Video Cemetery Tales
'Tis the season to be spooky. Join local historian Wystan Stevens as he leads one of his tours through Forest Hill Cemetery, weaving fascinating tidbits about Ann Arbor history with creepy tales of death and demise.
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Video The Shadow Art Fair
It's all good when some of Ypsi's finest get together. Here we have handmade beer and handmade art and cool goodies at the twice annual Shadow Art Fair in Ypsilanti. The video also features music by Zoos of Berlin.
Video Ann Arbor’s 24-Hour Downtown
an Ann Arbor become Michigan's frontline in the battle to end its brain drain? With its downtown slowly evolving into a dynamic place to live, work and play, people like XX-year old Googler Brian Tschoepe are finding more and more reasons to stay.
Video Chelsea Toy Museum & Teddy Bear Company
No lions or tigers... but lots of bears. Oh, my. Michigan is where the teddy bear was invented and Chelsea's Teddy Company and Toy Museum pays homage to the ultimate bedtime companion.
The Shadow Art Fair
They're back! In answer to the flash and splash of Ann Arbor's Art Fair, the crafty crafters of Ypsilanti's Shadow Art Fair once again move into Depot Town's Corner Brewery to offer the ultimate in handmade brews, music and, of course, local art. Be there or be oh-so square!
Video Puffer Reds
More than just another downtown hip hop store, for 29 years Ypsilanti's Puffer Reds has been a nationally recognized tastemaker. Customers come from as far away as Ohio to shop there, Nike provides them with a custom designed shoe display and Adidas celebrated the Forum's 25th-Anniversary by creating a sneaker designed by the owner's eighteen year old son. The store has got street cred to spare.
Video CEOs For Cities: “Ann Arbor meet Detroit.”
What makes a city successful? Concentrate's sister publication, Model D, takes over the Detroit Yacht Club from time to time to host its thought leader speaker series. Guest Carol Coletta of CEOs For Cities talks about investing in an Ann Arbor - Detroit partnership as an integral part of transforming southeast Michigan's economy and culture.
Video Ann Arbor’s Foodie Nation
La Rochefoucauld once said, "To eat is a necessity, to eat intelligently is an art." Leave it to a university town to embrace the genius of food. From Zingerman's to Eve, Durham's smoked fish to Morgan & York's artisanal cheeses, the farmer's market to Main Street's restaurant row, just thinking about Ann Arbor and is enough to make your mouth water.
Video Menlo Innovations
Not just creators of killer applications, these Ann Arbor software designers are compassionate high-tech anthropologists committed to ending technologically-induced human suffering.
Video ForeSee Results
What encourages a customer to buy instead of just browse? How do you keep buyers coming back? For some, customer satisfaction is the riddle of the Sphinx. For the gurus at ForeSee Results, it's an opportunity to understand the wants, needs and habits of online shoppers.
