“We’ve really been expanding so much lately that it was something that we’ve always had a hope for: to get a bigger presence in Ann Arbor,” says Colin Novick, media and production manager for Rally House.
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William P. Malm died peacefully at home at the age of 96 in Ann Arbor, Michigan on September 16, 2024.
Read MoreA project two years in the making, Cherry Republic has nearly doubled its prime downtown location at S. Main and E. Liberty. They celebrated the expansion with a grand opening on October 25.
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Last month’s Fake Ad for the Norwegian American Association of Michigan (page 62) asked readers to come up with the name Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons. One of the clues was that he created the longest-running TV show in history.
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Jordanian-born Emad Alkhteeb has purchased Golam Meat Market and added groceries from around the world to his newly named Mira International Market.
Read MoreKPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot features thirty-seven tables equipped with hot pots and grills, along with buffet-style stations for sauces, hot ingredients, desserts, and fruit. The full bar includes cocktails, soju, sake, beers, and wines.
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One Saturday in May 1971, I was a sixth grader on a mission: I wanted to buy a silver peace sign necklace. At the store Middle Earth on South University, in the heart of the campus, I looked carefully at the young woman with wire-rimmed glasses behind the counter. She had frizzy hair, a macramé belt, large hoop earrings, and a choker-style necklace. She looked a little like Janis Joplin and was wearing a T-shirt with the word REVOLT and a picture of a clenched fist. This young woman looked like she would be just the right person to help me.
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Douglas Duncan Freeth of Ann Arbor, Michigan passed away on October 6, 2024 after declining from Alzheimer’s disease. He is remembered fondly as a devoted family man who never missed his sons’ athletic or academic events and as an engaged volunteer serving many Ann Arbor nonprofits.
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Cinema Guild cosponsored the Ann Arbor Film Festival from its start in 1963 and hosted guests like Frank Capra, Harold Lloyd, Andy Warhol, and the Velvet Underground. And it sometimes courted controversy with screenings of banned films like Flaming Creatures, which in 1967 led to the arrests of four Cinema Guild board members.
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“Lovely door, lovely venue,” writes Suzanne Tainter. October’s “I Spy is the Kerrytown Concert House on 415 N. Fourth Ave.,” writes Rudi Hauleitner. “Great place for small-scale concerts with marvelous acoustics!” he continues. “Looks good on the outside, sounds great on the inside!” agrees A.J. Kydd.
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Robert M. “Bob” Merkel, age 93, of Ann Arbor, MI, formerly of Chelsea, MI, passed away on September 27, 2024.
Read More“I will happily trade Florida’s hurricanes for Michigan’s blizzards,” muttered our son Benjamin as he spent his birthday bolting metal hurricane shutters over the windows of his St. Petersburg townhouse, anticipating a second major hurricane in two weeks.
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Jerry “JIR” Meislik, 77, passed peacefully away September 28, 2024 surrounded by his loving family.
Read MoreMoka & Co., a New York City–based chain of Yemeni coffee houses, has opened on S. Main, its sixth Michigan location and eleventh overall.
Read MoreIt’s barely news when houses are bought low and sold fast for a bundle, but even by local standards the speedy turn for 3163 Norwood St. is head-spinning.
Read MoreThe fast-casual concept Texacano Tex-Mex BBQ opened in May in an underutilized portion of brewpub Blue Tractor. It shares its entrance with the affiliated Mash bar downstairs and its kitchen with Blue Tractor.
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The decline in volunteers adds to the challenges facing the Ann Arbor Public Schools, which are reeling in the wake of a budget deficit and staff cuts. “It’s not like there’s a parent at home anymore,” says Gina Maksimchuk, who teaches kindergarten oung fives at Abbot. And that means “fewer people are available to volunteer.”
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