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This Month, Take a Virtual Tour for the Annual Cooper-Young Garden Walk
By Sheree Stubblefield, with Mark Fleischer Quirky, tiny jewel boxes and majestic, grand, elegance. At your fingertips. Chickens and bees and edibles. Online. A unique…
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Do Something Bookish! Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day, All Week, with Burke’s Books Online
INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY From Burke’s Books: In a normal world, this week would have been a big build-up to one of the best days of…
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Dan Spector, Cooper-Young. COVID Claims a True Midtowner
Dan Spector, August 25, 1951 – March 31, 2020 As a writer, when someone passes away, we set aside our own feelings and write only…
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If You’re Out, Look Up: Midtown’s Arboretums, Canopies of Trees Return
Deciduous Distancing need not apply as the weather warms up This spring, we are all hopefully doing our best to practice Safer at Home and…
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Java Cabana To Hold a Special Open Mic Night
Mary Burns’ family will be opening Java Cabana again Thursday evening October 24 for a special Open Mic Night, 7-10PM. Mary Ann “Penny” Burns passed…
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Mary Burns – Midtowner, Dreamer, Owner of Java Cabana
TRIBUTES Mary Ann “Penny” Burns | June 18, 1970 – October 4, 2019 By Mark Fleischer Mary Burns seemed like someone still trying to figure…
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Java Cabana, My Place to Dream
NEIGHBORHOOD ASPIRATIONS By Mary Burns Early on when I was so young, I had a dream of opening a coffee shop. I wanted to ‘hold space’ where…
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This Is Our Last Print Issue … In Kroger*
By Mark Fleischer Dear readers, This is our last print issue… in Kroger stores that is. More on that later. Meanwhile, I am happy to…
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What do we mean when we talk about “Walkability?”
By Dane Forlines with StoryBoard’s Urban Design Review Board If your spell checker is like mine, “walkability” will usually be underscored with a squiggly red…
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