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Plus, the Cinteopia Film Festival is returning after a 5-year hiatus to highlight underrepresented filmmakers

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The production examines the impact of social media on young people

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For the fourth year in a row, the Ann Arbor Film Festival is able to pay filmmakers to show their films in competition

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The free community fashion show hopes to showcase what Detroit’s fashion scene has to offer

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Detroit Public Theatre is hosting two free performances of Dominique Morisseau’s play in March

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The characters in this play, written by Detroit native Pearl Cleage, are as lovable as a bad addiction

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Part of the magic of live theater is that you never really know what’s going to happen

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We’re not sure why, but the ‘Shrek’ fandom is real

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From the hell yeah, to the WTF, and downright shameful

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The show is not for kids

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Not quite a clown or a mime, Russell A. Taylor’s performances mix music, pantomime, film, spoken word, and slapstick

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The Japanese rope master is known for creating endless webs of red rope where he suspends his models like a fly caught by a spider

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The show features one of hip-hop’s founding fathers, MC Kurtis Blow

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A world-renowned cast of performers will be accompanied by an ensemble of aerial circus acts

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Because inflation is real

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Letter from New York

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Children are the future

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His playful storytelling and witty observations have boosted his popularity over the past decade

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The play takes place across generations and cultures connected by resilience in the face of oppression

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The reinvented opera is being produced with an all-Japanese and Japanese-American team for the first time in the U.S.

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