2019 September Archives - Ann Arbor Observer

Is This the Year?

Sep 30, 2019 | Community, Featured |

Michigan football is at a juncture of perception. No, Jim Harbaugh’s job is not at risk. His...

Working Alone, Together

Sep 29, 2019 | Community, Featured |

Soon after the downtown co-working space Workantile opened, a member raided the communal...

Fixing the Damn Roads

Sep 28, 2019 | Featured, News |

As the Observer went to press, Democratic governor Gretchen Whitmer was locked in a stare-down...

Snuff Stories from East Quad

Sep 27, 2019 | Featured, News |

Free speech has limits, as a famous Supreme Court example illustrates. “Falsely shouting...

Cabbage Whites

Sep 26, 2019 | Community |

The Zuni believe that white butterflies are a harbinger of spring. Cabbage whites, the variety...

On Pointe

Sep 25, 2019 | Uncategorized |

The Michigan Theater is gaining many a pair of pointe shoes. The historic building with its lush,...

Being Black in a Small Town

Sep 25, 2019 | Community, Featured |

When Dwight Brown and Karen Thomas-Brown needed to relocate from Farmington Hills to be closer to...

Q. Any idea what the construction project is on Platt Rd. near Colonial Square/Lorraine St.? A few apartment buildings were recently leveled and we were wondering what is going in there.A. The Ann Arbor Housing Commission is...

Restoring a Community Icon

Sep 24, 2019 | Community |

Ray Maturo became interested in historic architecture during high school at Cranbrook Academy in...

Football Family

Sep 22, 2019 | Community |

When their friends were listening to the Beatles or Led Zeppelin in the 1970s, Jim and John...

Lake Cruises

Sep 21, 2019 | Marketplace |

She’d just returned from a visit, where she’d been surprised to see “what looks...

The Terraplanes

Sep 20, 2019 | Event Reviews, Uncategorized |

The Terraplanes played their first gig at the 1993 Art Fair, so they’ve just completed their...

Sonnambula

Sep 19, 2019 | Event Reviews, Uncategorized |

Sonnambula is a preeminent Renaissance Baroque ensemble specializing in music from the age of...

Fillmore Bar & Grill

Sep 18, 2019 | Dine, Marketplace, Restaurant Reviews |

“What is that?” My brother gestured towards a low-slung critter, its lustrous brown...

Barber Jim Kemppainen

Sep 17, 2019 | Community, Profiles |

Retired pharmacy prof Duane Kirking has been getting his hair cut at Church Street Barbers since...

Night Moves

Sep 16, 2019 | Community, My Town |

In June, a semitruck rammed into a power pole on Main St. It knocked a traffic light askew. Many...

Lawsuit Settled

Sep 15, 2019 | News |

Smith is speaking about Lurie Terrace, the senior high-rise on Huron just west of downtown. Last year, the foundation joined Legal Services of South Central Michigan and the U-M clinical law program in accusing the nonprofit of...

From Sauk Trail to Maple Village

Sep 14, 2019 | Marketplace |

Jeff Tapp and Melissa Miller opened X-Golf Ann Arbor in Saline a couple years ago in the Commons at Sauk Trail, but a sign taped to its door reads: “Closed for summer … Moving to Ann Arbor this fall.” “We...

Dollar Tree Is Back!

Sep 14, 2019 | Marketplace |

Westside bargain hunters lamented the closing of the Maple Village Dollar Tree in 2017. For the past couple of years, finding dollar-price-point merchandise has required a sojourn to the chain’s eastside store across from...

Roll Your Own

Sep 13, 2019 | Marketplace |

At the end of July, a giant “Coming Soon” banner hung outside Suite F of the State Street Crossing strip mall announcing new tenant Wild Bill’s Tobacco, a family-owned business that opened its first location in...

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