Walking through the Water Street sculpture park yesterday, I discovered what appears to the official lineup of Totally Awesome Fest 11 nailed to our beloved art hut. As I don’t imagine that all of you can find your way out there by this weekend to copy everything down yourselves, I thought that I’d repost the […]
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Totally Awesome Fest 11 lineup announced. 56 hours of free, all-ages springtime fun to begin this Friday in Ypsilanti.
Posted in Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Adam Wright, hot dog cart, hot dogs, Ian Sargent, Jason Wright, Matt Siegfried, Patrick Elkins, Totally Awesome Fest 12 Comments
The Saturday Six Pack with Mark Maynard: episode one
Saturday was my first night hosting The Saturday Six Pack with Mark Maynard on Ypsilanti’s historic AM 1700, and I think it went pretty well. You’ll find my rough notes below. If you feel like actually listening for yourself, though, you can do so here. We’re still working out a few bugs with regard to […]
Posted in Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Mark's Life, Media, Monkey Power Trio, Special Projects, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized Also tagged 1700 AM, Bee Roll, Beezy's, Brigid Mooney, commedy, Go Ice Cream, Jordan Miller, Kate de Fuccio, local radio, Mark's mom, Money Power Trio, Rob Hess, Shy Commedians, Teacher Patti, The Saturday Six Pack, Ypsilantian of the Year 16 Comments
Totally Awesome Fest 10: an epic eight days of egg hunts, pajama parties and genre defying works of musical expression
Every year, at about this time, Patrick Elkins, the director of Ypsilanti’s Totally Awesome Fest (TAF), calls a big press conference to formally kick-off the festivities. And, every year, invariably, I’m the only member of the professional press to show up. This year’s press conference, which took place yesterday evening on an outbound #4 bus, […]