three days of live (loud) music, Michigan music, in Depot Town, meant not so much to...

by Jeff Milo

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Recreation

“We basically wanted to have something completely inclusive, non-judgmental, super-fun and where we get to play the Spice Girls whenever we want,” says Justin Anderson (J Clark the Groovemaster to partygoers) when asked to ...

by Jasmine Zweifler

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Nervous But Excited - Photo by Susie Giang

A Farewell to Folk: Nervous But Excited’s Last Hurrah (For Now)

To say that the name Nervous But Excited is an extension of the musicians themselves would be a misnomer, as duo Sarah Cleaver and Kate Peterson appear to pretty much anything but nervous. And as for the “But Excited” part?...

by Treasure Groh

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In Progress: A Benefit for Creative Rights

I’d be surprised if any one of you reading this today doesn’t have a friend who is an artist. We have such a wealth of young and passionate people making music, creating art, acting and dancing all over Washtenaw county. Bu...

by Jasmine Zweifler

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The New Theater Project

The New Theatre Project is one of the freshest and most singular additions to the Ypsilanti arts and culture scene. They’ve been growing little by little ever since their inception in 2010: they’ve found a home tucked away ...

by Jasmine Zweifler

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