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… Community Present The ann arbor BLUES & JAZZ festival- 1972 CAPITAL CITY: Cairo teems with action; jobs scarce MILES DAVIS OTIS RUSH BOBBY "BLUE" BLAND ARCHIE SHEPP DR. JOHN MUDDY WATERS SUN RA SEIGAL…

…-Mchigan Union, Salvation Records (330 Maynard & 1103 S. University), Ned's Books (Ypsilantil, and by mail from Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival, Box 381, Ann Arbor, Mich. 48107. Limited time offer. Ticket sales…

… will be limited to Washtenaw County Area until August 1. Only $15 series tickets will be available until that date. MAIL TO: Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival P.O. Box 381 Ann Arbor, Mich. 48107…

… Friday-Saturday-Sunday, September 8-9-10 OTIS SPANN MEMORIAL FIELD (next to Huron High School) ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN ALL PROGRAMS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. SERIES TICKET-$15.00-ALL SHOWS TICKET OUTLETS…

…-SCHWALL BLUES BAND CHARLES MINGUS JR. WALKER & THE ALL-STARS FREDDIE KING LUTHER ALLISON HOUND DOG TAYLOR & THE HOUSE ROCKERS MIGHTY JOE YOUNG with LUCILLE SPANN & many other Blues & Jazz Artists 3 DAYS-5 SHOWS…

…8 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, September 20, 1994 Shakin' at the Blues and Jazz Fest By DUSTIN HOWES Once upon a time, according to a concert veteran at this past weekend's Ann Arbor Blues and…

… Jazz Festival, Miles Davis and Ray Charles played Gallup Park. At least two other greats came to Ann Arbor this weekend and simply drove the crowds nuts. To kick off the festival on Friday night atthe…

…, Mahal added incredible intensity to an already gorgeous night of clear skies, orange sunset and shining moon. De- spite the sexist lyrics, he compelled the Ann Arbor crowd to "shake that booty" and "move…

… from his new ClD'"Funky Genes" - then it got great. All in all, it was a great weekend for music in Ann Arbor. If you missed it... you missed it; there is no replay. How- ever, all of these artists are…

… folks fit the bill. And next year, don't miss the show. Never Mind Your Classes . Here's DailyArts he crowd at the Blues and Jazz Festival JONATHON LURIE/Daily You Don't N cn C -e 0 d C E C 0 T3 N0 N…

…, with just his guitar and a piano. In contrast to Heron's flood of intricately worded, soaring ideas, Mahal brought the music straight down to earth with plain dirty blues. An elder statesman of the blues…

… that thing" for an hour and a half. Mahal played the blues like few can, taking the volume down to barely audible levels while keeping such a consistent and funky groove that the crowd could not help but…

…SECOND SECT ION A6F A, kp ItItr4t iIaiti 42nd ANNUAL MAY FESTIVAL VOL. XLV. No. 145 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 1935 PRICE FIVE CENTS Festival Programs Show Wide Range Of Musical…

… Festival, to be held May 15, 16, 17, and 18 in Hill Auditorium, will surpass its silendor of former years when it presents six concerts which include six artists new to Ann Arbor concert goers, six former…

… Society Is May Festival Sponsor The Ann Arbor May Festivals are given under the auspices of the University Musical Society, a non- profit making corporation, which was organized in 1879. Its articles of…

… townspeople alike according to President Charles A Sink of the School of Music. It has been said that "one car hear the Ann Arbor May Festival foi a song." This statement tells ar important story. There…

… theatre, Ann Arbor's Once Group will feature two dramatic happenings involving dance, amplified sound, and light and film projection. - Alvin Ailey's American Dance Theatre will end t h e Festival with a…

… Ann Arbor stay, the last week of it coinciding with the Crea- tive Arts Festival. His opening lecture' will be tomorrow night in Rackham Lecture Hall at 8:00 p.m. The scheduled topic is "Teaching…

…'s Players is a stu- dent-faculty "un-organization" which presents plays rarely per- formed on the contemporary stage. - The Believers will present a combination blues - gospel - jazz - pop musical comedy and…

… Society today. MUSIC - "Lady Soul" A r e t h a Franklin will sing the blues of today in her own inimitable style. - Music and drama are the basis for the Eastbound Mound's mixed media perform- ance in which…

… Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, January 19, 1969 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday. January 19. 1969 ,...., . ~' I 7 ,. X The Creative A rts Festival: One week togo By BARBARA WEISS It…

…'s here. It's now. It's t h e Creative arts Festival, 1969. Entitled "Experiment in the Arts," the Festival will fea- ture modern notables famous internationally for their pioneer- ing contributions in the…

… fields of drama, poetry, art, dance, criticism, and song. "This year, we wanted to build a cultural event the dimensions of which would be something unique," says Harry Winer, '69, chairman of the Festival…

… during the Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival. Music fll cty durin anual Jfestival By Jacquelyn Nixon Daily Staff Reporter Escape and relaxation were on the minds of attendees of the Ann Arbor Blues and…

… growing. "For about the last three years, we've provided a venue for the Ann Arbor Jazz Festival. We've had between 600 and 800 people for the past three nights of the festival," Brooks said. Brooks said…

… brothers when I was younger," said Ann Arbor resident Jeff Bullard-Berent. "Gallup Park's a nice place to hear See FESTIVAL, Page 7A __ --Ili -11, -- bemocrats launch fall Students mourn losses of short…

… vocalist Little Jimmy Scott. Scott, infamous for singing at the funeral of Doc Pumas, filled the club to capacity Saturday evening. Ann Arbor resident Armen Solakhyam said his interest in jazz Inside…

… Theater with their gospel and soul performances. Saturday and yesterday afternoon brought musical acts such as Ann Arbor's Funktelligence and the Univer- sity's Faculty Ensemble to Gallup Park. Sitting on…

… culprit for the plague of fish deaths is Ann Arbor's water. LSA freshman Lesley Littman said after moving her fish to a cup of untreated Ann Arbor water while cleaning her fishbowl, they all died within…

…'s really keyed up about the top of the ticket," said Kolb, an Ann Arbor City Council member vying to replace Rep. Liz Brater (D-Ann Arbor), who is forced out by term limits. "All M -UUHt- L 1 LS Nel Dority…

… a lawn chair and sipping a glass of wine, Rackham student Pamela Young listened to the Creole, blues and soul music. "I like the way the musicians impro- vise and have their own style. It's incredibly…

… friendly atmosphere set the ne when about 100 students and nn Arbor residents gathered for the local Democratic Party office's kick-off event last night. Kilpatrick and state Rep. LaMar Lemmons (D- Detroit…

… Jazz Festival this weekend. On Friday and Saturday night, the jazz club Bird of Paradise, one of the festival's three locales, offered light dining in a dimly-lit setting in addition to the music of…

… assist some finan- cially needy organization. This Sunday seems to be the day that the benefit concert of all benefit concerts is going to hit the Ann Arbor area - the benefit for the Ann Arbor Blues…

…~ ITH AVENUE AT Lin~n? flOWN1'OWN ANN ARBOR INFORMAION 761-6700 not continuous With 'JOE' i "My love will never die," and "So many roads." Luther Allison and his blues band from Peoria, Illinois has…

… phone: 764-0552. Second Class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Mich- igan, 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor Michigan 48104. Published daly Tues- day through Sunday morning Univer- sity year. Subscription rates: $10…

… players are rep- resentative of the City Blues out of Chicago. Junior Wells, who has appeared in both of the p a s t festivals is a legendary harmonica player and recently, he and Buddy Guy, his guitar…

… this Spast summer at the festival that he stuck around town and play- ed two more gigs. Otis Rush is probably the greatest living blues guitar player after B. B. King today. He has b e en a mainstay on…

…' with a loss of about thirty thou- sand dollars. And of course, the late announcement of the seem- ingly more attractive Goose Lake Festival drew many ex- pected attendants from the Blues Festival to the…

… commer- cial reknown of Russ Gibbs. The need for expanded health, latrine and water facilities cut into the Blues Festival budget to the amount of about 25 thousand dollars. And an ex- orbitant fee was…

…; they just wanted to break even. The Blues Festival will not repeat next year if the commun- ity does not support Sunday's benefit concert. According to Dan Burke of the Canterbury House, one of the…

… sponsors, they do not need to make up all the deficit. only a large proportion of it. The rest can be supple- mented by contributions which the Blues Festival Committee is willingly accepting. Tickets are on…

… that even the most avid of blues fans would rest their cushiony bottom on the now frozen grass of summer. The Blues Festival is in dire need of the community's assis- tance. An average of eight thou…

… Liber- am. visit the booths sten to and watch the street or on four-day event. pair of sneakers or a maize and blue sweater, almost all of the merchants in Ann Arbor hold some kind of sidewalk sale. Ann…

… stay home July 25-28. E VERY JULY, Ann Arbor is to William on State Street and Association, is locate transformed into a festival that at- along Main Street from William to Guild's artists on State…

… tracts over 500,000 people from all Huron; as along some around the country. The fair has grown " The Ann Arbor Street Art the Guild's artists on from its humble beginnings when there Fair, sponsored by…

