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PHOTO ESSAY: Puppets and political commentary at FestiFools 2025
Natalia Holtzman
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Innovation News
Arts and Culture
FestiFools-style puppet parade coming to downtown Ypsi
Rylee Barnsdale
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
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Photo essay: The faces of FestiFools 2024
Natalia Holtzman and Doug Coombe
Monday, April 8, 2024
Innovation News
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Ann Arbor's FestiFools parade announces return just months after its cancellation
Natalia Holtzman
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
Innovation News
Arts and Culture
UMS returns for second Depot Town residency, including commissioned multimedia piece about Ypsi
Rylee Barnsdale
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
Innovation News
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This "store" stocked with items made of discarded plastic will open Ann Arbor's No Safety Net fest
Rylee Barnsdale
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
Innovation News
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After Ann Arbor residency, Ypsi artist to show work memorializing Asian hate crime victims in NYC
Jaishree Drepaul
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
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Ypsi residents celebrate city's bicentennial by writing Love Letters to Ypsilanti
Sarah Rigg
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
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Ann Arbor nonprofit and speaker company collaborate on massive interactive sculpture in Grand Rapids
Rylee Barnsdale
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
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Ann Arbor "underground playhouse" helps people heal through creativity
Jaishree Drepaul-Bruder
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
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Looking back at 25 years of Ann Arbor's Edgefest
Eric Gallippo
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
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ypsiGLOW community art celebration returns Oct. 29 with new location and collaborations
Sarah Rigg
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Innovation News
Arts and Culture
Ann Arbor architects plan to rehab food truck as a pop-up design studio
Jaishree Drepaul-Bruder
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Innovation News
Community Development
Ypsi residents invited to help repaint vandalized Black Lives Matter mural
Sarah Rigg
Wednesday, October 6, 2021
Innovation News
Arts and Culture
Guests can try a 3D body scanner at upcoming reception for new Ann Arbor arts nonprofit and gallery
Jaishree Drepaul-Bruder
Wednesday, October 6, 2021
Innovation News
Community Development
Ypsi to host L.O.V.E. is the Answer Day, joining international movement
Sarah Rigg
Monday, September 13, 2021
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Ypsi's Grove Studios to host immersive, dreamlike installation
Sarah Rigg
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
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Poetry project for local women of color to host book release event in Ypsi
Sarah Rigg
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
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Kids and Education
Ypsi-based program partners with formerly incarcerated writers to help youth heal through creativity
Sarah Rigg
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
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New performing arts company launches with trans-themed folk opera at Ypsi Freighthouse
Sarah Rigg
Wednesday, August 14, 2019
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