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Stamps Gallery launches its second annual "Envision" exhibition, which highlights Michigan-based contemporary artists

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Three pieces by Stamps' Envision 2023 finalists.

Left to right clockwise:
➥ Bakpak Durden, Double Crown of the Distant One, 2022, Khēmia Series. Oil and archival ink on wood panel, 48” x 72” Diptych. Image courtesy the artist.
➥ Levon Kafafian, The Summoner, Hyürabed, 2020. Handwoven cotton, rayon, silk, wool, dye, found fabrics, beads, leather, metal, and wood, 5’7” x 20” x 10.” Image courtesy the artist. 
➥ Parisa Ghaderi, For Dancing in the Streets, 2023. Video installation. Image courtesy the artist. 

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U-M's North Campus Research Complex galleries debut three new exhibitions

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Images from the NCRC summer 2023 exhibitions

Clockwise from the left, works in the North Campus Research Complex's summer exhibitions by Matthew Zivich, Cristina Joya, and Julianne Orlyk Walsh. Photos courtesy of the Rotunda and Connection galleries.

The University of Michigan's North Campus Research Complex (NCRC) is a place for scientists and businesses to develop ideas and projects that can affect real-world change.

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Watch Frederick Ebenezer Okai’s massive sculpture "When the Gods Speak, Heaven Listens" journey from Ghana to Ann Arbor

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Frederick Ebenezer Okai’s When the Gods Speak, Heaven Listens

Installation shot of When the Gods Speak, Heaven Listens, clay, duvet, light, nylon rope, metal wire, polyurethane glue, 2022. 174.1” x 83.1”. Photograph by Frederick Ebenezer Okai. Museum purchase made possible by the UMMA Director’s Acquisition Committee, 2022.

The We Write To You About Africa exhibition at the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) isn't really an exhibition in the traditional sense.

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Panel Discussion: "Cinema Guild and Campus Film Societies: Their History and Legacy"

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March's 61st Ann Arbor Film Festival (AAFF) was also the soft launch of Frank Uhle's new book, Cinema Ann Arbor, which officially comes out in June.

Uhle hosted a panel at AAFF, "Cinema Guild and Campus Film Societies: Their History and Legacy," a topic covered in the book, documenting the groups who brought cutting-edge films to the University of Michigan—and the controversies that sometimes ensued.

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University of Michigan drama professor Kate Mendeloff passes away from cancer

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Kate Mendeloff laughs while exploring The Arb in Ann Arbor where she directed the annual "Shakespeare in the Park" plays for two decades. Photo from El Kronox's Facebook page

Kate Mendeloff laughs while exploring The Arb in Ann Arbor where she directed the annual "Shakespeare in the Arb" plays for two decades. Photo from El Kronox's Facebook page.

Kate Mendeloff, a drama lecturer at the University of Michigan who directed the annual "Shakespeare in the Arb" plays for two decades, died on Saturday, April 15, from pancreatic cancer. She was 69.

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Executive director of Ypsilanti's ÆPEX Contemporary Performance discusses the music of Julia Perry with mezzo-soprano Olivia Johnson

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Garrett Schumann, executive director of the Ypsilanti-based ÆPEX Contemporary Performance, and mezzo-soprano Olivia Johnson (Detroit Opera House, Seattle Opera) talked about the life and music of African-American composer Julia Perry (1924-1979) on May 28, 2022, in a Zoom discussion sponsored by the Ann Arbor District Library. The event featured rare archival materials from Perry's career as well as the first public screening of ÆPEX's video recordings from June 2021 of two of Perry's compositions, in which Johnson participated as a vocal soloist: "Pastoral" (1959) and "Stabat Mater" (1951).

A Tanglewood fellow and graduate of the Juilliard School, Perry built an accomplished international career as a composer and conductor in the face of enormous obstacles. Despite receiving a commission from the New York Philharmonic and awards from both the American Academy of Arts & Letters and Guggenheim Foundation, Perry's music fell all but silent following her death.

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Fifth Avenue Press celebrated the release of five new books by Ann Arbor-area authors and illustrators

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Book covers for the fall 2022 releases by Fifth Avenue Press

Last fall, the Ann Arbor District Library released five new literary works on its Fifth Avenue Press imprint, which focuses on works by local writers:

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How Human: Lily Talmers returns to Ann Arbor with two new excellent albums that explore deeply personal and universal experiences

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Black and white photo of Lily Talmers in concert. She's sitting and holding a guitar.

Lily Talmers photo by Alex Gallitano.

On "My Mortal Wound," the opening song on Lily Talmer's It's Unkind to Call You My Killer album, states in the chorus:

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In Conversation: New AADL Video Revisits Dur e Aziz Amna's "American Fever" Debut Novel and Summer Event

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Author Dur e Aziz Amna and her book "American Fever"

A new Ann Arbor District Library video featuring a conversation with authors Dur e Aziz Amna and Julie Buntin is now available.

Recorded on August 26, 2022, it spotlights Amna discussing her debut novel American Fever.

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AADL 2022 Staff Picks: Homepage

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AADL's 2022 staff picks

Don't ever write a year-in-review intro before you've had lunch. See below for reasons:

2022 is Pulp’s sixth year of compiling a delectable list of Ann Arbor District Library staff picks, featuring a smorgasbord of media to review and devour. With an insatiable hunger for books, films, TV shows, podcasts, music, and more, our AADL staffer suggestions will whet your appetite for anything you may have missed in 2022—or from previous years.