FoolMoon, a parade and party featuring handmade luminary sculptures, returned to the streets of downtown Ann Arbor for its second year on Friday. Although much of the day featured heavy rains, conditions dried out in time for the three separate luminary processions to converge on the party site on West ...
FestiFools and FoolMoon, the popular, twin spring public-art events in downtown Ann Arbor, are just a couple of weeks away. Organizers have been holding a series of workshops for anyone interested to create their own luminary to be part of the FoolMoon event on March 30. Photographer Chris Asadian captured ...
This year's FoolMoon public art procession and street celebration will take place in downtown Ann Arbor on Friday, March 30, from dusk to midnight, at the intersection of Washington and Ashley streets. Revelers will enjoy hundreds of illuminated lantern sculptures inspired by the University of Michigan's LS&A theme semester, "Language: ...
The weekend brought FestiFools back to Main Street, the latest version of what has quickly become a spring Ann Arbor tradition. This year a new component was added: a separate, preliminary event called FoolMoon, which drew a packed crowd to Washington Street on Friday night to check out the creative ...
FestiFools, the parade of giant puppet-like creations in downtown Ann Arbor, has quickly become a springtime tradition. The event celebrated its fifth annual occurrence on Sunday, with dozens of colorful, creative puppets part of the parade. A chilly rain greeted the start of the event, but it quickly let up ...
Ann Arbor’s annual parade of giant puppets and kinetic sculptures, FestiFools, will dance through downtown again on April 3 from 4 to 5 p.m. The lively and whimsical parade completely takes over Main Street between William and Washington. FestiFools was birthed from creative director Mark Tucker’s “Art in Public Spaces” ...
The annual FestiFools parade has quickly become a popular rite of spring in Ann Arbor, and this year organizers are adding a related event: a nighttime FoolMoon processional with homemade lanterns on April 1. Workshops to make the luminaries are being held throughout the month, with the first taking place ...
Maye Daher, of Grosse Point Woods, center, smiles as she poses for a photograph in a frame labeled "fool" during the annual Festifools parade in downtown Ann Arbor on Sunday afternoon. Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com Hundreds of people lined South Main Street in downtown Ann Arbor to catch a glimpse ...