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  Ann Arbor, MichiganApril, ostensibly in support of the reform of 

marijuana laws. It has been celebrated since

1971.

Fun Facts

A person from Ann Arbor is called an "Ann

Arborite", and many long-time residents

call themselves "townies". The city itself 

is often called A² ("A-squared") or A2 ("A

two"), and, less commonly, Tree Town.

Recently, some youths have taken to calling

Ann Arbor Ace Deuce or simply The Deuce.

With tongue-in-cheek reference to the city's

liberal political leanings, some occasionallyrefer to Ann Arbor as The People's Republic

of Ann Arbor or 25 square miles surrounded

 by reality, the latter phrase being adapted

from Wisconsin Governor Lee Dreyfus's

description of Madison, Wisconsin. Ann

Arbor sometimes appears on citation

indexes as an author, instead of a location,

often with the academic degree MI, a

misunderstanding of the abbreviation for 

Michigan.

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or nontraditional plays.

The Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum, located

in a renovated and expanded historic

downtown re station, contains more than

250 interactive exhibits featuring science

and technology. Multiple art galleries exist

in the city, notably in the downtown area

and around the University of Michigan

campus. Aside from a large restaurant scene

in the Main Street, South State Street, and

South University Avenue areas, Ann Arbor 

ranks rst among U.S. cities in the number 

of booksellers and books sold per capita.

The Ann Arbor District Library maintains

four branch outlets in addition to its main

downtown building; in 2008 a new branch  building replaced the branch located in

Plymouth Mall. This new branch is called

the Traverwood Branch, and opened on

June 30, 2008. The city is also home to the

Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.

Events

Several annual events – many of them

centered on performing and visual arts – 

draw visitors to Ann Arbor. One such event

is the Ann Arbor Art Fairs, a set of four 

concurrent juried fairs held on downtown

streets, which began in 1960. Scheduled

on Wednesday through Saturday in the

third week of July, the fairs draw upward

of half a million visitors. One event that is

not related to visual and performing arts

is Hash Bash, held on the rst Saturday of 

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Ann Arbor, Michigan

Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of 

Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw

County. It is the state’s seventh largest city

with a population of 114,024 as of the

2000 Census, of which 36,892 (32%) are

university or college students. The city,

which is part of the Detroit-Ann Arbor-

Flint, MI CSA, is named after the spouses

of the city’s founders and for the stands of 

trees in the area.

History

Ann Arbor was founded in January 1824 by

John Allen and Elisha Rumsey, both of whom

were land speculators. On May 25, 1824,

the town plot was registered with Wayne

County as "Annarbour". The city became

the seat of Washtenaw County in 1827, and

was incorporated as a village in 1833. The

town became a regional transportation hub

in 1839 with the arrival of the Michigan

Central Railroad, and was chartered as a

city in 1851. During the 1960s and 1970s,

the city gained a reputation as a center for 

liberal politics. During the 20th century, the

economy of Ann Arbor underwent a gradual

shift from a manufacturing base to a service

and technology base, which accelerated inthe 1970s and 1980s.

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor is home to the University of 

Michigan, established in 1837. As the

dominant institution of higher learning in

the city and one of the top public universities

in the world, the university provides

Ann Arbor with a distinct college-town

atmosphere. The university shapes Ann

Arbor's economy signicantly as it employs

about 30,000 workers, including about 7,500

in the medical center. The city's economy

is also centered on high-technology, with

several companies drawn to the area by

the university's research and development

money, and by its graduates. On the other 

hand, Ann Arbor has increasingly found

itself grappling with the effects of sharply

rising land values and gentrication, as

well as urban sprawl stretching far into the

outlying countryside.

Local Attractions

Many Ann Arbor cultural attractions and

events are sponsored by the University

of Michigan. Several performing arts

groups and facilities are on the university's

campus, as are museums dedicated to

art, archaeology, and natural history and

sciences (see Museums at the University of 

Michigan). Regional and local performingarts groups not associated with the

university include the Ann Arbor Civic

Theatre; the Arbor Opera Theater; the

Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra; the Ann

Arbor Ballet Theater; the Ann Arbor Civic

Ballet (established in 1954 as Michigan's

rst chartered ballet company); and

Performance Network, which operates a

downtown theater frequently offering new