Jorma Kaukonen
Pete Townshend famously wrote, at age twenty, that he hoped he’d die before he got old (he has gotten encroaching deafness instead), and indeed, few musicians from rock’s classic era have carried vital careers into...
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Magic and Memorabilia
Ken Magee used to be a DEA agent tracking down drug cartels in Bogota. These days, he’s on the hunt for less dangerous prey. Magee is an avid collector of vintage Michigan sports memorabilia, with a special fondness for...
Read MoreJerry Dennis
In 2010 Jerry Dennis’s The Living Great Lakes was the selection for Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Reads. When Dennis came to town to do his presentation, more than 500 people came to Washtenaw Community College to celebrate the...
Read MoreMultiple Impressions
If you took “Chinese” out of the subtitle of the current exhibit at UMMA, you might not recognize the exhibit as such. Yes, all the artists in Multiple Impressions: Contemporary Chinese Woodblock Prints are from...
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Best Practices or Budget Cuts?
Asked how the reinvention of Michigan is working for the Ann Arbor School District, school board president Deb Mexicotte replies, “Lousy.”Governor Rick Snyder is pushing local governments and school districts to...
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