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Pulp covers art, culture, music, books & theater in Washtenaw County, Michigan. A production of @aadl.org.
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The Radar tracks new music by Washtenaw County-associated artists. But for this edition, we have 8 songs by artists who namechecked the county seat in their song titles, even though only one of the creators lives in the area. (The rest are now honorary Tree Town-tonians.)
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Michigan seen from space on October 19, 2024. Photo via NASA Earth Observatory/NASA Earth Observatory. The A2Pulp.org logo is in red and placed where Ann Arbor is on the map.
December 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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In Memoriam:
Scott Richardson was the singer for pioneering late '60s/early '70s Ann Arbor rockers SRC/Scot Richard Case. He passed away on Dec. 7 at his home. We revisited Richardson's fertile musical legacy, which spans bluesy garage rock to prog-leaning psychedelia.
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Scott Richardson in 1971, wearing a shirt made out of various pieces of colorful fabric. He's smiling and has strawberry-blond hair. Photo by Frank Pettis.
December 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Clare Kinberg unravels the mystery of her estranged aunt's life in her new book, “By the Waters of Paradise: An American Story of Racism and Rupture in a Jewish Family.” We spoke to the editor of Washtenaw Jewish News about what she discovered & why it matters to her.  
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Book cover on the left; author photo on the right.
December 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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The Radar tracks new music by Washtenaw County-associated artists and labels.  
  
This week:
Ness Lake, Rik Strange, Schmaltz, Stucchi & The Shepherd, Lantern Lens, N8., and The Missing Cats.  
  
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December 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Everybody needs a thrill, we all got a space to fill. But life it ain't real funky unless it's got that ... Pulp Life. 
 
Some of our favorite games, outdoor events, and other kinds of hard-to-categorize cultural and life activities in 2025. 
 
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A2Pulp.org logo plus text reading Staff Picks 2025 over a shadow of an apple-tree branch. Reds and purple are the colors.
December 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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It's not recommended to put things in your ears ...

... except for our favorite songs, albums, podcasts, and more as recommended in AADL 2025 Staff Picks: Audio.

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December 18, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Screens rule everything around us—and here are the TV shows, movies, video games, YouTube, streaming, and more that ruled our screens.
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December 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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AADL's 2025 Staff Picks rolls on with a spotlight on the Words category: books, audiobooks, graphic novels, comics, websites, and more.
 
Check out some of our favorites (and then check them out yourself from @aadl.org).
                                 
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A2Pulp.org logo plus text reading Staff Picks 2025: Words over a shadow of an apple-tree branch. The colors are oranges and yellows.
December 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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It's our favorite time of year—for favorites. These are the books, films, video games, songs, experiences, and more that caught our eyes and ears this year. 

Here are the categories of AADL's 2025 Staff Picks: 
➥ Words 
➥ Screens 
➥ Audio 
➥ Pulp Life
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December 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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The Radar tracks new music by Washtenaw County-associated artists and labels.   
   
This week:
Vulfpeck, 3Steez, RVRISS, Daniel Morris, Fangs and Twang, Bunkerman, Kalron, Dylan Charles, and a Moroccan music mix by Jib Kidder.
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December 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Jihyun Yun’s horror novel brings to life a dead sister in “And the River Drags Her Down.” We spoke to the Ann Arbor poet turned young adult fiction writer about her chilling new book.

Yun reads & signs at Booksweet in Ann Arbor on Thu., Dec. 18, at 6 pm.
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Book cover on the left; author photo on the right.
December 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Erin & Phil Stead revisit Amos McGee, the kind zookeeper who helped launch their career. We spoke to the Caldecott Medal-winning, Ann Arbor-based illustrator & author about "A Snow Day for Amos McGee" ahead of the couple's event at @literatibookstore.bsky.social on Dec. 11.
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Black & white photo of Phil and Erin Stead. Front cover of Snow Day for Amos McGee. Amos McGee wearing a red & white toque hat and a warm green outfit. He's building a snowman with an elephant, a penguin, and a tortoise.
December 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Encore Theatre's "Frozen" deftly navigates challenges to bring the movie's charms and songs to the stage. We reviewed "Frozen: The Broadway Musical," which runs through January 11, 2026, at the Dexter musical theater.               
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Cici Hubbard as Elsa in Encore Theatre's Frozen.
December 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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The Radar tracks new music by Washtenaw County-associated artists and labels.  
  
