Arts at Michigan

Mr. Miller’s images, whether taken of the front lines, the streets of Chicago or the birth of his own son, intimately chronicled a world remaking itself.

Mr. Renek was a critically admired New York writer who crafted comic tales about historical criminals and modern urban life but never achieved the commercial success he sought.

Mr. Moustaki, who wrote “Milord” for Édith Piaf, was known for his poetic sensibility and melancholy ballads.

Mr. Cera discusses narrative dead ends, favorite episodes and accidental impersonations of Jesse Eisenberg.

Graham W. J. Beal, the director of the Detroit Institute of Arts, said he believed the museum’s collection was “held in the public trust” and could not be sold by the city to help pay down its multibillion-dollar debt.

The publisher of the magazine’s book imprint, Philip Gwyn Jones, is leaving, the latest in a string of departures.

Before her death in 1973, Pearl S. Buck wrote one final novel. But The Eternal Wonder languished in a Texas storage unit for decades until its discovery last fall.

In his debut novel, A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, Anthony Marra takes readers to the war-torn republic of Chechnya. People disappear, informers betray and those with humanity endure great hardships.

One of Keith Carradine's most famous roles in recent years was as Wild Bill Hickok on the HBO TV show Deadwood. But Carradine is also a musician, and it was a song that jump-started his career — and another that drew him to his latest Broadway role.

NPR's Bob Mondello and Susan Stamberg read excerpts of two of the best submissions for Round 11 of our short story contest. They read Snowflake by Winona Wendth of Lancaster, Mass., and Geometry by Eugenie Montague of Los Angeles.

Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke return for the third in Richard Linklater's loosely peerless Before series, and they've never been more persuasive — nor has the storytelling. (Recommended)

London duo Sam Bompas and Harry Parr have made names for themselves with their wild, experimental food installations. From pineapple islands and banana vapors to re-creations of famous architectural monuments, their work playfully pushes the boundary of how we experience food.

The Scottish rockers headline Saturday night in Londonderry as Labrinth, Conor Maynard and Ellie Goulding also perform.

An intimate love story between two young women receives rave reviews in Cannes days before the winner of the Palme d'Or is announced.

The BBC is to close its Digital Media Initiative, with director general Tony Hall saying it had "wasted a huge amount of licence fee payers' money".

The Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables are announced as shows performing free songs to the public, to mark 350 years of West End theatre.

Damian Lewis and Sienna Miller are among the British stars nominated for the annual US Critics' Choice Awards.

Margaret Harrison, 72, wins the £16,500 Northern Art Prize for a recreation of the perimeter fence from the Greenham Common airbase.

In his memoir "Twin," Allen Shawn ponders the life of his twin autistic sister, Mary.

In "The Memory Palace," Mira Bartok recalls her anguished life with her schizophrenic mother.

Hank Stuever reviews Style network's "Ruby" and "Too Fat for 15: Fighting Back," two reality shows that patiently portray the lives of the obese, without the emphasis on fast results.

An exhibit of Alexander Calder's wire sculptures at the National Portrait Gallery presents evidence of how the sculptor continued to create new art forms.

Nicholas and Sheila Pye's divorce doesn't end their artistic collaboration.

"A Fire in My Belly," the David Wojnarowicz video seen briefly at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, recently reappeared in its natural habitat, hanging beside his uncensored works in the artist's longtime New York gallery, PPOW.

The challenges of performing in the National Gallery of Art Rotunda were turned into advantages in a Wednesday midday concert by the New Music Ensemble.

"Waste Land," a film about the Brooklyn-based, Brazilian-born artist Vik Muniz, recounts a celebrated artist using his work as an instrument to promote social justice.

NEW YORK - If you're going to spend $65 million and not end up with the best musical of all time, I suppose there's a perverse distinction in being one of the worst.

What do you get when cross the sunshine-and-singalongs premise of "Glee" with the murderous '90s teen angst of "Scream"? Or the jazzy choreography of Bob Fosse with the jitters of "Jaws" attacks and kitsch of "Beach Blanket Bingo"?

For a show that ostensibly beats the drum for poetry, "American Scrapbook: A Celebration of Verse" doesn't place much faith in words. Sure, the performers in this world premiere deliver lively interpretations of Edgar Allan Poe's "Annabel Lee," Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" and other poems ...

