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Black Bananas Bring Their Rad Times Rock 'N' Roll to Ann Arbor

Kelly Frazier | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Drag City, Jennifer Herrema, Black Bananas, Ann Arbor, Black Bananas Ann Arbor, Black Bananas Show, Black Bananas Band, Video, Detroit News
Kelly Frazier

After releasing three albums under the name RTX, Black Bananas emerges as the new adaptation of the band. Without swaying too far from their roots, new ideas forced the band to take their style of radical rock 'n' roll up a few notches.

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WATCH: The Must-see Movies At Ann Arbor Film Fest

Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Detroit Events, Ann Arbor, Best of Detroit, Ann Arbor Events, Detroit Film, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor Film Fest 2012, Experimental Film, Michigan Film Festival, Detroit Travel, Video, Detroit Around Town, Ann Arbor Film Fest 50th Anniversary, Ann Arbor Film Festival 2012, Ann Arbor Film Fest, Film Festival, Michigan Travel, Detroit Culture, Slidepollajax, Detroit News

The circus is coming to town! That is, if by circus you mean film festival, and by town you mean Michigan's little-big city, Ann Arbor. The six-da...

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Wunderkind of Electronic Music Porter Robinson Brings His Spitfire Rhythms to Ann Arbor

Kelly Frazier | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Skrillex, Electro-House, Porter Robinson, Electronic Dance Music, Ann Arbor, Dubstep, Necto, Edm, Owsla, Detroit Around Town, Video, Detroit News
Kelly Frazier

At 19, Porter Robinson has already placed himself on the fast track for a long stay in the music business. With the help of some heavyweights like Deadmau5, Robinson has already gained critical acclaim in the dance community.

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There's A Hot Tub On A College's Roof - Whodunit?

AP | Posted 02.25.2012

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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Officials are puzzled over a mysterious hot tub that was installed – and then removed – from the roof of a building on...

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Joy Resmovits

Can Obama Make College Affordable?

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: College Students, Obama College Affordability, Ann Arbor, President Obama Speech, Video, Obama University Funding, Michigan Education Cuts, College Affordability, University of Michigan, President Obama, College Tuition, Barack Obama 2012, Michigan Education, Ed-Lection 2012, Obama University of Michigan, Detroit News

If the Obama administration has trotted out one trusty example to symbolize the plight of the middle class, it's college graduates drowning in debt. O...

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Top Ten College Towns For Retirees

Posted 12.15.2011

Read More: Ithaca, Ann Arbor, Baby Boomers, State College, Asheville, Gainesville, Eugene, Retirement, College Towns, Fifty News

For more than a decade, retired Americans that are flocking to the culture and arts scenes and state-of-the-art medical facilities offered by college ...

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David Sands

Ann Arbor Film Fest Takes Detroit Underground

HuffingtonPost.com | David Sands | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor Festival, Detroit Around Town, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Detroit, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Mocad, Experimental Film, Film Festival, Cinema, Detroit News

Local fans of contemporary cinema will have the opportunity to get an eyeful of experimental celluloid this Saturday, when the Ann Arbor Film Festival...

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Paul Needham

Is This The Next Michigan?

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Needham | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Ann Arbor, Rich Sheridan, James Goebel, Patch Road Trip, Michigan Jobs, University of Michigan, Richard Sheridan, Menlo-Innovations, Michigan, Michigan Economy, Business News

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- When Rich Sheridan lost his job in the dot-com bubble about a decade ago and decided to start his own company, he had some trouble...

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Five Reasons Why Borders Went Out Of Business

TIME | Josh Sanburn | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Ann Arbor, Borders Books and Music, Bankruptcy, Time, Books-a-Million, Books, Barnes and Noble, Borders, Borders Liquidation, Michigan, Business News

Forty years ago, when Borders opened its first store in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the book industry was a different place. But for years, Borders acted lik...

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Borders Puts Itself Up For Sale To Private Equity Firm

AP | By MAE ANDERSON | Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Columbia House, Debt, Ann Arbor, Stalking Horse, Bankruptcy, Acquisition, Pasta Pomodoro, Barnes & Noble Inc., Book-of-the-Month Club, Borders, Waldenbooks, Hilco, Phoenix Suns, Najafi Cos., Gordon Brothers, Doubleday Book Clubs, Business News

-- Borders Group Inc. said late Thursday it agreed to sell itself to private investment firm Najafi Cos. for $215 million and is seeking court approv...

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WATCH: Disabled Student Walks Publicly For First Time At Graduation

Posted 08.06.2011

Read More: Ann Arbor, Angelina Lavasseur, Children, Pinckney Community High School, Michigan Schools, Spina Bifida, Video, Education News

High School graduation is typically thought of as the first step in a long journey. For one student, that step was literal. Angeline LeVasseur walke...

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Fire! Call 911. Then Wait. Wait More.

Alan W. Silberberg | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Government Budget, Ann Arbor, Philadelphia, Antonio Villaraigosa, Budget Cuts, Bill Rosendahl, Emergency Services, Fire, Los Angeles City Council, Ems, Los Angeles Fire Department, New York, Eric Garcetti, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles News
Alan W. Silberberg

From tiny Ann Arbor, Michigan to LA, firefighters are under attack from the budget knife. This has already led to several fires that burned far longer and where people have been hurt or killed.

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See Audubon's Birds of America for Free in Ann Arbor

Pam Grout | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ann Arbor, Michael Tollemache, Motawi Tile, Wild Turkey, Zingerman's Deli, John James Audubon, Birds of America, University of Michigan, Sotheby's, Hollander's Paper, Travel News
Pam Grout

Art dealer Michael Tollemache bought John James Audubon's 435-bird "picture book," Birds of America at a Sotheby's auction last week for $10.2 million. He could have seen it free in Ann Arbor.

