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Bob Lutz

May 24, 2024 | Business, Community, Profiles |

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.

This Old House

Apr 27, 2024 | Community, Featured, Profiles |

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.

Medical Thriller

Apr 26, 2024 | Community, Culture, Profiles, Reviews |

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.

Juli McLoone

Apr 26, 2024 | Community, Profiles |

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.

Bookseller Jay Platt

Mar 25, 2024 | Business, Culture, Profiles |

Every time Jay Platt walked past the building on his way to work, he thought it would be an ideal...

Claire Dahl

Feb 23, 2024 | Profiles |

“I know in my soul that I would have been a Rosie if I’d lived during World War II,” Claire Dahl...

William and Diane Pemberton

Jan 25, 2024 | Profiles |

When William Pemberton’s twenty-six-year marriage ended in 2011, he says, “In a lot of ways I...

Susan Pollay’s Whimsies

Jan 25, 2024 | Community, Culture, Featured, Profiles |

“I joke that other people go to the lake to relax by the water,” says Susan Pollay. “I just enjoy...

Karen TenBrink

Jan 15, 2024 | Profiles |

This is an updated version of a profile published last month. Whenever Karen TenBrink talks...

Barbara McQuade

Dec 22, 2023 | Profiles |

Jerry Israel first spotted Barbara McQuade’s potential in 1989, when she took his first-year...

Karen TenBrink

Nov 27, 2023 | Culture, Profiles |

Whenever 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...