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Pulp covers art, culture, music, books & theater in Washtenaw County, Michigan. A production of @aadl.org.
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An MLive headline on Jan. 10 may have caused the heart rates of local theater fans to spike:

"96-year-old Ann Arbor theater hopes to continue despite lease nearing its end"

Read about A2CT's current status & check out our history of the beloved theater group:
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A blindfolded man kneeling on stage in front of a skull. Caption: The Ann Arbor Civic Theatre's production of The Spider at the Lydia Mendelssohn. Cast member Carl Conrad goes through one small phase of the mystery-shrouded murder melodrama at a dress rehearsal. Published in The Ann Arbor News, January 21, 1952. Photo donated by © The Ann Arbor News.
January 12, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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The Radar tracks new music by Washtenaw County-associated artists and labels. 
 
This week: 
North Ingalls, Fearless Amaretto, Levi Makula, RE:fusion CC:ontractor, FFANGS, Winged Wheel, Sex Kennedy's, Jakarta Kids, and Ratmatia.
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January 9, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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U-M's Center for Japanese Studies' film series returns with a laugh at the State Theatre in Ann Arbor.
  
Check out the movies being shown at the "Winter 2026 Japanese Film Series: Comedy," which starts Jan. 22, as well as a couple of more classics from the country.
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8 stills from the films being shown at the Winter 2026 Japanese Film Series: Comedy and Monster Matinees series.
January 8, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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The bleak midwinter is here, and there's only one way to cope:  
  
Eat.  
  
A lot.  
  
Two upcoming foodie events in Ann Arbor will offer the succor your brain (and tummy) needs to get through this season.  

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Graphic featuring the Ann Arbor Restaurant Week poster and photos of Kerrytown Concert House and Zingerman's Deli.
January 7, 2026 at 6:44 PM
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Forge Theater announces the first play & other performances in its new collaborative creative space in Ann Arbor.
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Forge Theater logo. It says FORGE THEATER STUDIO SPACE in the shape of a circle with a hammer, anvil & fire in the center of it.
January 7, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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As part of its residency at @umichsmtd.bsky.social, Telegraph Quartet will perform a free concert of Haydn, Bartók’, and Skye on Fri., Jan. 23, at 7:30 pm, at Stamps Auditorium/Walgreen Drama Center, Ann Arbor. The event is free; no tickets required.
Preview:
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Telegraph Quartet walking down a dirt road in fall. The three men are wearing dark suits; the woman is wearing a blue and purple dress.
January 6, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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Both Sides Now:  
Janelle Haskell traded her jazz saxophone for folk guitar & reintroduced herself as a singer-songwriter. We spoke to the Ann Arbor artist about her new album ahead of her happy hour performance at Kerrytown's North Star Lounge on Thur., Jan. 8, at 5:30 pm.
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Album cover for Dedications & Postcards. Janelle Haskell sitting on a stool playing guitar. She's wearing a pink dress.
January 5, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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The Radar tracks new music by Washtenaw County-associated artists and labels.  
  
This week:  
Kat Steih, Mark Braun (Mr. B), Ani Mari, Matteo Sohn, The Sea, The Sea, Duburban & Krugah, Reckless Manner, and Kylee Phillips.
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January 2, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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Ann Arbor Civic Theater's character-driven "The Humans" mixes love, humor, & supernatural tension. We spoke to director Cassie Mann & some of the actors about Stephen Karam’s intimate Tony Award-winning play, which runs Fridays, Saturdays, & Sundays from January 9 to 18.
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The cast of A2 Civic Theatre's The Humans toast each other during a rehearsal scene. They're sitting at a dinner table.
December 31, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Ben Lorenz, co-founder of the Washtenaw County-based recording studio Willis Sound, died on Saturday, December 27. Lorenz was also the drummer for Restroom Poets, October Babies, and 16 More Miles; hear a selection of his recordings with those bands.
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Ben Lorez posing outside with fall colorings behind him. He's wearing a winter coat and hat and is smiling.
December 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Kyle E. Miller's "The Idiot’s Garden" is a poetic postapocalyptic novel. We spoke to the Ypsilanti-based author about his book, which takes place in a time where the oceans have boiled, whales consume power lines, & living things possess abilities beyond our world.     
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Book cover for The Idiot's Garden on the left; author Kyle E. Miller standing outside in the woods on the right.
December 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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The Radar tracks new music by Washtenaw County-associated artists. But for this edition, we have 8 songs by artists who namechecked the county seat in their song titles, even though only one of the creators lives in the area. (The rest are now honorary Tree Town-tonians.)
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Michigan seen from space on October 19, 2024. Photo via NASA Earth Observatory/NASA Earth Observatory. The A2Pulp.org logo is in red and placed where Ann Arbor is on the map.
December 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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In Memoriam:
Scott Richardson was the singer for pioneering late '60s/early '70s Ann Arbor rockers SRC/Scot Richard Case. He passed away on Dec. 7 at his home. We revisited Richardson's fertile musical legacy, which spans bluesy garage rock to prog-leaning psychedelia.
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Scott Richardson in 1971, wearing a shirt made out of various pieces of colorful fabric. He's smiling and has strawberry-blond hair. Photo by Frank Pettis.
December 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Clare Kinberg unravels the mystery of her estranged aunt's life in her new book, “By the Waters of Paradise: An American Story of Racism and Rupture in a Jewish Family.” We spoke to the editor of Washtenaw Jewish News about what she discovered & why it matters to her.  
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Book cover on the left; author photo on the right.
December 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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The Radar tracks new music by Washtenaw County-associated artists and labels.  
  
