Author: Domenica Trevor

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Column: Book Fare | October 23, 2011

In a nod to the season of Halloween, columnist Domenica Trevor reviews to works by local authors: “The Sin-Eater: A Breviary,” Thomas Lynch’s latest collection of poems; and the short story collection “Ghost Writers: Us Haunting Them,” part of the Made in Michigan Writers Series. [Full Story]

Column: Book Fare | September 5, 2011

Columnist Domenica Trevor reflects on the future of downtown bookstores in Ann Arbor, in the wake of Borders closing. She talks with Karl Pohrt, owner of the former Shaman Drum Bookshop, who proposes a community-wide collaborative to support the city’s book culture. [Full Story]

Column: Book Fare | June 11, 2011

Columnist Domenica Trevor previews the retooled Ann Arbor Book Festival and Writer’s Conference, to be held this year on Saturday, June 25. To help pull off the event with limited resources, the festival is partnering with the Neutral Zone’s Volume Summer Institute and the Ann Arbor Summer Festival. [Full Story]

Column: Book Fare | February 26, 2011

Columnist Domenica Trevor reviews two works of fiction by Peter Ho Davies, a University of Michigan creative writing teacher: “The Ugliest House in the World,” and “The Welsh Girl.” [Full Story]

S. Industrial near Stimson | January 30, 2011

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Column: Book Fare | January 29, 2011

Columnist Domenica Trevor asks for help finding historian Frances Gies, co-author of “Life in a Medieval Village.” Also, some thoughts on Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” quick takes on national coverage of two local poets, and an update on upcoming book readings in Ann Arbor. [Full Story]

S. Industrial & Stimson | January 2, 2011

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Westgate Shopping Center | December 5, 2010

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Column: Book Fare | November 26, 2010

Columnist Domenica Trevor urges readers to buy books as gifts this holiday season, ideally from local bookshops. She notes that used books offer an even better deal when they include inscriptions – two stories for the price of one. [Full Story]

Column: Book Fare | October 30, 2010

Columnist Domenica Trevor reviews “Walking Papers,” a new collection of poetry by Thomas Lynch. [Full Story]

Civic News Ticker

AATA Service to DTW on Feb. 16 Agenda

A proposal long in the works to provide public transportation service between Ann Arbor and Detroit Metropolitan Airport will appear on the agenda of the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority board at its Feb. 16 meeting. The AATA will contract out the service through Indian Trails (Michigan Flyer).

Details of the service include a one-way fare of $12 for advance reservation (and limited refundability) or $15 with re-fundability up to time of departure. Round trip fare would be $22 for advance reservation (and limited refundability) or $30 with refundability up to time of departure. The resolution also provides for an introductory promotional offer of $10 one-way and $20 round trip. Volume discounts also may be available for groups of up to eight people traveling together. [.pdf of resolution establishing fare structure]

AATA CEO Michael Ford has previously described the intent of the service to provide 12 daily trips each way, with a very limited number of stops, in order to achieve a trip time of around 40-45 minutes.

The board previously authorized the negotiation of the contract with Indian Trails. A resolution separate from the one setting fares establishes a two-year contract with Indian Trails at a cost of $2.56 per service mile, with the total cost for the contract not more than $700,000 per year.

Including stops, the AATA has previously described an airport route as long as 70 miles round trip. [On I-94, it's roughly 51 roundtrtip miles from downtown Ann Arbor to the entrance of Detroit Metro.] At the lower end of the regular fare offered on a 70-mile round trip, the service would need to average around eight passengers per bus to cover the cost of the Indian Trails contract on fares alone. [(70*2.56)/22 = 8.14] [.pdf of board information packet]

The Feb. 16 AATA board meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. in the fourth-floor boardroom of the downtown Ann Arbor District Library, 343 S. Fifth Ave.

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Old Media Watch

UM: Lacrosse

The New York Times profiles the University of Michigan men’s lacrosse team, and its transition from a club to a varsity sport. “Although women’s varsity teams have cropped up at high-profile Football Bowl Subdivision universities like Florida and Southern California in recent years, men’s programs have been elusive quarry. Michigan, which opens its inaugural varsity season Sunday, is one of 13 F.B.S. colleges with a men’s lacrosse team — and the first to add the sport since President Reagan took office. The expansion of Division I men’s lacrosse, which is not a revenue sport, at F.B.S. universities has been hindered largely by high overhead costs and Title IX compliance. Michigan leapt these hurdles with a grass-roots approach.” [Source]

A2: Domestic Partners

UM: Muslim Chaplain

UM: Emergency Manager Panel

Washtenaw: Kitchen Incubator

Washtenaw County’s office of community and economic development is considering starting a a food system workforce development program and commercial kitchen incubator. An online survey is collecting information about existing and potential businesses that could be helped by this initiative. Questions include ”What stage of development is your food-based business?” “What activities would you use a shared-used commercial kitchen for?” and “What business services would you need or desire in a shared use kitchen?” [Source]

Washtenaw: Hoekstra

Washtenaw: Crime Map

A2: Arts Alliance

A2: Fuller Road Station

A2: Business

A2: Awesome Award