Home Brewers Multiply
Voluble crowds grip beer bottles and tasting glasses as they spill out from the dining room to the kitchen to the front porch at a recent Ann Arbor Brewers’ Guild meeting. But these drinkers aren’t sharing...
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La Vita Bistro
When summer hits, many in Ann Arbor flock to the waters of the Pinckney area’s chain of lakes. Many, in fact, own trailers, cottages, or lots along those shores. I initially thought it odd–unimaginative,...
Read MoreSaving Orphan Kittens
On a ninety-degree day in July, a party at Gallup Park honored Sasha, Sophia, Tucker, Dara, and Prima–all motherless kittens in need of new homes. The hosts, Shari Wilcox, Debbie Phillips, and local radio personality Dean...
Read MoreA Pear Tree Grows in Dixboro
“Dixboro’s really coming up. There’s the general store, Teacup Weddings [a tiny nondenominational chapel and reception hall], the coffee shop, the massage place, the tennis club. They have the farmer’s...
Read MoreMulticultural Musician
John Churchville knew he was a drummer before he ever touched the instrument.Growing up in Marquette, in the Upper Peninsula, Churchville attended Northern Michigan University basketball games with his parents. But it...
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Forest, Farm, Field
Forest, Farm, Field, the current exhibit at Chelsea’s River Gallery, presents the natural world as we would like it to be: shimmery green and mild, a generous offering of benign plants, pretty wildflowers, and ripe...
Read MoreYoggi’s Frozen Yogurt
On a hot day in June, Kevin Kajy, owner of Yoggie’s Frozen Yogurt, didn’t have much time for idle chat. A minute-long electrical outage hadn’t affected the product, but it had knocked out Comcast, which runs...
Read MoreEnd of the Party?
At stake in the August 7 Democratic primary is the council majority of mayor John Hieftje–and with it, the future direction of Ann Arbor.A canny politician with a keen sense of the electorate, the six-term mayor has no...
Read MoreLaBarre vs. Montague
The Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners shrinks this year from eleven members to nine. In the redistricting, Ann Arbor lost one seat, going from four to three. This might’ve set one-term commissioner Yousef Rahbi...
Read MoreRunning for Judge 2012
The last time there was an open election for judge of the 22nd Circuit Court was way back in 1988, when Melinda Morris won a four-way race. The next once-in-a-generation opportunity comes August 7, when four attorneys are...
Read MoreThe Wild Blue Yonder
A child of the fifties, I grew up on World War II movies like Twelve O’Clock High and Thirty Seconds over Tokyo. Before I wanted to be John Lennon and Keith Richards, I wanted to be Gregory Peck or Spencer Tracy. And I...
Read MoreGreat Haven Orchards
We received 81 correct entries from clever Fake Adders last month. And one from Dean McLaughlin.The ad, on page 57 of the July Observer, was for Great Haven Orchards, with the name of our June winner, Tom Jameson, hidden in the...
Read MoreBarn at Geddes and Earhart
Perhaps it was the broad scope of the clue—”within city limits”—that stumped our audience in July. Or, the fact that the photo—cropped too far out of context—was of little help. Whatever the reason, for the first...
Read MoreRiverfolk and NashBash
Dog days. Summer Festival is over, the fall season is weeks away, and everyone who can make it out of town has done so. August isn’t the top month on anybody’s concert-going list, but that just means it offers a...
Read MoreVincent York at the Gandy
When residents and politicians sing the praises of life in Ann Arbor they usually leave out one important factor: the marvelous jazz educators in our public schools. I think of Mike Grace at Community High, Louis Smith at...
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