… first Ann Arbor Street Art Fair. The second oldest fair, the State Street Art Fair, Today, three art fairs with nearly 1,000 artists com- was organized for Summer Bargain Days promotion bined dominate the…

… art scene and participate in Ann as well. In 1968, merchants on State Street decided to Arbor's annual art extravaganza, take advantage of the crowds provided by the Since the Ann Arbor Street Art Fair…

… Arbor is not only famous for the art fair but also, of course, the Univer- sity. If this is your first visit to Ann Ar- bor, after you visit some of the booths, be sure to look around the University…

… of the many amateuristic displays. University art students began their first fair because of efforts by the Ann Arbor Street Art Fair to limit informal booths on the outskirts of its fair areas. The…

… Festival, spon- on East University; various performers in sored by the Artists and Craftsmen " The State Street Area Fair, spon- the stage during the Guild, is located from South University sored by the…

…'s campus. The law quad, the graduate library, and the art museum are good places to start if you have a limited amount of time. for art fair The Summer Arts Festival, unofficially established in 1971 by…

… the other two fairs set up informal booths on the Diag and adjoining streets. Professional artists who were displaying in the other two fairs nicknamed the Summer Arts Festival the "hippie fair" because…

… far Red Hot Lovers to fully comprehend the legacy of the Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival. The posters on the wall bear names like Howlin' Wolf, Miles Davis, Muddy Waters and Charles Mingus. Perhaps…

… directions many times, often incorporating his style of playing Courtesy o Aigator Recoros , daO ' 5 or'c Records KoKo Taylor and Buddy Guy perform tonight as part of the Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival…

… in this year's festival, which begins tonight in Ann Arbor, is a diverse sampling of the two genres, both old and new. The festivities begin tonight when Koko Taylor and Buddy Guy take the stage at the…

… on the wall in Red Hot Lovers will be headlining Saturday's installment of the festival at Gallup Park. Tenor Saxophonist Pharaoh Sanders who appeared at the festival in the '70s returns to Ann Arbor…

… year's inaugural performance promises to be a mind blowing evening of Chicago style blues. Blues and Jazz Festival Various iocations Tonight through Sunday To many, Koko Taylor is the reigning Queen of…

… porary Blues. His set should provide a solid example of where blues is going in the next century, without forget- ting its past. Beyond the headliners, the most intriguing story of this year's festival is…

… Daily Arts for reviews of "My Son the Fanatic" and "Blue Streak." # 1 8 Friday September 17, 1999 A 0, Blues, Jazz Fest opens tonight By Curtis Zimmermann Daily Arts Writer One only has to go as…

… the blues. Born in Memphis in 1935 she and her husband migrated to Chicago in the '50s where she was discovered by Willie Dixon. In 1962, she signed to Chess Records on which she released numerous…

… counterpart of Blues, and some might call it the predecessor to Cajun music. In the same breath. you'd have to mention master accordion player Clifton Chenier. Not only is he considered the greatest musician…

… ever to play in that style, but slots in his band served as training ground for some of the great players of both Zydeco and Texas blues. Clifton Chenier's main innovation to the style was his addition…

…ARTS Tuesday, March 10, 1987 The Michigan Daily Page 5 The 16mm Festival goes for the silver By John Shea The Ann Arbor Film Festival, a festival with as rich a past as promising a future, kicks…

… North Am - erca. Promising young filmmakers from across the country point to, Ann Arbor as the place to best display their talents. This year, over 250 entries have been submitted for the festival's 25t…

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…-off its silver anniversary run at the Michigan Theatre today. What started as a forum to exhibit the work of local filmmakers back in 1963 has grown into the oldest and most prestigious 16mm festival in…

…H 'run, and festival director Annette Wilson, along with a five-member screening committee, will view them all before choosing the 80-100 films that will be shown during the week. There are 30 hours of…

… $1000 Berman Award for the "Most Promising Filmmaker in the Festival." One thing that has changed since 1963 is the broadening of the field to international filmmakers; no longer does the festival have a…

… strictly North American flavor. Entries have been received from Ger - many, New Zealand, Italy and Ethiopia, just to name a few. A special program on experimental cinema in Germany, hosted by festival judge…

… from mildly irritating to catastrophi- cally hot, the annual Ann Arbor Art Fair rolled into town, bring- ing with it a motley crew of indi- viduals. The only warning the sleepy and sweaty city had was…

… that's the beauty of the fair. There's really something for everyone." The Art Fair boasts more than 1,100 artists and hundreds of thou- sands of visitors walk the streets of Ann Arbor, peeking into…

…) would have, like, bad cover bands or maybe a blues band, you know, maybe a tribute band ... and my thought was, 'wouldn't it be great if you had something like this but it was actually good music…

…Monday, July 25, 2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Pitchfork serenades Chicago Annual A2 Arts Fair ByJOSHUA BAYER Daily Arts Writer Not many music festivals can tout that their three…

…-day passes sold out within 24 hours of the ini- tial sales date. But of 2011, Pitchfork Music Festival can. In the realm of indie hipster fandom, Pitchfork is incontestably the "it" music festi- val. Just look…

… at the lineup - no other US festival of comparable notori- ety would ever have the audacity to flaunt Animal Collective, Fleet Foxes and TV On The Radio as its three premier headliners. While Pitchfork…

… festival was originally " slated as a juice-up incarnation of the sorts of homely summer street festivals that are immensely popu- lar in Chicago. "You have these street festivals, there's a bunch of them…

… all over the place," Reed said in an interview with The Michigan Daily. "But they're just basically a beer bash, more or less. There's a stage and there's people selling crap. Most of (the festivals…

… September 13, 2002 michigandaily.com/arts mae@michigandaily.com ftgftdftmgadu ilRTS 5 Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival begins Adam Haslett's 'You Are Not a Stranger Here' is heartwarming By…

… Park tickets are also available at both the Arborland, Borders and at P.J.'s Used Records and CDs (no service charge). For more information visit the Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival website: a2.blues…

… classroom setting? Oh man have we got an event for you. The annual Blues and Jazz Festi- val will descend on Ann Arbor all this weekend, once again featuring a diverse assortment of acts playing at venues…

… festivities kick off tonight at the Michigan Theater on East Lib- erty Street where Grammy Award winning pianist and bandleader Eddie Palmieri, known as 'The Sun of Latin Jazz,' will take the y stage with his…

… music just as he per- formed it at the original festival 30 years ago. The festival will close that evening with a performance by Karl Denson's Tiny Universe. Saxophonist and bandleader Den- son is know…

… the gate (students save $5 either way with student ID). Two day passes as well as complete festival package deals are also available. Tickets can be purchased at all Ticketmaster locations and Gallup…

… Ann Arbor Film Festival has been one of the city's most vibrant and distinctive cultural institutions, second only, perhaps, to the University itself. Spawned from a resurgence in cinematic…

… to Ann Arbor's famedetv By BLAKE GOBLE DailyArts Writer The Ann Arbor Film Festival rarely dis- appoints, and we expect it to be no different this year. But unless you're a hardcore film buff, the…

… Conradis I Daily Film Editor nn Arbor isn't typically known for glamour. A In fact, mest people wouldn't knew it ac all if it weren't for the University that has engulfed it. But for one week out of every…

… film on duck, duck, goose is surely bet- ter than no film at all on the titular subject. "bLuE daHLia Live Performance: Seven Chances": The classic slapstick star of silent film Buster Keaton set to the…

… world music of Kalamazoo's bLuE daHLia couldn' me more esoteric. But at the very least, y sic c ii it yourself to see at least one Ket is ism bcfarc you die. "Dish": Six gay men descb ei sobses- sions…

… songwriter with unique its and one person's struggle c sps isfr Ipper biends of Celtic rock folk instead of plastic.b'o.i'k ' "Gibson & Recoder s Pierfo- blues and funk - is known mance": Sandra Gibsonand sce…

… experimentation during the '60s, the festival grew to become one of the most widely-regarded avant-garde and experimental film festivals in the world. Yet only a year ago - despite the temptation to think a…

… festival as well-established as this would be immune to such worries - it was dangerously close to extinction. "Everybody was very disturbed," said Christen McArdle, AAFF's executive director. "It seemed…

… like a lot of artists did get in touch with me - internationally, especially." The concern in the filmmaking community arose in 2006 after a group of state legislators cut the festival's state fund- ing…

… the festival as examples of state-fund- ed art they deemed objectionable. Among the films named were Brooke Keesling's "Boobie Girl," an award-winning ani- mated short about a young girl who wishes for…

… they neglect to hold him up. "He's no fun," they cry. quick as they came they scurry off, leaving the harried M.C. to introduce the first ical production in Ann Arbor's ninth annual Medieval Festival…

… craftsmen who will display their works tmonstrate their crafts. is weekend's festival is also rumored to include more costumed participants all out to that only in Ann Arbor can a stroll through the park…

…The Michigan Daily-Friday, August 4, 1978-Page 9 back the clock Now hear this," a tunic-clad gentleman announces to the crowd, "there have been s that fools are roving the festival grounds and…

