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Bookseller Gene Alloway

1 month ago | annarborobserver.com | Jan Schlain |Brooke Black

“I didn’t know what I wanted, but I knew I liked books,” Gene Alloway says, seated at his desk in the middle of a shop full of them on a rainy afternoon. Subscribe Now This content is for subscribers only. Already a member? Log in here
The Michigan's New Face

2 months ago | annarborobserver.com | Jan Schlain |Brooke Black

The best thing about Liberty St., one could argue, is the Michigan Theater. Along with hundreds of films every year, it hosts concerts, children’s theater, celebrity artists, and dozens of other major events. Its recreated historic sign is a landmark rivaled only by its sister theater a block away, the State. That streetscape—with the U-M’s Burton Tower rising in the background—inspired the Michigan Theater Foundation’s recent rebranding as Marquee Arts. This content is for subscribers only.
Plowing the Neighborhoods

Dec 22, 2024 | annarborobserver.com | Jan Schlain |Brooke Black

“Public Works is always looking for opportunities to improve services,” emails Ann Arbor public works manager Paul Matthews, “and this was an opportunity to try something new.” In December, city council approved a contract with Saline’s KBK Landscaping for up to $500,000 worth of “supplemental plowing” whenever four or more inches of snow are predicted. KBK owner Kris Krause, forty, says he’s been plowing since he was thirteen.
Gifts of Life - Ann Arbor Observer

Nov 25, 2024 | annarborobserver.com | Jan Schlain |Brooke Black

Dorrie Dils’ first job as a nurse was in an intensive care unit in Ohio. It was “a very busy Level 1 trauma center in Columbus,” she recalls. “When you work in a busy ICU like that, death is a part of your daily routine.”But for the survivors, she realized, some deaths felt better than others: When the person was an organ donor, the loss of life led to the gift of life.
Haiti Connection

Sep 25, 2024 | annarborobserver.com | Jan Schlain |Brooke Black

Alcindor runs the Faculty of Nursing Science of the Episcopal University of Haiti (FSIL in French). With help from the Ann Arbor–based Haiti Nursing Foundation, she’s led it through hurricanes, earthquakes, Covid, and the country’s descent into political chaos since its president was assassinated three years ago. In that power vacuum, heavily armed gangs have kidnapped thousands of people and held them for ransom. This content is for subscribers only.
Noah on Hoover St.?

Sep 25, 2024 | annarborobserver.com | Jan Schlain |Brooke Black

The U-M’s $631 million dorm complex on the old Elbel Field isn’t even finished, and Evan Pratt is already worried about its future. That’s because Allen Creek flows underground beside the property—and with Ann Arbor getting wetter, the county’s outgoing water resources commissioner says, it’s getting harder to keep it there.
The Band Takes the Field

Aug 26, 2024 | annarborobserver.com | Jan Schlain |Amy Sumerton

A new U-M dorm is rising on the Michigan Marching Band’s longtime home at Elbel Field, but director John Pasquale is over-the-moon happy with the new Elbel Field a block away. American Campus Communities, which the U-M hired to build the dorm on the old field, is also “acting as the developer and owner’s representative” emails Colleen Mastony, U-M’s assistant vice president of public affairs.
Ron Warhurst Goes to Paris

Jul 25, 2024 | annarborobserver.com | Jan Schlain |Brooke Black

Ron Warhurst was a U-M coach for thirty-six years—cross-country and track. He was Big Ten coach of the year four times, won nine conference championships, and coached 129 All-Americans, multiple Olympians, and a winner of the Boston Marathon. But in 2010, a new athletic director came in. Two years later, Dave Brandon told the Ann Arbor News that eighty-one people already had “exited” the department. Warhurst was one. “I was asked to retire,” he says. “Brandon never spoke to any of us.
Paths to the Art Fair

Jun 25, 2024 | annarborobserver.com | Jan Schlain |Brooke Black

We asked four artists in this year’s Ann Arbor Art Fair why they do it, and what brought them here. Articles from the Observer aren’t available to the general public online until the following month’s issue is published. Log In or Subscribe Now
Tally Alley - Ann Arbor Observer

Jun 25, 2024 | annarborobserver.com | Jan Schlain |Brooke Black

About once a week, they tape large sheets of paper on either side of “Graffiti Alley” by the Michigan Theater. One says “eye contact” and the other “smiles.” For several hours, they make a mark every time a passerby responds. Articles from the Observer aren’t available to the general public online until the following month’s issue is published. Log In or Subscribe Now