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Imagine hitting the stage for a performance without ever seeing a script! That’s what an improv artist like Tony DeRosa does…gets on stage, is given an idea or phrase and runs with it. Tony is bringing improv to a new venue soon to open in Ann Arbor. We meet Tony and learn about hear.say brewing + theater opening in Ann Arbor this summer when he joins Deb Polich on this edition of WEMU’s "creative:impact."

The National Brewers Association confirms what most people already knew about the beer brewing industry– it is dominated by white men. The most recent study found 76% of brewery owners are male, and 93% are white. But there are efforts underway to diversify the market based right here in Washtenaw County. WEMU's Cathy Shafran has more.

There’s a new restaurant in Ypsilanti located in a refurbished historic building in Depot Town on the site of the old Thompson Block building first built…

HOMES Brewery in Ann Arbor was a labor of love for creator Tommy Kennedy. He makes and serves novel beers and Southeast Asian street food in the Jackson…

WEMU's Lisa Barry and "On the Ground-Ypsi" project manager Sarah Rigg talk with Ypsilanti Rotary Club president Taryn Willis about their efforts to…

April 7 is National Beer Day.The holiday is intended to commemorate the signing of a law in 1933 that took the first steps towards ending the prohibition…

He's been seen playing his violin around the streets of Ann Arbor for years, and now the "Violin Monster" is going national appearing on "America's Got…

A conversation with Jarett Diamond, Director of the Green Brewery Project. OverviewThe Green Brewery Project (GBP) began as graduate research at the…

A local brewing company has teamed up with one from Belgium to create a pair of new brews that have American and European influences. WEMU's Andrew Cluley…