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May Day in Ypsilanti… a beautiful success

By Mark | May 1, 2013

I’m sunburnt and in much need of sleep, so this won’t be as exhaustive of a post as perhaps it should be. I did, however, want to say, before passing out, just how happy I am about the way things went today. What I saw unfold this afternoon on Water Street, I’m certain, will keep [...]

Also posted in Agriculture, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Tagged community, community coming together, community development, community organizing, community potlucks, defining community, Doug Coombe, seed bombing, Water Street | 24 Comments

Wanted: Billy Bragg in Ypsilanti on May Day…. spread the word

By Mark | April 30, 2013

As I mentioned yesterday, Billy Bragg is going to be in Ann Arbor tomorrow for a show at The Ark, and we’d love to steal him away for an hour or so, before he takes the stage, to join us in Ypsi for our May Day festivities at the Water Street Commons. With that in [...]

Also posted in Art and Culture, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Tagged Billy Bragg, commons, community potlucks, May Day, seed bombing, wanted posters, Water Street | 11 Comments

Rebel Kind at Totally Awesome Fest 9

By Mark | April 28, 2013

There was a lot to like about this year’s Totally Awesome Fest. Among my favorite things was the set by Rebel Kind at dusk on Friday, on the banks of the Huron River. There was just something really beautiful about the way the swaying trees and the warm glow of the lamp worked in concert [...]

Also posted in Art and Culture, Ypsilanti | Tagged Amber Fellows, Autumn Wetli, David Lynch, Jim Cherewick, Jules Nehring, K Records, music, pencil paparazzi, Rebel Kind, Shelley Salant, Totally Awesome Fest | 14 Comments

Thanks to all of you who made seed bombs with me yesterday

By Mark | April 27, 2013

I woke up this morning with stiff, frozen claws for hands, after a day filled with mixing clay and rolling out seed bombs. It started over lunch, with an intense seed bomb making session at a local school, and ended along the banks of the Huron, at the kickoff of Totally Awesome Fest. Thanks to [...]

Also posted in Agriculture, Mark's Life, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Tagged Jason Tallant, native plants, seed bombing, Totally Awesome Fest, Water Street | 1 Comment

Tracking down Patrick Elkins and forcing him to talk about Totally Awesome Fest 9

By Mark | April 25, 2013

Last year, when Patrick Elkins, the densely-bearded, enigmatic recluse behind Ypsilanti’s Totally Awesome Fest, called a press conference to announce the line-up for the annual fertility ritual masquerading as a city-wide music festival, I was the only person to show up. And, as you might recall, it didn’t go well. This year, unsurprisingly, there was [...]