Of all the artists performing this month at Edgefest, the annual festival of avant-garde jazz and creative new music October 19–22 at Kerrytown Concert House, Anthony Braxton may be the most challenging to describe succinctly....
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“Bonkers but brilliant” is a wonderful description. We wish Mayer had made that comment before The Fake Ad Book was published. We would have put it on the cover for sure.
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“Okay, I was wrong last month, but this month really does look like the Fleming,” concurs Jacqueline Courteau, about the “Dow building that formerly housed U-M administration.” “As of August 27,” adds Ken Koral, it’s “entirely torn down.”
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Life Celebration for Joanna Courteau Saturday, October 22, at 11:00 a.m. In-person: First...
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Virginia Ann “Ginny” Patton Moss June 25, 1925–August 18, 2022 Virginia Ann Patton Moss passed...
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Julia Goulet is closing Late Bird Boutique, the women’s clothing store she launched in 2019, at the end of October and says she’ll offer heavy discounts on her remaining inventory. After she “worked for the greats” of Ann Arbor...
Read MoreIn August, Fox Ann Arbor Hyundai opened its new 18,000 square-foot facility on Jackson Rd. Since its start in Grand Rapids in 2000, Fox Motors—owned by Dan DeVos, son of Amway’s cofounder—has steadily added brands and...
Read MoreKevin Cox and Nate McCardell, the new owners of Moon Winks Café, used their carpentry connections as owners of Michigan Studs and Walls to remodel the Dixboro restaurant in one week, reopening at the end of August. The new look...
Read MoreNear Knight’s Market, behind the office building at Miller and First, passersby may catch a glimpse of a bright red double-decker bus in the back of the parking lot. Husband-and-wife team Aaron and Miriam Orr had it shipped from...
Read MoreJeanne Park’s entire family pitched in to handle the grand opening crowd September 2 at Palgong Tea, Park’s new bubble-tea shop in the former Espresso Royale in Woodland Plaza. Her eldest son, Yeajoon Lee, a recent U-M business...
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If you’ve been to Silicon Valley, you’ve seen the vast open workplaces at tech giants, who bring...
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Customers who walk into Lewis Jewelers’ new building on Maple Rd. are immediately struck by one...
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Murals have been popping up like wildflowers on downtown buildings. Since 2019, fifteen have been...
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Engelbert, who owns the Detroit Street Filling Station, says she got a letter from the Downtown...
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When Hiag Avsharian closed the door to his room at an Ann Arbor fertility clinic, making a movie...
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Forty years ago, when he was fourteen, Aaron Stielstra was prop master when his father Jay...
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The digital age is tough for memorabilia collectors like Ken Magee. The law enforcement consultant...
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Control of city council was effectively decided in August, when candidates supported by mayor...
Read MoreI came across my breast cancer goody bag the other day. The surgeon’s scheduler gave it to me five years ago, after we reviewed the pre-op paperwork. You may wonder: “What goes into a breast cancer goody bag?” It’s kind of like,...
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