What makes people happy? Playwright Jennifer L. Nelson asks the cosmic question in her new comedy, "24, 7, 365," which will run Feb. 10-27 at the Atlas Performing Arts Center.

Bernardine Mitchell is playing the early 20th-century jazz and blues singer Ethel Waters in "His Eye Is on the Sparrow," and both women deserve better treatment than they get in the show. Playwright Larry Parr's historical revue is a bland biography-by-numbers: facts, then a song, more facts, ano...

As the director of "Pirates of the Caribbean" Nos. 1, 2 and 3, filmmaker Gore Verbinski is intimately familiar with the massive needs of a potential summer blockbuster.

If only what happened in Vegas had stayed in Vegas. Everything that made "The Hangover" such an unexpected hit has been squandered and cheapened in the sequels.

This is how it generally works: Jay Pharoah or Jason Sudeikis screams "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!"

And of those friends, each one likes to make deeply weird fan art. Usually with cats.

This year's summer movie season is all about asking "What if?"

Investigators were looking into allegations made by actress Amanda Bynes that New York Police Department officers sexually assaulted her when she was arrested Thursday.

Producer Robin Benger describes how he obtained broadcast access to interviews Nelson Mandela recorded in the 1990s. A CBC Radio Ideas program on the Mandela tapes airs May 28.

The Rolling Stones take to the stage in Toronto Saturday night, accompanied by a Mississauga high school choir, for the first of three hotly anticipated Canadian concerts.

Celebrated Canadian nature artist Robert Bateman is opening a new gallery in Victoria this weekend, but the artist says the aim is to do much more than showcase his work.

In a final outing with the wolf pack, the joke's on us, says Eli Glasner. The Hangover Part 3 is a strangely serious and laugh-free sequel in the popular, offensive and raunchy series.

PM Eli Glasner takes a quick look at three new films: Picture Day with rising star Tatiana Maslany, the audaciously entertaining Fast and Furious 6 and a nature-themed cartoon for the kids called Epic.

Dylan Dethier wrote '18 in America' about his year-long, cross-crountry golf trip.

The trade show will feature big-name authors and big industry questions.

Read the prologue from the upcoming book from the author.

The increase is less than in previous years, and hardcovers still outsell e-books.

She'll tell the story of her health journey.

Ten must-reads for teens.

"That's their prerogative" to tour with a new singer, but don't call it STP, says the group's former frontman.

Music festivals continue to be the strongest sector of the live concert industry.

A broad range of high-value fests will be staged now through September.

The finalist from 'The Voice' is one of the singers in PBS' National Memorial Day Concert.

House duo's fourth album uncharacteristically features live instruments and collaborations.

The British 'X Factor' winners update '90s female R&B with debut album 'DNA.'

Historical epic was fueled by the on- and off-screen romance of Taylor and Burton.

British actor turns blood-sucking immortal lover alongside Tilda Swinton in film 'Only Lovers Left Alive.'

Roman Polanski laments on the attempt to "level the genders" at the Cannes Film Festival.

Cannes festival officials didn't notice "MacGruber," but they love Will Forte's "Nebraska."

The French star learns Polish to play a woman struggling in America in 'The Immigrant.'

Will J.J. Abrams helm both Star Trek & Star Wars at the same time? The Forum investigates!

Abigail Stauffer Last fall I once again had the pleasure of taking my 107one morning show out on the road for a series of "Music and Mocha" broadcasts, which took place at some of the finest coffee houses in Washtenaw...

Ann Arbor native and "Party Hard" rocker Andrew WK will play a special set tonight at a to-be-announced location as a benefit for Community High School....

The Huron Players will perform original student works in "Finale! 2013."Photo provided by Huron PlayersHuron High School's theater troupe, the Huron Players, will present the final show of its 2012-13 season, "Finale! 2013," a showcase of student-written, student-directed one act...

Memorial Day weekend marks the opening of public pools and waterparks. Ann Arbor's three public pools are set to open Saturday along with the new Independence Lake County Park Splash Pad and recently renovated Rolling Hills Water Park.

Chris and Mike Farah, on the set of the feature film "Answer This!" Ann Arbor native brothers (and filmmakers) Chris and Mike Farah will be shooting a new project in the area - this time, a (not yet named) cable...

A three-woman team from Ann Arbor’s Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist competed on the season finale of Game Show Network’s “American Bible Challenge” on Thursday, May 23, but after a great run during the regular season, the...