…. Before the festival's sion, the jesters will be back for more silly antics. In between their attempts at y. there will be more 'serious' presentations. For example, there will be a parody of g and Juliet…

… festival productions. se festival began last Saturday at West Park and moved around the city performing val dance and music in addition to the plays. This weekend the festival will be at the School on North…

… Campus. The Music School portion, according to the experienced, is, st part of the festival. In addition to performing all four plays at the site, the festival ipants will be joined by twenty-five medieval…

… yield kings and queens, dukes and ses, princesses and princes, a smattering of peasants and several friars, all color- ressed and revelling in the medieval spirit. E festival gets under way at the Music…

… TRAVEL SUPPLEMENT 1 2UIr4lilaU lJattg SUNDAY MAGAZINE Sunday, March 27, 1955 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN PAGE ONE _. I r - + wr+ PICTURESQUE FRAME: The village of Thun in the Bernese Oberland…

…- tionally a little more frantic than that of Cannes. The Festival here takes place in the heat of August and has the full complement of blue-jeaned auto- graph seekers who gather before the theaters in the…

…, Music Literature NEXT SUMMER, when thousands of Americans flock to Europe, the man- agers of music festivals will nightly thank the gods for the naive idea that great music is even greater in impressive…

…. Many Americans not yet aware of this will leave the festivals disappointed. The average American, accustomed to our bigness of sound and technical super- iority, has no conception of the varieties of the…

… characteristic European intensity of subtlety and nuance. He will be almost as confused by European musical insight as he is with the strange language he hears. He will also be chagrined to find these festivals…

… featuring his own American per- formers, a number sponsored this year by ANTA, the American National Theatre and Academy. The New York Philhar- monic, for instance, will again highlight the Edinburgh Festival…

…, and the New York City Ballet and the Philadelphia Orchestra will each manage to hit a number of festivals. (Even Europeans suffer from the demands of virtuosos; I see that this latter group will climax…

… the Strasbourg Festival with Yardumian's Armenian Suite, so begrudgingly received at our own May Festival last year), THE ATTITUDE of most festival-goers (which they will never admit), is that the music…

… more important than the music performed in them. Many Americans will even wonder what Yardumian has to do with Strasbourg, and why his musi is not performed in a special festival in Armenia (which, after…

… all, may not be a bad idea). Mr. Yardumian notwithstand- ing, the festival programs seem excep- tionally ambitious and appetizing to a can-fed American musical public; even these, though, are quite…

…: PROGRAMS (Subject to change) Syracuse University: The Ann Arbor festival has long since taken its assured place 'as one of the most important annual events in the United States. Its rank has been attained…

… FESTIVAL CONCERT Thursday Evening, May U) "For thirty-four years Ann Arbor has' held its annual May Festival and at no other time during that period has any other May Festival of the country surpassed this…

… them appreci- ate and are capable of fulfilling their responsibilities.. The value of such Festivals in advancing the art of music cannot be overestimated. The activities of the Ann Arbor Uni- versity…

… the art of music. ' J. ALBERT RIKER, Musical Courier, Editorial, New York: Ann Arbor has made itself nationally famous by the great music festival that is held there each year under the direction of…

… the University Sch'ool of Music. It is by such accomplishments that America is made musical. Such festivals as, these held each year in Ann Arbor satisfy this need-and awaken in many visitors and…

… perhaps in many who are unable to be present, the first con- ception of the meaning and delight of this great cultural and emo- tional influence we call art. The Ann Arbor festival does more than merely…

… Nellie Varner No blues fes t forseen By GEORGE LOBSENZ Despite an apparently favorably disposed City Council, it appears there will be no Ann Arbor Blues Jazz Festival this September. Last year's major…

… 'for the last three years, has no plans, and, no capabilities for launching the massive jamboree this year. Crippled by last year's disastrous "Ann Arbor Blues 'Jazz Festival in Exile, Rainbow is, "in…

…The Michigan Daily Vol. LXXXV, No. 3-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, May 9, 1975 Ten Cents Twelve Pages Cambodian govt. plans rural society By DENNIS GRAY Associated Press Writer BANGKOK, THAILAND…

… stationed- and still presumably are - in eastern Cam- bodia for more than a decade. See KHMER, Page 10 BULLETIN ANN ARBOR (UPI) - The Washtenaw County Board of Canvassers has agreed to a recount of the city…

…- active" and "tremendously in debt" because . 2of the '74 event, according to Peter Andrews, a prominent figure in previous Festivals. Andrews maintains that last summer's "last minute surprise rejection by…

… the Republican- dominated City Council" was responsible for the Festival's downfall. Daily Photo by KENFN Last year's Windsor, Carada Festival, L t a' Bluthough it remained an artistic success, turned…

…-historic Ann Arbor Blues Festival. B.B. King, Buddy Guy and Muddy Waters, among others, introduced the Ann Arbor population to true blues: the blues of Chicago and the Mississippi Delta. As a dedicated…

… blues fanatic myself, I was thrilled to be able to attend the 2019 Ann Arbor Blues Festival, which took place Aug. 16 through Aug. 18 at the Washtenaw Farm Council Fairgrounds. After finishing up…

…, said Thornetta Davis following her performance Saturday afternoon at the Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival in Gallup Park. Innovative trombone player Steve Turre said jazz has similar influence on audi…

…~fLt ~LLLO NIb/UtJOIy Members of C.J Cehnier and The Red Hot Louisiana Band play the the Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival at Gallup Park on Saturday. Festival draws variety of By John Uhl Daily Arts Writer…

… Annual Ann Arbor Folk Festival seemed to epitomize the disconnected nature of contemporary folk music. By presenting a cast of wholly dissimilar performers, the festival provided the audience with a clear…

… festival at Power Center. 4K* 4K 4( 4K 41 4( 4K 4t -k TOLEDO, OH - TUES., JAN. 29 University of Toledo Student Union ANN ARBOR, MI - WED., JAN. 30 University of Michigan Michigan Union FARMINGTON HILLS, MI…

… revialist Hedy West, and David Bromberg, whose im- pressive instrumental abilities extend to jazz, blues and pop-rock inter- pretations. Clearly, Sunday's folk festival displayed much more than folk music…

…. Combining intriguing vocals along with the crystal- clear instrumentals, their set improved upon a similar appearance last fall at the Ark. JOHN HAMMOND'S collection of blues interpretations drew him an…

… for anything. I just wanted to say thank you: Although it was only revived six years ago, the Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival manages to draw some of the most respected musicians to the grassy field…

… festival happen again, Tiboni said. Backed by the new Prism Productions, the Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival took over Gallup Park once again in 1992, headlining Reba McIntyre and Al Green. Tiboni said a…

… a club or concert hall,' Tiboni said. "This is something special, something thrilling," he added. While the music festival first sashayed into Ann Arbor in 1972, as one of the first of its kind in the…

… nation, it lasted only two years before being forced to close. Money troubles, combined with the City of Ann Arbor not reissuing the Gallup Park permit after the festival left it in "a bad situation" sent…

…," Tiboni said. Billings for the 1972 and 1973 festivals included Ray Charles, Miles Davis, Count Basic and Muddy Waters. Peter Andrews, a force in creating the first Ann Arbor festivals, "never let go of the…

… musicians have ties to the festival as well. In a rather appropriate circle, Muddy Waters' son, Big Bill Morganfield swept the stage at the 1999 festival. Muddy Waters helped christen the inaugural Ann Arbor…

… festival. "Ann Arbor has a long tradition of major musicians. They keep coming here because of city support and the reputa- tion of our music festival," said Tiboni. Ann Arbor ends up with the "best mix of…

… University's new partnership with Pharmaceutical company Parke- Davis, which is moving its product development group from New Jersey to Ann Arbor. "Parke-Davis coming to town triggered us get- ting together…

… Jersey to Ann Arbor. Representatives from other pharmaceutical companies including Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pharmacia and Upjohn participated in the two- day symposium of lectures and panel discussions…

… festival's Board of Directors and host of a blues show on WEMU, Eastern Michigan University's radio station. "I think people take it for granted. The atmosphere of the show is like nothing you could find in…

… will fail to reach their great potential. Michele Peters May 22 bicyclists and none of that jazz A TRADITIONAL RITE of summer in this town, the Ann Arbor Blues abd Jazz Festival, appears destined once…

…-controlled Council as being an unacceptable location for the homeless festival. An alternate site in Ann Arbor Township was axed by its residents. This sort of impotence on the part of Council to secure a spot for the…

… festival looms as a major disappointment for many Ann Arborites. It is sad when traditions such as this one are left to die. The Blues and Jazz Festival has always been considered the perfect topping to…

… mellow Ann Arbor summers. Turning to a less sentimental point of view, the festival could bring some additional greenery into the city's coffers. The financial dis- aster of two years ago, when many were…

… Commissi not implementing the ret: excellent idea. If women in the struggle for equa least such groups canc Janet Riggs To The Daily: May 23 Summer has come once more to Ann Arbor as bicyclists can tell you…

