Entertainment

Posted: Wed Feb 22 1:50 p.m. by Kellie Woodhouse Higher education reporter
MTV coming to University of Michigan Thursday to tape pilot program

MTV is coming to the University of Michigan. And no, it's not to shoot Rihanna's new music video or an episode of the "Jersey Shore."

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Posted: Wed Feb 22 11:11 a.m. by Ryan Levin AnnArbor.com Community Contributor
'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance' finds a reviewer in a forgiving mood

I don't think it's entirely unfair to hold modern superhero movies to a different standard than other, typically loftier cineplex fare. If we didn't, where exactly would we be regarding directing duo Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor's new Marvel Comics film "Ghost Rider: The Spirit of Vengeance?" Outside thumbing our ...

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Posted: Wed Feb 22 10:10 a.m. by Chris Asadian Photographer
Posted: Wed Feb 22 7:59 a.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff
Tickets on sale: Florence & the Machine at the Fox; Dave Matthews Band at DTE; and more

Most tickets available from Ticketmaster.com or Ticketmaster retail sites, including the Michigan Union. The Michigan League Ticket Office, 911 N. University Ave., sells tickets in person or by phone at 734-764-2538 for University Musical Society, University of Michigan and Ann Arbor Summer Festival productions; these tickets are also available online: ...

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Posted: Wed Feb 22 5:54 a.m. by Jennifer Eberbach AnnArbor.com Freelance Journalist
Major Fluxus art exhibition opening at University of Michigan Museum of Art

A major traveling exhibition of art and performances from the Fluxus movement is stopping at the University of Michigan Museum of Art. "Fluxus and the Essential Questions of Life" includes more than 100 artworks by major players in the pivotal 1960s and 1970s international art movement. The exhibition runs Feb. ...

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Posted: Wed Feb 22 5:22 a.m. by Carla Milarch AnnArbor.com Community Contributor
'The Shadow Box' at Basement Arts, 'What Corbin Knew' in the Mosh Pit

In some circles, live theater has a reputation for expensive ticket prices and an appeal to the hoity-toity crowd. However, this week’s headliners affirm that theater can be accessible to everyone, and include theater in a Basement (well, it’s not really a basement) and theater in a Mosh Pit (okay, ...

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Posted: Tue Feb 21 11:30 a.m. by Bob Needham Entertainment director, AnnArbor.com
Roots rocker Dave Alvin releasing concert CD, DVD recorded at The Ark

Respected roots-guitar whiz Dave Alvin is preparing to release an expanded edition of his album "Eleven Eleven"—and the bonus features have a distinct local flavor: a CD and DVD of Alvin's performance last July at The Ark, Ann Arbor's storied nonprofit folk-and-more venue. As detailed on Alvin's page on the ...

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Posted: Tue Feb 21 5:59 a.m. by thecheckeredman
Tales of a Checkered Man: 'Changing of the Guard' Title Card

READ TALES OF A CHECKERED MAN - the comic strip adventure by Ann Arbor cartoonist Denver Brubaker about a shadowy mystery man who strikes fear into the hearts of the crooks and criminals of Exotic City. Who is this masked stranger? Where did he come from? Why does he choose ...

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Posted: Tue Feb 21 5:57 a.m. by Roger LeLievre AnnArbor.com Freelance Journalist
BreakFEST concert at The Ark dishing up great music while helping the hungry

Dan Crary headlines this year's BreakFEST concert. The annual BreakFEST benefit concert, which raises funds for Ann Arbor’s Breakfast at St. Andrew’s program, will kick off its third year Friday with a tasty bill that includes a blues innovator, a duo with strong alt-country roots, a great Michigan folk performer, ...

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Posted: Mon Feb 20 11:26 a.m. by Robin Agnew

Button HoledKylie LoganBerkley Prime Crime, $7.99 Buttons? What kind of interesting or even passable novel could be written about buttons? Quite an entertaining one, as it turns out, by old pro Kylie Logan, who readers may also know as Casey Daniels or Miranda Bliss. The premise of this cozy is ...

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Posted: Mon Feb 20 10:12 a.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff

Ann Arbor Civic Theatre announces auditions for the Sondheim musical "Sweeney Todd," directed by Rachel Francisco. Auditions take place Sunday, March 18 at 2 p.m., and Monday, March 19 at 7 p.m., with callbacks beginning at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 21.

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Posted: Mon Feb 20 9:48 a.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff
MC5 bass player Michael Davis dies

The MC5, with Michael Davis at right. Rolling Stone and other outlets are reporting the death of Michael Davis, bassist for the inflential Detroit / Ann Arbor band MC5, of liver failure. He was 68. A Detroit native, Davis was recruited into the band while studying art at Wayne State ...

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