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Check out our picks for the best in visual art, music, family fun, theater, film and more this week, and then vote on the event that interests you most.... Full story »

Sounds & Sights on Thursday Nights, the popular series of weekly street performances throughout downtown Chelsea in the warmer months, has scheduled its open audition.... Full story »

Creation Opens today at the Michigan Theater Review by Jeff Meyers of the Metro Times Grade: B-... Full story »

From left, Youth Owned Records employees Martin Reidy, Oriol Burgos-Tsoffar, Scott Aldworth, program facilitator Chris Bathgate and employee Ryan Shea check out a new recording booth in the newly remodeled recording studio at the Neutral Zone.Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com Add... Full story »

William Bolcom, left, and Arie LipskyCzarnecki/DempseyWhen an orchestra programs an “American Celebration,” the choices are as endless as the landscapes from California to the New York Island. The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra’s “American Celebration” Saturday at the Michigan Theater chose... Full story »

Luna Alexander as Marcelle and Maxim Hunt as Pinglet in EMU's production of Georges Feydeau's "Hotel Paradiso." Eastern Michigan University’s theater department is offering local theatergoers a now-rare opportunity to see a full production of Georges Feydeau’s 19th century farce... Full story »

Celebrated author and Vietnam veteran Tim O’Brien has written extensively about how, in order to convey the emotional truths and chaos of war, a writer must exaggerate characters and events. The idea is that this heightened, off-kilter version of reality... Full story »

She's Out Of My League Opens today at Quality 16, Showcase, Brighton Review by Jeff Meyers of the Metro Times Grade: C... Full story »

Remember Me Opens today at Quality 16, Showcase, Brighton Review by Corey Hall of the Metro Times Grade: D... Full story »

Iggy Pop poses in Miami.Jeffrey M. Boan, AP MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press Writer DETROIT — Iggy Pop was starting to feel like the Susan Lucci of rock 'n' roll. Just as the veteran soap actress believed she might never win... Full story »

The Ghost Writer Opens today at the Michigan Theater Review by Jeff Meyers of the Metro Times Grade: B-... Full story »

Kicking things off today is this wonderful trailer for the Ann Arbor Film Festival, returning to the Michigan Theater (and elsewhere in town) March 23-28. The trailer was made by popular AAFF alum Michael Langan and features music from local... Full story »

Rebecca Spooner — director of “Man of La Mancha,” presented by the student-run theater troupe MUSKET at the University of Michigan — hadn’t originally planned on submitting a proposal for the stage musical adaptation of Cervantes’ 16th century novel “Don... Full story »

Ray Davies performing live in London.Photo by Flickr user *hoodrat*. Ray Davies promised to do 2 things during his concert Thursday at the Michigan Theater: eventually stand up from the stool on which he played most of the night, and... Full story »

For many of us, iconic characters like Sherlock Holmes are a kind of comfort food. You go to a show like “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” now being staged by Ann Arbor Civic Theatre, knowing precisely what you’re going to... Full story »