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… Night Editor Ass't Night Editor TODAY'S STAFF: News- Jennifer Miller, Ken Parsigion, Tim Schick, Jim Tobin, Barb Zahs Edit-Jay Levin Photo Technician-Scott Eccker Supplement-Elaine Fletcher, Ann Marie…

… again to be a sweet memory in the minds of local music lovers and summer worshipers this year. Itwill take a miracle for the Fest to get off the ground. After a deported festival two years ago across the…

… national border in Windsor, we'll probably have to have a rerun of last summer when there just wasn't any festival at all. Last month, a proposed site of Gallup Park was snubbed by the Republican…

… hesitant to cross the border into Canada, is no indication of the event's fruitful potential. There is one bright note, however. The city is considering plans for a permanent Festival site slated for…

… bands that play regularly at Rick's and the Blind Pig. Today, the Blue Front Per- suaders, probably Ann Arbor's old- est and most popular party rock-R&B band, take the stage at 1 p.m. What would an Art…

… diverse bands, hit the stage, playing every- thing from jazz to juju to jump blues. Peter "Madcat" Ruth closes down this stage at 8 p.m. Ruth is an Ann Arbor legend, playing har- monica that will raise your…

… that posseses an artistry all its own. A short walk to the 18th Annual Ann Arbor Medieval Festival will thrust you back hundreds of years to the times when chivalry was far from dead and bountiful feasts…

… Fair be without them? They are followed at 4 by Map Of the World, considered by many to be Ann Arbor's finest. band. They are led and fronted by the singing of Sophia Hanifi and the guitar work of…

… with yet another Local faves The Chenille Sisters perform Wednesday at both the Union and Graceful Arch Stages. From left, they are: Chryl Dawdy, Grace Morand, and Connie Huber. performance by the Blue…

… local choreographer and dancer performs at 11:30, followed at noon by Chris and Bill Barton, who play traditional acoustic Irish and American music. Bill is a member of Footloose, a local blue- grass…

… eye- brows and drop your jaw. Yes, he is that good. A couple of University Music School ivory shiners open up Saturday's festivities at the Union stage. At 10 a.m., classical pianist Christopher Keen…

… away from your people watching and art browsing and wander around to the different stages. Shut your eyes, open your ears, and eniov! 'Medieval Festival offers change of scene By Brian Bonet If you…

… show will keep the kids smiling as well as make the muppets look like wimps. "It's very lively entertainment," commented Medieval publicist Katie Heiser, who added that the Festival usually draws…

… between five and ten thousand people. "It (the Medieval period) was so long ago, you can even romanticize more than say the Colonial period," she said. For the first time in the Festival's history…

… to be considered out- standing. 'T IS INEVITABLE that this year's festival be compared to last year's and given that the first Ann Arbor Blues Fes- tival was very nearly perfect, it is just as…

… Wells and Buddy Guy enjoy playing CALL: Marnie Heyn, 769-7353 Madelyn Campbell, 769-7683 or 2012 SEB 764-3503 FOR BLUES LOVERS in this country, Christmas runs a poor second to the Ann Arbor Blues…

… real problems of the * festival was that there was too much talent to be presented in the time allowed. First let me say that if there is any good reason why the City of Ann Arbor should attach a 12…

… consecutive year, in contrast to most "pop" festivals, almost every artist promised in the advance publicity appeared, plus sev- eral unscheduled major acts. And there were the Blues freaks, not as many as last…

… year, and evidently not nearly enough to cover the festival ex- penses, but if the crowd were measured by their knowledge of and respect for the blues instead of by simple numbers, then it too would have…

… summer, Ann Ar- bor has been relatively calm, in marked contrast to last sum- mer's violent disturbances on S. University. But Krasny is not Smaking any predictions for the fall. "The key to the issue is…

… appearance last summer. It now would seem inappro- priate to begin a blues program any other way. But, John Lee's set had to be the one that highlighted the evening. He has a fantastic blues voice-very low…

… and a half, but it was' still great to see and hear him again. EARLY SATURDAY afternoon brought a fine progression of traditional and country blues. Lazy Bill Lucas played a fine set, the highlight of…

… disappointing set. To begin with, he didn't play the songs I particular- ly like to hear him do ("Born under a Bad Sign," "Blues Power"). The guitar work in the stuff he did play was at best medi- ocre…

… rock, and roll instead of blues ("Shake, Rattle and Roll") but what- ever it's called, it was really great music. Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson performing with Big Joe Turner was awarded a stand- ing ovation…

… inherent set of chil lenges. Gone is the opportunity to grab aid sustain an audience's attention via the com- forts of a low-lit club. Instead, fans at festi vals like the Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival…

…. mwihigandaily.com /arts &cott wails at the Bird on Saturday night By John Uhl Daily Music Editor ,My anticipation for Jimmy Scott had been building since he was first booked to perform at the Ann Arbor Blues and…

…. While this year's Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Fest had to overcome a few ifiore logistical snags than in years past, the on Sunday was one of success thank large to the Robert Cray Band. If ther is anything…

… Just like being there... Burtmed you didn't make it out to the AiYv Arbor Blues and Ja:z: Festival! Don't tirt jist go online to see more pictures fim ii il} photographer Sam -ollenshead…

… to be said for last impressions, one can be glad that a seasoned vet like Cray got the last word. - .....mm -----.----,- - - Sam Hol!enshead/DAiLY Rhone Avielle, an Ann Arbor musician, attended the…

… to conclude this year's t - tivities. The crowd was instantly infused by the energy and focus of this urban blues legend. From the very beginning of the set, Cray's years of experience spoke for the…

…- selves. His warm guitar sound and pristie voice provided the perfect accompanimmgt to the varied material that comprises his repertoire. His blues/R&B/sou style is li his own and regardless of where you…

… respond to an uninteresting set by diverting their attention to conversation or Frisbee games. Performers at this Sunda 's festivities scored mixed results in thefW of such challenges. The penultimate…

… performer on Sunday's bill was female Zydeco artist Rosie Ledet and her Zydeco Playboys. Ledet's op infused, groove-oriented material w6rked well to grab the attention of festival goers, who responded by…

… home-spun texture at the School of Music, as professional to the Festival that makes it unique and amateur entertainers once again among Ann Arbor's pagentry. You seek to dazzle anyone, be ye hard…

… productions of the Wakefield Master's Cain and Abel and a stage adaptation of two of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Even though Ann Arbor is a large INDIVIDUAL THEATRES 5th Ave of Uberty 761-9700 HURRY ENDS THURS…

… Park, Burns Park, The Ann Arborites with a passion for swor- Ark, and the Arboreteum), and this ds, colored hose, and scratchy woolen week they will add a fifth location when underwear, the Medieval…

… DICONTNU0D 2:30 20h ETUY 'Hill Street Blues' tops Emmy leaders LOS ANGELES (AP) - NBC's Cin- derella series, "Hill Street Blues," was off to the ball again Thursday with 21 Emmy nominations, the same as a…

… Blues" was nominated as the outstanding drama series and Daniel J. Travanti and Veronica Hamel were nominated for best lead actor and actress in a drama series. It won all five nominations for best…

… carted G ETEST OUT thine burlap tunic, their plays around, the festival players oileth up thine sandles, and let spare no sweat in making the mobility ushereth from thine mouth a cry of of their…

… productions authentic, setting good cheer, for verily the times up stations thoughout town. The festival Medievalareuponus. troupe has already covered four Thanks to efforts of some persistent locations (West…

… Festival rises they perform this weekend at North for its 13th year with more pomp and Campus. regality than ever before. Like most aspects of the Medieval The whole city can once again revel Festival, the…

… attention to authenticity is in God-fearing plays, bawdy skits, a personal matter. "There are some court dances, rowdy juggling, damsel- people in the festival who are interested wooing music, and all the…

…, who are in- weekend affair organized by a graduate tent upon making sure even their student in Art History, has now grown shoelaces are knotted in proper into an annual, two weekend festival. Medieval…

… mastered folk, blues, and jazz guitar in succession, he's moved on the the fiddle, both as a per- former and as a manufacturer. 6 a 6 A ' i. Dave Bromberg will perform at the 9th Ann Arbor Folk Festival at…

… balconies of Hill Auditorium on Saturday, when the Ninth Annual Ann Arbor Folk Festival gets underway in front of the largestcrowd in festival history. Beating last year's best-setting crowd, this year…

… Ann Arbor Folk Festival. Having appeared at all but two festivals, and at every one of the past five, Bormberg just plain belongs here. Although he has headlined several festivals in the past, he has…

… prospered, and is now the undeniable highlight of the Ann Arbor folk calen- dar each year. Until two years ago, the festival was an all day event, with both an af- ternoon and an evening show. Last year…

…Cutcheon came to the Ann Arbor area last July, he drew two hundred and sixty people. According to Siglin, McCutcheon "is to the eighties what Michael Cooney was to the six- ties." Rory Black, the second female…

…, better known as Mr B., has built up a large local following without any gimmicks. He's attracted massive crowds at each of the last two Ann Arbor Art Fairs, as well as at the Ark and Rick's. A student of…

