Tag Archives: Cultivate Coffee and Tap House

“Called to Walls” showing at Cultivate today at 5:00

By Mark | November 6, 2016

Later this afternoon, muralist Dave Loewenstein and filmmaker Nicholas Ward will be at Ypsilanti’s Cultivate Coffee and Tap House. The two artists, who hail from Lawrence, Kansas, will not only be sharing their new documentary film Called to Walls, which is about the power of collaborative, community-based public art, but they’ll also be answering questions […]

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The ONE Campaign’s caravan to stop in Ypsilanti to discuss putting and end to global poverty

By Mark | September 13, 2016

On Wednesday evening, representatives from the ONE Vote ‘16 Caravan will be pulling into Ypsilanti’s Cultivate Coffee and Tap House and engaging local voters in a discussion about global poverty and how critical it is that our elected leaders take the problem seriously. Following is my discussion with Juliet Vedral, the U.S./Canada Press Secretary for […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 2016, Africa, Bono, bounce houses, call to action, caravans, debates, Democratic National COnvention, disease, Donald Trump, ebola, elections, foreign policy, gender inequality, Hillary Clinton, HIV, inequality, Juliet Vedra, national security, ONE, ONE Vote, poverty, race and poverty, Republican National Convention, sexism, terrorism, virtual reality | 4 Comments

Giving ex-felons a second chance, the corporatization of higher ed, and the religious roots of Cultivate Coffee and Tap House… on episode 31 of the Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | October 29, 2015

This last installment of the Saturday Six Pack was really good. And I think I’d say that even if it wasn’t my show. It was interesting and topical, challenging and funny. There was just a lot to like about it. We talked with an inspiring ex-felon, a fiery union organizer, and a local man whose […]

Posted in Local Business, Locally Owned Business, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged AAUP, American Association of University Professors, beer, Billy Kangas, Calvin Evans, coffee, Eastern Michigan University, EcoTimber, Emerald Ash Borer, EMU, ex-prisoners, Frank Allison, furniture, generational success, Grace Church, Howard Bunsis, John Boehner, Judith Kullberg, mentoring, Parker Executive Search, Paul Hickman, picture frames, prison, prison labor, shared governance, Sustainability, sustainable building materials, timber, transparency, triple bottom line, Ugly Mug, University of Iowa, Urban Ashes, urban salvaged wood | 12 Comments

Talking about saving trees and saving lives with the folks at Urban Ashes, the controversial EMU presidential search, and Cultivate Coffee and Tap House… on this weekend’s episode of the Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | October 15, 2015

While a few elements are still coming together concerning this Saturday evening’s show, I wanted to share couple of items with you so that you can start thinking about the things we’ll be discussing, and perhaps share this post with others who you think might be interested. Before I get into what we’ll be discussing […]