The Children’s Literacy Network
Even through a speakerphone, you can hear Betsy Durant’s passion: there are stories and...
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2020 August
Keeping Our Creations Close
Few things are more seductive than hearing a stranger’s secrets, and looking at something...
Read MoreAugmented Reality to the Rescue!
It was the kind of frantic moment every parent dreads. Christina York watched her young daughter become hysterical as doctors struggled to extract an object lodged in her ear. They eventually had to restrain and sedate the...
Read MoreThe Bicycle Bottleneck
After enjoying a healthy first year in Ann Arbor in 2019, Motor City Bicycles on Packard was off to a good start in 2020, says owner Scott Kellogg.Then, Covid-19 hit. Kellogg’s shops in Canton, Brighton, and Ann Arbor were...
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Comforting Quilts
In 1989, members of the Greater Ann Arbor Quilt Guild (GAAQG) voted to donate profits from their...
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Black Lives on Bikes
In June, more than 700 bicyclists participated in a “Silent Bike Ride for Black Lives”...
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Elements of Theater
I dial the number, sort out the audio permissions, and join the meeting. Pre-Covid, this...
Read MoreOde to The Treasure Mart
In 1973, I was a senior at U-M, heading off to grad school at UCLA. My dorm room at Baits Housing, high on a hill overlooking North Campus, was filled with mementos and metaphysical charms: tissue paper flowers, stuffed animals,...
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Because No One Else Could Do It
Every year the nonprofit writing center 826michigan publishes a book written by local students....
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Underground Printing Moves to Vic Village.
Underground Printing has been located somewhere on South University since 2006–originally on...
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Friends In Deed Reaches New Heights
At Friends in Deed, relationships are key.The nonprofit has been serving Washtenaw County...
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312 South State Street
“This was tricky,” says Bob Maddox, “trying to decide which spicy pit”...
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Democratic Deadlock
The Back-to-Basics Caucus took control of city council in 2018. With campaigns that focused on...
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Schools Reopening
“It’s been four months since we closed our schools for health and safety, and as we...
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