2020 November Archives - Ann Arbor Observer

Charles Baird: Visionary for Town and Gown

Nov 30, 2020 | Community, Featured |

Charles Baird transformed the University of Michigan in two distinct ways, first through athletics...

Home. School.

Nov 29, 2020 | Featured, News |

In March, my second grader and I cleared out his cubby at Dexter’s Beacon Elementary. I knew...

Downtown in Winter

Nov 28, 2020 | Featured, Marketplace |

“It was like a bad horror movie,” recalls DDA communications manager Maura Thomson on...

Q. As I walked past Liberty Plaza recently I noticed a pungent smell of marijuana that seemed to emanate from a group of guys gathered at the back of the park. Of course pot is now legal in Michigan, but the city bans smoking...

Thanksgiving Reimagined

Nov 25, 2020 | Community |

Many of us will be doing the holidays differently this year. A few readers and friends have shared their plans for a dialed down version of Thanksgiving. We hope yours is a happy one!Michael W. BrinkmanMy wife, Lois, and I have...

Stephen Joy

Nov 25, 2020 | Community, Profiles |

“I spent quite a while not thinking I had Covid,” Stephen Joy remembers. On March 19,...

Banfield’s Closes Its Doors

Nov 24, 2020 | Marketplace |

Banfield’s Bar & Grill on Packard was considered by some to be Ann Arbor’s version of “Cheers.” Karaoke night on Sundays and happy hour specials Monday through Friday drew a cadre of loyal...

“The virus got us.”

Nov 23, 2020 | Marketplace |

In August, Tom Thompson Flowers launched a GoFundMe campaign. “The virus got us. We are desperate,” Thompson posted. “Please help to keep us going until this pandemic is over.” The campaign raised $6,169,...

Sunken Treasures

Nov 22, 2020 | Community |

Heading out in their Prius in their swimming trunks and swim shirts, equipped with goggles,...

The Fritz Building

Nov 20, 2020 | Community |

Over its seventy-five years, a small, tree-shaded yellow brick building on Maple Rd. has been a...

Robbin Pott of Pott Farms

Nov 19, 2020 | Marketplace |

The a2view interview, November 19, 2020Pott Farms makes CBD (cannabidiol) products from hemp grown on Robbin Potts’ farm on Bemis Road. It is the first foray into business for Pott (the name is just a coincidence), an...

Vinyl Nation

Nov 18, 2020 | Uncategorized |

An Ann Arbor native has emerged as the chronicler of the vinyl-record revival. Kevin Smokler,...

Crumbl Cookies Opens

Nov 17, 2020 | Marketplace |

If you like big cookies, there’s a new option on the west side. Crumbl Cookies, which calls itself the nation’s fastest-growing gourmet cookie delivery and takeout company, has opened at 215 N. Maple, next to...