…:30 p.m. Registration is at the beginning of each term and runs in sync with the University's term schedules. CAS Ballet Theatre School, on Church Street, gives classes in0 Russian Ballet. The Ann Arbor…

… and jazz classes. Classical Ballet, taught in the Ceccheti method, costs =85 per four month term. The Ann Arbor Civic Ballet is connected with this school, and is open for audition to University…

… students. Their next performance is in May with the Ann Arbor String Orchestra. Finally, the Community Ballet Scool. directedi hv Camilla # I ' iI )I )LI ) FREE UNIVERSITY COURSES BEGIN NEXT WEEK No sign…

… thought of as a second stringer. As one of the world's finest flat- picking guitarists, he won fame as the chief exponent of the Blue Ridge sound in the '50s. Since then, in concert with his son Merle, who…

… H. Dennis Smith, will perform Lars-Erik Larsson's Concertino for Trombone. Scott has spent his summers at the Blue Lake and Interlochen National Music Camps. A native of Ann Arbor, McElroy per- forms…

… *"Repairs Portable Keyboards Casio Yamaha Bontempi 14.95 an up ANN ARBOR MUSIC MART Records] i the past si* years the blues has had a resurgence in, of all,places, Texas. Groups such as the Fabulous…

…. Dennis Smith here in Ann Arbor. Penpraze has studied during the sumer at three of the finest programs in the country: Aspen Music Festival, Music Academy of the West, and Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute…

… Competition in Farmington. She plays in the USO and in the Ann Arbor Chamber Orchestra. Trombonist Laurie Penpraze is com- pleting her Master's degree this term. She has studied with Glenn P. Smith and H…

…. She performs with the Contemporary Directions Ensemble, the Chamber Winds, USO, Symphony Band, Ann Ar- bor Symphony and Ann Arbor Chamber Orchestra. For all the star-crossed lovers in the audience, Eiko…

…. KILWIN'S CHOCOLATES 107 E. LIBERTY (313) 769-7759 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11-LIVE AT MIDNIGHT IT'S RAINING host: Bobby Scayfish VISIT ANN ARBOR MUSIC MART FOR ALL YOUR MUSIC NEEDS GUITARS Sales *"Lessons…

… Thunderbir- ds, Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble, Anson Funder- burgh & the Rockets, and now Ronnie Earl & the Broad- casters are playing the blues like they were born in Chicago. 14ere's a case when you…

… with current drummer and ex-Ann Arborite Fran Christine (in the early 1970s Fran played drums in The Boogie Brothers with Steve Nardella and in The Vipers with Nardella and George Bedard). Side A starts…

… and finishes with an instrumental. The latter, "Baby Doll Blues," is a contemplative, lean number. If you've got troubles in which you'd fike to wallow, this is your cut. The preceding song was written…

… "Ridin' in the Moonlight," by Howlin' Wolf. Wilson's harp opens the tune. This is more like it! Basic no frills blues-bass, drums, guitar, and harp. Just as you're recovering from this, you are hit with…

…, bitterly dismisses even a slight possibility of a 1975 Ann Arbor Blues/Jazz Fes- tival. "No-one is going to mess around on the garbage dumps the city have given us past years and besides, its really too late…

… City Council and the grim monetary realities of the fest. seemingly assure the absence of one of Ann Arbor's most prestigious events. A N D R E W S, still per- sonally in debt from last year's jamboree…

… Paae Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, May 9, 1975 ... .. Plans for Blues festival scrapped (Continued from Page 1) out to be a financial debacle. Andrews pinpointed border has- sles as a…

… principal reason why the festival flopped. "THE EVENT became a total horror show because nobody could get across the border to support the show." The result was skimpy audi- ences despite the appearance of…

…- nition" he said. ANDREWS termed Rainbow Multi - Media's bank account "clean as a whistle" and with Rainbow out of the running as promoter for the 1975 Festival, no other group has stepped for- ward to…

… organize the event. Meanwhile, City Council's out- look on the Festival has bright- ened considerably. Councilwo- man Carol Jones (D-2nd Ward) even said ''there are definitely six votes on the Council for…

… the festival". But despite the new political alignment, it seems no promot- ers are willing to risk a poten- tial financial fiasco to organize the festival. A combination of lingering distrust of the…

… to organize .anything. I know the festival isn't going to happen". New hiccup cure found TUCSON, Ariz, (M') - Jarette Burdine found the cure for a severe case of the hiccups. After he was unable to…

… a revealing look at growing up a lesbian. Green. 8 p.m. MUSIC Ann Arbor Bluestage It's blues, it's cool and you can participate. Blind Pig. 9 p.m. $2. Lash Benefit show for University Students…

… EASTERN DINER Now with Outside Seating* Phone-in Orders Welcome.Catering Available Best Middle Eastern- '96 Current " L4 I e L CAMPUS CINEMA Ann Arbor Film Festival See Thursday. Mich. 1, 7 and 9:30 p…

… @7 r . t x J t ,' 4 S Theki;dhigan' Dairy Lktrany M~auik i v Tastes of Ann Arbor Dining Guide, saturday Star Buffet Chinese R surant Nearly 100 items in our ALL YOU CAN EAT BUFFET Washtenaw…

… 3035 Washtenaw Ave. Ann Arbor, 971-0971 deli & bakery The Healthy Alternative 715 N. University Phone: 662-4700 Fax: 662-5224 7 am-7 pm M-Tha 7 am-5 pm F & Sat 9 am-3 pm Sun Ann Arbor's Finest Mexican…

… Wars," "Hook," and "E.T.," as well as other selections from "La Boheme," "Carmen" and "The Barber of Seville." Power Center. 8 p.m. $5 students through the MUTO. sunday CAMPUS CINEMA Ann Arbor Film…

… Against Cancer. The show will feature Irish music. Rick's. 9 p.m. $3. Susan Werner Contemporary folk guitarist/pianist straight from the Ann Arbor Folk Fest. The Ark. 7:30 p.m. $12.50 in advance at…

…-wich'es, Homemade Soups, Coffee, Desserts & much, more. .- In the 1995 Foley Guide 422 Detroit Street (at Kingsley) 313 663-DELI 7am-10pm daily Voted "Ann Arbor's Best Mexican Food, 193 '94."- .The Michigan Daily…

… Readership Pol "Tex-Mex without guilt.., a cheerful bustling Iatmosphere... healtier versions of TexMex classics.' 1 s r . Laura McReynolds, The Ann Arbor News "A definite cut above... The Burro's menu is…

… DS Most Extensive Menu in Ann Arbor The Perfect Place To Getaygt *Full Meals *Study *Late Night Munchies Deb's Eatery - 973-1221 2376 Carpenter Road The new Line Chinese Cuisine Rai Garden Speiliing…

…" reunites for this farce about a hostile takeover of a British zoo by an American conglomerate. Open captioned. Angell Aud. A. 8 p.m. $2 at the door. MUSIC George Bedard and the Kingpins Rockabilly, blues and…

…music SUPPLEMEN 1 N Kr 4 / ati MUSIC SUPPLEMVENT ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 1945 Eleven Soloists 'Rhapsody in Blue' Will Be Performed by LevantF Playing the music which has become a…

… of them newcomers to Ann Arbor. will participate in the fifty-second annual May Festival to :be presented by the University Musical Society in six concerts, beginning Thursday, May 3, and continuing…

… Deum Laudamus" at 8:30 p. m. EWT May Festival Began in 1894 By Accident Boston Festival Group Was Engaged for Series The annual May Festival, tradi- tional climax of the musical season for Ann Arbor and…

… pianist and composer, will be heard for the first time by Ann Arbor audi- M Ezio Pinza Is Famous Basso, Matinee Idol Popular Met. Artist Ma e Debi(t'in 1926 Ezio Pinza, Metropolitan Opera star, is not only…

… special train scheduled to live Ann Arbor immediately after the last concert Saturday night was delayed in the Detroit yards, Idea Became Popular In spite of the attendant confu- sion, the "first annual May…

…. Since the war, Pinza leas stead'y followed his singing career. Festival Chorus To Participate Marguerite Hood Will Direct Young Singers The Festival Youth Chorus, made up of young singers from the Ann…

… Arbor public schools, and its director, Miss Marguerite Hood, have received much favorable comment from crit- ics and festival audiences for their part in the annual May Festival. Organized In 1913…

…. Virst Series Drew Crowds The first festival was a great suc- cess. It received wide publicity, and music-lovers from all over Michigan and neighboring states migrated to Ani Arbor for the occasion. Only a…

… national institution, Oscar Levant will present -the beloved Gershwin "Rhapsody in Blue" and "Con- certo in F Major" at 8:30 p. m. May 4. Levant boasts a record of a rare combination of fine musicianship and…

… for the weekend. The Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival was the place to be for the thousands of music festival j u n k i e s and trueblue Blues afficiandoes from all over the country. There was a full…

…,page ad in Rolling Stone that promised "a real good time." Word had it that Ann Arbor was hassle-free. . So Hal crossed the state, with no money and no place to stay. He assumed that everything would be…

… cool. He would some- how hustle his way into the con- cert. Nobody would hassle some harmless, homeless young waif. Then he got to Ann Arbor and found that things had changed. "I was only sparechanging…

