An alto sax player named Ahmid solos to Jamie Abersol play-a-long music on State Street in Ann arbor.  He's a classically trained musician who just started playing jazz.    If you can catch him playing live on the streets of A2, you'll be in for a real treat.  He usually…

Julian Montgomery plays in Nickels Arcade for its excellent acoustics.  Nikon 200-500mm lens @ F5.6, 1/25th of a second, ISO 10,000.    

Here's some photos of the University of Michigan Lowbrow Astronomers at Peach Mountain and Leslie Science Center recently.  The University of Michigan Lowbrow Astronomers brought out their telescopes for the public to gaze through. University of Michigan Radio Telescope at Peach Mountain, just outside of Ann Arbor Kids at the Leslie…

Here's some shots I took of Nick's Gotham City, as it says on the building.  Inside the building is also Circus, Cavern Club, and Millennium Club.  And included at the end is a shot of a small streak of lightning over the Blind Pig, from a few years back. F1.8…

Rachel Sage in Ann Arbor Sage sings Heaven (Is A Grocery Clerk)  

Andrew McCormick operates a pedicab in the Michigan Theater Alley on Liberty Street in Ann Arbor.

Las Gatos plays a gig at Rush Street Nightclub on Main Street in downtown Ann Arbor Thursday night.  Green Dolphin Street and Caravan were two jazz standards that they played.  The group plays each year at Top of the Park. Conga Solo. Paul VornHagen on Tenor Sax. Set list. VornHagen on…

As the photo below says, this way to Pretzel Bell.  I love the Las Vegas-style arrow that glows inside their restaurant window as you walk up the sidewalk on Liberty and look left into its window.  It's a welcome sign, as Pretzel Bell replaces the former Lena restaurant, which wasn't…