Ann Arbor Region

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Ann Arbor celebrities are a clue to understanding the atmosphere of the area. Both 60’s radical John Sinclair and Polio vaccine inventor Jonas Salk called Ann Arbor home. Rock stars are a major Ann Arbor export: Bob Seger and Iggy Pop - just to name a few! Ann Arbor has been called the “Athens on the Huron,” with world-class theater productions, symphony orchestras and all manner of performing arts.

If you’re a sports fan – you’ll love Ann Arbor! Big Ten hockey, basketball, and of course football all await you at the University of Michigan. Football Saturdays on a sunny afternoon in September, seated in the largest college stadium among the 107,501 fans watching the Wolverines push the opposition around the field, is what Ann Arbor life is all about.

The variety of restaurants in Ann Arbor makes it more than difficult to choose. For starters, choices range from Indian, Korean, Ethiopian, Greek and Japanese. If you crave the all-American burger at the bar, it is easily found and pub dining at local brewhouses is popular in Ann Arbor as well. A number of upscale restaurants offer menus ranging from gourmet pastas to elegant desserts.

Four days each July, the streets of Ann Arbor become crowded with artists of all description. People come from all around the state (and country) to the annual Ann Arbor Art Fairs. Half a million patrons, rain or shine, come out to see fine art pieces they can haggle for, buy or just admire. The art is not the only attraction at the Art Fairs: local merchants and restaurants display their wares streetside for passersby while clowns, magicians, dancers, musicians and more are there to entertain.