Natalia Holtzman
@nataliaholtzman.bsky.social
freelance journalist/writer > Detroit Metro Times, Hour Detroit, LitHub, LARB, Bookforum 🐈⬛ 🙈 🖤 natalia.holtzman@gmail.com ✨🐦⬛
It was a pleasure speaking with Bill Banowsky, whose new film, A SAVAGE ART, traces the life & career of Pat Oliphant. “I don’t know that anyone would say there’s been a more influential political cartoonist in the United States than Oliphant,” Banowsky says.
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Documentary on Pulitzer-winning political cartoonist set for Ann Arbor premiere and director Q&A – Concentrate
A new documentary traces the life and work of cartoonist Pat Oliphant, "with all his human frailties … and spectacular career," in director Bill Banowsky’s words.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
It was a pleasure speaking with Bill Banowsky, whose new film, A SAVAGE ART, traces the life & career of Pat Oliphant. “I don’t know that anyone would say there’s been a more influential political cartoonist in the United States than Oliphant,” Banowsky says.
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Thanks to @nataliaholtzman.bsky.social and @concentratemedia.bsky.social for this nice feature on GIG: The Art of Michigan Music.
GIG is Saturday, November 8 at ART 634 in Jackson, Michigan.
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GIG is Saturday, November 8 at ART 634 in Jackson, Michigan.
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Visual artists of Michigan music scene take spotlight in event organized by Ann Arbor photographer – Concentrate
Organizer Chuck Marshall describes his upcoming event as “a showcase for the visual artists in Michigan music,” including poster artists, concert photographers, album cover artists, and more.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Thanks to @nataliaholtzman.bsky.social and @concentratemedia.bsky.social for this nice feature on GIG: The Art of Michigan Music.
GIG is Saturday, November 8 at ART 634 in Jackson, Michigan.
concentratemedia.com/visual-artis...
GIG is Saturday, November 8 at ART 634 in Jackson, Michigan.
concentratemedia.com/visual-artis...
having reached the part of the news cycle where you’re just eating ice cream from the carton with a fork
October 16, 2025 at 3:07 AM
having reached the part of the news cycle where you’re just eating ice cream from the carton with a fork
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Greta Thunberg, deported to Greece, says the targeting of the Sumud Flotilla is "not the story" @teenvogue.com — instead, she says:
"Israel once again violated international humanitarian law by preventing aid from getting into Gaza while people are being starved.”
"Israel once again violated international humanitarian law by preventing aid from getting into Gaza while people are being starved.”
Greta Thunberg On Her Detention: I'm "Not The Story" — It's Israel Violating International Humanitarian Law
“I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story.”
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October 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Greta Thunberg, deported to Greece, says the targeting of the Sumud Flotilla is "not the story" @teenvogue.com — instead, she says:
"Israel once again violated international humanitarian law by preventing aid from getting into Gaza while people are being starved.”
"Israel once again violated international humanitarian law by preventing aid from getting into Gaza while people are being starved.”
late to post but in the middle of everything else i had a blast reporting on this exquisite ceramicist duo for a photo essay the mighty Doug Coombe & i put together for Concentrate 🌻📸
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Renowned Ann Arbor ceramicists' sculpture garden to open to the public for free special event – Concentrate
John and Susanne Stephenson's artistic legacy will be displayed in "The Complete Collection Unveiled," a free special event Oct. 10-11.
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October 1, 2025 at 1:53 AM
late to post but in the middle of everything else i had a blast reporting on this exquisite ceramicist duo for a photo essay the mighty Doug Coombe & i put together for Concentrate 🌻📸
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not me heading out for my first-ever mammogram & defffff not my husband wandering around the house singing that word to the tune of ram jam’s black betty 😌🙏🤓
September 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
not me heading out for my first-ever mammogram & defffff not my husband wandering around the house singing that word to the tune of ram jam’s black betty 😌🙏🤓
between genocide & the other horrors i guess we’re not talking about how…bossy??… van morrison is?? “turn up yr radio” “take off yr shoes” “get on the train” — bro don’t tell me how to live my fckn life
September 6, 2025 at 12:52 AM
between genocide & the other horrors i guess we’re not talking about how…bossy??… van morrison is?? “turn up yr radio” “take off yr shoes” “get on the train” — bro don’t tell me how to live my fckn life
i know the world is quite literally tearing itself apart and/but the only thing i have to offer is that at my brother’s fiancée’s bachelorette party i mixed together a bunch of different kinds of potato chips & offered to share my potato salad w/everyone
September 4, 2025 at 3:03 AM
i know the world is quite literally tearing itself apart and/but the only thing i have to offer is that at my brother’s fiancée’s bachelorette party i mixed together a bunch of different kinds of potato chips & offered to share my potato salad w/everyone
kind of a journo dream to write about WEMU, the public radio station i was raised on, which celebrates its 60th anniversary in a year when public media’s being threatened to its core
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WEMU at 60: How Ypsi's public radio station became a Washtenaw County musical institution – Concentrate
Ypsi's WEMU-FM is a rarity: a community-oriented radio station that plays over 75 hours of jazz and blues a week. Here's how its format and sound came to be.
