… But I’ve also noticed that there seems to be a lot of anger coming from Ann Arbor about me.
Q. Really? Why?
A. What I do - it’s not the traditional aesthetic of Ann Arbor, which is more intellectual, I guess. I’m not like that. I’m not trying to impress anybody. I’m just trying to party. … But it hurts more than it normally would when the hometown you love so much seems to have a problem with you.
"Don’t worry, Andrew WK, the version of Ann Arbor/Ypsi that I identify with loves you/doesn’t have a problem with you in the least.
Don’t let the haters/curmudgeons get ya.
(Source: annarbor.com)
Radical Ann Arbor history, brought to you by your library!
‘Ann Arbor Sun - Rainbow Community News Service’, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1973. Coverage of Bobby Seale, American Indian Movement, and the prison industrial complex.
As a part of our Old News project, we’ve digitized many, many issues of the Ann Arbor Sun, all listed here.
Although you can search for individual articles and terms, you can also download whole issues as PDFs, for example, the issue whose cover is pictured above.
Dig the Sun? You might also like our Freeing John Sinclair project.
Beautiful. For all my friends who patiently listen to me go on about the library as a community commons…
“What’s at stake here is more than access to a room full of books. The modern American public library is reading room, book lender, video rental outlet, internet café, town hall, concert venue, youth activity center, research archive, history museum, art gallery, homeless day shelter, office suite, coffeeshop, seniors’ clubhouse and romantic hideaway rolled into one.”
From Robert Dawson and Josh Wallaert’s Public Library: An American Commons.
(via darienlibrary)
These photos are from the May 2nd “Take a Hike” event series that the AADL hosted at the Bird Hills Nature Area on the northwest side of Ann Arbor. This park is unpaved, undeveloped, and the largest in the city at 161.66 acres!
Our guide, Dana from the local Natural Area Preserve, taught us a lot about the local nature of the area. We saw and learned about many wild flowers, such as Trillium and Jack in the Pullpit, while also learning about some of the invasive species of plants that Ann Arbor has, which the NAP often tackles with controlled burns. Speaking of controlled burns, we got to see one in action! Well, it was technically pretty fizzled out, but you can see the aftermath in the 3rd photo posted above. The controlled burns that the NAP do are usually not planned because they depend on the weather conditions (which as you know, in MI, can rarely be determined accurately!) to be just right. We arrived at 7:00pm and the walk went until 8:30pm, so we saw it as they were finishing up for the day.
Sound like fun? If you’d like to join the AADL and NAP on future nature walks, we have 3 more coming up this summer and fall!The next walk will be Thursday June 13th, again from 7:30-8:00pm, at Mary Beth Doyle Nature Area, which is a little smaller at 81.4 acres. Visit AADL’s events page for more info!
Other upcoming Take a Hike events will be on the following dates; mark your calendars now, but keep an eye on AADL’s events page for more info as the days get closer.
- Thursday August 15th (7-8:30 p.m.) Dolph and Lakewood Nature Areas
- Sunday September 22nd (1-3 p.m.) Take an Autumn Prairie Plant Hike! @Furstenberg Nature Area
‘Mood Elevator - 7” Side A’ by PALACES
Reminds me of the last strains of last summer at Dally. There’s a tiny bit of a Ponys thing going on here — not a bad thing by any means.
beauty for your gray friday.
thanks to shelley & fred for the tip off…
