City News
City Council meeting approves 2013 budget, discusses safety
BY GIACOMO BOLOGNA
At last night’s Ann Arbor City Council meeting, Ann Arbor’s 2013 budget was voted on after much deliberation and even some amendments to amendments. The 2013 budget will officially start on July 1.
Powers presents city budget recommendations
BY STEVE ZOSKI
At last night’s Ann Arbor City Council meeting, City Administrator Steven Powers presented the proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year which starts July 1.
In his address, Powers said he believes the proposed 2013 budget suggests that Ann Arbor’s fiscal crisis is over.
Ann Arbor medical marijuana policies focus of City Council meeting
BY STEVE ZOSKI
At last night’s Ann Arbor City Council meeting, city leaders discussed how to handle medical marijuana dispensaries as Michigan cities continue to struggle to interpret the state’s imprecise medical marijuana law.
Insomnia Cookies leases space on South University
BY K.C. WASSMAN
The cookie crumbs of Insomnia cookies will soon increase in Ann Arbor as the company is returning to Ann Arbor after a hiatus of more than a year.
Popular cookie vendor Insomnia Cookies signed a lease last month to move into the space formerly occupied by Yogo Bliss on South University Avenue.
AirRide bus service begins
BY ANDREW SCHULMAN
With summer quickly approaching, students may now have an easier time finding their way home at the end of the semester with the assistance of AirRide — a newly launched service that provides daily roundtrip bus transportation from the Ann Arbor area to the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport.
Following numerous disputes, Dream Niteclub faces eviction
BY K.C. WASSMAN
After a year filled with numerous court proceedings, Dream Niteclub — located at 314 South Fourth Ave. and previously known as Studio 4 — is facing eviction.
Audit says AATA in violation of labor law
BY TAYLOR WIZNER
Though a financial audit of the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority’s 2011 finances found that the organization was financially sound, the document alleged that AATA was in violation of federal labor law.
Councilmembers ask community to help with tornado recovery efforts
BY TAYLOR WIZNER
Following the tornado that ripped through Dexter and parts of Washtenaw County last Thursday, members of the Ann Arbor City Council reflected on the impact of the storm and discussed the need to support the impacted areas at their meeting last night.
Company seeks to protect environment by recycling used cell phones
BY CECE ZHOU
Students who avidly keep an eye on the latest iPhone or Android phone may want to think twice before tossing their old phones into the garbage if they want to help save the environment.
AAPD, DPS shut down South University after incident
- Adam Schnitzer/Daily
BY ADAM RUBENFIRE
About 20 officers from the University's Department of Public Safety and the Ann Arbor Police Department responded to a small riot at South University Avenue and Church Street just past midnight on Sunday morning.
Local Arts
Peony festival brings arboretum to life this month
BY ANNA SADOVSKAYA
Bursting with color, the peonies stand tall in their rows, blooming under the sun. The 90th anniversary of the U-M Nichols Arboretum Peon y Festival came early this year as the March weather warmed the flowers and sped up the blooming time.
Indigo Girls' Amy Ray to perform at Blind Pig
BY JOHN BOHN
As artist and social activist, Ray, one half of the folk-duo Indigo Girls, is a clear example of that unclear and rather dizzying oscillation between art and identity, art and politics and politics and identity. Tonight Ray will be returning to Ann Arbor for a performance at the Blind Pig where she will be sharing her music, and perhaps inextricably her identity and her politics.
'The Dreamer' takes on multimedia, percussion and dance in 'U' alum-produced show
BY SARAH SCHWENDEMAN
Imagine waking up to the sound of heavy rock music to see, amidst a colorful, dreamlike landscape, a group of dancers twisting and turning, controlling mysterious sounds through screens of flashing light. You are watching part of “The Dreamer,” a nine-piece multimedia performance that has come to fruition through the collaboration of Steve Joslin and Christina Sears-Etter.
The Beet Box: engaging and creating a health community
BY JOHN BOHN
The Beet Box is a place where students can not only eat a quick, healthy meal to the sweet sounds of Motown, but also meet others with a similar passion and together join this vertex to a community founded on the celebration of health and empowerment.
- Teresa Mathew/Daily
Rude Mechanicals to explore automated nature of day-to-day life in 'Machinal'
BY JOEY STEINBERGER
An expressionist work written by playwright Sophie Treadwell, “Machinal” follows a woman stuck in a post-industrial mechanical society. With the mechanical nature of our own daily routine, “Machinal” could ring especially poignant.
Genre-bending artist Cheikh Lô to perform for 'U'
BY TYLER BAILEY
Cheikh Lô will be showcasing his art along with an accompanying band at the Michigan Theater tomorrow. Lô is known as a singer, songwriter and percussionist.
