Every year, in late April, a free, all-ages, multi-venue festival of weirdness called Totally Awesome Fest descends upon the sleepy little midwestern hamlet of Ypsilanti. There’s no escape from it. No one is immune. Like it or not, you will experience beauty and magic. It permeates every element of village life. Walking through town, one […]
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The episode where Totally Awesome Fest totally takes over… The Saturday Six Pack #14
Posted in Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized Also tagged akioke, Andrew Bruce Mitchell III, Andy Mitchell, Ann Arbor Seed Company, Dave Menzo, gardening, Indiana, kale, karaoke, Patrick Dunn, Rotokiller, skateboarding, Sky Thing, The Sonics, The Unholy Hole, Totally Awesome Fest 7 Comments
Shadow Art Fair 2013
As usual, Emi Slade killed it at this year’s Shadow Art Fair. She calls this one Captain Beefheart. I don’t know how well he did sales-wise, but it looked like our friend Marty “the lighthearted sadist” Flint was having fun introducing young and old alike to the world of bondage. Bearded local librarian Ben Miller […]
Posted in Shadow Art Fair Also tagged beards, Ben Miller, Captain Beefheart, Corner brewery, Cre Fuller, Crimespree, Crimewave, Cthulhu, Dreamland Theater, Emi Slade, exposed sex organs, fax, five-headed shadow creature, fortune telling, Heidelberg Project Mobile Photo Video Booth, hermaphrodite, Jason Voss, Jessica Sheeran, Jim Cherewick, John Zeichman, loaves of bread that look like Mark Maynard, MFRN, Micah Loyd, Midwest Feminist Revolutionary Network, Naia Venturi, pain, puppets, sex organs, stuffed animals, Thom Elliott, Tim Furstnau, Tyree Guyton, Vinnie Massimino’s Fax Party 7 Comments
Bicycle ice cream delivery comes to Ypsilanti… Introducing Go! Ice Cream
In the not too distant future, thanks to the efforts of a local man by the name of Rob Hess, Ypsilantians, on hot summer days, will be able flag down a vintage bike and purchase an ice cold cone of handmade ice cream. While I’ve yet to sample his work, which I hear is incredible, […]
Posted in Food, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged bikes, Bona Sera, chocolate, Dairy Queen, delivery, dessert, entrepreneurism, food carts, food delivery, food entrepreneurship, ice cream, ice cream truck, Patti Claydon, Rob Hess, sorbet, street food, summer, tricycle, vanilla, vegan, Whitmore Lake, Worksman, Ypsi entrepreneurs, Ypsi immigration interview, Ypsilanti water tower, Zingerman’s Creamery 31 Comments