Book Glut
“You have so many books you can’t put them all out,” adds the owner of Motte & Bailey Booksellers. “I have some books on my sale table for two or three dollars that, a couple of years ago, might have been six or seven and on...
Read MoreOct 25, 2023 | Event Reviews |
The Ann Arbor Model Railroad Club’s headquarters, contrary to its name, is located in Dexter. Next...
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Fred Thomas is a key figure in southeast Michigan’s underground music scene and has been for...
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Jeff Daniels lives in Chelsea and commutes to work on both coasts. While appearing on Broadway, an...
Read MoreAug 27, 2023 | Culture, Event Reviews |
Pinball Pete’s was doing a brisk bit of business on a warm, sunny Sunday evening, having seemingly...
Read MoreThe rusty and dingy Huron St. railroad overpass just west of the Delonis Center has been an...
Read MoreAug 27, 2023 | Culture |
The only prize is “bragging rights, but they are very good bragging rights,” says Jessica Misener,...
Read MoreJul 25, 2023 | Culture, Event Reviews |
The Purple Rose bills A Jukebox for the Algonquin as a “serious comedy about sex, drugs, and...
Read MoreJadein Black is working on the logistics for an upcoming fundraiser for Ann Arbor Pride while her...
Read MoreJun 26, 2023 | Culture |
When Phoebe, a black-headed tricolor beauty from Ann Arbor, advances to the starting line at the...
Read MoreJun 26, 2023 | Culture, Event Reviews, Sports |
The air in Building G at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds was chilly but abuzz with energy in...
Read More“All the arts we practice are apprenticeship. The big art is our life.” —Potter and painter M.C....
Read MoreIn October 1974, I attended a dinner party hosted by my friends Ric Burns and Stephen Blos. They...
Read MoreFor three decades the tower supporting the screen of the Ypsi-Ann Drive-In Theatre loomed over...
Read MoreMay 25, 2023 | Culture |
Seventy-five years ago: In June 1948, Ann Arbor theaters were in transition. The Majestic Theater...
Read MoreMay 25, 2023 | Culture |
“A very odd experience”: That’s how Shutta Crum describes her recent encounter with the...
Read MoreMay 16, 2023 | Culture, Event Reviews, Reviews |
A remarkable exhibit on display at the University of Michigan’s Lane Hall, “Portraits of Feminism in Japan,” depicts nine major feminist activists, writers, and artists from Japan. A diverse group of artists, including Takatoshi...
Read MoreWhen my brother Laz and I moved from Rochester, New York, to Ann Arbor in July 1973, we knew only...
Read MoreApr 25, 2023 | Culture |
In Nickels Arcade, an “Ode to the Dandelions” appeared in April on the door of University Flower...
Read MoreApr 25, 2023 | Community, Culture, Environment, Nonprofits, Profiles |
As quarantine protocols eased in 2021, Tucker Rossmaessler took a trip that sparked an idea. At...
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