Tracy Bennett
Tracy Bennett laughs when she remembers that she started college at the University of Southern...
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Culture
The Metamorphosis of 212 S. State
A year ago, 212 S. State was a vacant lot. Hidden away behind Sava’s restaurant, it was accessible...
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Playing the Academic Game
Playing the academic game: The life of an academic can be difficult. There’s the challenge of...
Read MoreChris Nordin Adds a Gallery
Chris Nordin Studios Gallery on Ann St. is an exhibit space for its namesake artist and a rotating series of guest artists whose styles he feels complement his own. A warm and intimate space, with exposed brick walls outfitted...
Read MoreOffing Louis XVI
The calendar listing for Bløm Meadworks’ Wednesday board game night says you can join existing games or bring your own game partners. I’ve been traveling for a few years and am eager to meet up with my girl Maria. We did...
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Regenerate! Orchestra
That’s how Regenerate! Orchestra leader Clay Gonzalez describes their music. “We take a pretty...
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Plays at Pathways
In his eleven years at CHS, Strassel taught acting and produced thirty-three shows for the...
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Guest Artists
Everyone knows the happy ending: At the Big House on October 15, the Michigan Wolverines...
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The North Star Lounge Opens
While the Covid-19 pandemic curtailed indoor dining and music at Detroit Street Filling Station,...
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Music Review: Braxton
Of all the artists performing this month at Edgefest, the annual festival of avant-garde jazz and creative new music October 19–22 at Kerrytown Concert House, Anthony Braxton may be the most challenging to describe succinctly....
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Murals & Beyond
Murals have been popping up like wildflowers on downtown buildings. Since 2019, fifteen have been...
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Pulling the Goalie
When Hiag Avsharian closed the door to his room at an Ann Arbor fertility clinic, making a movie...
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Back to the North Country
Forty years ago, when he was fourteen, Aaron Stielstra was prop master when his father Jay...
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That’s the Ticket
The digital age is tough for memorabilia collectors like Ken Magee. The law enforcement consultant...
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Question Corner | October 2022
Q: The purple canoe sculpture in Bandemer Park is gone! What happened to it? A: That’s “Tulip,” ten aluminum canoes standing vertically and meeting at a point in the middle. In 2020 a vehicle crashed into it, and creator Ray...
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Eiro and Cove
They meet in the visionary brain of Noah Kaplan, a 1995 U-M art grad and founder of Leon Speakers,...
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Family Secrets
“As amazed as I have been by the horrors my parents endured,” the U-M clinical psychologist adds,...
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