Persistence and Protest
The protesters appeared like a holy procession, holding flickering candles in perfect silence,...
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Community
Baseball in Bo’s Fieldhouse
When you think about baseball spring training, Ann Arbor is about the last place that comes to...
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The Londons
It isn’t the summer the Londons expected. Scarlett and Malcolm planned to go to...
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Jim and Jack Briegel
When Jack Briegel was a young boy, he’d watch for his father walking home from work. They...
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The Piluttis
Graphic artist/illustrator/author Deb Pilutti spent the early quarantine days organizing and...
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Look Down to Look Up
In 1585, an Englishman named John White joined Sir Walter Raleigh’s voyage to establish a...
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Tenants Organize
Seventeen years after it disappeared, the Ann Arbor Tenants Union is back. “We started...
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Grand Re-opening
Light showers were forecasted on August 16, the Sunday Artisan Market’s reopening day. No...
Read MoreFormer U-M President Jim Duderstadt?
Q. What is former U-M president Jim Duderstadt doing now?A. James Duderstadt served as president from 1988 to 1996, living with his wife Anne in the president’s house on South University. He started out as an engineering...
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David DeVarti and Ellen Rabinowitz
At first it was fun. They attended Zoom celebrations–a bat mitzvah and a bridal...
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Landing Lurie
Raab is president of the board of the nonprofit Senior Citizens Housing of Ann Arbor, Inc., which...
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100 Year Old Right
On August 18, 1920, the decades-long nationwide struggle to expand access to the ballot box...
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The Children’s Literacy Network
Even through a speakerphone, you can hear Betsy Durant’s passion: there are stories and...
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Arriving Home
Among the many advantages of living in Ann Arbor is the abundance of outdoor artwork strategically...
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Comforting Quilts
In 1989, members of the Greater Ann Arbor Quilt Guild (GAAQG) voted to donate profits from their...
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Black Lives on Bikes
In June, more than 700 bicyclists participated in a “Silent Bike Ride for Black Lives”...
Read MoreOde to The Treasure Mart
In 1973, I was a senior at U-M, heading off to grad school at UCLA. My dorm room at Baits Housing, high on a hill overlooking North Campus, was filled with mementos and metaphysical charms: tissue paper flowers, stuffed animals,...
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312 South State Street
“This was tricky,” says Bob Maddox, “trying to decide which spicy pit”...
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Friends In Deed Reaches New Heights
At Friends in Deed, relationships are key.The nonprofit has been serving Washtenaw County...
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