Art and Culture

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Stephanie Dinkins

On Love & Data

By Srimoyee Mitra
Subjects: Media Studies, New Media, American Studies, Michigan and the Great Lakes, Art and Culture

Art’s power to challenge inequities and build inclusive dialogues

Cinema Ann Arbor

How Campus Rebels Forged a Singular Film Culture

By Frank Uhle
Subjects: Media Studies, Cinema Studies, Cultural Studies, Michigan and the Great Lakes, Ann Arbor/University of Michigan, Art and Culture

A fascinating journey into the DIY spirit of a highly influential film community

Guardians of Michigan

Architectural Sculpture of the Pleasant Peninsulas

By Jeff Morrison
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, Art and Culture, History

Preserving Michigan’s architecture through photos and stories

Everybody In, Nobody Out

Inspiring Community at Michigan's University Musical Society

By Ken Fischer
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, Ann Arbor/University of Michigan, Art and Culture, Theater and Performance, Education, Higher Education, Music, Popular Music

A reflection on the power of the performing arts to engage and enrich communities

I Hear a Symphony

Motown and Crossover R&B

By Andrew Flory
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, Art and Culture, Music, American Studies, African American Studies
Series: Tracking Pop

Investigates how the music of Motown Records functioned as the center of the company’s creative and economic impact worldwide

Butch Queens Up in Pumps

Gender, Performance, and Ballroom Culture in Detroit

By Marlon M. Bailey
Subjects: Sexuality Studies, Dance, American Studies, African American Studies, Theater and Performance, Michigan and the Great Lakes, Art and Culture
Series: Triangulations: Lesbian/Gay/Queer/Trans Theater/Dance/Performance

20 years after Paris Is Burning, a rare look at Ballroom culture—from the inside

Dameronia

The Life and Music of Tadd Dameron

By Paul Combs
Subjects: African American Studies, Michigan and the Great Lakes, Art and Culture, Music, Jazz, Biography
Series: Jazz Perspectives

The first authoritative biography of jazz great Tadd Dameron

The Unreal Estate Guide to Detroit

By Andrew Herscher
Subjects: American Studies, Art, Architecture, Cultural Studies, Michigan and the Great Lakes, Art and Culture, Urban Studies

A guide to the emergence of alternative urban cultures in the wake of Detroit's economic decline

Michigan's County Courthouses

By John Fedynsky
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, Art and Culture, Guidebook, Travel

A guide to the lore and architecture of every county courthouse in the Great Lakes State

Rhythms of the Afro-Atlantic World

Rituals and Remembrances

Edited by Ifeoma C.K. Nwankwo & Mamadou Diouf
Subjects: African American Studies, Caribbean Studies, Michigan and the Great Lakes, Art and Culture, Music, Ethnomusicology, African Studies

Collected essays exploring the origins and evolution of music and dance in Afro-Atlantic culture

Soul Music

Tracking the Spiritual Roots of Pop from Plato to Motown

By Joel Rudinow
Subjects: African American Studies, American Studies, Michigan and the Great Lakes, Art and Culture, Music, Philosophy
Series: Tracking Pop

A meditative exploration of the essence of soul in popular music

Michigan Family Farms and Farm Buildings

Landscapes of the Heart and Mind

By Hemalata Dandekar
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, Art and Culture, History, American History

A window into the roles and construction of Michigan family farms

Guitars, Bars, and Motown Superstars

By Dennis Coffey
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, Art and Culture, Music

Inside stories of the pop-music scenes of the 60s and 70s from one of the fathers of the Motown sound

Delightfulee

The Life and Music of Lee Morgan

By Jeff McMillan
Subjects: African American Studies, Michigan and the Great Lakes, Art and Culture, Music, Jazz, Biography
Series: Jazz Perspectives

The story of one of the most individual jazz stylists of his time

Michigan One-Room Schoolhouses

By Mary Keithan
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, Art and Culture, History

Grit, Noise, and Revolution

The Birth of Detroit Rock 'n' Roll

By David A. Carson
Subjects: Cultural Studies, Michigan and the Great Lakes, Art and Culture, Music

A narrative history of the birth of rock 'n' roll in Detroit

Fascination with Fiber

Michigan's Handweaving Heritage

By Marie A. Gile & Marion T. Marzolf
Subjects: Art, Michigan and the Great Lakes, Art and Culture

The first comprehensive look at handweaving in Michigan from the pioneer log cabin to digital computer-aided looms

Monte Nagler's Michigan

By Monte Nagler
Subjects: Art, Photography, Michigan and the Great Lakes, Art and Culture, Nature

Stunning black-and-white photographs by a master landscape photographer reveal the beauty of Michigan

One Nation Under A Groove

Motown and American Culture

By Gerald Lyn Early
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, Art and Culture, Music, Cultural Studies, African American Studies

How Motown changed the landscape of American popular culture

Aspirations for Excellence

Alexander Jackson Davis and the First Campus Plan for the University of Michigan, 1838

By Julia M. Truettner
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, Art and Culture, History, American History, Ann Arbor/University of Michigan

Alexander Jackson Davis and his role in the University of Michigan's early architectural development

Before Motown

A History of Jazz in Detroit, 1920-60

By Lars Bjorn & Jim Gallert
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, Art and Culture, Music, History

The history of Detroit jazz comes alive with remarkable photographs, advertisements, and interviews

Interlochen

A Home for the Arts

By Dean Boal
Subjects: History, Michigan and the Great Lakes, Art and Culture, Music, History

Michigan's Capitol

Construction and Restoration

By William Seale
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, History, History, American History, Art and Culture

A history of the building and restoration of one of the nation's most prominent capitols.

Flowers in the Dustbin

Culture, Anarchy, and Postwar England

By Neil Nehring
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, Art and Culture, Music, Cultural Studies, Literary Studies, British and Irish Literatures, Sociology

Explores the connection between high literary culture and popular culture and argues for cultural anarchism as a form of creative resistance.

Jazz from the Beginning

By Garvin Bushell & Mark Tucker
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, Art and Culture, Music
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