By Mark | October 16, 2014
Yesterday evening, Andrew Clock, the director of the Ypsilanti Heritage Festival, announced on Facebook that he’d been asked by his board to step down from the position which he’d held since January, 2012. As his tenure at the festival started with an interview on this site, I thought it only fitting that we’d speak again […]
By Mark | January 25, 2012
As I believe most of you know, word went out a few months ago that the group of individuals behind Ypsilanti’s annual Heritage Festival were looking, after several years, to hand the reins off to a new generation of leaders. There were a few open meetings, that interested individuals were encouraged to attend, and, ultimately, […]
Posted in Food, History, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 826 Michigan, beer, beer tent, Black Jake and the Carnies, Border to Border Trail, Buy Indie in Ypsi, Community Records, events, George Bedard, Heritage Festival, James Mann, Laith Al-Saadi, Lighting Love, local economy, local food, Michigan beer, Michigan Roots Jamboree, Neutral Zone, opportunities to volunteer, Shop Ypsi for the Holidays, The Jamboree, The Muggs, The Third Coast Kings, Water Street, Water Street Trail, Ypsilanti Convention and Visitors Bureau, Ypsilanti DDA |
For those of you who enjoyed the interviews that I conducted and posted during Saturday’s Shadow Art Fair with folks like Pete Larson, Andy Claydon, Alexandra Dietz, and Patti Smith, I’ve got a few more that I’d like to share. The following interviews, with Andrew Jason Clock, Stef Chura and a young woman named Amanda, […]
Posted in Shadow Art Fair, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Alexandra Dietz, Andy Claydon, Beth Abraham, exit interviews, Hollis, interviews, interviews with Mark, Manhole, Michigan Roots Jamboree, Patti Smith, Portland, Stef Chura, Sunshine Marine, Teacher Patti |
As you know, there’s been some talk of building a new Washtenaw County recreation complex in downtown Ypsi, on the seemingly cursed parcel of land commonly referred to as Water Street. I wasn’t going to post anything about it, as I don’t really have an opinion one way or the other, but, seeing as how […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged blowjobs, blowjobs in Township parks, Bob Tetens, Border to Border Trail, cmadler, EOS, Ford Lake Park, Loonfeather Park, Paul Schreiber, Pete Murdock, prostitution, recreation center, Rolling Hills Water Park, Rutherford Pool, Washtenaw County, Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation, Water Street, Water Street Redevelopment Project, Ypsilanti Township |
I’ve been asked not to divulge the location, but a portal has been found in Ypsilanti. To my knowledge, no one has yet attempted to pass through it. Someone, however, did vandalize it. The accompanying plaque (pictured below), which was affixed to a concrete post about 100 yards west of the portal, appears to have […]
Posted in Observations, Other, Photographs, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Andre Delambre, bag of guts, chorizo, Emergency Financial Manager, found stuff, gateways, pool of blood, portals, Rick Snyder, sack of intestines, Star Trek, The Fly, those deemed worthy, time travel, tripe, Vaal, Water Street, weird stuff |