… Diag during the so-called Marijuana Melee. Word was hitting the streets that things were no longer cool. The Ann Arbor Sun blamed the redneck Republicans for instill- ing paranoia into the hearts and…

… would be circulating among the crowd. And the amaz- ing thing was that for the first time in a few years people ac- tually cared. The office of Ann Arbor Police Chief Walter Krasny is clean and…

… offset by a crusty leath- er holster and snubnose strap- ped to his side, Krasny has been in Ann Arbor for along time and he speaks with authority: "I think there is a definite effort on the part of the…

… city council to give the city of Ann Arbor more dignified national image." The statement struck an un- usual note. Questions needed to be answered. What was wrong with Ann Arbor's national im- age? Doesn…

…'t this change ignore the, desires of a large portion of Ann Arbor's population? How will this change alter the police's role andl actions? Krasny only answered the last question. "I have no choice but to…

…, especially that of hard drugs. It was difficult to get hold of Mayor Stephenson for an inter- view. A hectic life in his private law firm, and his job as mayor of Ann Arbor seems to allow him little time for…

… wishes of the city's youth community? "I try to go down the center whenever possible . . . I found this is the best for all parties concerned. I want people to think of Ann Arbor as a friendly town! I want…

…'ve been leafing the pages of the Daily looking eagerly for news of this summer's Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival, you might as well get ready to face the bleak truth: there isn't going to be one this year…

… sites for the festival were sug- gested and followed through. The most promis- ing area, however-Marshall Park on Plymouth Road at1 Dixboro-lay inside Ann Arbor Town- ship, and the Township was utterly…

…The Michigan Daily Vol. LXXXVI, No. 17-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Thursday, May 27, 1976 Ten Cents Twelve Pages HOUSE HESITATES Hays faces possible probe WASHINGTON (A') - The chairman of the House…

… prepares to cook the house dinner. The dinner, which appears to be checken, awaits its fate passively on the grill in the foreground. uture looks blackfor Blues and Jazz Festival By MIKE NORTON If you…

… annual Ann Arbor Summer Festival, which started June 14 and ends July 7 with a different set of events each day from Tuesday through Sunday every week, has made a commitment to become a zero…

… Arbor Summer Festival has become how we celebrate the opening of the summer.” Ann Arbor resident Ach Adhveryu said he enjoys returning to the festival every year because it attracts his entire…

… festival’s zero- waste iniative. “I think this is super important,” Qyu said. “I think companies need to take more initiative than only individuals at the household level.” Anjali Balani was also…

… pleased by the festival’s zero-waste initiative. “I really like it. I was really impressed by it,” Balani said. “Whenever I go to throw away something there is always someone telling me ‘put…

…. Hre it your chan ce for a sneak preview of the 19th An- feel (or at least hear) like a king for a nual Ann Arbor Medieval Festival, day. Throughout the weekend Trust me, the only thing missing though…

… Singers ray of theatre, dance, music, arts & who will be performing a full con- crafts, swordplay and combat, inter- cert indoors at noon. mezzi performances and much, When you watch the Ann Arbor much, so…

… for as little Across from the as $750 per month. beautiful Arboretum. Don't miss out. Call Today!!! Burnham Associates 543 Church Street Ann Arbor, MI 48104 (313) 761-1523 *** We also lease other…

…, keep your eyes peeled for from this festival is the jet-lag Rob and Anne Burns who make up headache you would have had from the duo called A Reasonable time-traveling. Facsimile. They will be strolling…

… much more! Morris and Sword Team as well as The preview this weekend will the court dance, you will wish you offer a taste of what's to come with brought your blue suede dancing jousting, medieval music…

… The Medieval Festival welcomes around with a variety of wacky in- people of all ages to enjoy some struments performing street and free, live entertainment amidst the popular music of the Renaissance…

… serenity of the surrounding woods of and Middle Ages (or at least a rea- Nichols Arboretum. The Festival sonable ...). And make sure not to wanders back in time through an ar- miss Our Lady's Madrigal…

…, and dra- shoes. The troupes will present matic scenes. traditional dancing and early English The Festival itself takes place folk dancing. I promise, you are in next Saturday and Sunday, August 6 for a…

…, hilarious lines in the Festival's four make your way over to the Arts and theatrical productions, intermittent Crafts Fair. Jay Johnston, who or- improvisations and short playlets. ganized the Fair, will…

… this Saturday, Stone. And finally the Festival has July 30 in the Arboretum from 1-5 commissioned an original play, p.m. The big event hits town Satur- Gabriel's Horn, which is a bawdy day and Sunday…

…. Mills and Higgins return to Ann Arbor this weekend It was the second time the two teams met during the to play in the Sandy Sanders summer league. Games Festival, the first game having been won by the…

… Communist country. The Michigan pitcher, who was born without & right hand, has amazed everyone who has seen him pitch. First it was the baseball fans of Ann Arbor, and then the whole country learned about…

… Indianapolis, on August 9 against the Canadian national team. Blue icers team at Olympic Fest, may team in Calgary By DARREN JASEY Michigan hockey program last Brad Jones and Jeff Norton aren't spring and is…

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… come Wolverine next season depending on Wter lympicsx inb lgary c his performance at the Festival. A to a close next February. The former Michigan teammates good showing there could place him, currently…

… are teaming together for the like Jones, among 30 Oly m p ic North hockey team at the Olympic hopefuls who will be invited to try Nort hocey tam a the out at Lake Placid in August. Sports Festival in…

… Greensboro, N.C. As much as Berenson would like Michigan's s o p h o m o r e to have his top defenseman back defenseman Todd Copeland is also next season, he said he is rooting for competing at the Festival…

… also participated in the his first year in college because he did not meet Festival, playing for the West. Proposition 48 eligibility requirements, scored 15 The North team was 1-3 before advancing to…

… the points in the North's 88-73 victory in the U.S. final game, where it upset the South in front of a Olympic Festival gold medal game Wednesday night. crowd of 20,886 at the Dean Smith Activities…

… FRID 4:30-9 p.m.-Steve Nardel Les Bloom Q Martin Simm SATUR 2-5 p.m.-Peter "Madcat' Big Money (" EAST U GRACIE Ann Arb( WEDNE 11 a.m.-Aerobatic Dance 12 p m-Ann Arbor Drum HAPPENINGS A 1 p.m.-Ann Doyle…

…-JULY 21 7 p.m.-Ann Arbor Civic band 8 p.m.-Melodioso (Carribbean Jazz) (Folk Art) THURSDAY-JULY 22 land (Electric) on 11 a.m.-Mustard's Retreat ist) 12 p.m.-Franz Harary (Illusion) 12:30 p.m.-Perry Perrault…

… (Blues/Rock/Jazz) 12:30 p.m-FraIhoon (Jazz) 1 p.m.-Afromusicology Koindu Ensemble DAY-JULY 24 2 p.m.-Common Ground Theatre Ensemble 4 p.m.-Mike Gould and Some Of His Pals (Original Songs) ry Rock) 5 p…

… (Country Swing) 3 p.m.-Stark Raving Review A-Z23MICHIGAN THEATRE uartet (Jazz) sons and the Space Heaters (Jazz) THURSDAY-JULY 22 DAY-JULY 24 8:00 p.m.-Gang of Four in Concert Ruth (Blues, Jazz, Folk) FRIDAY…

… (Guitarist) G AN U ION 2 p.m.-Young People's Theater 2:30 p.m.-Not Just Gymnastics, Inc. 3 p.m.-Tantra (Jazz) r Arts Festival 4 p.m.-Zarifa (Middle Eastern Dance) 5 p.m.-Art Hootenanny (Country/Folk) SDAY…

… Jazz and Blues Festival. The boogie woogie of Ann Arbor's own piano-man Mr. B, the hard bop of the George Adams quartet, the joyful calypso sounds of the Trinidad-Tripoli Steel Band, the gutbucket blues…

… of Albert King and more will all be heard under a large tent on the banks of the Huron River. Don't miss this opportunity to catch the Blues Festival craze....Also on the 27th , as part of the Ann…

…, intricately staged sword fights, and a a new musical numbeer. The Ann Arbor Chamber Orchestra will provide live musical accompaniment. Showtime is 8 pm. Rockabilly big-man Sleepy La Beef plays tonight and…

… Arbor Summer Festival, a special presentation of the 1921 silent film version of The Three Musleteers will happen at the Michigan Theater. The movie will be accompanied by a live-on stage musical prologue…

… "A"tUpdate The Michigan Daily-Friday, June 19, 1987- Page 9 Arbor debut. Their EP "The Very Long Fuse" was voted Best EP of 1985 by the New York Times. WE ONE SD A Y. It's a night for unusual…

…, 'Famous People Players,' 2 pm, Power Ctr. grandchildren), Fresh Air Camp, 764-0594. 7-2-3200. Lord of Light Lutheran Church--Worship, 10 am, 801 S Forest, -Pride Week: Awards Dinner/AIDS 668-7622 inn Arbor…

