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Bob Dylan is giving fans a chance to relive his 1974 tour with the Band on a staggering 27-disc set
Read full article: Bob Dylan is giving fans a chance to relive his 1974 tour with the Band on a staggering 27-disc setBob Dylan fans who want to relive his memorable 1974 concert tour with The Band will soon have the opportunity to own most of it.
Prince's puffy 'Purple Rain' shirt and other pieces from late singer's wardrobe go up for auction
Read full article: Prince's puffy 'Purple Rain' shirt and other pieces from late singer's wardrobe go up for auctionFans of Prince have a chance to bid on a selection of the late starโs wardrobe and other items at an online auction this week.
Antiquities, plucked from storeroom, on Roman Forum display
Read full article: Antiquities, plucked from storeroom, on Roman Forum displayHundreds of remnants of ancient Roman life โ from dice to rain gutter decorations to burial offerings 3,000 years old โ have long been hidden from public view.
U-M hosting virtual conversation about roles cultural institutions can play in environmental justice
Read full article: U-M hosting virtual conversation about roles cultural institutions can play in environmental justiceFIL - In this March 21, 2016, file photo the Flint Water Plant water tower is seen in Flint, Mich. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says a proposed $600 million deal between the state of Michigan and Flint residents harmed by lead-tainted water is a step toward making amends. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)ANN ARBOR โ The University of Michigan Museum of Natural History and Shapiro Undergraduate Library are hosting a virtual community conversation this month about the role museums, libraries and more can play in supporting environmental justice. The cultural institutions are looking for feedback and insight from people across Southeast Michigan -- a region that has experienced firsthand environmental injustice, from air quality issues in Detroit to the Flint water crisis. Email your original art, poetry, photos, and videos about environmental justice work in libraries and museums to ummnh.envforum@umich.eduLeave us a 60-second voicemail at 313-757-1872.
Dylan papers, including unpublished lyrics, sell for $495K
Read full article: Dylan papers, including unpublished lyrics, sell for $495K(AP Photo/Jeff Robbins, File)BOSTON โ A long-lost trove of Bob Dylan documents including the singer-songwriter's musings about anti-Semitism and unpublished song lyrics has sold at auction for a total of $495,000. The collection included transcripts of Glover's 1971 interviews with Dylan and letters the pair exchanged. The interviews reveal that Dylan had anti-Semitism on his mind when he changed his name from Robert Zimmerman, and that he wrote โLay Lady Layโ for Barbra Streisand. Included in the auctioned items were lyrics Dylan penned after visiting folk legend Woody Guthrie in May 1962. ___This story has been updated to clarify the collection sold as individual lots for a total of $495,000, with the majority of key pieces going to an unidentified buyer.