The Play’s the Thing
In 1991 the Ann Arbor Civic Theatre (A2CT) moved into the theater of their dreams. A former...
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2020 January
Gas & Beer
Eight years ago, the owner of a gas station on Washtenaw boasted that his was the only one in Ann...
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Sister Yvonne’s Pilgrimage
Sister Yvonne Gellise says she was “too young to know better” when the Religious...
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Bennett Optometry Is Sold
After more than forty years, Dr. Steven Bennett plans to retire from Bennett Optometry in the new year. His name will retire with him, replaced by that of the new owner, St. Louis-based Clarkson Eyecare. “I was looking for...
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The Chelsea Rest Area
Q. I drive to work to Jackson from Ann Arbor every day. The rest area in Chelsea has been closed for several months now. Does anyone know why?A. This rest area’s septic field is not draining properly and needs to be...
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Susan McDowell
“I won’t sugarcoat it—it’s an aggressive sport,” says Susan McDowell....
Read MoreAnd Now, Drive-Thru Smoothies
As part of a larger expansion in Michigan, international chain Smoothie King opened a drive-through location in Westgate’s new building this December. With fruits and vegetables and options to add vitamins or leave out...
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Northern Cardinals
Female birds are sometimes relegated to an also-mentioned role in avian field guides. This is not...
Read MoreCash? What’s That?
Since Holiday’s restaurant on West Stadium Blvd. began offering what it calls a discount for cash–in the form of adding the processing fee to the tab of patrons paying with plastic–owner Rob TerBush has noticed...
Read MoreWestside BBQ Closes
Westside BBQ on E. Madison off of S. Main closed its doors in early December. Though the restaurant was embroiled in an ownership lawsuit (Marketplace Changes, December 2017), online posts speculate that the proximate cause was...
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Recipes for Success
Dr. Alvan Wood Chase of Ann Arbor was the genius behind a national best-seller–long before...
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Alternative Realities
Four years ago, Ann Arborite Alexander Weinstein received a lot of praise for his first book, a...
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Summertime
That’s what Rich Crawford’s grandson wanted to know when he heard about the retired...
Read MoreSCRAP Goes East
Two years ago, national reuse nonprofit SCRAP USA took over management of the Scrap Box, a nonprofit that for thirty-seven years had invited kids to turn all sorts of surplus materials into craft creations. Now they’ve...
Read MoreGifts of Knowledge
“I didn’t know Michigan had a football team,” I told my boyfriend when I first moved to Ann Arbor. It was new-person swagger and a little bit of truth. Coming from the land of dawgs and gators, I needed to...
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Fitting Vintage
After hearing the frustrations of customers discouraged by the lack of size options in vintage...
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Winter Birding for Beginners
Last winter, as I flipped through Pittsfield Township’s Rec & Ed brochure, I paused...
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Targeting Planned Parenthood
In the wake of a recent federal policy change, Planned Parenthood’s Ann Arbor affiliate is...
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Follow the Money
It’s not surprising that the hospital and medical school collected more than a quarter of...
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