Our Spring Travel Issue 

All aboard for voyages to Southwestern Michigan, Franklin County Florida and Mid-Coast Maine. Visit a variety of charming small towns where beaches and boats are among the biggest of draws. Plan your summer getaway to these water privileged destinations and you'll find nothing but smooth sailing ahead.  Plus, Pittsburgh: The Steel City goes green; Back to the Roots opens in Chelsea; and Ken Fischer of the University Musical Society celebrates a quarter century as president.  

Our Winter Culinary Issue 

Ann Arbor, meet Helen and Blake, owners of Eat, a new catering and carry out business that recently opened on Packard Road. Also in this issue: Mark's Carts reloads for spring; three restaurants that opened in 2011 are sowing the seeds of staying power and hitting their strides in 2012; and Ann Arbor Cooks shows team building can begin in the kitchen. Plus, former president of the Arts Alliance Tamara Real is featured in this issue's People in Art. And the Ann Arbor Folk Festival ramps up for its 35th year.    

Our Holiday Issue 

Fall Arts Preview Issue 

Ann Arbor Art Fair Issue 

For more than 50 years, artists with amazing talents and unsurpassed
skills have returned each July to the streets of Ann Arbor, exhibiting in
The Ann Arbor Art Fair, displaying their latest work and engaging the
imaginations of more than 500,000 annual fairgoers. The varied parts of
the Fair fit together to form an amazing impression–filled with sound and
color and mystery and drama, creating an intriguing event with more than
a dash of style. No matter what direction you take, no matter where you
look you'll discover colors and sights that will energize, captivate and
maybe even change your life. That's the incredible power of art.
And beyond the art, there's the remarkable city of Ann Arbor, with stores,
restaurants and people watching that rivals any metro area.
Come meet our talented artists, enjoy our exceptional city and help us
celebrate the award-winning Ann Arbor Art Fair.

2011 Summer Fairs & Festivals Issue 

After a long, cold Michigan winter, what better way to celebrate than by spending some days enjoying the warmer temperatures at an art fair or festival? We've gathered a list of some of the best in Michigan here to help you plot your course this summer. 

2011 Spring Travel Issue 

Take a day trip to Tecumseh, MI; Explore Music City (a.k.a. Nashville, TN); Join a Detroit-based cultural exchange program as they tour the art scene of Indianapolis; plus, features on visual, culinary and performance art, art news, events and more.  

2011 Winter Culinary Issue 

Eve Aronoff’s newest restaurant, Frita Batidos, and other south-of-the-border eateries are ‘peppering’ the town with the spicy flavor of chilis. 

Plus... information on the Ann Arbor Art Center's Artini 2011, the 34th Annual Ann Arbor Folk Festival, Ypsilanti's cutting edge art scene, a travel story on the Hinterlands of Albuquerque and more!  

2010 Holiday Issue 

As the principal violist of the Michigan Opera Theatre and Sphinx Symphony, John Madison lifts spirits with his music in concert halls across the country. As kind humanitarian, he does the same with his students and the dying.

Read about John and take in our entire holiday issue with additional stories about what to do when you're home for the holidays, Detroit historic landmark Pewabic Pottery and local sommeliers. Plus, don't miss our Event Calendar, Art News and our 2010 Holiday Gift Guide. 

Ann Arbor Art Fairs Official Event Guide

If you're planning to attend the Ann Arbor Art Fairs this year, you'll want to first download the Official 2010 Event Guide, presented by Art Showcase Magazine. Or pick up a copy at hundreds of locations throughout Southeastern Michigan, and, of course, at all the Information Booths during the Fairs.

The Ann Arbor Art Fairs happens Wednesday, July 21 through Saturday, July 24. We hope to see you there! 

Jump for Joy! It's Our Travel Issue.

Is there a better way to gain new experiences than to travel? If there is, I have not yet found it. Travel—going to new places, seeing new sights and meeting new people—lends itself perfectly to learning, growing and greater understanding of the world around us. It also goes hand-in-hand with art. I believe that the best way to learn about a place is to experience it through its art—its galleries, museums and architecture; its theater, music and dance; its film and literature; and, of course, its food. Come Travel with Art Showcase Magazine!  

Enjoy Our Culinary Art Issue 

As usual, this issue of Art Showcase Magazine presents articles of interest on all of the high arts, including fine visual and performance art, culinary art, plus travel and culture, as well as a comprehensive art events calendar and informative art news items. Our first issue of the New Year, however, serves up a steady diet of articles on culinary art, with several stories dedicated solely to that discipline.

Art Showcase Magazine Debuts Newly Expanded Editorial Format

ASM now employs an enhanced editorial focus that comprehensively covers on a bi-monthly basis not only visual fine art, but all of the higher arts including performance art—theatre, dance and music—and culinary art, plus travel and culture articles. Enjoy!

2009 Ann Arbor Art Fairs Official Event Guide

In 2009, Art Showcase Magazine was selected to publish the Ann Arbor Art Fairs Official Event Guide, printing and distributing 50,000 copies for one of the largest outdoor art events in the country.