Meetings: Face-to-Face with a Stranger
I admit I was nervous. Who would I be matched with? How would it feel to be grilled by a stranger?...
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Culture
Parker in Pictures
I met Josie Barnes Parker soon after she became director of the youth department at the Ann...
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Stop the Chatter!
When frustrated with an immovable bureaucrat or customer service rep, some people may cuss, pray,...
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The Original Fool
After fifteen years, Tucker is saying goodbye to Ann Arbor’s giant puppet parade for new creative...
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End of the Line
In a 2019 interview with Carol Dunitz, Dale Leslie explained why he named his series of Ann...
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Defending Benedict Arnold
Stearns thinks that Arnold, the Revolutionary War general turned traitor, deserves historical...
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Brittney Spencer
The Ann Arbor Folk Festival celebrates well-loved favorites in the field of roots music, this year...
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1528 Pontiac Tr.
More than 100 people turned out for its grand opening in a historic home at the corner of Pontiac...
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Ark Legacy Project
“I figured I’d be there for a year,” he recalls. But listening to the concerts...
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Nefesh Mountain: Bluegrassish
In the early 1970s, Henry Sapoznik, a young New York musicologist and budding banjo player, was...
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Edgefest at 25
A quarter of a century is not a bad run for a festival dedicated to the latest, most...
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Dining in the Streets
Changes are afoot downtown. Enjoying the freedom to drink, dine, and even dance in the streets for...
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Superconductors
Much has happened since health concerns caused Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra conductor Arie Lipsky...
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The II-V-I Orchestra
It took awhile for the intersection of Golfside and Washtenaw to recover from the loss in 2011 of...
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Another Opening, Another Show
The Encore Musical Theatre Company’s new home, a restored historic schoolhouse in downtown...
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Not Your Grandma’s Tempest
Community Ensemble Theatre–a student troupe that normally performs in Community High...
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Sundays at Jewel Heart
When discussing how one can lose one’s way in samsara—the endless cycle of life, death, and...
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Huron Valley Harmonizers
Do you live in the greater Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti area? Do you ever sing in the shower? Do you like...
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Zooming Poverty
Everyone is all Zoomed out these days, with work and school and play and family all taking place...
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Takács Quartet
Like the field mouse whose nest was accidentally destroyed by Scottish farmer and poet Robert...
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