Maybe you've stumbled past the Auto Museum after a night of fried pickles and brews at Ypsi's Sidetrack and wondered what was inside. Well, wonder no more. This Depot Town destination provides an important glimpse into the city's auto history. And they've got a Tucker! Don't know what that is? Watch, learn, visit.
Look, up in the sky! It's a Flying Fortress! Willow Run's Yankee Air Museum is an incredible mix of volunteerism, American history, and cooler-than-cool aircraft thundering across Michigan's skies. Concentrate's resident videographer Keith Jefferies introduces you to the aviation buffs who make it happen.
Get vertical! Yes, even here in the flatlands of SE Michigan it's possible to boulder and top rope with the best of 'em. With over 20,000 sq ft of climbing, Planet Rock is the official cure to the 2-D blues. Plus they serve espresso. Even Joshua Tree can't give you that.
Every Friday morning something unique and wonderful happens in Ann Arbor's Eberwhite neighborhood. For four hours guest chefs, using local in-season ingredients, make breakfast for, well, locals. And then, like a Brigadoon for omelets, poof! it's gone. Don't you wish your neighborhood had something this cool?
It's the Target of Asian groceries. The Meijer of all things occidental. There ain't nothing like Hua Xing in all Washtenaw county. With 25,000 square feet of stuff that's pickled, frozen or dehydrated, and tanks filled with live eels, turtles, crabs and, yes, Kermit's soon-to-be devoured cousins, this Toyota dealership-turned asian market is the motherlode of unexpected culinary commodities.
En Garde! Touche! The Ring Of Steel...
Need a bacon belt? An Edgar Allen Poe action figure? Candy? (Everyone needs candy, right?) With places like The Rocket expanding their presence Ypsilanti's downtown is slowly but surely transforming into destination: Hipster.
U-M's Residential College is the school within the school, a college that brings back arts to a liberal arts education. From language to theater to fine art, students are encouraged to own and shape their education.
Academic theory is all well and fine but how do you apply what you've learned to real-life scenarios? U-M's MAP program teams students with companies and non-profits to help institute real-world strategies and solutions. It's an innovative program that provides students with a unique on-the-ground education while strengthening the university's relationship with both local and global businesses.
Care about high speed Internet connections? Blazing fast computer processing? Medical and security scanners that safely identify threats? Then you should be a fan of Advanced Photonix, a company that moved part of its operations from California to Ann Arbor.
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