Paint “Happy”
He may be dead, but Bob Ross, or at least his televised image, remains one of the most popular...
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Sarah McQuaid
Many of us have been listening to guitar-driven popular music for most of our lives. As a result,...
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Ruth Behar
Ruth Behar is an anthropologist who has always reached out beyond her discipline. She was one of...
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Stormy Chromer
“The borders of my mind can always be redrawn.” Even those who don’t consider...
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6th Annual Ann Arbor Russian Festival
Would you like to immerse yourself in Russian/Ukrainian heritage without buying an airplane...
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Growing Hope
Growing Hope has announced the return of their annual dinner series fundraiser, Chefs in the...
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5th Annual Golf Outing – Community Action Network
Community Action Network (CAN) will host its 5th annual golf outing on Saturday, August 25th. This...
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Harrington Brown at the Distillery
Bemoaning the demise of Ann Arbor music spaces is a favorite pastime, but the fact is there are...
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Young Grammarians
“It’s just such a surprise about the millennials,” says Hope Meadows....
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Keith Taylor
In a 2011 interview with Michigan Quarterly Review, the poet (and Observer contributor) Keith...
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West Side Story
No matter how many times this sixty-year-old treasure is parodied or its gorgeous songs are turned...
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Eugene O’Neill’s Hairy Ape
Since 2009, the Brass Tacks Ensemble has specialized in creative reinterpretations of works from...
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Willow Run
If you’ve ever wondered what the characters from the 1998 film Pleasantville did during...
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Below Zero
The house in Scio Twp. is one of Wright’s “Usonian” designs. Intended to be...
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One Helluva Ride
Last spring my editor at the Observer asked if I’d ever done One Helluva Ride, the Ann Arbor...
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Haley Heynderickx
Haley Heynderickx–real name–opened for Ani DiFranco at the Summer Festival and is the...
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Marcia Ball
Marcia Ball’s regular touring circuit has included our neck of the woods since 1989, when...
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Jazzmeia Horn
America’s fastest rising young jazz vocalist was born in DeSoto, Texas, south of Dallas, in...
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