Adventures in the Humanities
Last fall, during “capsule night” at Pioneer High, one of my son’s teachers...
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2019 November
Crossing the Border
It’s been a busy summer and fall along Huron River Dr. west of town: trees have been razed,...
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The Gang of FOIA
A battle for the civic hearts and minds of Ann Arbor was fought September 25 in Washtenaw County...
Read MoreBone Heads BBQ
At the end of September construction began in the Commons at Sauk Trail space long ago vacated by Flaming Shish, just north of Saline’s Emagine Theatre. It’ll be a Bone Heads BBQ by the end of the year.”Our...
Read MoreGrabbagreen Opens
A block over, fast-casual health-focused restaurant chain Grabbagreen has a new franchise location at East and South University. The Arizona chain’s menu includes modern health-food standards like vegetable and grain...
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Bill Knapp’s Is Back
On a desk inside an office on the southeast corner of Michigan Ave. and Industrial Dr., Marty...
Read MoreJoe’s Pizza Opens
Joe’s Pizza, a well-known local chain out of New York City, has opened its first non-New York location at South University and Forest. According to New York Magazine, Joe’s thin, foldable pizzas deliver “the...
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Fountain Pens on Broad St.
Jim Evers and his family have quietly run their online-only fountain pen business, iPenstore, out...
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Rocking Saline
As of the first of November, a well-established music school officially will leave Ann Arbor for a...
Read MoreThe Cultivation Station Closes
ClosingsGarden supply and hydroponics store The Cultivation Station closed its Stadium Rd. location in September, three years after it moved from its original Ann Arbor location on Jackson Rd. The location was one of several of...
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Joe Linstroth
In 1998, Joe Linstroth graduated from the U-M with a degree in history, test scores that would get...
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Building a Trout Stream
Before he died in 2009, legendary Au Sable River angler Rusty Gates often said he didn’t...
Read MoreA New Old Navy
Old Navy celebrated its grand opening in Oak Valley Centre in October. It’s the second local location for the discount, fast-fashion chain; the first opened in Arborland in 2000.While there are many similarities between...
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Growing Christmas
Traveling down N. Parker Rd. toward Chelsea, you are treated to a classic American view: iconic...
Read MoreSocial House South U
The long-empty former home of Burger Fi at South University and S. Forest was finally occupied by restaurant Social House South U in September. “This space was empty for a long time,” says owner Chris Dunkel,...
Read MoreTagging the Squirrels?
Q. I noticed some Diag squirrels sporting totally snazzy fluffy green earrings. Why are they being tagged, and by whom?A. Those squirrels are subjects in a U-M study of the effects of urbanization on squirrels. Each tagged...
Read MoreSleeping Tiger Imports
Also new at Briarwood as of October is Sleeping Tiger Imports. District manager Peggy Bachinski is relaxed and cool in a tie-dye shirt as she walks around describing the store’s many New Age-style trinkets and artworks....
Read MoreTownies Brewery
When is a mural not a mural? When it’s a sign. Dan and Patty Arban, the owners of Townies Brewery, learned the difference after a run-in with City Hall not long after they opened last year. They’d announced their...
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Joan Shelley
Joan Shelley, from Louisville, is one of a group of Southern songwriters who’ve adapted...
Read MoreThe Big Ask
The bond will be the only issue on the ballot November 5. If approved, it would cost a typical homeowner $220 a year.Why so much? “Our buildings are deteriorating,” says superintendent Jeanice Swift. “Our...
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