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“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 […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged activism, Amanda May Moore, Amber Hansen, animation, Caleb Zweifler, Called to Walls, Chicago, collaborative art, Cultivate Coffee and Tap House, Dave Loewenstein, Detroit, development, documentary film, Film, Gaia, gentrification, graffiti, Grand River, Grand River Creative Corridor, Highland Park, Jermaine Dickerson, Joplin, Kansas, Kayj Michelle, Lakota, Lawrence, Lynne Settles, Mid-America Mural Project, Missouri, murals, Nicholas Ward, Oklahoma, Oscar Howe, painting, Port Huron, public art, Sintex, Tonkawa, tornados, University of Kansas, Vincent Chin, Wall of Respect, Will Spotts | 1 Comment

Reframing Frida Khalo as a performance artist, taking calls from sex-hungry robots, discussing vampire incest in children’s theater, and cooking deer meat in front of the local strip club… all on this episode of the Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | March 31, 2015

This past Saturday night’s episode was a weird one… and, strangely, I don’t say that because we attempted to have a serious conversation about the work of Frida Kahlo with respected University of Michigan professor Maria Cotera while simultaneously grilling illegally processed deer meat in front of the strip club next door. No, I say […]

Posted in Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged AM 1700, basketball, Ben Connor Barrie, Bill Cosby, Brian Robb, deer, Deja Vu, DIA, eating challenges, Frida Kahlo, grilling, horny robots, Kate de Fuccio, Kyle Kipp, Maria Cotera, micro-aggressions, Patrick Elkins, performance art, Pericles, Shakespeare, Thompson Block, Totally Awesome Fest, venison, Ypsilanti Cosby, Ypsilanti Youth Theatre | 9 Comments

Preparing illegal deer meat, talking about Frida Kahlo with professor Maria Cotera, eating foods that shouldn’t be eaten together, and sharing cringe-worthy stories on this week’s Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | March 26, 2015

If nothing else, this coming Saturday’s program promises to be eclectic. Remember the illegally-butchered deer we discussed during the last show? Well, its owner (Ben Connor Barrie) and I will be cooking it in the studio this weekend and handing out samples to passers by. And, as if that weren’t enough, we’ll also be joined […]

Posted in The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged AM 1700, Ben Connor Barrie, cooking, Cringe, deer, DIA, El Museo del Norte, Frida Kahlo, Jessica French, Maria Cotera, Oberon, Patric Elkins, Patrick Elkins | 5 Comments

If Detroit was a person, Kevyn Orr would be selling its kidneys

By Mark | May 27, 2013

This weekend, upon hearing Kevyn Orr’s suggestion that we explore the possibility of selling the art collection of the DIA in order to satisfy the creditors of Detroit, it occurred to me that our newly appointed Emergency Manager might find it a bit more difficult to pillage the public coffers on behalf of Wall Street […]