In a recent interview, Dean Young said something to the effect that the only way to get past irony is to go through it. This quip certainly highlights Young’s ironic sense and the emotional distance he often creates by his...
Read More“It’s something that’s always on my mind,” says Robin Ashlock.Ashlock, owner of Peaceable Pets, a dog-walking and dog-sitting service, keeps an eye out for dogs that might menace or attack dogs...
Read MoreIn the aftermath of the global financial meltdown, it’s a rare piece of real estate that’s holding its value. But it seems to be happening at Ashley Mews–at least for the eight small “affordable...
Read MoreLast year’s hiring of Rich Rodriguez triggered a sort of hysteria among Michigan football fans. The change from the forty-year reign of Bo Schembechler and his heirs to a new regime with no ties to Wolverine tradition...
Read MoreI am a little apprehensive when asked to show ID before being allowed in the door, but that hyper-paranoid-minority-mom response melts instantly once I walk inside the Jewish Community Center for its annual Apples and Honey...
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A laid-off Ann Arborite hopes his star will rise as designer of the new Michigan Movie Magazine. “Nobody’s getting paid,” says Marck Heisler, an EMU grad who recently lost his job with Sheridan Books....
Read MoreLast spring, Alain Benighil–whose tiny Tienda la Libertad was wedged between Faz’s Hello Pizza and Chan Garden and sold mainly packaged, nonperishable Latino food–took a deep breath and bought the...
Read MoreThe Georgetown Kroger, the last store standing at the decrepit Georgetown Mall on Packard, is scheduled to close September 12. One veteran cashier chokes up as she says: “It’s been my home for thirty-some years....
Read More“The recession is driving enrollment pretty dramatically,” says Washtenaw Community College president Larry Whitworth.In the last academic year, WCC saw enrollment increases of 10 percent, 7 percent, and 16 percent...
Read MoreRadio Free Bacon is back for its third season–in a new, far roomier home. For its first two seasons, the locally produced weekly live radio variety show was broadcast from the patio at Zingerman’s Roadhouse, first by...
Read More“I Spy answer: the corner of the Arthur Miller Theatre 1226 Murfin Dr.,” emailed U-M theater professor Christianne Myers, identifying August’s image. Barbara Bushkuhl, who drives by the theater frequently,...
Read MoreThe U-M Museum of Art’s glass-walled Project Gallery could pass these days for a trendy women’s clothing boutique. An array of flared-skirt sweater sets hang on headless human forms from fishing line hooked to the...
Read MoreA walk down Main Street on a Friday or Saturday night is proof that despite financial fears, Ann Arborites and weekend visitors are still going out to dinner. And at the Earle on West Washington, booked tables and a bustling...
Read MoreA few years back, my mother mailed my wife, son, and me a gift for Hanukkah. It was the dead of winter, snow on the ground, so it made absolute sense to receive from her a three-pronged, battery-operated, rotating marshmallow...
Read MoreWhen the votes were tallied in last month’s Democratic primaries, the defeat of influential Third Ward council member Leigh Greden was generally viewed as an upset.But mayor John Hieftje, who endorsed Greden in the...
Read MoreThe corrugated cardboard boxes, heavily coated in wax and a dusting of dirt, look a bit tired and well used. Yet to the crowd gathering behind the Farmers’ Market stall, their highly anticipated appearance in late May or...
Read MoreClick here to view of zoomable map of July crime reports from the Ann Arbor Police Department and the public safety departments of the U-M and Pittsfield Township. Burglaries, robberies, and vehicle thefts all increased from...
Read MoreThe procession in the Botsford Recreation- al Preserve in Scio Township reminds me of fifth-grade school hikes. But instead of youthful explorers on a field trip, the partici- pants in this summer solstice celebration are mostly...
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