…. See this one first as it creates an excellant context through which tio understand the Shin Hanga movement. U P C0 M I N Saturday June 27 brings a major music festival to the area: WEMU's Frog Island…

…--Pride Week: Ecumenical Svc, 10 am, on The University Record calendar, and West Park. Rally, 11 am, & march, noon, Federal ity sponsored groups and organizations Plaza (Liberty at 5th). Solstice Festival, 1…

…. Brown, publications Stu Woodshop --Safety Class for new shop users, Sess Record, 4/2 Maynard St. Asterisk * I, 9-11 am, SAB, 763-4025. h admission is charged. *AA Summer Festival--Concert, "An Evening…

… new shop users, Sess stival--Perf, The Brecht Co, Baal, 8 II, 11 am-1 pm, SAB. 763-4025. og Aud, 701 E Univ. 9950532. *AA Summer Festival--Children's Day at the rug (1 wk), Elderhostel (for Festival…

… as that hotbed of intellectual ferment, toujours in the forefront of American art and creativity. Faugh. At least the Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival had the good taste to disband itself some years…

… its noise and its clatter to one street only, South University. And, to the surprise of everyone, art was exhibited therein. A practice, by the elipse AnnArborJazzFestival 1978 In Celebration of the…

…Septembert2will nt be accepted. SENDOMAIL ORDERS TO, ECLIPSE JAZZ FESTIVAL 1978 2ND FLOOR MICHIGAN UNION ANN ARBOR, MI49194 INDIVIDUAL CONCERT TICKETS: 1) Individual tickets will be available at the Michigan…

…Page 10-Wednesday, July 19, 1978-The Michigan Daily Abolish the million-dollar typo! By JEFFREY SELBST Ann Arbor cares passionately about art. Religiously. For ten minutes every day. After breakfast…

…, is now a free-lance critic andfull time crank. the panhandlers have nothing to do-it's a slack period for everyone. The Art Fair satisfies many of Ann Arbor's most aching needs. It can point to itself…

… Ann Arbor. I dread using a word so completely overdone as over-commercialization (you know, the one everyone uses to describe the Yule season) but it's true. The schlock merchants set up shop in the…

… wake of the roaring success of the Art Fairs of past years, and now the following palette is laid before the art- hungry as they troop to Ann Arbor: " East University. Perhaps the most mendacious. Claims…

… each order (for orders of five or more,add anotherstmp). 3.) Tickets for Ann Arbor residents can be picked up at the Michigan Unien See Office starting September 7. 4.) Mail ardes with postmarks latethan…

… Box Office (Sept. 12) MICHIGAN UNION BOX OFFICE 1st FLOOR MICHIGAN UNION STATE STREET AT SOUTH UNIVERSITY ANN ARBOR, MI 4819 (313) 763-2471 Hours: 11:30 om-5:30 pmMonday through Friday INDIVIDUAL…

… CONCERT TICKET OUTLETS: Schoolkids Records, both Discount Records in Ann ArborD iscount Records in East Lansing, Cobbs Corners in Detroit, 8oogie Records in Toledoandat oil Hudson's stores. A GREAT' (r lc…

… intrigue, flashing camera bulbs and red carpet-style murmurings. And for once, the spotlight isn't on the students. For the past .46 years, the Ann Arbor Film Festival has been one of the city's most vibrant…

… about his longtime crusade for free speech. Though it's faced its ups and downs over the past year, the Ann Arbor Film Festival has beaten the odds and come out on top. McArdle sees it as not only a…

… widely-regarded avant-garde and experimental film festivals in the world. Yet only a year ago - despite the temptation to think a festival as well-established as this would be immune to such worries - it…

…, especially." The concern in the filmmaking community arose in 2006 after a group of state legislators cut the festival's state funding. The insti- gating factor for this sudden con- troversy was an article…

… published by the Mackinac Centex for Public Policy - a group opposed to state funding for the arts - which used several films shown at the festival as examples of state-funded art they deemed objectionable…

…Ardle thatthe sort of risque material the festival spe- cialized in would cause some dis- comfort. "It'll never go away," she said, commenting on the ongoing art/ porn conflict. "It's an easy argu- ment, and…

… festival - the AAFF was being zeroed out by the state. McArdle pointed to its history of pushing the envelope and taking chances with audacious and often contro- versial material as the main rea- son, yet…

… show the core which lies beneath. On night two of the Ann Arbor Folk Festival, hosted by local folk venue The Ark in Hill Auditorium, this core was celebrated by a sold-out crowd of folk lovers and…

… of my Latin childhood are speaking ISABELLE HASSLUND Daily Arts Writer COMMUNITY CULTURE Alexis Rankin / Daily The War and Treaty performs at the Ann Arbor Folk Festival. Alexis Rankin / Daily The…

… Shilling echoed into Hill with joy and harmony; their set was a huge success, ending in a standing ovation. CLARA SCOTT Daily Arts Writer Folk Fest night two brings out Ann Arbor’s soul When most…

… a triumphant finish that inspired a feeling of hope and happiness in the audience. No matter what your background or musical taste, it was clear what a community folk has built in Ann Arbor…

… music aficionados alike. Saturday night’s host of acts fused the traditions of blues, country and rock into one massive celebration of music itself, of community and the act of singing with…

…. The first act, Michigan-based blues duo The War and Treaty, brought the house down with songs including “Hi Ho” and “Til the Morning,” Tanya Blount and Michael Trotter Jr.’s voices blending…

… — a whole lotta soul. The Festival’s emcee, Joe Pug, brought it all together seamlessly, playing his own songs acoustically to string one act to the next in a smooth line of guitar and harmonica…

… Festival. Succeeding Mountain Heart was a secondary headliner and rock mainstay Aimee Mann, who played songs off her new record Mental Illness, in addition to old favorites “Save Me” and “Labrador…

…. Though the talent and emotional poignancy of all of the festival’s performers made a strong mark on the night, no one can do folk quite like headliner and legendary songwriter John Prine. At the…

…10- The Michigan DaibSunmmer Weeldy-Wednesday, June16,1993 WHOWHATWHEREWHEN Parallel Lines Yes, it's time once again for the Ann Arbor Sumner Festival. And if you make one cultural excursion over…

… You haven't spent a summer in Ann Arbor until you've made tracks for Ypsi's celebratory FrogtIsland Fes- tival. Held this weekend under a very big tent by the river, in the heart of Ypsi'sDepot Town…

… information hotline. Watch this We're leaving-for afew weeks,but the Ann Arbor film scene continues. Ofthe cropofnew films settohit town, oneofthemostquietly-toutedis"Watch It." The debut film by director Tom…

…,malebondingandthe refusalof the '90smale to grow up. At the Michigan Theater starting June 25. Call 668-8397. ROOMMATE MATCHING SERVICE AT UNIVERSITY TOWERS APARTMENTS, 536 S. FOREST AVENUE ANN ARBOR, MI 48104 (313) 761…

…, the festivalprom- ises a pastiche of full-blooded music, from zydecoandcajun bands togospel choirs to blues singers toBrazilian and Caribbean reggae, ska and calypso beats. Of course, all this music…

… will offer Delta Blues and John Delafose and the Eunice Playboys will mark their Mid- western debut, playing their brand of Louisiana zydeco. The fun begins at 5 p.m., so get there early. On Saturday, it…

… carrying through an array ofCaribbeanandpan- American music, dancing and ther smooth sounds of the Kinsey Report'st modern blues/reggae. So if you make one trip to Ypsi this summer, aside from doughnut runs…

… the next week, make it the Summer Festival's "Get Parallel," a combina- tion dance/theater extravaganza. "Get Parallel" is put together by Peter Sparling, chair of the University Dance Department, and…

…aceo ai Blues an By James Miller Daily Arts Writer :The Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival is as much a part ofAnn Arbor frigid winters, dirty hippies and bad gels. James Miller knows this town better…

… soul and blues artists get. But the evening was presented without a trace of bitterness or ego, and for a few REVIEW Blues & Jazz Festival Sept.13, 14 & 15 Michigan Theater, Gallup Park moments, a man…

… the festival was not the paradigm of a rockin' good time it has been in the past. The first band, Al Hill and the Love Butlers, are a talented bunch of jump blues players, but had a difficult time…

…). Harris has one of the rare gifts of the blues, incor- porating both the sinner and the saved in his music. Luther Allison. What can one say about such a man? Returning to the festival after his now…

… for our souls. Or maybe it was just a funky good time. JENNIFER BRADLEY-SWIFT/Daily Maceo Parker Jazzes It up at Sunday's Blues and Jazz Festival. Social Distortion rocks out on new LP social…

… fill in. They needed a ringer. They found a bluesman with rare evocative powers and disarming charm. Robert Jones hosts the superlative WDET radio show "Blues from the Lowland," a stalwart of traditional…

… blues radio. Jones' set con- sisted of the mainstays of an acoustic *ues repetoire, such as "Kindhearted Woman" and "If I Had Possession Over the Judgement Day" (Robert Johnson), "Dust My Broom" (Elmore…

… James) and Son House's "Death-letter Blues." Jones worked his way through these tunes with near-peerless' musicianship and a style of slide guitar that is as deep as Elmore James and as athletic as Bukka…

… talents on the blues scene today. On to Taj. It's important to realize that Taj Mahal's career has spanned more than thirty years. Any show of his is.going to be a salute to eclecticism at its finest. The…

… first several tunes were decently played blues-rock numbers h a taste of Creole thrown in for od measure. Toward the middle of the set, he launched into some of his old classics: "Further on Down the Road…

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… YOUNG with LUCILLE SPAN N & many other Blues & Jazz Artists 3 DAYS-5 SHOWS Friday-Saturday-Sunday, September 8-9-10 OTIS SPANN MEMORIAL FIELD (next to Huron High School) ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN ALL PROGRAMS…

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…{11,{{11{1111II IU uses, AN CO. k WHAT EXPERTS SAY: SCHEDULE OF CONCERTS Excerpts from Letters of Congratulation on the Ann Arbor May Festival WALTER DAMROSCH, New York: What a noble collection of works…

… MARGARET MATZENAUER Contralto Ann Arbor Festival is one of the most valuable contributions to the cause of Metropolitan Opera Company music in America and should attract thousands from all parts of the…

… Music Clubs, La Scala and Chicago Operas Oxford, Ohio: The National Federation of Music Clubs begs to record its appreciation of the BENNO RABINOF Violin great Ann Arbor Music Festivals. PERCY GRAINGER…

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… for Sunday, April 12, 7:3 p.m., at Hill Aud.s Ann" Arbor Blues Festival goers remember Otis Rush and Roosevelt Sykes from last sum- mer. Sykes is the New Orleans boogie-woogie pianist who open- ed up on…

… newconiers to the Ann Arbor blues scene though hard- ly newcomers to the world's- blues scene. John Jackson's hill- billy country blues guitar play- ing was the talk of Europe this- winter, when he toured with…

… Ann Ar- bor this Sunday when UAC and. Canterbury House present the annual Blues Festival Preview concert. The show, featuring Otis Rush, John Littlejohn, Jbhn Jackson, and Roosevelt Sykes, is scheduled…

… concert, which is open to the public free of charge, will be broadcast live over U-M radio station WUOM, Ann Arbor, and WVGR, Grand Rapids. The Program will include works by Filmore, Johnson, Berlioz…

… NOW! GAY LIBERATION Everyone sincerely interested in the further development of the Ann Arbor Gay Libera- tion Front (an official student organiza- tion) is invited to attend the next meeting. Women…

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… Ellington at Newport, the crowds seemed uninvolved and the concerts uninspired. We saw Ann Arbor favorites McCoy Tyner and Dexton Gordon, and passed up a very hot Latin show with Tito Puente and Dizzy…

… styles, with a lot of scat singing, whistling, and violin solos. Carla Bley's set was stronger than her interesting but tentative January performance in Ann Arbor. Alto, tenor, trumpet, trombone, euphonium…

… absent and sorely missed, so it was your basic clownish-sentimen- tal-melodic Dexter set; "It's You or No-One", "As Time Goes By", "LTD", "Blues Up and Down", etc. Stan Getz was worse-his group is a bunch…

… Park, the veal at Benito's, and the late night fireworks at Washington Square more than the Newport Jazz Festival. For an upper Michigan jazz fan raised on records like Miles and Monk at Newport and…

… Gillespie to catch one of my personal favorites, Carla Bley. Dexter Gordon's set at the '79 Eclipse festival was far stronger than the one we saw at Carnegie. Bassist Rufus Reid and pianist George Cables were…

…, but his solo playing, is overly serious and repetitious. But they comprised a very exciting and enjoyable band, overall. Max Roach's quartet played the most masterful set we were to see at the festival…

…" with festival producer George Wein, and that last time it was on New Music Night, too." Vocal tunes were important: The crowd pleasing "Boo to You Too", the rocking "Car Won't Start", and a num- ber…

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… right share a drink in a camp set up outside of Hue for the civilians who fled the fighting around Quang Tri. Kids program starts July 31 Children in the Ann. Arbor area will once again have a chance to…

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…-STARS FREDDIE KING LUTHER ALLISON HOUND DOG TAYLOR & THE HOUSE ROCKERS MIGHTY JOE YOUNG with LUCILLE SPANN & many other Blues & Jazz Artists 3 DAYS - 5 SHOWS Friday-Saturday-Sunday September 8-9-10 OTIS SPANN…

…ARTS The Michigan Daily -Sunday, January 9, 1983 Page 5 Four strings strong 3 Guitarist David Bromberg brings his mix of country, blues, and folk music to the Sixth Ann Arbor Folk Festival next…

…- bines both old and new, traditional and change, making it fascinatingly con- temporary and diverse. This year's Sixth Ann Arbor Folk Festival aptly demonstrates that the genre of folk spans a great range…

… of musical and performance styles. The festival will be proudly presented on Saturday, January 15 at 1:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. in the Michigan Theatre to benefit the Ark Coffeehouse, Ann Arbor's own famous…

… now the subject of a book by Helen Ruttencutter entitled Quartet. The renowned quartet is giving Ann Arbor the rare privilege of no perfor- mances through the University Musical Society, one this…

… Glen Campbell (and sub- sequently recorded by 330 other ar- tists), Hartford has infinitely more germain musical talents to offer Ann Arbor audiences. As a matter of fact, student radio station WCBN uses…

… Manhattan: an inescapable nightmare. Ann Doyle, who teaches at Herb David's Guitar Studio, provides the Ann Arbor flavor that Gemini has in years past. She is labelled a "feminist singer", but her…

…, Brom- berg began to establish himself as a guitar virtuoso and great entertainer in his own right. Today, with his excellent band, Bromberg offers a cross section of styles, drawing from blues, folk…

… Saturday at the Michigan Theatre. Folk festivalfeatures fine fiddling oot-stom in fun By Katie Brewer N INETEEN YEARS ago at a music festival in Vermont a classical tradition was established; the Guarneri…

… folk club. Headlining both per- formances is David Bromberg and his band, with four other acts per show to complete the picture. The festival promises to be a well-rounded and varied mixture of virtually…

…'s festival. His proficiency has brought him world wide recognition as a leading force in bluegrass and a unique contemporary musician. Although he wrote "Gentle on My Mind," made famous by none other than…

…Page 16,E--Thursdoy, September 10, 1981-TheMichigan Daily Restless? Check out Detroit Motown offers handy diversion L i W W. w The Mich iganl.iily--Thursday, Sep By LOU FINTOR Ann Arbor is fine…

… draws for the city. And, of course, dining in Detroit is a bit more interesting than dining in Ann Arbor, if only because of the tremen- dous selection of restaurants. FOR ETHNIC FOODS, one of the most…

… festivals, the music scene picks up during the sum- mer and fall. The Detroit/Windsor In- ternational Festival, the Mon- treus/Detroit International Jazz Festival, and the Detroit Blues Festival are all big…

… students, and offers live jazz and blues circuit bands with moderately priced drinks. Alvin's Twilight Bar (on Cass) is rather higher priced, featuring jazz with the most popular groups, and oc- and an…

… the spirit of renaissance alive, Detroit is still a great place to go for the day. DURING THE SUMMER, the city's ethnic festivals provide an ideal excuse for a visit. The festivals take place T j / 3…

… been fighting for equal rights for years. Joe Schoch, co-director of Ann Arbor Pride, reaffirmed how the festival achieved that goal this year by planning a plethora of age and gender…

… lawsuit against school district Shannon Blick alleges ‘reverse discrimination’ at AAPS’ Lawton Elementary School Shannon Blick, former principal of Ann Arbor Public School District’s Lawton…

… Elementary School, is alleging the district ousted her in an act of “reverse discrimination,”according to her lawsuit against the school. On May 1, Dawn Linden, Ann Arbor Public Schools executive director…

… specified time length, Dottie Davis, former Huron High School athletic director and assistant principal, assumed the role as “guest principal.” Two months later, Blick, with aid from Ann Arbor attorney…

… William Tishkoff, filed a $5 million lawsuit against Ann Arbor Public Schools. Superintendent Jeanice Swift, in line with other administrators and the AAPS School Board, attributed her termination to…

… News Editor Read more at michigandaily.com michigandaily.com Community celebrates love, acceptance at Ann Arbor Pride PHOTO COURTESY OF JIM TOY COMMUNITY CENTER Vistitors walk through the exhibitor…

… area during Ann Arbor Pride in Ann Arbor Saturday. FRANCESCA DUONG Daily Staff Reporter …

… and nostalgia >> SEE PAGE 6 SPORTS Football Early impressions from Michigan’s fall football camp >> SEE PAGE 12 inside 2 4 6 9 10 Thousands flock to Kerrytown for annual celebration Ann…

… Arbor Pride’s 25th anniversary was celebrated in Kerrytown with performances, vendors and kid-friendly activities over the weekend. There was yoga, belly dancing, a street fair, poetry slam…

… and a performance by AJA from “RuPaul’s Drag Race” throughout the day Saturday. On Sunday, JuJubee, also from “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” hosted Pride Bingo Brunch at Blue Llama Jazz Club and a…