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June 2023 Summer Events

Kelly McGilvery

FRIDAY, June 2 through Sunday, June 4 Our Lady of Perpetual Help Fun Festival - Live music from Distant Cousinz Friday, the Skittle Bots Saturday,...

Film Notes June 2023

Kelly McGilvery

Summer Films Under the Starry Sky The former Sundance Drive-in Movie Theater is open for business this summer, under new leadership and with a different...

Theater Notes June 2023

Riley Runnells

The Stranahan Presents “Dear Evan Hansen” A popular Broadway musical, “Dear Evan Hansen,” ran on Broadway for seven years. Now, the musical is touring the...

Don’t dream it, be it: 50 years of Rocky Horror

Curtis Deeter

“Give yourself over to absolute pleasure. Swim the warm waters of sins of the flesh. Erotic nightmares beyond any measure, and sensual daydreams to...

June 2023 Book Notes

Riley Runnells

Poetry Album Raises Awareness For Homelessness A new poetry album, “The Unforgivable Gossamer Sadness,” written and spoken by local poet Mike Hackney and produced by...

Road Trip, June 2023

Riley Runnells

Reggie Watts Brings Laughs To Ann Arbor Comedy fans, gas up your cars and drive to Ann Arbor for Reggie Watts’ stand up performance. Friday, June...

Art in June: Jacob Lawrence show opens at TMA, and more

Kelly McGilvery

Stoop-sitting in Nigeria with the Mbari Club Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club opens in the Levis Gallery at Toledo Museum of Art...

Destroy the Gap demonstrates what’s possible

Kelly McGilvery

Destroy the Gap is an exhibition available to experience at the Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery at BGSU through Saturday, June 3. It features work...

The Toledo Rep Pays Tribute to Sondheim

Jennifer Kellow-Fiorini

Stephen Sondheim was one of the most important figures of musical theater in the 20th century. At ten years old his close friendship with...

River House comes alive with images of the natural world

Kelly McGilvery

River House Arts’ spring exhibition, Rooted in Presence features botanical art, including paintings by Jordan Buschur, Veronica Englert, Skot Horn, Jon Kvassay, Nikki Woods,...

Gaming Together

Jon Ruggiero

Tabletop gaming has become more popular in recent years, with board games and pen-and-paper adventuring gaining more notoriety. That was even before we were...

Ann Arbor Theaters Screen New and Classic Films in May

Jennifer Kellow-Fiorini

Schedule includes Beau is Afraid, Master Gardener, Labyrinth, Man with a Movie Camera, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Spaceballs, and Fellini's 8 1/2.