Here in Ann Arbor it’s art fair weekend, an event you either dread or love. For those of you who don’t know the Ann Arbor art fairs, there are four concurrent fairs that take over all of both the “adult” and “student” downtown areas of town. Ann Arbor has a population of around 130,000, but for the next few days, we will be host to over 600,000 visitors looking for their art on a stick. You have never seen more white legged – black socked – burmuda short wearing men in your life. So for the next few days, life as we know it comes to a grinding halt.
The fairs range from the one on main street which is more of a crafts fair, to the one over on South University, which is juried and which features some amazing art which is worth braving the crowds to gaze at.