Gagged
Mexicotte is president of the Ann Arbor school board, Carter president of the Ann Arbor teachers’ union. But hopes for either a public confrontation or a public reconciliation at a July Democratic Party meeting were dashed...
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Jerusalem Garden
For nearly three decades, Jerusalem Garden’s food and fellowship kept loyal fans ducking into its hobbit hole of a storefront on Fifth Ave. across from the post office. I’d pop in mainly for carryout, because the...
Read MoreThe Milan Bluegrass Festival
Bluegrass music in its traditional form, with some combination of banjo, fiddle, mandolin, guitar, and bass, is about as grassroots as you can get in today’s centralized cultural environment, where even the categories of...
Read MoreThe Partnership for a Gender-Free America
We received 125 entries correctly identifying the Fake Ad for The Partnership for a Gender-Free America on page 66 of the July issue. The ad contained a few lines from the Bob Seger song “Turn the Page.”The...
Read MoreCrisler Arena
I know what house Cazzie built,” writes Mary Keeley about July’s feature, Crisler Arena, “or, Center as it is called now.” The phrase honors “former Wolverine great, Cazzie Russell,” writes...
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Elvis & Don
Don and Angela Nordman share their home with Don’s collection of all things Elvis: A three-foot Elvis statue graces the front bay window, a life-sized plaster Elvis with several colorful leis stands guard at the front...
Read MoreWho’ll Control Council?
The eight candidates running for four seats in the city’s August 4 Democratic primary don’t agree on much, but they do agree elections are getting more interesting.This one is interesting. Three of the incumbents are...
Read MoreRandall Torno
Randall Torno builds his canoes for the water–even though some of them may never touch a river or lake. “Many people buy them to hang on the wall,” he explains, leading a tour of his basement workshop, where...
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