The Play’s the Thing
In 1991 the Ann Arbor Civic Theatre (A2CT) moved into the theater of their dreams. A former...
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Gas & Beer
Eight years ago, the owner of a gas station on Washtenaw boasted that his was the only one in Ann...
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Sister Yvonne’s Pilgrimage
Sister Yvonne Gellise says she was “too young to know better” when the Religious...
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The Mission of Catalina Kaiyoorawongs
With the help of scholarships and her parents, Elizabeth Henley graduated from an out-of-state...
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Xander’s Miracle
Xander Salsitz was born at the University of Michigan Medical Center on April 28, 2003. He...
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Adventures in the Humanities
Last fall, during “capsule night” at Pioneer High, one of my son’s teachers...
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Crossing the Border
It’s been a busy summer and fall along Huron River Dr. west of town: trees have been razed,...
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The Gang of FOIA
A battle for the civic hearts and minds of Ann Arbor was fought September 25 in Washtenaw County...
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The War of the Rhodies
Large and colorful, rhododendrons are “pretty spectacular,” says retired U-M math prof...
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Invasion of the Food Snatchers
Heard of The Ice Cream Shop? It has stores in three places–601 S. Main, 1423 E. Stadium, and...
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The Eye in the Sky Never Lies
Sid Gillman is the only coach to be inducted into both the college and pro football halls of fame....
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Is This the Year?
Michigan football is at a juncture of perception. No, Jim Harbaugh’s job is not at risk. His...
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Working Alone, Together
Soon after the downtown co-working space Workantile opened, a member raided the communal...
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Fixing the Damn Roads
As the Observer went to press, Democratic governor Gretchen Whitmer was locked in a stare-down...
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Snuff Stories from East Quad
Free speech has limits, as a famous Supreme Court example illustrates. “Falsely shouting...
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Being Black in a Small Town
When Dwight Brown and Karen Thomas-Brown needed to relocate from Farmington Hills to be closer to...
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Rethinking the Gateway Garden
Our Observer “Outside” column often takes us to the U-M’s Matthaei Botanical...
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The Online Courthouse
Bob Ciolek’s career has been spent in the courts, first in Taylor and then as administrator...
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The Last Junkyard
Tessa, liberally tattooed with multiple piercings and wearing black Capri leggings and a short...
Read MoreMaking the Art Fair Happen
Greg Lawler has been tracking art fairs since 1993, but there are still things about Ann Arbor’s that puzzle him. “It’s usually held on the hottest week of the summer,” he writes on ArtFairSourcebook.com....
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