From Gallery to Dry Goods
Carolyn McNagny is moving her Bumble’s Dry Goods gift shop from W. Middle St. to River Gallery’s former space on Main St. and hopes to open at the new location in September. “I’d run out of room,”...
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Chelsea KidzStop and Little Conductors
Little Conductors, the kids’ store and train rental that opened over the summer on Old US-12 in Oak Tree Plaza, has changed its location and split in two. “Sales flattened, and we found out that we were confusing...
Read MoreWhat’s Old is New
“I love the idea of taking something that was beautiful and making it beautiful again,” says Cathy Melton about her shop, Vintage Barn Boutique, which opened in July in Just Imagine’s former space on E. Middle...
Read MoreVibratrons
Certain folks seem like they were born into their careers, be they doctors, lawyers, or–in Dan Mulholland’s case–rock ‘n’ roll front men. Over the years he’s played with twenty-seven local...
Read MoreThe Legacy Bur Oak Tree
“I Spy the 200-year-old oak tree that the Michigan Ross School of Business is moving to make way for new construction,” writes Janet Max. As part of a $135 million expansion, it will “be moved at great...
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The Arminius Leadership Academy
There’s a great scene in a book whose title I can’t remember in which the main character is involved in a debate at school. His opponent goes first and just goes too far, too over the top, too much. Instead of...
Read MoreTower of pizza
The days when groups of six or seven students shared rundown houses with one bathroom are receding fast, judging by September’s opening of a leasing center for the latest luxury high-rise in the South University area. The...
Read MoreAnn Arbor Russian Festival
The colors of autumn are warm as we walk onto the sun-swept grounds of St. Vladimir Russian Orthodox Church for its first annual Russian Festival, serenaded by the largest balalaika I have ever seen. Four feet across at the...
Read MoreTomfoolery
“If by hearing one of my songs, just one human being is inspired to say something nasty to a friend or perhaps strike a loved one, it will all have been worth it to me.” So wrote Tom Lehrer, whose hits make up the...
Read MoreWCC Election
For two of the eight candidates on the November 4 ballot, the biggest issue is making tuition more affordable for more students. For one, it’s improving “collaboration between the faculty and local employers”...
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