Howl At The Moon

The Violin Monster, who makes Ann Arbor his home when the weather is warm enough to survive as a fiddle-playing street werewolf, passed up going down to New Orleans this week, so he was out and about in his usual spot on Main Street in downtown Ann Arbor on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. He brought some unseasonably warm weather with him after returning from Mexico, where he stayed in a hostel in Mexico City, visited Monte Albán, lurked under a waterfall, performed in formal attire across the street from Palacio de Bellas Artes, and saw statues of a crucified Jesus being lifted off the back of a truck, all the while pondering life's persistent questions: "If the moon could howl, would it howl back?"

Ann Arbor Art Fair 2015

For four days every July, downtown Ann Arbor is guaranteed to be bursting with color as artists from near and far flock to show and sell their artworks, including drawings, paintings, sculptures, jewelry and more, during the annual Ann Arbor Art Fair, which is actually made up of multiple fairs that seamlessly run together and fill nearly every street across the expansive downtown. I made my annual trek through on the second day of the fair this year with camera in tow. Here's what I saw through my lens. The fair runs through Saturday.