Charles Lloyd is a jazz musician who revels in spirituality and in sound. When he first came to public attention in 1960 as a member of the popular Chico Hamilton Quintet, like many saxophonists of the time he was heavily...
Read MoreArriving as an exchange student in the Caribbean many Augusts ago, I dropped pounds as fast as ice cream melts. The sparkling sea and flowers couldn’t have been more appealing, but a whiny letter home complained:...
Read MoreWith his clear blue eyes and air of surprised delight, Steve Sarns, VP of sales and marketing for NuStep, is a highly successful salesman, a very persuasive speaker, and an apostle of wellness.”In ten years, we want to be...
Read MoreLindsay Lou & the Flatbellys have been playing all over the state during the last year or so, and they’re coming in April for three Ann Arbor shows in one week: at the Circus on April 11 and April 18, and at Wolverine...
Read More“When the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund announced their grants last November and the Gallup Park canoe livery project scored number two and the Vets Park skate park was number eleven, it was unprecedented in my...
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When the Hash Bash returns to the U-M Diag on April 7, it will be without longtime master of ceremonies Adam Brook. Brook, who once ran a hydroponics store in the Kerrytown district (see photo), currently resides at the Parnell...
Read MoreWatching a driver wrangling a newspaper on a morning commute makes it clear that reading and operating a vehicle are a lousy combination, but Ann Arbor’s first scooter store and its sister business, the area’s first...
Read MoreFans of the Western might have noticed that it’s not so easy to mount one on a live stage, where the big sky will always look fake and cheesy. Fights and stunts, even if they look OK, are dangerous, and how can you do a...
Read MoreThe ghost of the Ann Arbor News is haunting AnnArbor.com.The latest redesign of the website’s twice-weekly print edition added more state and national news and brought back travel and business sections–all staples in...
Read MoreMany years ago, when my brother and I were teenagers, my mom occasionally drove us to New York City, to the Metropolitan Opera House. It was always special and memorable. Two years ago, I got to go back to the Met, albeit only...
Read MoreTo all the angry birders who responded to last month’s fake ad–and by that we are not referring to the bleary-eyed gamers who fall asleep launching cartoon birds on their phones–we would like to say: relax. The...
Read More“I Spy that building at 715 S. Forest Ave.,” writes Vivian Loh. The “photo is of Forest Plaza,” notes Dave Bicknell. “This Spanish Renaissance detail graces the entryway of the charming 1920’s...
Read MoreQ. Is anything being done about the dilapidated gas station at Miller and Maple? And what’s going on with the empty store across the street? It’s been unoccupied for years.A. Speedway has submitted site plans to...
Read More“I didn’t think I’d be leaving so soon,” says police chief Barnett Jones.”I love this community,” says Jones from his third-floor office in the new Justice Center. “This is my town. I...
Read MoreHosting a party on a recent Friday evening, Susan Karp and her guest of honor wear matching pink leis around their necks as they greet guests at the door. Bubbly drinks, hors d’oeuvres, and fancy pastries line the tables,...
Read More“I like to think / (right now, please!) / of a cybernetic forest / filled with pines and electronics,” wrote the late American poet and writer Richard Brautigan, imagining a utopian future “where deer stroll...
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