Ann Arbor councilman stripped of committee assignments for homophobic slur
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Ann Arbor City Council Member Jeff Hayner, D-1st Ward, issues a public apology April 19, 2021, for using a quote on social media attacking journalists with a homophobic slur.CTN
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ANN ARBOR, MI Ann Arbor City Council Member Jeff Hayner has been removed from several city boards, commissions and committees for using a quote on social media attacking journalists with a homophobic slur.
“Such derogatory language is harmful to the LGBTQ community,” council stated in a resolution Tuesday morning, April 20, condemning Hayner’s remarks and recommending he attend anti-discrimination, diversity and sensitivity training.
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.
4 Things to do in Ann Arbor on New Year’s Eve
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Cheers with drinks at a holiday party. (Pexels)
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The year is almost over and it’s time to celebrate. While social gatherings in 2020 haven’t been the same, kick-off 2021 with some socially distanced fun.
Wave away 2020 with a big “buh-bye” with these things to do around Ann Arbor on New Year’s Eve.
ORDER TAKE OUT
Don’t make washing dishes the first thing you do in 2021. Instead, order take out so you can ring in the new year without worrying about having to scrub stuck-on food on January 1.
Ann Arbor’s Violin Monster hosting virtual New Year’s Eve performance art extravaganza
Updated Dec 30, 2020;
Posted Dec 30, 2020
A street performer by the name of Violin Monster plays for passersby during the annual Ann Arbor Art Fair on Thursday, July 19, 2018.Photos by Ben Allan Smith
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ANN ARBOR, MI The Violin Monster is inviting everyone to his New Year’s Eve performance art extravaganza on Zoom.
Zachary Storey, known as the Violin Monster, will be showcasing the new NOW Studios in the basement of 715 N. University Ave., where he will be a participant in a “game show.” The event will feature drag queens, drama, skits, magic tricks and sing-along live music and karaoke, according to the event’s website.