Love and Art
As a youngster, Matt Shlian says, he was “an anomaly in my family.” Like most people...
Read MoreAs a youngster, Matt Shlian says, he was “an anomaly in my family.” Like most people...
Read MoreMuch of Washtenaw County is zoned for agriculture, and the county’s rural charms are...
Read More“Some of it I can’t attest to, because I just flat-out don’t remember,”...
Read MoreFeb 26, 2020 | Dine, Marketplace, Restaurant Reviews |
Originating in Taiwan, bubble tea has been migrating across the world for the last four decades....
Read MoreFeb 26, 2020 | Community |
Q. What is the history of the red, white, and blue wind turbine that sits atop the Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Medical Center on Fuller Rd.? Does it ever spin in the wind? Has it always been painted like an American flag?A. The...
Read MoreFeb 25, 2020 | Event Reviews, Uncategorized |
Every February, friends with older children told us about the logistics of transporting and...
Read MoreFeb 24, 2020 | Community |
Jiaqi traveled halfway around the world to pursue a master’s degree in biostatistics at the...
Read MoreFeb 23, 2020 | Marketplace |
“We’re not just a place to work and earn a wage,” says CEO Paul Freedman, who...
Read MoreFeb 22, 2020 | Community |
“He loved to walk here.” This poignant line is chiseled in stone on a memorial boulder...
Read MoreFeb 21, 2020 | Marketplace |
Elixir Vitae, the homey, independently owned coffee, tea, and snack shop on Maynard across from Nickels Arcade, has closed its doors. With its dim lighting, well-worn couches, and reasonable prices, the laid-back shop evoked Ann...
Read MoreFeb 20, 2020 | Marketplace |
Has someone placed a curse on 305 S. Main? Following in the footsteps of predecessor Oasis Cafe, trendy coffeeshop BeanBerry Cafe closed just two months after opening, and weeks after we wrote about it in our January issue. A...
Read MoreFeb 20, 2020 | Marketplace |
Tuesday Morning, a Dallas-based discount retailer that offers home decor, closed its Carpenter Plaza location in December after five years. In previous decades it had made its home in Woodland Plaza and Glencoe Crossing. Tuesday...
Read MoreFeb 19, 2020 | Event Reviews, Uncategorized |
Sun Ra, who appeared on this planet as Herman Poole Blount in Birmingham, Alabama, 105 years ago,...
Read MoreFeb 18, 2020 | Event Reviews, Uncategorized |
The Budapest Festival Orchestra’s conductor and co-founder Ivan Fischer is a master at...
Read MoreFeb 17, 2020 | Marketplace |
In January, Antelope Antiques on E. Liberty was holding a final sale as it prepared to close on January 25. Amy Lagler made the difficult decision after her husband and business partner Karl Lagler’s unexpected passing in...
Read MoreFeb 17, 2020 | Marketplace |
The Big Salad, which opened in 2013 in Plymouth Road Plaza, closed in November. The company didn’t respond to a request for more information, but according to its website, its U-M Hospital location is still open....
Read MoreFeb 15, 2020 | Marketplace |
It still says “Kresge” on the side door of BD’s Mongolian Grill, but out front...
Read MoreI gave him $50 to pay his final probation fee, helped him write a resume, and worked with him to...
Read MoreFeb 13, 2020 | Marketplace |
“When we opened the door at ten, the place just filled with people!” exclaims Jan Johnson, owner of the Clothes Mentor franchise in Maple Village. On a cold day in December, more than fifty people were waiting in...
Read MoreFeb 13, 2020 | Marketplace |
Aldi is spending more than $5 billion to remodel its more than 1,800 U.S. stores and add 700 more by 2023, including one on the crowded Carpenter Rd. corridor. At a compact 22,000 square feet, it doesn’t look like much of...
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