Articles tagged: West Park
Ann Arbor Civic Band announces Wednesday night concerts at West Park
Posted: Jun 16, 2013The Ann Arbor Civic Band, founded in 1935 as an extension of the University of Michigan's School of Music, has announced its summer series of Wednesday evening concerts, happening at 8 p.m. at the West ... Read more »
Blackbird Theatre offering Shakespeare's tragic comedy 'Cymbeline' in West Park
Posted: Jun 09, 2013Never seen a production of Shakespeare’s “Cymbeline”? You’ll have the rare chance to see it performed live when the Blackbird Theatre stages it at the West Park Band Shell. “I remember always hearing about how ... Read more »
Dog park controversy: Residents urge Ann Arbor officials to reconsider canceled plan for West Park
Posted: Jan 23, 2013One of the hottest issues at Tuesday night's Ann Arbor City Council meeting was an item not even on the agenda: A proposal for a near-downtown dog park. Read more »
Ann Arbor halts plan for new dog park directly across from church
Posted: Jan 16, 2013Ann Arbor officials are pulling the plug on a proposal to put a new off-leash dog park directly across the street from New Hope Baptist Church in West Park. Read more »
Chosen location for Ann Arbor's newest dog park is 'offensive,' church pastor says
Posted: Jan 14, 2013Ann Arbor officials say the new dog park they are planning close to downtown is in response to residents' demands. But the leaders of nearby New Hope Baptist Church say a dog park at that ... Read more »
WITH POLL: Now on Twitter: 20-pound carp fished out of Ann Arbor's West Park pond
Posted: Nov 12, 2012A 20-pound common carp workers removed from a pond Friday in Ann Arbor's West Park has joined the esteemed company of the North Campus Cougar and the Dexter Bear. Read more »
Destructive 20-pound carp pulled from pond at West Park in Ann Arbor
Posted: Nov 09, 2012Ann Arbor employees removed a 20-inch-long, 20-pound common carp destroying the vegetation in a small pond in Ann Arbor’s West Park Friday morning. Workers from the city’s Natural Areas Preservation program fished out the carp ... Read more »
Ann Arbor officials eye West Park as location for new dog park near downtown
Posted: Oct 30, 2012Ann Arbor officials are responding to citizen demand and exploring the idea of creating a more centrally located dog park just west of downtown. The city's parks staff and Park Advisory Commission members are zeroing ... Read more »
'But theater was the stressful, scary activity I chose…'
Posted: Aug 03, 2012by Brent Stansfield This summer I am acting for the first time in 23 years and it has taught me something important about myself. Acting used to be stressful and scary: most things are stressful ... Read more »
Penny Seats Theatre presents beloved musical 'She Loves Me' outdoors
Posted: Jul 26, 2012The Penny Seats Theatre company is now presenting an outdoor production of the beloved musical “She Loves Me” at 7 p.m. on July 26-28, August 2-4 and August 9-11 at the West Park Band Shell, ... Read more »
Bus driver, engineer face off in Democratic primary for water resources commissioner
Posted: Jul 20, 2012Voters will choose between two Democratic candidates - Evan Pratt and Harry Bentz, both of Ann Arbor - for Washtenaw County water resources commissioner in the Aug. 7 primary. Read more »
Blackbird Theatre to stage outdoor 'MacBeth' in West Park
Posted: Jun 09, 2012After launching an ambitious outdoor theater festival called Shakespeare West last summer—which staged “The Tempest,” “Much Ado About Nothing,” and “Twelfth Night” (a fourth production, “Othello,” was canceled)—Ann Arbor’s Blackbird Theatre is back with “MacBeth.” ... Read more »
Ann Arbor City Council approves work at Placid Way Park and West Park
Posted: Apr 18, 2012The Ann Arbor City Council voted unanimously Monday night to approve a $79,980 contract with Michigan Recreational Construction Inc. for improvements to Placid Way Park. Under a separate resolution, the council approved a $27,776 change ... Read more »
Ann Arbor officials planning to fix stormwater problems in West Park by summer
Posted: Jan 07, 2012Ann Arbor officials are inviting residents to a public meeting on Monday night to hear an update on the West Park stormwater project, including what the city is doing to address the failure of the ... Read more »
Q&A: What's the deal with those rocks in Ann Arbor's West Park? And why all the flags around the pond?
Posted: Aug 23, 2011Following up on a story that appeared on AnnArbor.com on Sunday regarding the failure of a new stormwater system at West Park, a reader posed a couple of questions via e-mail. Read more »
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