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by Christopher Anderson The city of Ann Arbor is set to host the much-anticipated Ann Arbor Black Film Festival (A2BFF), showcasing an array of powerful narratives, innovative filmmaking, musical expression, and diverseperspectives.…

by Jon King A bipartisan legislative panel met for the first time Wednesday in Lansing with a focus on improving Michigan’s transit infrastructure. Let by state Reps. Jason Morgan (D-Ann Arbor) and Mike McFall (D-Hazel Park), the…

by Kyle Davidson After the first case of measles in Michigan since 2019 was reported in Oakland County on Feb. 23, county health departments are reporting two additional cases. On Sunday, Wayne County Public Health reported a…

3/7/24 Correction: AADL Board President Molly Kleinman resigned from the Ann Arbor Transportation Commission on February 28, 2024. by P.D. Lesko In the final years that former AADL Director Josie Parker captained the ship, Annual…

by P.D. Lesko Since the July 31, 2021 publication of the first in a series of investigative articles about the mismanagement of SafeHouse Center, the County's domestic violence shelter, all 18 members of the Board of Directors on whose…

by P.D. Lesko So far, Ann Arbor's Bicentennial "celebrations" look like a "delicious" get together planned by out-of-touch, rich, white people: crustless mayonnaise sandwiches, only the best Lipton tea (but a charge for cracked cups for…

by P.D. Lesko This article was made possible by The Ann Arbor Independent FOIA Fund. At a recent "informational meeting" with officials from western Washtenaw County, the Washtenaw County Sheriff Jerry Clayton, The Sheriff's…

After dedicating a decade to his pet secret-service franchise, the 'Kingsman' helmer enlists an American cast (and one cute kitty) in a convoluted plot that puts a fiction writer at the center of the action. by Peter Debruge What…

It leaps in time but lands on a Scottish archipelago that symbolizes its heroine's inner state. by Owen Glieberman “The Outrun,” the story of a 29-year-old Scottish woman in the throes of, and recovery from (though not necessarily in…

by Ken Coleman A two-year project aimed at providing monthly payments to 100 current and future Ann Arbor entrepreneurs with low and very low incomes kicked off this month. Over 1,000 people applied in Oct. 2023. Powered by Poverty…