Here's a roundup of shopping hours for big box retailers, local shopping centers and malls and regional destinations. These will be updated throughout November and December to reflect special holiday hours.
Small wool felted bear by flickr user Amber BalchI heard on the radio the other day that the holidays are about a celebration of excess... Whoa, wait a minute here, they're a celebration of EXCESS?! I don't think so, and I certainly hope I'm not teaching my children that. In ...
So, waking up at 4 a.m. and fighting crowds through jam-packed stores on Black Friday is not your idea of a good time? Maybe you'd prefer to spend all day watching sports. You don't have to sit in front of the TV to do it. The Pioneer and Huron high ...
Win free movie tickets Editor's note: Comment on today's "Cinema Chat" for a chance to win free movie tickets to the Michigan Theater. Some time between now and 6 a.m. Wednesday, leave a comment on this column, written by the Michigan Theater's Russ Collins. Offer your opinion on a recent ...
Barton Bund recently started calling the Blackbird Theatre’s newest offering, “If Only in My Dreams,” a two-man one-man show. What exactly does that mean? That Bund and fellow actor Will Myers, directed by Michael Williams, will both portray two different authors telling a Christmas- or winter-themed story.
Matt WatrobaA number of Thanksgiving-weekend entertainment traditions have developed in Ann Arbor in recent years: There's the "Jeff Daniels and Friends" concert at the Michigan Theater. There's Heywood Banks' regular stand at the Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase. But the longest-standing of these is Friday's day-after-Thanksgiving appearance by Matt Watroba at ...
Soon, the air will be filled with the songs of Christmas — some of it great, some of it not so great. But for those whose tastes in Christmas songs run more toward serious choral music than “Frosty” and “Rudolph,” the ensemble whose name has perhaps come to be most ...
It’s getting as though the area’s Thanksgiving cornucopia wouldn’t be the same without Jeff Daniels’ now-annual holiday weekend, made-in-Michigan variety show, Jeff Daniels & Friends. This year’s edition is Saturday night at the Michigan Theater. “People are always looking for something fun to do when friends and relatives are in ...
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Barbara Cullen, director of Encore Theatre’s new production of “Annie,” isn’t nervous about having a dog (playing Sandy) on stage. “I’ve worked with dogs, I’ve worked with chickens, and I’ve worked with roosters and lambs,” said Cullen. “The chicken was kind of difficult.”
Santa isn’t the only celebrity coming to town this holiday season. The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra will team up with “American Idol” singer David Archuleta on Friday night for a concert titled “Christmas From the Heart” at Hill Auditorium. The concert is in support of Archuleta’s new, Yule-themed CD of ...
In 2007, 16-year-old David Archuleta became one of the youngest contestants to compete on the TV talent competition “American Idol,” winding up as runner-up to David Cook after receiving 44 percent of over 97 million votes. David Archuleta’s self-titled album was released in late 2008, he’s toured the country with ...
"Spaces No. 1" oil on linen painting by Nora Venturelli. On view in "Nora Venturelli: Figures & Spaces" at WSG Gallery through December 6. Nora Venturelli’s latest exhibit shows us this local arts educator has reached the point where she's not content to just polish her talent. Through a continual ...
Playwright Joe Zettelmaier may just be the perfect person to write a new stage adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” “I’m someone who really gets into Christmas,” said Zettelmaier. “I’m the guy who waits to go Christmas shopping until close to Christmas Eve, because I love the hustle and ...
Taking us on a road trip that existed long before the United States was born, Takeshi Takahara’s “The Four Corners” at the University of Michigan Residential College Art Gallery masterfully interprets America’s fabled Southwest through the prism of his imagination. Takeshi Takahara, a longtime U-M School of Art and Design ...
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