Category Archives: Culture

Fox Chapel High 1987 Isn’t it funny how the thing that is most fashionable at the time can seem the most ridiculous a few years later? Although I prefer style (it’s cheaper), I have nothing against fashion because it’s the … Continue reading →

Don’t get me wrong, I love newspapers. I grew up in a house where they were a part of the landscape and it’s remained that way for me. I can’t wake up unless I have my cup of tea and … Continue reading →

  And the UBU award for the least likely protagonist in a gritty, urban thriller goes to…   PLAY: "EARTH AND SKY" 3 p.m., Ann Arbor Civic Theatre. Ann Arbor Civic Theatre’s Studio Series presents a gritty, urban thriller about … Continue reading →

    Sorry, but you’d have to pay me at least twenty to sit through this…   PERFORMANCE: "LANGUAGE IS MY FRIEND" You order drinks, someone is handed a script and made to perform for your pleasure, and then acting, … Continue reading →

  Never forget. The press is the enemy. The establishment is the enemy. The professors are the enemy. Professors are the enemy! Write that on a blackboard 100 times and never forget it. – Richard Nixon to Henry Kissinger in … Continue reading →

  I didn’t see THAT coming…   MUSICAL: "ELLA MINNOW PEA" 7:30 p.m., Walgreen Drama Center, 1226 Murfin Ave. Workshop production of a Scott Burkell and Paul Losel musical that tells the story of a tiny fictional island nation whose … Continue reading →

  Librarians Grant Godlike Powers! MILAN SUMMER READING: "CREATE A BUG" 11 a.m., Milan Public Library, 151 Wabash St., Milan. Listen to a bug story, then make your own. Grades K-2. Free.   I’m not sure this really sounds like … Continue reading →

  Join me in hailing this mechanical marvel which evidently not only dispenses art but eats and drinks at the same time!   WELCOME GREENY THE ART-O-MAT 6-8 p.m., 826michigan, 115 E. Liberty St. See this refurbished vintage cigarette machine … Continue reading →