This week:  
David Barrett, Skinned Knees, Omo & Delos Prismatic, Defy Modern Theory, VaporDaze, Studio Lounge, Future Holograms, and Latimer Rogland.                              
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December 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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The Radar usually tracks new music by Washtenaw County-associated artists and labels.  
  
But for this edition, we want to shine a light on some arts- and culture-related podcasts from the greater Ann Arbor area.  
                                                  
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December 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Penny Seats' "The Thanksgiving Play" is a satire on political correctness, written by a Native American. We reviewed this Larissa FastHorse-penned comedy, which runs through Dec. 7 at Cahoots in Ann Arbor.                                                                   
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Four actors mix it up in Penny Seats' production of The Thanksgiving Play. Photo courtesy of Penny Seats.
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Check out this interview by @pulp.aadl.org for 💙CAMMY SITTING SHIVA💙 by Cary Gitter, and learn about why Gitter switched mediums, how the book speaks to millennials, and more. 💙CAMMY SITTING SHIVA💙 is available now!

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November 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Narsiso Martinez's art highlights the lives of migrant farmworkers. His new exhibition, "Best Used By," is at the University of Michigan's Institute for the Humanities Gallery through Dec. 19. Learn more about Martinez's work & watch his recent talk @ the Michigan Theater.
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Narsiso Martinez standing in front of one of one of his large muralist-style portraits featuring a woman's face superimposed in the foreground with two masked people standing in front of plants or trees.
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Detroit's Pavan Kanekal & Oregon's J.J. Gregg teamed up for an evening of tabla & sitar duets at @aadl.org in October.
The duo transfixed the audience with a hypnotic performance of South Asian Classical music, and you can watch their concert & listen to their albums here:
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J.J. Gregg playing sitar and Pavan Kaneka on tablas performing at the Ann Arbor District Library.
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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The Radar tracks new music by Washtenaw County-associated artists & labels.

This week:
Ellen Rowe Quartet, Ed Dupas, Dreadmaul, Scotty Karate, Will Kaye, How to Draw Monsters, Alison Albrecht, Jib Kidder, 14KT, North Ingalls, Queso Tone, Lovepark., and Post Eden.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Dzanc House offers accessible ways to explore art & writing within a welcoming & supportive community. We spoke to Creative Director Amanda May Moore to find out more about this uplifting space in the heart of Ypsilanti.                                                     
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Dzanc House exterior showing a beige paint scheme, white trim, and a front porch. A student poet works on a piece during an EmpowerED youth workshop at Dzanc House. Amanda May Moore holding a screen-print in black ink of a drawing featuring two women with long hair filled with stars.
November 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Ann Arbor Folk Fest announces the lineup for its 49th edition, which will be held January 30 & 31 at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor. The annual event is a fundraiser for The Ark.                                                      
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Posted for 2026 Ann Arbor Folk Fest featuring a drawing of a pink left hand with painted fingernails holding a guitar neck and making a chord.
November 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Ann Arbor playwright Cary Gitter delves into a character’s consciousness in his debut novel, “Cammy Sitting Shiva,” which follows a week in the antics-filled life of a millennial woman who's trying to get her act together while dealing with the grief of losing her father.
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Cammy Sitting Shiva book cover on the left; Cary Gitter author photo on the right.
November 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Dark comedy & serious drama come together in U-M's production of Jessica Dickey’s "The Convent." We spoke with director Halena Kays & others about this play, which mixes the sacred & profane.

"The Convent" is at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre in Ann Arbor, November 20-23.
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A nun holding a baby. This stylized image is primarily pink and magenta with a blue circle in the background.
November 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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"Othello" goes West in Brevity & PTD Productions' unique take on Shakespeare's tragedy. We reviewed this shortened version of the classic, which is set in the Old West of San Francisco and Santa Catalina Island. It runs Nov. 14-22 at Riverside Arts Center in Ypsilanti.
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Actor looking pensive while dressed in a purple suit and holding a purple top hat. Actress looks concerned while clasping her hands and wearing a red dress.
November 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM