Category Archives: Shadow Art Fair

The Shadow is Dead. Long Live the Shadow…. Please join us as we celebrate the last Shadow Art Fair on July 20

By Mark | July 2, 2013

I know what I’m about to tell you will make some of you very sad. And I’m truly sorry about that. But, nothing lasts forever…. And the Shadow Art Fair, after our big, upcoming event on July 20, will be no more. Yes, after discussing this eventuality for the past several years, my fellow organizers […]

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Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Zach Pollock

By Mark | December 28, 2012

A few days ago, I posted an interview I did with an author by the name of Ted McClelland, who has written extensively about the emmigration of young professionals from Michigan to Chicago. To sum up our conversation in one sentence, McClelland believes that we have little hope of keeping bright, young people here in […]

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Ypsilanti exit interview: Vinnie Massimino

By Mark | August 6, 2012

As three of the last four posts on this site have been about the upcoming Ypsilanti Democratic primary, I though that it was time for something a little different. Here, with that in mind, is an exit interview with local video artist Vinnie Massimino. If he looks familiar, it might be because, until about a […]

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Shadow Art Fair 2012 (part three)

By Mark | July 24, 2012

The following comment was left on the site last night, by someone who attended the Shadow. So… I gotta say, how fucking awesome was that science teacher-looking guy, with the tall socks and white hair, playing that face-melting punk??? I need to see them play again. Shadow was a great time, y’all never disappoint. The […]

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Shadow Art Fair 2012 (part two)

By Mark | July 22, 2012

Sorry I only made it a few hours into my Shadow Art Fair live blog before I had to bail out. You’d think that I’d know better by now, having tried to document these things live on several occasions over the past half dozen years. I always think, “this time, it’ll be different,” but it […]