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Sesquicentennial Interview: Alva Joanna Sink

Thu, 11/07/2024 - 5:22pm

This interview was conducted in 1974 as part of the I Remember When television series produced by the Ann Arbor Public Library.

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AADL Talks To: Art Fare

Wed, 11/06/2024 - 11:01am

In this episode David Friedo, Mary Bleyaert, Paul Wiener, Mary Dolan, and Barbara Torretti talk about the 1970s magazine Art Fare. The group discusses David's initial inspiration for the magazine, which was first published in 1973, how it came about, and its reception from the public. Each recount their roles in the production of the magazine, and reflect on the changes in the Ann Arbor art community and beyond.

Art Fare April 1975 Cover — *Art Fare*, April 1975

Art Fare December 1975 Cover — *Art Fare*, December 1975

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AADL Talks To: Michael Kondziolka, former Director of Artistic Programming at University Musical Society

Sun, 07/28/2024 - 3:59pm

In this episode AADL Talks to Michael Kondziolka. Michael, who retired in 2023, served for 30 years as the director of artistic programming and production for the University Musical Society. Michael talks with us about the thrill of bringing performers to Ann Arbor; how he and the UMS team responded to the changes and challenges of the late 1990s and how he helped reshape UMS’s aesthetic and took programming in different directions.

Elizabeth A.H. Green Leads The All-City Public Schools String Orchestra In Practice For May Festival, May 1944 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Elizabeth A.H. Green Leads The All-City Public Schools String Orchestra In Practice For May Festival, May 1944 image

Year:
1944

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 9, 1944
Caption:
DRILL FOR CONCERT TONIGHT: Music certainly has charms thinks an onlooker as he watches the 14 cellists of the massed string orchestra of 100 players recruited from Ann Arbor Public schools as they practice for the annual May Music Festival at 7:30 tonight in Hill auditorium. Forgotten are all the other intrigues of springtime as the young musicians concentrate on the things at hand, namely, a cello and a somewhat difficult composition.

Elizabeth A.H. Green Leads The All-City Public Schools String Orchestra In Practice For May Festival, May 1944 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Year:
1944

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 9, 1944
Caption:
VIOLINISTS PRACTICE: Fritz Kreisler has nothing on these youthful second violinists of the all-city public school orchestra when it comes to enthusiasm. In the above picture they are shown rehearsing for their selections in tonight's concert, for which there will be no charge, in Hill auditorium. Whether or not the Negro boy is weary or whether he is captivated by the music of his co-players remains unknown.