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AADL Talks To: Patricia Garcia and John Hilton, Ann Arbor Observer Co-Owners

Tue, 10/08/2024 - 4:20pm

In this episode AADL Talks To John Hilton and Patricia Garcia. John and Patricia co-own the Ann Arbor Observer, where Patricia is Publisher and John is Editor. John and Patricia talk about how they were selected for ownership, how the community has changed in their almost 40 years of covering it, and how they weathered the changes in the media industry and the pandemic.

Musical Society toasts master of silence Marceau

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Ann Arbor News, February 11, 2001

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AADL Talks To: Peter Sparling, Lecturer, Poet, Essayist, Dancer, and Filmmaker

Fri, 08/09/2024 - 10:00am

In this episode, AADL Talks To Peter Sparling. Peter is a lecturer, poet, essayist, dancer, and filmmaker. He is the Rudolf Arnheim Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Dance at the University of Michigan. Peter talks with us about his career, from his start as a member of the José Limón Dance Company and principal dancer with Martha Graham Dance Company through his time in Ann Arbor as director of his own Peter Sparling Dance Company. Peter talks about his activism, the changes in the Ann Arbor dance community over the years, and his current work after retiring from the university 6 years ago.

Lee Bollinger and Mark Yao Try Out Exhibit at Hands-On Museum Expo, May 1980 Photographer: Robert Chase

Lee Bollinger and Mark Yao Try Out Exhibit at Hands-On Museum Expo, May 1980 image

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1980

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Ann Arbor News, May 21, 1980
Caption:
Ready, Set...Hands On! Lee Bollinger, 7, left, and Mark Yao, 12, try out a hand-cranked generator which is among exhibits on display at the University of Michigan Rackham Building. This 'hands-on' exhibit is similar to one at the Boston Science Museum and demonstrates how one can use his own energy for conversion to electrical energy to light one, two or three light bulbs, depending on the effort expended.