This is a follow-up to our previous study. Here, we seek to control for any possible effects of time of day. Specifically, will the public’s response to 3-month-old photographs vary depending on whether the images depict daytime or nighttime goings-on? Please share your reactions in the comments below. (Why pay... Full Entry

You’ve heard of Christmas in July, right? Well, how about April Fools’ Day in June? We decided to do a little social science experiment: In today’s 5-nanosecond news cycle, how would people respond to photographs taken three months ago? Please add your comments below, so we can honestly claim to... Full Entry

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Weather forecast for FoolMoon 2015: 70% chance of rain through the evening, then clearing up. The 5th annual FoolMoon street party answered a series of questions that I hadn’t even thought to ask until 8:15pm, Friday April 10, 2015. To wit: What would happen if it began raining just as the... Full Entry

Left Column: Tappan XC Foolin’ at FestiFools First day ever walking to school ??? Middle Column: Crazy Hair Day Got game? You should see the other guy! Jumping for joy at Camp Tavor Right Column: Chalk artist Art in his jeans Heidelberg Project Halloween haul We miss The Wafel Shop. Full Entry

First, forgive me for the delay in launching this blog entry about Rent! There has been so much going on at once (most of it just good ol’ life). I appreciate your patience. When I first heard that Pioneer Theatre Guild was doing Rent, I was filled with dread. I knew... Full Entry

After the crazy-long winter — and FoolMoon’s frozen precipitation — we so appreciated the beautiful spring weather we got for FestiFools. I don’t know if we had a record-sized crowd, but it sure seemed like it. Keeping everyone’s hips shaking were THREE different drum troupes: FestiFools veternans U-M Groove was... Full Entry

At 7:30pm, I was feeling a bit unsure about the impending FoolMoon. The weather was living up to the dire forecast — cold, drizzly, and gusty. And the customary throngs of luminary-wielding townsfolk were — not merely by coincidence, it seemed to me — nowhere to be seen out in... Full Entry

I’ve spent the Sochi Olympics putting the finishing touches on the shots I took of Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir last September. (For those of you who aren’t already familiar with Tessa and Scott, they are the Canadian ice dancing champions who took gold at the Vancouver Olympics in... Full Entry

Left Column: “The Rookie” (Sabotage) 7,588 … 7,589 … 7,590 … Mickey Mouse Hair Guitar Middle Column: In the D Private Eye Heidelberg Project “Who, me?” Right Column: Tough Guy PhD in FestiFools Studies Jimi Hendrix? The Mishpocha Full Entry

Main text and captions by Ciara Stella Linden Pioneer Theatre Guild has done it again: FutureStars 2014 was a roaring success! The Ann Arbor talent pool seems to be bottomless. This year some brilliant students returned even more polished, and new students with incredible musical and dance gifts emerged. The evening... Full Entry