Articles tagged:artist

Posted: Thu Mar 10 5:54 a.m. by Janet Miller Freelance reporter
Angels on high: Ann Arbor muralist Martin Soo Hoo brings classic art into area homes

Ann Arbor muralist Martin Soo Hoo brings a piece the European master artists into the Michigan’s finest homes. Soo Hoo paints elaborate ceiling and wall murals in Ann Arbor and around Michigan, giving life to hovering angels, fiery dragons, flocking doves and more. His work appears in private residences and ...

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Posted: Fri Jun 4 12:25 a.m. by Jenn McKee Entertainment Journalist, AnnArbor.com
Blackbird Theatre's 'Patty Hearst' feels like a rough draft

Jamie Weeder stars in the Blackbird Theatre's "Patty Hearst: The New Musical."The irony of extremists who take themselves very, very seriously is this: you can’t help but laugh at them a little bit. Why? Because more often than not, they lack self-awareness regarding their own blind spots, contradictions, and hypocrisies; ...

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Posted: Thu May 20 7:55 a.m. by Janet Miller Freelance reporter
Ann Arbor ironman Scott Lankton makes architectural art and furniture that endures

Scott Lankton takes 20-foot bars of cold, hard steel and adds heat, muscle and his artist’s touch to forge graceful gazelles, delicate ginkgo leaves, intricate bouquets of roses and much more.For 30 years, this Ann Arbor ironman has been making custom stair railings, fireplace fronts and screens, furniture, gates and ...

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Posted: Sat Mar 20 1:16 p.m. by Jeremy Peters
Michigan music hits South by Southwest: Day Three

To give a little bit of insight into the festival, I wanted to attempt to describe the acute craziness that is this festival. The crowds are staggering. The local economy balloons during these two weeks, and every where you turn, there is another person likely doing the same thing you ...

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