April 22, 2006

Urban fairies have moved to Ann Arbor

I'm headed to the US later this summer and part of my tour will include a visit to the various fairy doors that have been appearing in Ann Arbor. Sometimes these doors are found open and you can peer into the home of a fairy, complete with a winding staircase and little fireplace. Noob spotted the door at Peaceable Kingdom, one of my old haunts when I was a student at U of M. There's a fairy store in the shop (lots of pennies, little hats and even a pair of hand-knit fairy socks) and not too far away, at the Ark (where I watched Vienna Teng perform), there's an entrance just for fairies, and also a fairy ticket window that dispenses tickets to "The Tempest" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream," among other plays. Maybe I'll pick up a couple of tickets when I'm there. They seem to be self-serve ones.

These pictures are from the urban fairies site:

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The Ark - can you spot the fairy entrance/exit and the ticket window?

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This one was found outside one of my favorite places, SweetWaters Cafe.

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This is a wee red door outside a shop called "Red Shoes."

Posted by Monoceros at April 22, 2006 1:07 AM
Comments

is this for real? that's rather amazing... i am not sure if people built it or fairies did... hmmm!

Posted by: tiggie at April 26, 2006 3:21 AM

actually come to think of it - you do have some (dare i say) impish fairy-like features about you... =)

Posted by: a l at April 26, 2006 11:51 AM

Don't mean to spoil anyone's entertainment but since the doors are supposed to thrill mainly the kiddies, I can safely say that the guy who goes round hunting for new fairy doors (he also set up the site) is the one building them. But he does a great job of making it all authentic. And the people who leave stuff for the fairies give the darnest, sweetest things - tiny baskets, hats and hat boxes fit for fairies, miniature knitted socks?!

a l, I'll make a confession, I used to be a Brownie in primary school. I was, er, in the pixie group. Maybe those years left an imprint on me. =)

Posted by: monoceros at April 26, 2006 11:26 PM

pixies! ooh i like the idea of urban fairies!

=C) come visit me if you are in the US, or we could meet up somewhere...

Posted by: tiggie at April 27, 2006 12:55 AM