Cris was married to her love, Jim Gray, for 27 years after being fixed up by mutual friends who lived down the street. She was the mother to two beautiful daughters, Sadie Ritchie (Adam) and Emily Ross (Joel Smigell), whom she loved immensely, cherished, and was so very proud of. She left behind two greatly adored grandchildren, whom she loved spending time with: Eve and Tyler Ritchie.
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Carolyn Ruth (Goode) Lichter, 86, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, died on August 5, 2026. Beloved wife of 66 years to Dr. Paul R. Lichter and adoring mother of the late Laurie Ann Lichter and the late Susan Lynn Lichter. She leaves behind her loving brother Dr. Martin (Risé) Goode; cherished brother-in-law Dr. Allen (the late Evié) Lichter; devoted grandchildren Max (Shaina) Rashes, Ilana (Rabbi Jeremy) Levy, and Annie Rashes; along with treasured great-grandchildren Ethan Rashes and Penina, Menachem, and Esther Levy; and fondest nieces Tracy (Rod) Loewenthal and Jody Goode (Kirk) Fox.
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“It is really exciting to be able to talk with people who originally pulled these cards from packs, and hear about which convenience store they purchased them from and what the gum tasted like."
When we visit museums, we look at art presented at eye level, on walls or pedestals. Artist Holly Bass, whose new installation, We Hold These Truths …, opens at the U-M Museum of Art (UMMA) on October 3, wants us to look back, forward—and up.
A D.C.-based, internationally recognized artist, Bass frequently integrates dance, theater, visual art, and writing into her work. In this exhibit, she explores the United States in 1876 and 1976, when centennial and bicentennial celebrations coincided with turbulent times. And as our divided nation marks the year of its 250th anniversary, Bass asks what the next centennial might look like.
The SeAH Korean Art Song Gala will feature student performances from every class and graduate level in the Voice & Opera program in its first half, concluding with a homecoming performance by Morin, who is now pursuing a master’s degree in voice in Saarbrücken, Germany.
The cherry on top? The second half of the show features world-renowned, Grammy-winning Korean concert soloist Sumi Jo. Over her forty-year international career, Jo has become a celebrated ambassador for Korea’s musical heritage, particularly Korean art song. Jo currently serves as artistic director of K-Gagok Superstar, an annual televised Korean vocal competition in which non-Korean singers perform Korean art songs, helping introduce gagok to a broader international audience.
UCMC founder and executive director Allyson Cohen envisions a world where “everyone has access to exceptional musical performances and feels included and valued in classical spaces.”
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A new initiative spearheaded by U-M and the Detroit Regional Chamber aims to generate a renewed age of economic prosperity for southeast Michigan.
Reinhart Realtor Scott Dawson says that besides ties to the university or family, what draws retirees to the city is the same as what attracts families and working people.
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“The scariest things I’ve experienced in my forty-plus years” as a federally funded researcher, says U-M nursing school professor Janet Larson.
Throughout the debate over Ann Arbor Public Schools’ money troubles, there have been rumors about the prospect of shutting down schools. But this summer, board members began treating it as a foregone conclusion. The real questions seem to be: How many? And which ones?
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Nineteen-year-old U-M student Selena Cooper and seventy-nine-year-old Mary Gliedt meet up most weeks to hang out and chat at Gliedt’s apartment at Brecon Village Senior Living. Over the past year, even though sixty years separate them in age, they’ve become friends.
I live two miles from the Big House and on Friday night the sound from the [Morgan Wallen] concert was very clear and vivid. The next night, Saturday, I could hardly hear the concert from my home. Were they asked to turn the sound level down?
Read MoreNot since Borders has a retailer founded in Ann Arbor expanded as widely as Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea, now with thirty-seven locations in a dozen states. The latest, in Pierpont Commons on U-M’s North Campus, is a homecoming of sorts for founders Wei and Lisa Bee, who are both U-M alumni, as are their three sons.
Nearly forty years ago, new life was fashioned from a former lumberyard office on Depot St. Brainchild of prominent local developer Bill Martin, the cozy, quaint Casey’s Tavern became a classic townie hangout, known for its burgers and other comfortable pub grub.
Dr. Paul C. Uslan Optometry was based at Church and South University before moving to a more accessible office on N. Maple and Miller in 1992. Having come of age as the first soft contact lenses were coming out, he developed clinical expertise and played a role in establishing fitting protocols.
Sweet Hop Swedish Candy, in the former Ginger Deli on E. Liberty, specializes in what’s become a global phenomenon fueled by social media. Randy Thompson says the wide range of fruity, sour, and salty confections imported from Sweden is more than just a commodity.
Time to start up the U … someone spin the Cube!
Results from the 2025 Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-STEP) show that 60 percent of Washtenaw County’s third-graders categorized as economically disadvantaged—including those who qualify for free or reduced-price meals, whose families receive food aid, and foster children, among other categories—scored in the lowest level for English Language Arts, compared with 26 percent of all students. Narrowing such disparities requires interventions with individual students that schools may not be equipped to handle on their own.
Farmhouse glow-up, designed to be seen, and small houses with a big price difference.