Breakin' Curfew, the annual showcase of local teen talent sponsored by the Neutral Zone and the University Musical Society (and largely organized by teens themselves), returned to the stage of the Power Center for the Performing Arts on Friday. Photographer Jeffrey Smith captured these images.
(This story has been revised to correct the day of the event.) You can thank the Mayans and their prediction that the world will end in December for the theme of this year’s “Breakin’ Curfew” teen variety show. “Last year’s theme was Michigan pride. This year it morphed into something ...
This year's Ann Arbor Youth Yoetry Slam competition has concluded, and the Neutral Zone will be sending the following local teens to represent Ann Arbor at the Brave New Voices national poetry slam competition in San Francisco this summer:
Supportive calls of “You got it,” and “You’re doing great,” and “Keep going” came from the crowd of adolescents and parents gathered at the Community High School’s recent youth poetry slam competition, every time a student at the microphone lost their place temporarily or got flustered. Similarly, when audience members ...
Adam Falkner will be one of 3 headliners at Poetry Night in Ann Arbor. Just as we often hear that theater is dead in America, we also often hear that poetry is dead. Long gone are the days of schoolchildren committing verses of Wordsworth and Frost poems to memory for ...
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 ...
Teen center The Neutral Zone has a brand new art studio. The old one was gutted and remodeled thanks to a $20,000 donation from Toyota and Calty Design Research and support from local businesses. Teens in the Neutral Zone’s Visual Arts Council (VAC) made a lot of the remodeling decisions ...
Budding musicians had the chance to learn about the music industry from professionals today at the inaugural Fresh Water Music Fest, which took place at the Neutral Zone in downtown Ann Arbor. Experts in publishing, art direction, booking, self-producing and more offered workshops to more than 50 teen artists and ...
Breakin' Curfew, the annual teen talent show presented by the Neutral Zone and the University Musical Society, took over the Power Center on Saturday night with a wide variety of acts, including music, spoken word and dance. Photographer Joseph Sharp captured these images:
A group of young women in Washtenaw County wants to increase awareness about dating violence, and this weekend they're raising funds for their cause. On Sunday, the Washtenaw County chapter of Young Women for Change, a branch of the Michigan Women’s Foundation, is hosting the event "Taste for Change" to ...
No longer are just Ann Arbor teens “Breakin’’ Curfew.” The annual talent show, presented by the Neutral Zone teen center with the assistance of the University Musical Society, has expanded its reach to include young people as far away as Flint, Detroit and Grand Blanc. “The theme this year is ...
Big-time Hollywood returned to the Michigan Theater on Thursday for the second annual "Vintage Hollywood Affair" event to benefit the Neutral Zone, Ann Arbor's teen center. Photographer Lon Horwedel captured these images:
Young Ann Arborites are invited to dress in their finest red carpet attire and enjoy an evening of film, music, drinks, food and glamour at the Neutral Zone's second "Vintage Hollywood" fundraiser this Thursday night.
Making music is one thing — it's the fun stuff, the easy part, said guitarist Ryan Shea, 16, after his band, The Architects, wrapped a recent set in Ann Arbor. Managing others as they produce music is another challenge entirely.
Is there anything better than a book that gets you thinking before you even crack the cover? “Feral Citizens” deserved some chewing over as a phrase before I ever got to its job as a title. Is that even logically possible? And if it isn't, then how come the image ...
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