This week:
Ness Lake, Rik Strange, Schmaltz, Stucchi & The Shepherd, Lantern Lens, N8., and The Missing Cats.  
  
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December 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Everybody needs a thrill, we all got a space to fill. But life it ain't real funky unless it's got that ... Pulp Life. 
 
Some of our favorite games, outdoor events, and other kinds of hard-to-categorize cultural and life activities in 2025. 
 
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A2Pulp.org logo plus text reading Staff Picks 2025 over a shadow of an apple-tree branch. Reds and purple are the colors.
December 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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It's not recommended to put things in your ears ...

... except for our favorite songs, albums, podcasts, and more as recommended in AADL 2025 Staff Picks: Audio.

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A2Pulp.org logo plus text reading Staff Picks 2025 over a shadow of an apple-tree branch. Greens and black are the only colors.
December 18, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Screens rule everything around us—and here are the TV shows, movies, video games, YouTube, streaming, and more that ruled our screens.
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A2Pulp.org logo plus text reading Staff Picks 2025 over a shadow of an apple-tree branch.
December 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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AADL's 2025 Staff Picks rolls on with a spotlight on the Words category: books, audiobooks, graphic novels, comics, websites, and more.
 
Check out some of our favorites (and then check them out yourself from @aadl.org).
                                 
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A2Pulp.org logo plus text reading Staff Picks 2025: Words over a shadow of an apple-tree branch. The colors are oranges and yellows.
December 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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It's our favorite time of year—for favorites. These are the books, films, video games, songs, experiences, and more that caught our eyes and ears this year. 

Here are the categories of AADL's 2025 Staff Picks: 
➥ Words 
➥ Screens 
➥ Audio 
➥ Pulp Life
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December 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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The Radar tracks new music by Washtenaw County-associated artists and labels.   
   
This week:
Vulfpeck, 3Steez, RVRISS, Daniel Morris, Fangs and Twang, Bunkerman, Kalron, Dylan Charles, and a Moroccan music mix by Jib Kidder.
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December 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Jihyun Yun’s horror novel brings to life a dead sister in “And the River Drags Her Down.” We spoke to the Ann Arbor poet turned young adult fiction writer about her chilling new book.

Yun reads & signs at Booksweet in Ann Arbor on Thu., Dec. 18, at 6 pm.
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Book cover on the left; author photo on the right.
December 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Erin & Phil Stead revisit Amos McGee, the kind zookeeper who helped launch their career. We spoke to the Caldecott Medal-winning, Ann Arbor-based illustrator & author about "A Snow Day for Amos McGee" ahead of the couple's event at @literatibookstore.bsky.social on Dec. 11.
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Black & white photo of Phil and Erin Stead. Front cover of Snow Day for Amos McGee. Amos McGee wearing a red & white toque hat and a warm green outfit. He's building a snowman with an elephant, a penguin, and a tortoise.
December 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Encore Theatre's "Frozen" deftly navigates challenges to bring the movie's charms and songs to the stage. We reviewed "Frozen: The Broadway Musical," which runs through January 11, 2026, at the Dexter musical theater.               
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Cici Hubbard as Elsa in Encore Theatre's Frozen.
December 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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The Radar tracks new music by Washtenaw County-associated artists and labels.  
  
This week:  
David Barrett, Skinned Knees, Omo & Delos Prismatic, Defy Modern Theory, VaporDaze, Studio Lounge, Future Holograms, and Latimer Rogland.                              
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December 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM