Longtime party store proprietor Robert Kesto, after losing his University Towers lease last year, has purchased Blue Leprechaun across South University. He’s converted the two-level student bar into the ground-level Champions Liquor retail store and a large basement space now known as Champs Lounge.
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“Humorous, educational, and engaging—ten out of ten!” says my grinning thirteen-year-old son about the Creature Conservancy’s weekend open hours programming. He’s not alone. Every time we go to the animal talks, I see people of all ages, especially children, enthralled.
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U-M history professor Derek Peterson has noticed a difference in his students’ reading habits in the past several years. “Getting them to sit down and read a whole book is a real challenge,” he says. “Some of them do—and Michigan students are smart, generally—but very often they want to rely on AI summaries, instead of actually doing the reading for themselves.”
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Marlene lived a life marked by love of family, dedication to education, service to her community, curiosity about the world, and a deep appreciation for history, music, and lifelong learning. She will be remembered and greatly missed by her husband, children, grandchildren, former students, friends, and the many people whose lives she touched throughout her remarkable 91 years.
Read MoreKeg N Bottle, a San Diego–based beer, wine, and spirits retailer, has succeeded Champions Liquor in a refreshed space in University Towers. It’s the family-owned chain’s first Michigan store and fourteenth overall, according to third-generation CEO Anthony Konja.
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Vintage Sterling speakers shipped from a Seoul shop add a high-fidelity vibe to Dough Objects, a new bakery/café just south of Raising Cane’s in the student-focused South University district.
Read MorePiles of Pokémon cards loitering on Lawrence Savoy’s kitchen table led to his wife Andrea’s encouragement to “do something with this,” Lawrence relates.
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When their schedules allow it, the family performs together as the Berofsky Piano Quartet. “They humor us,” jokes Kathryn about her children’s involvement. She would know—she also plays in a trio with her father and brother.
Read MoreLivingston’s own blueprint, from blast to boom, a row house with no row, and Dig These Digs.
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Sister-brother team envisions Purgatory Exchange as a judgment-free resale shop.
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Hear from a dozen candidates vying for five seats in November’s election.
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Maybe you’ve seen us practicing around Kerrytown or County Farm Park or Concourse Hall. “What are they doing with those sticks?” you might wonder.
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For John Bernos, the dream of a career on the stage started here in Ann Arbor. At Pioneer High, sports were his passion—until he discovered the Pioneer Theatre Guild. His focus intensified when he won FutureStars, a singing competition between students from Ann Arbor’s public high schools.
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By the time you read this, 2,300 U-M students will have settled in at Wolverine Village, U-M’s first new dorm in over half a century. U-M spokesperson Brian Taylor says the $649 million housing complex represents a 25 percent increase in university-owned housing capacity. In 2026, he adds, nearly 13,000 undergraduate and graduate students will live on campus—“the most ever.” How will this addition to the housing supply affect the affordability of Ann Arbor’s broader housing market?
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The eight-acre parcel in Ann Arbor Twp., just south of Glazier Hill Nature Area, was once a farm and remains home to hundreds of trees. Its owners, a family in Massachusetts, have an agreement to sell it to the Centennial affiliate. The plan is for Ann Arbor to annex the land and zone it R4B, a multiple-family dwelling district allowing a density of up to fifteen residences per acre.
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In the end, everyone needed to move on. The district couldn’t move forward with more concrete “right-sizing” plans until it knew the cost of wages and benefits for its teachers. And many teachers clamored for whatever increases were on offer because, with their prior contract expired on December 31, their compensation had been stagnant even as the war in Iran sent gas prices soaring.
The sign’s a minor landmark. Tommy was a major force.
Proposal E would amend the city charter to create a municipal electric utility run by a nine-person governing board, with five elected members and four appointed by city council.
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