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Syverud Steps Up
The U-M alum was elected to be the university’s sixteenth president.
Tree Town, a Truck Town?
Ann Arbor is a town where Subarus line the Whole Foods parking lot and Priuses skirt the bike lanes. It’s also home to RealTruck, one of the country’s biggest truck accessory companies.
After the Fall
Sherrone Moore’s tenure ended in jail. Where does that leave Michigan football?
Build Up
The highs and lows of the $1.44 billion AAPS construction and renovations program.
Big Gig
What goes into putting on a concert at Michigan Stadium?Community
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Townie Homes
The Ann Arbor Community Land Trust is about to break ground on permanently affordable housing.
John Hilton
Ann Arbor’s observer
Renee Baumunk’s Wild Women Years
With costumes, games, and thrift-store treasures, her parties grew into a quirky, beloved tradition.
Creating a Dementia-Friendly Community
Washtenaw County organizations team up to provide information, comfort, and fun for those with memory loss and their caregivers.
Full Circle
Finding my home in mental health advocacy.
Trailblazer
The City of Ann Arbor’s first net-zero building will be named after its first female firefighter.Fun Stuff
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The Wallenberg House
I Spy Update | February 2026
Proof Rock
Fake Ad Update | February 2026
Creative Meetups for Creative People
What She Said | February 2026
Searching for Solitude in the Snowy Arb
Michigan Theater
I Spy Update | January 2026
M Trade
Fake Ad Update | January 2026
Spheres of Influence
Zach Bryan Concert
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Tree Town, a Truck Town?
Ann Arbor is a town where Subarus line the Whole Foods parking lot and Priuses skirt the bike lanes. It’s also home to RealTruck, one of the country’s biggest truck accessory companies.
Thinking Bigger
A $21 million concept for the Ann Arbor Farmers Market.
Extreme Makeover: Broadway Edition
What's going on at 1027 Broadway?
Sports for Sale
This fall marks the start of expanded rules governing the Name, Image and Likeness program (NIL) at Michigan.
Newspaper Rescue
TRUiC buys The Sun Times News.
The Observer’s Next Owner
The Ann Arbor District Library has agreed to purchase the assets of the publication, creating a new entity that will continue to operate independently.
Fee Parking
Prices for U-M football parking keep going up, up, up.
Hometown Clickbait
Joan’s “Ann Arbor” shop has clones around the country.Marketplace
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It’s All in the Name
Eat Thai Ann Arbor brings full-service, homestyle Thai downtown.
A Taste of New York
Batch House Bagels give Ann Arborites a *nearly* authentic New York City bagel experience
Squeezed Out
Workers in low-wage sectors are finding themselves priced out of Ann Arbor.
Cluck Wild, Six Days a Week
Chick-fil-A makes its Ann Arbor debut.
Two Vietnamese Spots on E. Liberty
Sonca Luu’s new café takes cryptocurrency.
Slows Bar BQ Comes to A2
The Detroit staple succeeds Blue Tractor.
HERD Mentality
Home energy efficiency improvements may help with carbon emissions, but don’t necessarily translate to higher sales prices.
A Riad on S. Main
Moroccan coffee, tea, and more in luxurious surrounds at Mynt HouseCulture
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Liminal
After using drugs to induce lucid dreaming, Aiden finds himself literally drowning while trapped inside a night terror. His brothers Dominic and Caleb must join him in the unknown in a race against the clock for survival.
The School of Yoga’s Uncertain Future
For nearly twenty years, the Ann Arbor School of Yoga has occupied a former church at 420 W. Huron St. But the building will soon be for sale, leaving over a hundred students and their teacher, Laurie Blakeney, wondering what’s next.
Cluster Museum Is Coming Out Swinging
With provocative exhibits, conceptual programming, and art supplies.
The Mighty Fitz
John U. Bacon researched and wrote each of his four best-selling books on Michigan football in less than a year. Telling the stories of the Edmund Fitzgerald and its twenty-nine crew members took almost four.
Theatre NOVA
An innovative company faces an uncertain time.
The Play’s the Thing
Acting out (in the community)
Featured Artists
The art fair has nearly 1,000 exhibitors. Here’s how three were chosen to create each fair’s signature poster.
The Michigan Theater in Sound
A soundtrack-meets-walking tour that invites visitors "to slow down and experience the space differently."Since 1976
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