Over New Year’s weekend, Ypsilanti will, as it’s done for the past four years, play host to the incredible Michigan music festival known as Mittenfest. Following is a short interview I conducted online with organizers Brandon Zwagerman, Jeremy Peters and Amy Sumerton on what they’ve got in store for us this year, and how the […]
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Give a little money ($8.26) to 826 on 8/26
Still have some spare money after Alan Grayson’s big money bomb, and that donation to the Union of Concerned Scientists? Well, you’re in luck. Tomorrow, one of my favorite non-profits in the world, the youth literacy and writing organization known as 826, will be accepting donations. And they’re not asking for very much. They just […]
That Wednesday post that everyone will be talking about on Thursday at the water cooler
There’s lots of stuff going on that I’d like to write about tonight, but I really should be working on tomorrow’s lesson plan for that class I’ll be teaching at 826. I’m thinking of giving each one of them, at the end of class, the opportunity to post something… anything… on my site. I guess […]
The History of Ypsilanti, told by puppets
Someone apparently smuggled a camera past security, and into one of Saturday’s packed shows at the Dreamland Theater. It’s kind of blurry, but, as most of you are probably drunk, I don’t suppose it’ll matter all that much… And, with that, I’m going to stop blogging for the night, and turn my attention toward the […]
How To Write Like Me… the class at 826
One of my favorite local non-profits, the wildly inspirational youth writing organization 826 Michigan, has asked me to teach a class for them in their How to Write Like I Do series. The class, which is for adults, is scheduled to take place the evening Thursday, December 10. And, here’s how it’s being advertised: Amateur […]