28Oct 2022 by Ann Arbor Staff

Pay-It-Forward at the Bridge Community Cafe

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Bridge Community Cafe is a neighborhood-driven coffee shop. This cafe offers an inviting atmosphere and a safe space, accompanied by delicious vegan food options and home-brewed tea.  Opening during the height of the pandemic, Bridge Community Cafe was created to help support small businesses. However, cafe owner Sierra Lambert says the cafe became a community space that offered snacks and resources such as workshops while helping organize events.  “It's meant to be a community space,” said Lambert. “I want to organize and help people organize events, workshops, and skill sharing, but I also think you can't do that without any income. Coffee is a great way to bring money and bring people together from different places. Everyone drinks coffee, we also have tea, we have lemonade, we have cookies, and…
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28Oct 2022 by Ann Arbor Staff
Free Will Astrology November 2022

Free Will Astrology November 2022

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By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19) In the coming weeks, I encourage you to work as hard as you have ever worked. Work smart, too. Work with flair and aplomb and relish. You now have a surprisingly fertile opportunity to reinvent how you do your work and how you feel about your work.  To take maximum advantage of this potential breakthrough, you should inspire yourself to give more of your heart and soul to your work than you have previously imagined possible. (PS: By "work," I mean your job and any crucial activity that is both challenging and rewarding.) TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Here's my weird suggestion, Taurus. Just for now, only for a week or two, experiment with dreaming about what you want but can't have. And just…
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28Oct 2022 by Ann Arbor Staff

Schuler Books’ November Reading Recommendations

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Ann Arbor’s Schuler Books has gathered its updated list, for November, of books they would recommend for children and young adults. These lists provide ideas for all ages and help to provide some fresh literature choices to inspire your kids to read.  Book: Still this Love Goes On Type: Picture book Description: This stunningly beautiful book shares the delight in the sights, sounds, and smell of the world around us, as well as the hopefulness of never-ending love expressed through the songs and culture passed down on the reserve. Julie Flett's illustrations couldn't pair more perfectly with the song lyrics of Buffy Sainte-Marie. - Alana Book: Brown is Beautiful Type: Picture book Description: Everything local author Supriya Kelkar writes is gold. Or in this case, beautifully brown! In simple rhyming…
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26Oct 2022 by Arthor Test

Socktober

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It's Socktober time again! The month of October has been set aside for a donation drive to collect donations of new socks and underwear for individuals with developmental disabilities in Findlay and its environs. This laudable project is being led by a nonprofit outfit, All Developmental Differences and Abilities Parent Teacher Community Organization (ADDAPTCO), whose singular mission is to bring people together with a common goal of supporting, advocating, and empowering the special needs community. As a nonprofit organization, ADDAPTCO is embarking on another donation drive dubbed the ‘Soctober time’. The organization is calling on everybody to join the #Soctober movement in Findlay to collect donations of new socks and underwear throughout the month of October. This forms part of the organization’s plans to bring back the smiles on the…
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25Oct 2022 by Ann Arbor Staff
The Green Screen: Bloom Ypsilanti

The Green Screen: Bloom Ypsilanti

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We made it to fall. Although some of us may just be hanging on like the last withering leaves on the October branch, we shall sift through the detritus to bring you the second installment of The Green Screen. Green is our favorite fall color, and we’ve been letting off big green steam like a mean machine. Ann Arbor’s venerable Bloom dispensary opened a sister office on Michigan Avenue in Ypsilanti officially on October 9. What was once an Aveda spa is now a purveyor of some of Washtenaw County’s finest cannabis products. If you’ve been to Bloom in Ann Arbor, you’ve experienced their relaxed, communal approach. No neon signage, no Apple Store feel, no concrete evidence of opportunistic business practices. Bloom really does feel more like a place for…
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24Oct 2022 by Matt Haynes
Venue provides a space for dining, working and more

