http://arborweb.com/ Ann Arbor online: news and reference community resource, with the area's best events calendar, Ann Arbor Observer City Guide, comprehensive information on housing, restaurants, government, education, and more, and free classified ads. en-us 2010 Ann Arbor Observer. All Rights Reserved. http://arborweb.com/articles/lefty_s_lessons.html This story begins like a third-grade math problem: you enter a room and count thirty-six limbs. Nine people are in the room, right? Wrong. You should have said eleven humans and a dog. Two people in the room have all their appendages. Four people are missing one arm. Three people have one leg. Two p... A. Trevor Sutton Community http://arborweb.com/articles/a_builder_keeps_busy.html "I was just tired of seeing empty buildings," says Joe Grammatico. The veteran local builder opened Westside Furniture Consignment Emporium last month in his Scio Town Center on Zeeb. After Kitchen Port closed last year, "we racked our brains to think of something to put in here," Grammatico ... Sally Mitani Marketplace http://arborweb.com/articles/a_home_for_handicapped_riders.html "It's kind of the final leg of the race here," says Jan Vescelius, director of Therapeutic Riding, Inc. TRI wants to build a new arena where people with handicaps can ride horses year round--and more of those on their long waiting list can finally get a seat in the saddle. The project was spurred in... Eve Silberman News http://arborweb.com/articles/andrew_kratzat_quartet.html The band's lineup is your first clue. When the Andrew Kratzat Quartet performs at the Kerrytown Concert House on Wednesday, March 10, they won't be offering a night of conventional or traditional jazz. Aside from Kratzat on double bass, the ensemble is comprised of saxophonists Andrew Bishop and Dan... Sandor Slomovits Culture http://arborweb.com/articles/ann_arborite_gregory_george.html Gregory George was doing carpentry work at a friend's house when the friend's college-age son walked in. "He knew that I danced, but he didn't know I knew how to build a house, and he [had never seen] me with a tool belt on," recalls George. "He drew a character of me with a tutu on and a tool belt ... Susan Todoroff Community http://arborweb.com/articles/fusion_on_thayer.html When Mercy Kasle was attending Cal State in the early seventies and needed a job, she answered an ad placed by a woman looking for someone to cook and do light housekeeping. During the interview, she recalls, the woman "asked me if I knew how to cook, and I said no--but I know how to read." She got ... Tony McReynolds Marketplace http://arborweb.com/articles/scythian.html Scythian emerged several years ago in Washington, DC, got audiences stomping and waving up and down the I-95 corridor, and then started appearing at the big outdoor roots music festivals like North Carolina's MerleFest. They play Celtic music, but two of the members are Ukrainian enough to speak Ukr... James M. Manheim Culture http://arborweb.com/articles/money-saving_merger.html When Jesse Bernstein became president of the Ann Arbor Area Chamber of Commerce in 2006, it had between 1,300 and 1,400 members--a figure he aimed to double: "My goal was to get to 2,800 to 3,000 members as quickly as possible." Then the economy tanked. "Pfizer left," Bernstein says. "The auto indu... James Leonard News http://arborweb.com/articles/the_eye_of_the_beholder.html Visitors to the University of Michigan Museum of Art this month have the opportunity to see a stellar temporary exhibition of works on paper by some of the leading figures of the German and Viennese Expressionist movements of the early twentieth century. Expressionism is often identified with bright... Grant Mandarino Culture http://arborweb.com/articles/john_leidy_closes.html After nearly sixty years as Ann Arbor's premier purveyor of fine china and crystal, and for decades the first stop for many Ann Arborites looking for the perfect, high-end gift, the John Leidy Shop planned to close its doors for the last time at the end of February. It's the latest small, fam... Tony McReynolds Marketplace