In a musical climate where talent seems to take a back seat to effort, Henry Rollins stands out as one of today's hardest-working and most-committed artists.
Before heading out on his present tour, Rollins spoke candidly in a recent interview about his "overwhelming will to survive" as an entrepreneurial artist. The students of Ann Arbor will have the opportunity to spend an intimate evening with Rollins on Sunday when he comes to The Michigan Theater for a spoken word performance.
Down-to-earth Rollins visits A2
Basement Arts, a student-run production company within the University's department of theater and drama, is known for the opportunities it gives student directors. In a dress rehearsal Tuesday night, student playwright Ben Hurvitz watched his work come to life.
'Talent' brings sensitive issues to stage
Old photos and yellowed writings sheltered within glass cases on the seventh floor of the Hatcher Graduate Library dictate the presence of the legendary Avery Hopwood. Upon his death, Hopwood ordered that his wealth be donated to the University of Michigan in a special fund designated for aspiring student writers.
Delbanco keeps rewarding Hopwood legacy alive
"Oscar and Lucinda" starts out like a Masterpiece Theater period movie, but along the way, something knocks the staid camera out of whack and what remains is a strange love story by any measure.
The movie begins with two characters leading completely disparate lives. The viewer soon discovers that two oceans and a continent are not enough to keep these threads from eventually tying a knot. 
'Oscar' love story pays off in spades
Do paintings have a heartbeat?
This is one of many questions art lovers are invited to ponder at "Towns, Gowns and the Arts," a tour of local art galleries debuting today from 7 until 9 p.m. Art galleries make for night on the 'Towns'
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Though ABC's two-part, four-hour special "Motown 40: The Music is Forever" comes at a time when much of the nation will be obsessed with the Winter Olympics and the network put several days between parts, that won't stop real American music lovers. 
40-year-old Motown ain't too proud to brag
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