"The Five Year Engagement" producer Rodney Rothman, left, and director Nicholas Stoller answer questions after the premier of their movie at the Michigan Theater Friday night. When 1,100 patrons crowded the Michigan Theater’s main auditorium on Friday night, to get an early glimpse of the filmed-mostly-in-Ann-Arbor comedy “The Five Year ...
Whether you live to spell or fear a world without spellcheck, local nonprofit writing and tutoring center 826michigan has the event for you: 826michigan’s Second Annual Spelling Bee for Honest Cheaters, Dirty Rotten Spellers, and Mustachioed Heroes. The bee will be held on Wednesday, March 21 at Woodruff’s Bar in ...
Note: This event has been canceled. 826michigan - a local nonprofit organization dedicated to helping young people develop their creative and expository writing skills - invites you to share an evening with Metro Times film critic Jeff Meyers and Detroit News film critic Tom Long for a fundraising event called ...
After five nights of nonstop rock at Woodruff's bar in Ypsilanti, the organizers of the annual Mittenfest music festival are celebrating a big win. Now in its sixth year, Mittenfest raised more than $21,000 this year for 826michigan, an Ann Arbor-based nonprofit dedicated to literacy and helping youths with creating ...
Mittenfest, the annual multi-day extravaganza of Michigan rock that benefits literacy charity 826michigan, kicked off its sixth annual installment Wednesday night. Photographer Angela Cesere captured these images. For more information, see the AnnArbor.com preview article or the Mittenfest website.
Bands from across Michigan will take over Woodruff’s in Ypsilanti's Depot Town once again this holiday season for Mittenfest, an annual multi-day musical showcase that benefits Ann Arbor youth literacy non-profit 826michigan. The event has grown so much, now in its sixth year, that this year a fifth day was ...
826michigan and the Michigan Theater are co-hosting a special screening of a documentary film about public education, narrated by Matt Damon and produced by Dave Eggers and Ninive Calegari (founders of the 826 National program).
Found Footage Festival co-founder Nick Prueher recently received a large Pampers box full of “special interest” VHS tapes from a fan. And while most of us would consider this a package of useless, annoying clutter, Prueher said, “It’s like Christmas morning for us.” That’s because Prueher (who’s previously worked for ...
Local nonprofit writing and tutoring center 826michigan announces a new date for its second annual festival of student-written one-act plays, "Five Bowls of Oatmeal: The Return of Oatmeal." Presented by 826michigan and the University of Michigan MFA Program in Creative Writing, the festival will feature award-winning author and 826 founder ...
Last year, Mittenfest brought in $12,000 for 826michigan, and organizers were hoping to top that this year. Now, a post on the group's website announces that they did: This year's Mittenfest V raised $15,000.
Mittenfest, the annual four-day celebration of Michigan music that benefits 826michigan, kicked off today at its new venue, Woodruff's in Ypsilanti. Photographer Lon Horwedel captured these images:
Now that the Mittenfest holiday-season music festival and fundraiser is in its fifth year, it’s fair to say it’s become an Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti-area institution. The event has grown every year, and become increasingly more popular. In its first year, 14 acts were featured. By last year, 40 acts performed. This ...
There are so many great arts and literature events in this town starring young people that sometimes I don't know what to do with myself. A couple of weeks ago, teenage poets performed for a paying audience of over 700 people at Poetry Night in Ann Arbor. A week ago, ...
826michigan and the University of Michigan MFA program in creative writing invites the public to "Five Bowls of Oatmeal" — a festival of one-act plays written by 826 Michigan’s world-renowned guild of 11- to 15-year-old playwrights. The event is scheduled for Monday, November 22, from 7:30-9 p.m. at the Lydia ...
Mittenfest — the multi-day music celebration that has quickly become a highlight on the calendar in its first four years — has announced the band lineup for this year. Mittenfest V is set for Dec. 30-Jan. 2 at Savoy in Ypsilanti. A full schedule is expected soon. The event raises ...
Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com AnnArbor.com's partner news site MLive.com is on a quest to find the best barbecue in ......
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