Venue provides a space for dining, working and more

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A new place to eat, work, socialize and stay has recently opened in Ann Arbor. In the building formerly known as Lucky’s Market, 1919 S Industrial Hwy, Ann Arbor, Venue by 4m has provided the community with a multi-purpose gathering space.  Venue was developed by Prentice 4M, a lifestyle assets brand founded by Heidi and Margaret Poscher. Prentice 4M is known in the Ann Arbor community for their co-living campus.  The concept of a 15-minute neighborhood is one of 4M’s missions in order to meet the community's wants and needs within a 15 minute walk, bike or public transportation.  To further this point, Venue has a partnership with May Mobility to provide the community rides to their locations. Eat Make sure to arrive at Venue hungry, but be aware that…
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20Oct 2022 by Matt Haynes
Motor City Comic Con a success

Motor City Comic Con a success

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[caption id="attachment_1135" align="alignleft" width="220"] "Doctor Who" actress Alex Kingston gets a moment's respite from signing autographs. Photo by Kurt Anthony Krug.[/caption] Over the weekend, tens of thousands of people from all over came to the Motor City Comic Con in Novi to meet their favorite celebrities and favorite artists or to find that obscure back issue or piece of movie memorabilia. Motor City experienced one of its busiest Sundays as fans flocked to get photos and autographs of “Doctor Who” stars Matt Smith (the 11 th Doctor) and Karen Gillan (Amy Pond) – who is also known for playing Nebula in the Marvel Cinematic Universe – in what was their only day at the con. Getting to meet Cassandra Peterson, alias Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, was something Dave Acosta,…
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17Oct 2022 by Erin Holden

Postpartum Doula Services: The Transition to Parenthood

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Doulas are trained professionals who can guide families through pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period. Most people who know about doulas think they primarily help parents through the birthing process. “A lot of people don’t even know that postpartum doula is a service that is available,” says Nadia Hoppe IBCLC, a postpartum doula, lactation consultant, and yoga instructor.  Fourth trimester support is important Many new parents prepare for the birth process but not the postpartum period, also known as the fourth trimester.  “They sometimes feel very lost, very overwhelmed. A postpartum doula can play a critical role in easing the transition to parenthood,” says Hoppe. The most rewarding part of her work is when “the parents and particularly the person who gave birth start to feel confident in their role…
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17Oct 2022 by Matt Haynes
Mayor Christopher Taylor Speaks Ahead of November 8th Election

Mayor Christopher Taylor Speaks Ahead of November 8th Election

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[caption id="attachment_1126" align="alignleft" width="195"] Photo provided by Kelly Renolds. Headshot of Mayor Christopher Taylor.[/caption] Seeking a third term in office, Ann Arbor Mayor Christopher Taylor discusses his priorities ahead of the upcoming Nov. 8 general election against candidate Eric Lipson.  Mayor Taylor has served as Mayor of Ann Arbor since November 2014. After serving three terms on Ann Arbor City Council, Taylor states that he’s focused on prioritizing Ann Arbor’s Community Climate Action Millage. According to Ann Arbor’s government website A2gov.org  “Ann Arbor’s Community Climate Action Millage is a request for funding to support the city's ambitious climate and equity goal – achieving a just transition to community-wide carbon neutrality by 2030. The millage would provide the resources needed to immediately begin creating, implementing, and scaling programs and services to…
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14Oct 2022 by Matt Haynes
Detroit native serves as showrunner of “The Winchesters” series

Detroit native serves as showrunner of “The Winchesters” series

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Detroit native Robbie Thompson described “The Winchesters” – which recently debuted on The CW – as the “Supernatural” version of “How I Met Your Mother.” Set in the world of “Supernatural” – the longest-running genre series that spanned 15 seasons, chronicling the adventures of the Winchester brothers Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) who hunted monsters in a black 1967 Chevy Impala – “The Winchesters” occurs in the early 1970s and centers around the brothers’ parents John Winchester (Drake Rodger) and Mary Campbell (Meg Donnelly). In “The Winchesters,” Dean narrates the story of how his parents met, fell in love, and fought monsters together while searching for their missing fathers. After returning from Vietnam in 1972, John runs into Mary in front of a movie theater. There’s an attraction…
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