Arbor Brewing Buys the Session Room
Adding about eighteen of the company’s beers to the lengthy tap list will be the biggest change at the rechristened Arbor Brewing Company Session Room.
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Barbara Harding Brown
An artist and friend to many—died in her sleep on May 11 after living an unusually interesting life.
Read MoreWhy Does The Restroom Want My Phone Number?
Q. I think it is great that the city is providing public restrooms, but when I loaded the app on my phone I wondered why it required personal information and phone location.
Read MoreThe Getup Grows Up
The co-owners see their new location as a better fit for experiential shopping—and their new shop is more than twice as large.
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A Mom and Pop Boba Shop
Megan and Aaron Stevens have turned a shared bubble-tea passion into a mom-and-pop shop with their own recipes.
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Paths to the Art Fair
We asked four artists in this year’s Ann Arbor Art Fair why they do it, and what brought them here.
Read MoreA Mini Sales Surge in Barton Hills, a Mini Subdivision on Upland Dr., and a Mini Family Compound on Miner
Mini-sub complete behind Courtyard Shops; ex-U-M provost returns; and Barton Hills sees unusual sales action.
Read MoreIggy’s Eggies Opens
The core offering is a build-your-own egg sandwich starting at $3.75, with a runny yolk and a zippy mustard-based signature sauce.
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Mickey’s Heating and Cooling
Last month’s Fake Ad for Mickey’s Heating and Cooling on page 48 of the June Observer elicited 196 correct responses.
Read MoreHanJan Pocha House Brings Korean Fare to Former Miki Location
Their new concept is inspired by the Korean street food-and-drink tents and carts called pochas.
Read MoreQ Bakehouse Temporarily Pivots to Pickup
Q Bakehouse & Market is temporarily operating on a pre-order and outdoor pickup basis while Rachel Liu Martindale pursues an occupancy certificate for in-store retailing.
Read MoreEast Liberty Sweetwaters Closes
June 23 was the last day for the Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea location in the one-time Borders building at 604 E. Liberty.
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At Diggers, Customers Do the Digging
Diggers carries more than 120,000 items and restocks thousands more daily. All are offered at a flat price, which started at $1.25 but after a month settled at $1.50.
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Eli Lilly, Patron of the Arts
The pharmaceutical giant started with a single location in the Original Fair on North University in 2022. This year, it will be everywhere as the first-ever presenting sponsor of all three fairs.
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Preparing Public Defenders
The U-M Law School’s Public Defender Training Institute, led by Primus with assistance from three alumni, prepares students for the realities of work— and life—as a public defender.
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Black-and-Whites Are Back
If you’ve done a double-take lately when an Ann Arbor police vehicle whizzed by, you’re not alone. In recent months, the AAPD has been backdating the look of its fleet.
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Hands-Free Means Hands-Free
June 30 marks one year since the law banning “manual use” of cell phones in cars took effect. At their discretion, officers can give warnings or issue citations; the consequences can range from fines to community service to mandatory driving-improvement courses.
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Cancer Gratitude
An Ann Arbor native, Joan Belgrave is a two-time Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter. Four years after her husband died, her life took another dramatic turn when a routine biopsy resulted in an especially dangerous diagnosis: “triple-negative” breast cancer.
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Zoom Readings
It was July of last year, and she had to finish What Springs Forth for a Zoom reading. It would be her first chance to hear her play—about “middle-aged friends who head for what they think will be a spa retreat and wind up battling [the elements], each other, and their inner demons”—read aloud.
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Ji Hye Kim
On a pleasant Tuesday night in late April, the dining room at Miss Kim filled up not once, but twice.
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