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A Welcome Feeling at the University of Michigan Spectrum Center

Maureen Price Tillman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: College Students, Counseling, Ann Arbor, Mental Health, College, College News, University of Michigan, Michigan, Tyler Clementi, Lgbt, LGBT Issues, LGBT Youth, College News
Maureen Price Tillman

The University of Michigan Spectrum Center is committed to enriching the campus experience with sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression as their framework.

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Tent City Interview at Camp Take Notice

Mark Horvath | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ann Arbor, Caleb Poirier, Poverty, Mark Horvath, Homelessness, Tent Cities, invisiblepeople.tv, Tent City, Homeless, Camp Take Notice, Recession, Invisible People, Impact News
Mark Horvath

These people should not have to live homeless like this. Point blank: the only reason tent cities exist in the first place is because the shelter system is broken.

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CALPIRG's Critical Role in the Campaign for Public Transportation in LA

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ann Arbor, President Obama, Vermont, Boston, 30/10, Newton, Subway to the Sea, Congress, Los Angeles, Wilshire Blvd, Downtown Regional Connector, Move LA, Metro, Community Organizing, University of Michigan, Pirg, Auto Industry, Public Transportation, Detroit, Calpirg, Pirgim, Masspirg, Los Angeles News
Joel Epstein

CALPIRG is working with Metro, Move LA, and a host of businesses and civic, environmental and labor groups to help LA expand its public transportation system.

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FDIC Closes Four Banks: 72 Failed This Year

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Satilla, Springfield, Plymouth, New Liberty Bank, Southwest Community Bank, Fdic, Saint Marys, Missouri, Banks, Georgia, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Business News

WASHINGTON — Regulators on Friday shut down Midwest Bank and Trust Company in Elmwood Park, Ill., as well as three smaller banks in Georgia, Mic...

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Bennet LeBow, Cigarette Executive, Consolidates Control Of Borders

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Debt, Book Publishing, Chain Store, Bennet LeBow, Books, Gamma Limited Partnership, Bookstore, Borders, Ann Arbor, Retail, Books News

The tobacco executive and investor who became CEO of Borders Group Inc. last month is positioning himself to gain more control of the Ann Arbor-based ...

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Midwest Militia Raids: Agents Seize Gas Masks, Guns, Knives, More

AP | MIKE HOUSEHOLDER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Militia Groups, Midwest Militias, Hutaree, Michigan Militia, Hutaree Militia, Detroit, Hutaree Raid, Christian Militia, Ann Arbor, Lenawee County, David Stone, Anti-Government, Chicago News

DETROIT — Federal agents investigating what they describe as a Christian militia bent on violence against police seized suspected crack cocaine ...

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20 Most Bike-Friendly Cities In America: Bicycling.com Ranks The Best Cities To Ride In (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ann Arbor, Bikes, Salem Oregon, Tucson Arizona, Bicycling.com, Madison Wisconsin, Bicycling, Washington DC, New York City, Austin Texas, Chicago, Portland Oregon, Denver Colorado, Boulder Colorado, Eugene Oregon, Slidepollajax, San Francisco, Denver News

Bicycling.com released its definitive list of the most bike-friendly cities in the U.S. this week. The study surveyed only cities with 100,000 citizen...

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FBI Tricked Hutaree Christian Militia Into Showing Up Unarmed

AP | JEFF KAROUB | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hutaree, Fbi, Hutaree FBI, Christian Militia, Michigan, Crime, Ann Arbor, Seditious Conspiracy, FBI Raid, Hutaree Raid, FBI Ruse, FBI Trick, Religion News

DETROIT, Mich. (Associated Press) -- Five members of a radical Christian militia accused of conspiring to kill police officers and wage war against t...

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Borders Faces Critical April 1 Loan Deadline

annarbor.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ann Arbor, Borders Loan, Bookstores, Borders, Bookselling, Books, Borders Bookstore, Booksellers, Books News

A New York hedge fund manager may control the fate of Borders Group Inc., even as the distressed Ann Arbor-based book store chain advertises to hire s...

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Race Relations in NASCAR

Susan Deily-Swearingen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Leonard W. Miller, Ann Arbor, Diversity, NASCAR Demographics, Michigan, Leonard T. Miller, Dicken Elementary School, Nascar, Sports News
Susan Deily-Swearingen

Does our skin color need to match that of our heroes? This may be precisely the kind of thinking responsible for the difficulty African-American drivers find in getting major NASCAR sponsorship.

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3 U.S Congressmen, 1 Voice: Health Care is a Civil Right

Chris Savage | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Ann Arbor, John Dingell, Michigan, Civil Rights, John Lewis, Mark Schauer, Politics News
Chris Savage

Health care is a right, not a privilege. A struggle as important and epic as the fight for civil rights in this country.

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9 Ways To Show Your Gratitude On Thanksgiving Day

HuffPost | Victoria Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Karen Armstrong, Tweetsgiving, Gratitude, Charter for Compassion, Thanksgiving, Epic Change, Homeless Shelter, Ann Arbor, Sponsor a Family in Need, Veterans, 29 Day Giving Challenge, Soldiers, Feed the Homeless, Hungry Families, Meals on Wheels, Care Packages, Homeless, Hunger U.S., Feeding America, San Francisco, Family-to-Family, Turkey Trot, Thanksgiving Gratitude, Video, Impact News

Favorite Turkey Recipe? Check. Special occasion dishes and gravy boat? Check, check. Ways to express your gratitude this Thanksgiving? Don't worry, we...

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