Newsstand review: Ypsilanti publications, legal news, beer
A roundup of free publications collected from newsstands around the area. This week's collection includes a few that are new to me, including several Ypsilanti-area publications I picked up on last week's trip to Ypsi for lunch, and a few weeks worth of back issues of the Washtenaw County Legal News.
Between the Lines, Jan. 28, 2010. Cover: Patty Larkin at the Ann Arbor Folk Festival; Secretary of State candidate Paul Scott (R-Grand Blanc) wants to prohibit transgender individuals from changing the sex on their driver's license; planning for the July 31, 2010 annual HIV-positive women's event Women Living to be held in Ypsilanti.
Current, Feb. 2010. Cover: Beer, made in Michigan, with Chris Frey of the Ann Arbor Brewers Guild, Brad Sancho of Original Gravity Brewing Company. More beer: Winter Beer Festival, Feb. 27, Comstock Park. Inside: Natalie Marble, Ann Arbor Cooks!; Great Lake Chinese Seafood dim sum review by Lisa Leutheuser and Joe Saul. Art: Islamic art at the DIA.
Concentrate, Feb. 2, 2010. Lead: Zingerman's University. Mastermind: Todd and Janice Nortbring, Edgar Norman Creative, Chelsea. Video: Spur Studios, Ypsilanti.
Eastern Echo, Jan. 28, 2010. Photo: Haiti vigil. Inside: The Bivburgs, four piece ensemble with trumpet, guitar, keyboard and drums play the Screaming Eagle on Feb. 27. Comics: Cats, by Kimberly Morrisey; Defunct, by Nathan Corliss.
Edible WOW, Winter 2010. No. 9. Cover: Curtis Wooten, production manager, Avalon Bakery. Inside: Arbor Brewing Company beer; Peter Stark, owner of Renaissance Acres Organic Herb Farm; Pilar's Tamales.
emYOU the magazine, Jan. 2010. Cover: Student spotlight: Eugene Lundy. Inside: Greatest Hits, reprints of articles from the previous 2 years. Professor spotlight: Henry Hastings, Heather Neff. Alumni spotlight: Chris Roberson, Judge Greg Mathis.
Gargoyle humor magazine. Winter 2010. Interview issue. Cultural calendar, Jan. 25 - March 31, 2010. Interview: Dick Valentine. "I got an English degree from LS&A, so it didn't really prepare me for anything." Essay: The Rise of the Vegetarians. Comic: Slugs, a melodrama.
Real Detroit, Feb. 3-9. Cover: The Dirty Show. Inside: preview of Terry Pratchett's Nation, presented live in high-def at the Michigan Theater on Feb. 7 at 5 p.m. Advertisements include the upcoming "Paczki Palooza", Feb. 16 in Hamtramck.
Metro Times, Feb. 3-9. Cover: "Smashing ACORN", on University of Northern Iowa journalism professor Christopher Martin's study "Manipulating the Public Agenda: Why ACORN Was in the News, and What the News Got Wrong".
Michigan Daily, Feb. 3. Photo: Scott Brown Experience performs at UMMA. City: former In-N-Out party store space on South U may be leased to a restaurant. Politics: profile of longtime Ann Arbor activist Mike Fried, candidate for 11th district County Commissioner.
Michigan Daily, Feb. 2. Photo: Paul Robeson Academy and 32 other schools watch Ladysmith Black Mambazo at Hill Auditorium. Photo: LSA freshman Vidhi Kacharia in Organic Chemistry 211 lab. Lansing: House and Senate pass ban on texting while driving.
Monroe Street Journal, Jan 19. Cover: Haiti earthquake. Inside: profile of punter Zoltan Mesko. Full page advertisement celebrating the Wolverine Venture Fund's exit from their investment in HandyLab, which returned more than $2 million to the fund.
Natural Awakenings, Feb. 2010. Syndicated alternative health content. Calendar of events, p. 38 - 49.
The Statement, Feb. 3 insert in the Michigan Daily. Feature: Football recruit Antonio Bass as an ordinary student after a career-ending injury. Inside: EECS 498, Mobile and Web App Programming, with Prof. Elliot Soloway.
University Record, Feb. 1. Cover: Haiti vigil. Sports: University of Michigan students Meryl Davis, Charlie White, Evan Bates and Emily Samuelson all heading to the Vancouver Olympics. Inside: U-M Track star Eddie Tolan wins 1932 Olympic gold in 200 meter sprint. Calendar: Saturday Morning Physics. Exhibits: "Highlights of recent acquisitions", Special Collections Library, at Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library through April 30.
Washtenaw County Legal News, Jan. 28. Opinion: Chief Public Defender Lloyd E. Powell on indigent defense, House Bill 5676. Attorney James Roush on Massachusetts v EPA and regulation of greenhouse gases. John Kirkendall, Kitchen Accomplice: Caesar salad. 26 pages of legal advertising, 6 pages of content.
Washtenaw County Legal News, Jan. 21. Michigan Campaign for Justice opinion on House Bill 5676. Kitchen Accomplice: Lemon Meringue pie. 26 pages of legal advertising, 6 pages of content.
Washtenaw County Legal News, Jan. 14. Cover: possible repeal of PA 248 of 2004 and its impact on the appearance of mental health patients in court. Kitchen Accomplice: Pate Terrine. 30 pages of legal advertising, 6 pages of content.
Edward Vielmetti collects newsprint for AnnArbor.com. Drop off your out-of-date out-of-own newspapers at his office at 301 E. Liberty St.
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Tom Dodd
Thu, Feb 4, 2010 : 6:30 p.m.
Add The Depot Town Rag to your list. Published ten months of every year since 1976. 2000 passed out free in the historic Depot Town district, City Hall, Convention & Visitors Bureau, Marriott Hotel, and some downtown businesses. www.depottown.org