Tag Archives: Cincinnati

Who would you like to see dragged back to Ypsi/Arbor against their will?

By Mark | January 29, 2013

For those of you who didn’t notice, I’ve added a link at the bottom of the right hand column. When clicked, it will take you to a page where I’ve started collecting all of our Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews. I may have missed a few, but I’ve tried, as best that I could, to aggregate them [...]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Adrianne Finelli, Annie Palmer, Becca Keating, Casey Dixon, Chicago, Christine Schultz, Christopher Leggz Pierce, Detroit, Erie, exit interviews, Florida, Forest Juziuk, Hollis Knight Coats, Josh Chamberlain, LA, Los Angeles, Nicasia Marie Solano-Reed, NYC, Oakland, Pennsylvania, polls, Portland, Seattle, Stephen Jolley, Stevo Doccerson, Thomas Kula, Vinnie Massimino, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews, Zach Pollock | 30 Comments

Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Josh Chamberlain

By Mark | September 29, 2012

Tonight’s interviewee is Josh Chamberlain. I first met Josh when he was about eleven years old. If I’m not mistaken, it was at his sister Amelia’s first birthday party, probably right around the time that the black and white photo of them to the right was taken. Josh turned out to be a pretty incredible [...]

Posted in Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Amelia marks, Ballard, binge drinking, Border to Border Trail, car antenna, DAAP, Dos Hermanos, entrepreneurism, exit interviews, Footloose, graphic design, Greenhills, Greenhills School, James Marks, Josh Chamberlain, Kevin Bacon, kids today, Meghna, Ohio, Pearl Street, Prospect park, Ruth Marks, Rutherford Pool, students today aren't worth a damn, The Rocket, tridge, University of Cincinnati, University of Michigan, VGKids, Washtenaw Community College, Washtenaw Technical Middle College, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews | 16 Comments

Ohio Republicans deceive voters with fraudulent ad in effort to end collective bargaining

By Mark | October 12, 2011

Apparently, in Ohio, like in Wisconsin, there’s been a concentrated effort to strip public employees of their collective bargaining rights. The legislation that would do this in Ohio, called Senate Bill 5, has already passed the Republican legislature, and now there’s a state-wide grassroots effort to repeal it via voter referendum. If the repeal effort, [...]

Posted in Other, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged ballsy mother fuckers, Building a Better Ohio, collective bargaining, deceptive editing, deceptive video manipulation, ethics violations, fire fighters, labor, Marlene Quinn, No on Issue 2, Ohio, political ads, public employee unions, Republican lies, Senate Bill 5, unions, We Are Ohio | 49 Comments

A day of culture in Cincinnati

By Mark | April 25, 2010

Clementine and I accompanied Linette to Cincinnati this weekend, where she had a number of graphic design-related stops to make. While my mom took Clementine to see Mary Poppins (I’m told that the beguiling nanny-witch flew out, over the audience, and Burt danced on the ceiling), Linette and I went and checked out the Shepard [...]

Posted in Art and Culture, Pop Culture | Also tagged action figures, Arizona, Barack Obama, Birthers, Contemporary Art Center, Country Club Gallery, Fritz Chesnut, immigration, John McCain, Laura Herman, Mary Poppins, Matt Distel, mavericks, Molly Shannon, puppet Mark, Saturday Night Live, sculpting, sex toys, Shepard Fairey, the Obamarator, vibrators | 8 Comments

Announcing the FLY Children’s Art Center

By Mark | September 27, 2009

My friend Ruth Marks is launching an incredibly cool children’s art program in Ypsi called FLY, and I had an opportunity this weekend to ask her a few questions about it… Here’s the interview: MARK: So, what’s FLY? RUTH: FLY Children’s Art Center is a non-profit organization that makes meaningful art making experiences accessible to [...]