Giving in the Time of Covid
“In my twenty-five years working in the nonprofit world, I’ve never experienced...
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2020 December
Sixth-Grade Baker Competes in National Baking Show
Nemo Tsai likes to stay busy. “He’s kind of a crazy kid,” says his father Paul Tsai. “He has his own interests and he just pursues them.” A champion golfer, the Forsythe 6th-grader’s days are...
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Pandemic U
In June, the U-M released its plan for a “public health-informed fall semester.” It...
Read MoreSmart Pigging
Q. What is being built on the large wooded tract on the southwest corner of Dixboro Rd. and Geddes Rd.?A. DTE is constructing a “smart pigging” testing facility to support in-line inspections of its natural gas...
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Siân Owen-Cruise
At two o’clock on Friday, November 6, Sian Owen-Cruise learned that a seventh grader in the...
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Random Games
He should know. Steer not only spends his days and nights playing games, he and Garry Donner...
Read MoreArt Van Is Now Loves
Loves Furniture acquired twenty-seven stores in the Art Van bankruptcy earlier this year and has reopened the old Art Van store on Eisenhower Pkwy. Loves is named for Dallas investor Jeff Love, who created the company to manage...
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Bellflower
Autumn glowed glorious in Michigan. Despite the pandemic, despite the volatile election, despite...
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Feeding Frances McDormand
When the credits roll at the end of the new film, Nomadland, local organic food fans might...
Read MoreArcadian Antiques
I stepped into Arcadian Antiques in the Nickels Arcade to buy some exquisite Christmas tree ornaments on a recent morning and got to talking with the owner, Rhonda Gilpin. She opened her vintage jewelry and antique in 1983, and...
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Different Steps
“Everything’s completely virtual,” says MMB director John Pasquale. The 268...
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Confessions of the Rock Fairy
It was early April, in the first days of Covid, when I came upon the small stone on top of an...
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Harbaugh Headache
After a string of crushing defeats, the U-M’s head football coach is staring down one of the...
Read MoreA West Side Bike Shop Swap
Ann Arbor’s bike business has been booming since the pandemic began, and that includes two bike shops on the city’s west side. Michigan chain D&D Bicycles got its local start sharing space with Sun & Snow...
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Pandemic Meetups
Last night, in the dark, frigid cold, my ‘Saturday Night Live’ group of friends...
Read MoreChristmas Trees are Flying
Christmas tree farms are bright spots in an otherwise gloomy retail market this year. With most families sticking close to hearth and home, holiday decorating has started earlier and become more elaborate. Harvesting your own...
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Therapist Barred
“We count on our licensees to interact with the public with honesty and integrity,”...
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Eat Comes to Kerrytown
On a cold October Saturday, Kerrytown Market & Shops owner Joe O’Neal and his artist...
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Huron Valley Harmonizers
Do you live in the greater Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti area? Do you ever sing in the shower? Do you like...
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Studio Kaleidoscape Art Installation
“I spy a temporary art exhibit,” writes Melina Adler, with plants in “whimsical...
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