Not too long after we got the free public phone up and running across from Ypsi’s transit center this past spring, something terrible happened, and it died. Well, thanks to our friends at Futel, a replacement phone was shipped out from Portland, and we’ve once again got free phone service on Pearl Street. For those […]
By Mark | November 8, 2015
On last night’s episode of the Saturday Six Pack, I talked with Ypsi Community Schools (YCS) art teacher Lynne Settles, an Ypsi High student by the name of Paris, Jackson-based artist Douglas Jones, and local historian Matt Siegfried about a new mural that, thanks to their tireless efforts, and the efforts of a good many […]
Posted in A2Awesome, Art and Culture, Education, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Alejandro Chinchilla, cool kids and the cool shit that they do, cool local initiatives, Currie's barbershop, Dos Hermanos, Douglas Jones, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, Harriet Street, HP Jacobs, immigration, Jackson State University, Lynne Settles, murals, Normal College, public art, QR code, runaway slaves, slavery, undocumented resident, undocumented workers, Washtenaw Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights, WICIR, WICIR teen group, Ypsilanti Community Schools |
I enjoyed the hell out of last Saturday night’s episode, and I’d like to thank everyone who had a hand in it. If you missed the live broadcast, and you’d like to check it out, you can either download the podcast by way of iTunes or stream it on Soundcloud. Or, if you want, you […]
Posted in Awesome Foundation, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized | Also tagged Alan Almond, AM 1700, Back Porch Video, Beef Rag, Dave Eggers, Detroit Metro Times, Detroit River, Doug Holland, Factsheet Five, film school, Hamtramck, hipsters, inauthenticity, Inspector 18, Keta Cowan, Matt Siegfried, McSweeney's, Michael Jackman, New York City, Pathetic Life, Pete Larson, Pillow Talk, punk, Rick Moody, suicide, Synod Community Services, The Painted Lady, Underground Literary Alliance, undocumented resident, undocumented workers, Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners, Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department, Washtenaw ID Project, Washtenaw Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights, WICIR, Williamsburg, Zine World, zines |
The Ann Arbor Awesome Foundation recently awarded a $1,000 grant to Melissa Stek, a Masters of Social Work student at the University of Michigan. Stek, who received the award on behalf of the Washtenaw Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights teen group with which she works, had the following to say about the public mural project […]
Posted in A2Awesome, Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Alejandro Chinchilla, Awesome Foundation, community organizing, Dos Hermanos, immigrant rights, immigrants, immigration reform, Lois Richardson, Martha Valadez, Melissa Stek, murals, Pete Murdock, political organizing, support groups, teens, undocumented resident, Washtenaw ID Project, Washtenaw Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights, WICIR, WICIR teen group, Ypsilanti City Council |
The Ann Arbor Awesome Foundation today announced the award of two $1,000 grants, one of which was given to Ypsilanti’s Jesse Tack for the establishment of a communal permaculture tool shed on the grounds of Dawn Farm, a local treatment facility for addiction. Here, with more on the project, is a quick interview with Jesse, […]
Posted in Agriculture, Ann Arbor, Environment, Food, Health, Local Business, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Abundant Michigan Permaculture Ypsilanti, AMPY, Apple, Apricot, berry rakes, Black Locust, Cherry, Chestnut, compost tea sprayers, Elderberry, farming, Goji Berry, hand saws, Hazelnut, Jesse Tack, Lilac, livestock, Mulberry, organic farming, Pawpaw, Pecan, permaculture, Persimmon, Plum, pruners, Red Osier Dogwood, restoration agriculture, scythes, Sea Buckthorn, shrubs, Siberian Pea Shrub, trees, Walnut, Willow |