For many first-generation immigrants, restaurants were about survival, demanding long hours and leaving little room for anything else—something I experienced, our family life structured entirely around the business.
But for these second- and third- generation immigrant restaurant kids of Godaiko, La Piña Loca, and Q Bakehouse, the formula has changed. Though the kinship remains, the experience is evolving.
Read More
People experience loneliness when “perceptions of their social relationships don’t match what they would ideally like them to be. Not everyone who feels lonely is truly alone and not everyone who is socially isolated feels lonely,” says University of Michigan social epidemiologist Lindsay Kobayashi. The importance of third places—low-cost or free community spaces like parks, coffee shops, and libraries where people can find connection outside of home (a first place) and work (a second place)—is becoming a more popular topic in public health research.
Read More
Elizabeth Helen Pariano (née Wisgerhof), fifty-three, died Saturday, December 6, 2025, at home in Philadelphia.
Read More
In mid-April, Ann Arbor’s planning commission held its first working session aimed at figuring out zoning and other legal language changes based on the city’s new Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP). Planning staff arrived with three proposed outlines of implementation steps the commission could take, including a set of seven priorities the planners recommended.
Read MoreJabal Coffee House has opened a franchise at the busy corner of E. Huron and N. Division, becoming the area’s seventh entrant into the bustling business of Yemeni coffee and tea shops.
Read More
Patrick Dwyer Barnes of Lansing, Michigan, passed on March 18, 2026, at the age of eighty-nine.
Read More
On March 1, the Kiwanis Thrift Sale received a stunning donation from Don Butcher: a handmade replica of the 1950s-era Ann Arbor railroad he crafted himself over sixteen years. At 720 square feet, the model is big enough to fill a three-car garage.
Read More
The west side of the block is a kaleidoscope of historic storefronts housing Vinology restaurant, Crazy Wisdom bookstore, and half a dozen other businesses. Across the street, the vacant stone-and-glass facades of PNC and JP Morgan Chase loom over the sidewalk like silent ghosts.
Read More
Ann Arbor native Trevor Zhou is no stranger to bringing his personal life into his films.
Read More
On April 1, 2026, Mamady Camara, an asylum seeker from Guinea living in Ypsilanti, “celebrated” his twenty-first birthday in a cell at North Lake Processing Center in Baldwin, Michigan.
Read More
Those tire-swallowing holes are created during the weather’s freeze and thaw cycle where subfreezing temperatures are quickly followed by fifty-degree days. Moisture like snow and ice melt seeps into the pavement, freezes and expands, and then thaws to create gaps.
Read More
Meet Ann Arbor’s Champion American Elm on Crest Ave. between Lutz and Elder. 120+ years old, 170 inches around, and 105 feet skyward. They don’t call us Tree Town for nothin’.
Read More
Margaret Parker, an artist known for her paintings, murals, prints, sculptures, public art installations, and poetry, passed away peacefully in her home on March 18, 2026. She was seventy-eight years old.
Read More
Casey Miller’s new business card calls him “head alchemist.” For Ian Youngs, it’s “beverage enthusiast.” The barkeepers at downtown’s newest hotel “take our drinks seriously,” says Miller. “We don’t take ourselves that seriously.”
Read More
For those looking to set or maintain personal wellness goals this year, we are here for you! Whether you are looking for a new physical challenge, seeking social or emotional support, or feeling inspired to join a group class,...
Read More