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The Wurst Challenge: the magic of giant sausage brings the community together, quality arts programming to kids, and the nation’s attention to Ypsi

By Mark | March 22, 2014

Thursday night’s philanthropic sausage eating event was incredible. Not only did we raise a hell of a lot of money for the FLY Children’s Art Center, but we had a damn good time doing it. Following are my somewhat disjointed and admittedly incomplete notes, interspersed with whatever images, audio and video I’ve been able to […]

Posted in Food, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Arbor Brewing, arts education, beard face, beards, cheating, Chris Sandon, Cre Fuller, eating challenges, FLY Children's Art Center, FLY Creativity Lab, food television, FOX News, fundraisers, Jake Morgan, James Engman, Jason Youngs, Jay Zocher, Jesse Kranyak, Julian Weisensel, Justin O'Neill, Knifebeard Sausagehawk, knitted beard, Kristin Schrader, Linette Lao, Mark in the press, Meg Miramontes, Melissa Wingett, Morgan Cox, neck beard, New Holland Brewing, Paul Schreiber, people we know from television, pork, roller derby, Susan Martin, television, Terry Londy, tofu sausage, VG Kids, vomit, WEMU, Wurst Bar, Wurst Challenge, WWJ, WXYZ | 8 Comments

Choose your Champion! Our “20 Feet of Meat” fundraiser is now just two weeks away.

By Mark | March 6, 2014

For those of you who missed the debut of the ad for the Wurst Challenge that debuted during last Sunday’s Oscar broadcast, here it is again. We’re less than two days into the campaign, and already we’ve raised almost $500 for Ypsilanti’s FLY Children’s Art Center. Sadly, though, several of our participants have yet to […]

Posted in Food, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged bratwurst, eating challenges, FLY Children's Art Center, fundraisers, Jason Youngs, Paul Schreiber, sausage, Wurst Bar, Wurst Challenge | 5 Comments

Boots reboot… Here’s what happened a week ago tonight, when Boots Riley and The Coup liberated Ypsilanti

By Mark | December 9, 2012

It just occurred to me that, after all of my hype in the run-up to the big show at Woodruff’s last Sunday night, I probably owed you a final follow-up post, so that those of you weren’t at the show could experience some sense of closure… Well, the show was a blast. The Coup rocked. […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Civil Liberties, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Alan Haber, American history, at-risk youth, Boots Riley, Brandon Mitchell, fundraisers, Heather Steenrod, Ian Vanek, Japanther, Jeff Clark, Jesse Morgan, Johnny Lupinacci, Kev Choice, LGBTQ, Matt Reilly, MC Kadence, Mitch Albom, music, Ozone House, Pete Larson, Pride Zone, Ramones, Rolling Stone, SDS, Steve Emshwiller, synchronicity, The Coup, The Rumpus, Tom Hayden, Tony Morgan, Walter Riley, Woodruff's | 10 Comments

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The Wurst Challenge: the magic of giant sausage brings the community together, quality arts programming to kids, and the nation’s attention to Ypsi

Choose your Champion! Our “20 Feet of Meat” fundraiser is now just two weeks away.

Boots reboot… Here’s what happened a week ago tonight, when Boots Riley and The Coup liberated Ypsilanti

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