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I got to take the train from Ypsi to Detroit a few days ago, and, if we play our cards right, we might all be able to do it someday soon

By Mark | December 6, 2017

Last Friday, at about 1:30 PM, a train on Amtrak’s Wolverine line stopped on its way from Chicago to Detroit to pick up passengers in Ypsilanti. While it’s true that, back in late May of 2010, the President of Amtrak disembarked from a train in Depot Town and met with elected officials to discuss the […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Rail, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Tagged AAATA, Adam Zemke, Amtrak, Andy LaBarre, Ann Arbor - Detroit rail, Ann Arbor Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, Beth Bashert, Beth Ernat, Brenda Stumbo, bus rapid transit, commuter rail, Dearborn, Depot Town, Derrick James, Detroit Metro Airport, Eastern Michigan University, Golden Limousine, high-speed rail, Jennifer Granholm, Jewell Jones, Lois Richardson, Mary Kerr, mass transit, passenger rail, Pete Murdock, politicians, QLINE, Rail, railroad, Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan, Ricky Jefferson, Ronnie Peterson, RTA, Sean Duval, SEMCOG, Southeast Michigan Council of Governments, Teen Vogue, train platform, trains, Washtenaw Community College, Yousef Rabhi, Ypsilanti Township | 35 Comments

Ypsi Immigration Interview: Lynne Settles

By Mark | January 22, 2016

While I’d talked with Ypsi High art teacher Lynne Settles a few times over this past year, about the HP Jacobs mural that she and her students had created on the side of Currie’s barbershop, and other community art related things, I didn’t realize until a few weeks ago that she was actually a relatively […]

Posted in History, Special Projects, The Saturday Six Pack, Ypsilanti | Tagged African American history, art, black lives matter, Currie's barbershop, diversity, Doug Jones, Great Migration, Howard University, HP Jacobs, Imani, Kate de Fuccio, Kwanzaa, Laura Bien, Lynne Settles, Matt Siegfried, Maulana Karenga, murals, Nia, public art, race, racism, teaching, teaching in public school, Westland, Ypsi immigration interview, Ypsilanti Community Schools, Ypsilanti high school, Ypsilanti Township | 12 Comments

Now we know the names of the men whose graves we just walked on in Jamestown

By Mark | July 28, 2015

Earlier this month, the family and I loaded up the car and drove south to Savannah, Georgia, making stops along the way at a number of significant historical sites. Among other places of interest, we visited Colonial Williamsburg, the site of the Wright Brothers’ first flight, and the “lost colony” of Roanoke. My favorite stop […]

Posted in History, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Tagged archeology, astronauts, caltrops, cannibalism, chancel, colonialism, Douglas Owsley, England, English Colonies, Gabriel Archer, historic archeology, James River, Jamestown, Jamestown Rediscovery, Jamestowne, John Rolfe, King Philip III of Spain, lead, lead poisoning, Mars, Mars colonization, Pedro de Zuniga, reliquary, Robert Hunt, Sir Ferdinando Wainman, Smithsonian Museum of American History, Spain, spying, Virginia, Virginia Company, We'll Make Our Kids Appreciate History If It Kills Us tour, where Pocahontas, William Kelso, William West | 8 Comments

Ypsi School Superintendent Benjamin Edmondson, vacation memories and complaints with my daughter Clementine, and all kinds of other awesome stuff …on tomorrow’s Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | July 17, 2015

After a few weeks off the air, The Saturday Six Pack will return tomorrow evening with an all new episode. Our first guest will be the new Superintendent of Ypsilanti Public Schools, Dr. Benjamin Edmondson, with whom we’ll be discussing the current state of K-12 education in Ypsilanti, the initiatives he’s already set in motion, […]

Posted in Education, History, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Tagged AM 1700, Andy Warhol Museum, Asheville, Bee Roll, Benjamin Edmondson, Bernie Sanders, Clementine, gay rights, Jamestown, Jennicet Gutiérrez, Jim Cherewick, Matt Siegfried, Roanoke, Savannah, The Go-Go’s, transgender, vacations, Virginia, White Duck Taco, WICKidz Radio | 13 Comments

Michigan Musicians on Vacation: Timothy Monger in Oregon

By Mark | November 25, 2013

Following my recent interview with Matt Jones about his trip to Gettysburg, I’ve been inundated with suggestions as to other musicians I should speak with about their vacations. Today’s interview is with Timothy Monger, an accomplished singer-songwriter, who is perhaps still best known in these parts for his work with Great Lakes Myth Society. Well, […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Detroit, Michigan, Special Projects, Uncategorized | Tagged Airbnb, Ale Trail, All the Young Dudes, Anthony Bourdain, Astoria, baseball, beer, beer tourism, Bend, Bill's Beer Garden, bird watching, Blackrocks Brewery, Calumet, Cannon Beach, Centerfield, Colin Stetson, Comerica Park, Copper Harbor, Corey Feldman, Crow's Feet Commons, Crux Fermentation Project, Cyndi Lauper, Dale Cooper, David Bowie, Detroit Tigers, Detroit tourism, Doug Coombe, Enya, Fort Wilkins, Fratelli Chase Theme, fundraisers, fundraising, FundRazr, Goonies, Goonies tourism, Great Lakes Myth Society, Green Dot Stables, Haystack Rock, high desert, Hitsville, Houghton, Jim Leyland, John Fogerty, Joslyn Layne, Journey, Julee Cruise, Keweenaw, Kristie Brablec, Leelanau, Lehto's, Lenawee County, loud music, Lupitas, Mackinac Bridge, Marquette, Michael Waite, Michigan Musicians on Vacation, Mississippi Studios, monoliths, Moonage Daydream, Motown, Mott the Hoople, music, musicians, Netarts Bay, Ocean Roll, oral hygeine, Oregon, oysters, Pacific Northwest, pasties, pastries, pop music, Portland, pub crawl, Puffins, Quincy Dredge, ruin porn, rural pop, Saline, school bus, soundtracks, Sparrow Bakery, Steve Miller Band, Sutton's Bay, Tandem Ciders, The Original Brothers and Sisters of Love, Tom Rudd, tooth brushing, Torii Hunter, Twin Peaks, Upper Peninsula, vacations, vitamins, west coast, whiskey | 13 Comments

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I got to take the train from Ypsi to Detroit a few days ago, and, if we play our cards right, we might all be able to do it someday soon

Ypsi Immigration Interview: Lynne Settles

Now we know the names of the men whose graves we just walked on in Jamestown

Ypsi School Superintendent Benjamin Edmondson, vacation memories and complaints with my daughter Clementine, and all kinds of other awesome stuff …on tomorrow’s Saturday Six Pack

Michigan Musicians on Vacation: Timothy Monger in Oregon

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