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Vol. CXXVI, No. 125| © 2016 The Michigan Daily
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NEWS
City Council race
preview: Ward 4
Incumbent Krapohl faces
two challengers
>> SEE PAGE 2
OPINION
RNC in Cleveland
Writers reflect on the
first half of the GOP
convention.
>> SEE PAGE 4
ARTS
Red Card for
‘Ballers’
HBO comedy flounders
with telegraphed story
>> SEE PAGE 7
SPORTS
2016 Schefters
The Daily honors the
best in Michigan athletics
during the 2015-16 season
>> SEE PAGE 10
inside
A2 Art Fair
showcases a
different side
of Ann Arbor
57th annual Ann Arbor Street
Art Fair seeks younger crowd
Fair extends
through weekend
to stimulate
downtown
businesses
By
BRANDON
SUMMERS-
MILLER
Summer Mangaing News Editor
The 57th Ann Arbor Street
Art Fair will — for the first
time ever — last throughout
the entire weekend, hopefully
drawing new crowds of specta-
tors and artists.
This year’s Art Fair will
run from Thursday to Sunday,
instead of the traditional slot
of Wednesday to Saturday, to
hopefully stimulate more busi-
ness in the downtown and draw
both a new and younger crowd
of artists and visitors.
The Art Fair has has been an
annual tradition in Ann Arbor
since 1960 and has grown to
become one of the nation’s
largest outdoor summer fairs,
attracting hundreds of thou-
sands of visitors each year.
Since
the
original
fair’s
inception, three more art fairs
have been scheduled to occur
at the same time: the Ann Arbor
Art Fair, the State Street Art
Fair and the South University
Art Fair. Each exists as its own
separate fair as a part of a larger
event throughout the city.
Ann Arbor Police Depart-
ment Lieutenant Renee Bush
said the city has prepared for
the expected crowds by station-
ing more police on duty as a way
to ensure public safety.
“We’ve been doing this for
years,” Bush said. “We’ve pre-
pared with extra patrolling.
The Art Fair is an extremely
popular event — between 300 to
400 thousand people could be
in the city for it.”
Bush also cautioned that,
while the fair will be phenom-
enal, visitors should take the
necessary precautions to ensure
a healthy stay in the city.
“Staying hydrated is really
Executive director
talks local and
national talent fair
brings
By MARIA
ROBINS-SOMMERVILLE
Daily Arts Writer
Summer in Ann Arbor is a different
beast from its school year counterpart.
The pace slows, with many Univer-
sity students returning home or going
elsewhere, the sidewalks thin and the
town’s median age seems to rise. Yet,
the 56-year old Ann Arbor Art Fair
seems to mark the town in a way that
makes July feel as rowdy as autumn’s
Football Saturdays, punctuating this
time of year with a signature touch of
Ann Arbor culture and camaraderie.
Art Fair encapsulates what is
essentially four different fairs — The
Ann Arbor Street Fair, Ann Arbor
State Street Fair, Ann Arbor Summer
Art Fair and the Ann Arbor South
University Fair — for a long weekend
of showcasing over 1,000 artists as
well as live entertainment, demon-
strations, local museum and gallery
openings and interactive cultural
activities.
Maureen Riley has been the
Executive Director of the Ann Arbor
Street Fair since 2010 and previously
directed the Detroit Festival of the
Arts. In a phone interview with the
the Daily, she identified this year’s
biggest change as a move from the
See SUNDAY, Page 9
Design By: Mariah Gardziola
See ART FAIR, Page 7