- Community
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Harmonica Master
Madcat Ruth celebrates his birthday - and a sixty-year love affair with the Ark.
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Magazine Seedlings
Matt Cowie turns old Observers into planting pots.
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Bookshop in Motion
The Friends of the AADL follow Kiwanis to Scio Twp.
- News
Heat from the Ground
The U-M’s first net-zero building is under construction, and planning for districtwide geothermal is underway.
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A Dean Departs
Anne Curzan explains why she’s returning to the faculty–and why we should be curious, instead of grumpy, when language changes.
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Bookseller Jay Platt
Appreciating life in “a book town.”
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Since 1976
The Ann Arbor Observer has been putting readers in touch with our town. Packed with concise and insightful news of people, politics, education, shopping, dining, and entertainment, our newsprint magazine has a monthly circulation of 53,000.
Business
Latest
Coworking Rebound
After a pandemic hibernation, Ann Arborites are again trading home offices for shared workspaces.
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Mail Theft
“Hey! That’s a felony!”
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Spin Out?
The company that owns Ann Arbor’s distinctive orange e-scooters and e-bikes is bankrupt.
Marketplace
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Orange Market is Open at Last
With the new Beekman building finally certified
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Building Faster
Ann Arbor’s proposed new approach to economic development aims to accelerate housing construction at all income levels.
Culture
Latest
Angkor Complex: Cultural Heritage and Post-Genocide Memory in Cambodia
History, destruction, survival, and repatriation
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Fifth Avenue Studios
“The older generation likes to say, ‘We didn’t have gay people,’” Jacob Gorski says. “This is a testament that you did.”
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Lives of the Artists
Dylan Strzynski portrays the art fair circuit as “the purest expression of the American spirit.”
News
Rock Cancer
When NBC Nightly News showed up at Ann Arbor’s Planet Rock gym, the crew wasn’t there for climbing lessons.
Ann Arbor Observer City Guides
Guide to Ann Arbor shopping, dining, senior services, health care, and schools. Mailed free to Ann Arbor residents, with a bonus circulation of 500 for retail, real estate offices, and U-M.