Antracoli works nearby in a neat and spacious office. Friendly, direct, and even-toned, the director, forty-eight, does not wear her ambitions on her sleeve, but she’s focused and passionate about her goals. The most important, she says, is “to create a more inclusive collection.”
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Ron Warhurst was a U-M coach for thirty-six years—cross-country and track. He was Big Ten coach of the year four times, won nine conference championships, and coached 129 All-Americans, multiple Olympians, and a winner of the Boston Marathon.
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On a pleasant Tuesday night in late April, the dining room at Miss Kim filled up not once, but twice.
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For decades, Bob Lutz was one of the most influential executives in the auto industry, shaping models that ranged from the first BMW 3 series and Dodge Viper to the Ford Explorer and Chevy Volt. And now, after a succession of high-level jobs and dozens of distinctive vehicles, he’s once again making paper models.
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Residences designed by renowned Detroit architect Albert Kahn are rare—there are just six in Ann Arbor. But, Barbara Copi confides, she really wanted Noah and Lizzie Hurwitz and their three boys, to bring new life to its ornate spaces.
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Marschall Runge didn’t realize how many physicians wanted to write fiction until he signed up for a “Writing for Doctors” workshop—and found 300 others in attendance.
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Sometimes the homeliest daily chores and most taken-for-granted possessions can reveal cultural trends, personal stories, and anthropological discoveries—if you study them like Juli McLoone does.
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Every time Jay Platt walked past the building on his way to work, he thought it would be an ideal...
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“I know in my soul that I would have been a Rosie if I’d lived during World War II,” Claire Dahl...
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When William Pemberton’s twenty-six-year marriage ended in 2011, he says, “In a lot of ways I...
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“I joke that other people go to the lake to relax by the water,” says Susan Pollay. “I just enjoy...
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This is an updated version of a profile published last month. Whenever Karen TenBrink talks...
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Jerry Israel first spotted Barbara McQuade’s potential in 1989, when she took his first-year...
Read MoreWhenever Karen TenBrink talks about music, her eyes light up. From her earliest years, it’s brought her joy, and it’s brought people together. For the past decade she’s been sharing those pleasures as director of the Ann Arbor...
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“Africa has tried to kill me twice, but I’m happy to say it hasn’t succeeded,” Jeff Punch says...
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In June 1981, six-year-old Tony Quiroga was grocery shopping with his mom in West Bloomfield when...
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Dale Fisher turned ninety this year. He is known in Ann Arbor especially for views of local...
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Jadein Black is working on the logistics for an upcoming fundraiser for Ann Arbor Pride while her...
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Josh Gordon can’t remember the first time he broke into song while working the checkout counter at...
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After a long weekend wrangling 5,000 high school scullers at the Midwest Scholastic Rowing...
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