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Vol. CXXVI, No. 125| © 2016 The Michigan Daily 
michigandaily.com

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