Each week there will be a new question in our Summer Scavenger Hunt. Collect your answers for our weekly questions for a chance to win an iPod Touch!

May 2: Q: What folk legend is being honored at tonight's show at The Ark? What birthday is he celebrating? What is the name of the progressive movement song written by this singer, which later became a Top 10 hit for Peter, Paul and Mary in 1962?

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Arts participation is a valuable part of your college experience. But you never know just what else might come along with it. These two performers who met each other on stage had a surprise proposal onstage after UMGASS's final performance of The Pirates of Penzance!

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This haiku contains
The letter "i" seven times;
Ball is in your court.

- Alexander Coulter, Engineering Class of 2015

Want to share your own poetic genius? Submit a haiku to arts@umich.edu. It’s easy — 5 syllables, then 7, then 5!

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Each week this summer, we'll feature a new piece of art in the Art Around Town section of our newsletter. All of these artworks can be found somewhere in Ann Arbor!



We'll start with one many people will recognize... Known commonly as "The Cube," Tony Rosenthal's sculpture "Endover" is located behind the LSA Building. Did you know that there is another large-scale spinning cube piece by Rosenthal? Find out where it is on the late artist's website

[art]seen

"So what could Bat Boy possibly be about, if not Batman? Well, it’s based on a true story about a boy found in a cave, raised by bats. Not sure how the true story plays out, but in the musical, he is discovered to be a bloodsucking vampire, conformed to society with the love and support of the family that takes him in."

[art]seen blogger Kayla Silverstein talks about Bat Boy: The Musical, put on by School of Music, Theatre & Dance this past fall. Read more

arts, ink.

"It’s Angels versus Amsterdam, the eternal battle. There are no winners, just wanderers and explorers, trying to find their way home. To which do you belong?"

arts, ink. columnist NicoleNg talked about the eternal battle between New York and LA. Read more

Work*Detroit seeks submissions for an upcoming exhibition called Road Trip, being curated by Stephen William Schudlich. Journeys, whether planned or spontaneous, alone or in groups, near or far, can affect the traveler in a multitude of ways. work•detroit seeks to share evidence of this in a summer sharing of creative process that speaks to a passage from point "A" to Point "B" and back again. Submissions due by June 7. Submit here!

When you view certain art, does it affect you in an emotional way? Does some art mainly form an intellectual connection? Is there art that hits you in a visceral way, either with revulsion or elation? Work•Detroit asks artists to explore the neural underpinnings of the connection between the art they create and the cognitive reception in those who encounter it for an upcoming exhibition called Trinity, curated by David Fischer, and to be exhibited in August. Submit here