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August 28, 2025 at 4:20 AM
kind of a journo dream to write about WEMU, the public radio station i was raised on, which celebrates its 60th anniversary in a year when public media’s being threatened to its core
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actually, is the moment rory gets into chilton also the beginning of her downfall
August 26, 2025 at 3:21 AM
actually, is the moment rory gets into chilton also the beginning of her downfall
final destination is actually just about how your student loans will follow you to the end
August 17, 2025 at 6:20 AM
final destination is actually just about how your student loans will follow you to the end
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Tommy Prine, son of folk legend John Prine, to perform in Ann Arbor: buff.ly/7Z3hjfp
Tommy Prine, son of folk legend John Prine, to perform in Ann Arbor
We chatted with Prine about his new EP, the big and small ways his life changed since his first album was released in 2023, and how his understanding of his late father has deepened as his own…
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July 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Tommy Prine, son of folk legend John Prine, to perform in Ann Arbor: buff.ly/7Z3hjfp
listen we just do not talk enough about lauryn hill. like as a nation
July 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
listen we just do not talk enough about lauryn hill. like as a nation
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Ann Arbor's Dani Darling to step back from music after July EP release: buff.ly/sSU6TDK
Ann Arbor's Dani Darling to step back from music after July EP release
Ann Arbor-based musician Danielle Davis, who performs as Dani Darling, says she doesn't "want to throw out the word 'retirement,'" but she is also looking forward to taking a break from music after…
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June 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Ann Arbor's Dani Darling to step back from music after July EP release: buff.ly/sSU6TDK
aren’t echoes just teeny tiny little ghosts
June 8, 2025 at 5:23 AM
aren’t echoes just teeny tiny little ghosts
The Voices series, which highlights the work of BIPOC artists, returns to Ann Arbor's The Ark this weekend with a performance by London Beck. Series creator Kyler Wilkins says he wants audiences to leave with "a deepened sense of community & connectedness."
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Series spotlighting BIPOC artists at The Ark set to return June 8
Artist Kyler Wilkins, known as Ki5, founded the ongoing Voices concert series at The Ark. The series is intended to highlight the work of Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) artists in an i...
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June 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The Voices series, which highlights the work of BIPOC artists, returns to Ann Arbor's The Ark this weekend with a performance by London Beck. Series creator Kyler Wilkins says he wants audiences to leave with "a deepened sense of community & connectedness."
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the absolute emptiness of the statement “I stand with xyz” when it’s unaccompanied by any further action
June 2, 2025 at 11:49 PM
the absolute emptiness of the statement “I stand with xyz” when it’s unaccompanied by any further action
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1. Republican legislators were in uproar after a Democratic representative asked the sponsor of an anti-trans sports ban to prove they were not trans.
Their bill would require teenage girls to do just that.
The latest from S. Baum.
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Their bill would require teenage girls to do just that.
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MI Republicans Think It's “Inappropriate” to Ask GOP Lawmaker to Prove Their Gender
Woolford would not publicly disclose his medical history, but under his own proposed laws, children across Michigan might have to.
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May 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
1. Republican legislators were in uproar after a Democratic representative asked the sponsor of an anti-trans sports ban to prove they were not trans.
Their bill would require teenage girls to do just that.
The latest from S. Baum.
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Their bill would require teenage girls to do just that.
The latest from S. Baum.
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leave it to Domenico Starnone to describe, w/such aching, delicate beauty, the scent of new clothes, & the pleasure women can take in trying on those clothes - & to tie that pleasure to a sense of fragility & mortality
(from Old Man by the Sea, trans by Oonagh Stransky, out in Aug from Europa)
(from Old Man by the Sea, trans by Oonagh Stransky, out in Aug from Europa)
May 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
leave it to Domenico Starnone to describe, w/such aching, delicate beauty, the scent of new clothes, & the pleasure women can take in trying on those clothes - & to tie that pleasure to a sense of fragility & mortality
(from Old Man by the Sea, trans by Oonagh Stransky, out in Aug from Europa)
(from Old Man by the Sea, trans by Oonagh Stransky, out in Aug from Europa)
someone: asks me a question
me, responding: is this a sentence or an escape room
me, responding: is this a sentence or an escape room
May 14, 2025 at 1:27 AM
someone: asks me a question
me, responding: is this a sentence or an escape room
me, responding: is this a sentence or an escape room
hard to say why or what it’s done to my mind but i’ve had Candle in the Wind on repeat for three days now & am at the point of wishing “goodbye, norma jean” to every object in the house
May 13, 2025 at 11:11 PM
hard to say why or what it’s done to my mind but i’ve had Candle in the Wind on repeat for three days now & am at the point of wishing “goodbye, norma jean” to every object in the house
"I have serious concerns about whether payment will be forthcoming even for those who try to take advantage of this proposed program," said Alex Holtzman, dir. of Deportation Defense Clinic at Hofstra U. "How would somebody obtain the payment if they've already left?" www.newsday.com/long-island/...
Experts on Long Island urge caution for immigrants considering self-deportation
President Donald Trump said the program is a way for people who entered the country illegally to avoid other ramifications.
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May 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"I have serious concerns about whether payment will be forthcoming even for those who try to take advantage of this proposed program," said Alex Holtzman, dir. of Deportation Defense Clinic at Hofstra U. "How would somebody obtain the payment if they've already left?" www.newsday.com/long-island/...
"When you stand in front of a piece of armor, you can get a feel for what [a person's] presence was like," says Chassica Kirchhoff, Asst Curator of European Sculpture & Decorative Arts at the DIA.
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The DIA’s “Guests of Honor” Reunites a 400-year-old Painting of the Commander of the Spanish Royal Guard with His Armor - Hour Detroit Magazine
The Armor as Fashion: Guests of Honor exhibit opened at the museum on April 25 and will be there a year.
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May 6, 2025 at 12:49 AM
"When you stand in front of a piece of armor, you can get a feel for what [a person's] presence was like," says Chassica Kirchhoff, Asst Curator of European Sculpture & Decorative Arts at the DIA.
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