Ann Arbor park activists celebrate Earth Day with festivities, interpretive ‘Earth Dance’
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ANN ARBOR, MI – Advocates for Ann Arbor’s Center of the City Commons park celebrated Earth Day at the site starting on Thursday, April 22.
The festivities kicked off after Haber and fellow advocates set up Eric Lipson’s geodesic dome, a temporary structure they’ve used before to catch the attention of passerby and illustrate a use of the proposed gathering space at the future Center of the City Commons.
Haber and about 20 others gathered for public gathering, demonstrations and advocacy for the park. Gatherings are scheduled there through Sunday. There’s no schedule of events, however, so as not to encourage mass gathering during the pandemic.
‘Read,’ Barack Obama tells Ann Arbor in virtual Literati Bookstore visit
Updated Apr 23, 2021;
Posted Apr 23, 2021
Literati Bookstore on the corner of S. Fourth Ave. and E. Washington St. on Friday, July 18, 2014. (Melanie Maxwell | MLive file photo)ANN ARBOR NEWS
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ANN ARBOR, MI Former President Barack Obama is telling Ann Arborites to read, and he might stop by a popular downtown bookstore in the future.
Along with other book shops across the nation, Obama is supporting Literati Bookstore for Independent Bookstore Day, which is Saturday, April 24. He virtually met with owner Hilary Gustafson to discuss how reading affects his daily tasks, responsibilities and even how he carried out policies as president.
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Dr. Seuss remains a popular author, and the six books the Dr. Seuss Foundation discontinued last week are much older in terms of Seuss canon. The Ann Arbor District Library has multiple copies of each. In rhyme with the increase of their sales in stores and online, Library Director Josie Parker is noticing an uptick in requests for the author and the specific titles, which is not unusual. Since the foundation announced that the books would not be published, there has been increased interest in them, which is logical. People want to see for themselves what is this about.
NOW studios gives visitors opportunity to ask questions, explore, experience change and play
Downtown Ann Arbor multi-modal creative space trying to ‘emancipate yes from the clutches of no’
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NOW Studios is a multimodal space at 715 N. University Ave. (Sarah M. Parlette / WDIV)
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Unapologetically colorful, bright, dramatic and ‘Out Loud Yes’, NOW studios invites community members to explore reality and say an unfettered “yes” to experiences they might not otherwise have.
“NOW is an epicenter for existential performance art and nonviolent revolution. A content-creation haus, focusing on what’s happening in the margins,” said founder Petals Sandcastle.