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Benicio del Toro’s upcoming film “A.K.A. Jimmy Picard” to feature the puppetry work of Ypsilanti’s super-talented Dreamland Theater crew

By Mark | March 13, 2013

One day earlier this winter, as I was making my way around town, pushing my sleeping son in his stroller, I decided to turn down Washington Street and see if I could find Naia Venturi, the owner of Ypsilanti’s Dreamland Theater. Fortunately, she heard me knocking on the door, and came out from behind the [...]

Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged A Christmas Tale, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, A.K.A. Jimmy Picard, Aimee Adams, Andrew Bruce Mitchell III, Arlo, Arnaud Desplechin, ass, Benicio Del Toro, Blackfoot Nation, Butoh, Carla Harryman, Catherine Taylor, Dina Goldman, Dreamland Tonight, Elya Baskin, Film, France, George Devereux, independent film, Jamie Klenk, Jimmy Picard, Judith Goldman, Justin Lang, Katrina Whalen, knees, marionettes, Mathieu Amalric, mental illness, Michigan film incentives, Milwaukee, Monroe, Muriel Rukeyser, Naia Venturi, native american, post traumatic stress disorder, psychology, PTSD, Puck, puppet knees, puppets, Reality and Dream: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian, sloppy puppeteering, Tyrone Williams, Unabomber, WWII | 17 Comments

State of the City 2013: Shaping Ypsilanti

By Mark | March 5, 2013

The following was sent out this evening by Ypsilanti Mayor Paul Schreiber. I thought that I’d pass it along for those of you who don’t happen to be on his mailing list. (A PDF version, which includes relevant links and accompanying graphs, can be found here.) For the most part, I think Mayor Schreiber does [...]

Posted in Ypsilanti | Also tagged AATA, Administrative Hearings Bureau, city income tax, Climate Action Plan, Corner brewery, Cross Street, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, Facade Improvement Program, Family Dollar, Ford, Growing Hope, gun control, guns, Hamilton Crossing, historic district, historic preservation, Hope Clinic, Jon Ichesco, Krampus Ball, LED street lights, manufacturing, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Michigan House Bill 5225, Mittenfest, Non-Motorized Transportation Plan, Parkview Apartments, Paul Schreiber, porn, public safety, public transportation, Ralph Lange, Recreation Department, Reimagine Washtenaw, Rutherford Pool, Shadow Art Fair, Shape Ypsilanti, Smith Furniture, State of the City, street lights, Sweetwaters, tax incentives, Ted's Campus Drugs, VIsteon, Water Street, Water Street Redevelopment Project, Welch Hall, Ypsilanti City Council, Ypsilanti City Master Plan, Ypsilanti Fire Department, Ypsilanti police department, zoning | 47 Comments

Little Winsor in Ypsilanti

By Mark | October 15, 2012

Today marks the 107th anniversary of former-Yopsilantian Winsor McCay’s surrealist, illustrated masterpiece Little Nemo in Slumberland, and, to mark the occasion, the folks at Google have rolled out an incredible new, interactive header, which you can see in action in the following video. The following is from the Christian Science Monitor. The Google homepage today [...]

Posted in Art and Culture, History, Michigan, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged animation, Arlo, Captain Nemo, Cleary Business College, comics, dime museums, Disney, dream interpretation, dream sequence, dreams, Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend, Eastern Michigan University, famous people, Gertie the Dinosaur, Google Doodles, John Goodison, Laura Bien, Little Nemo, Little Nemo in Slumberland, marketing, Michigan State Normal School, Naia Venturi, New York Herald, P.T. Barnum, rarebit, Sackett and Wiggin’s Wonderland, serendipity, Spring Lake, stained glass, surrealism, vaudeville, Winsor McCay, Ypsilanti Commercial | 7 Comments

Ypsilanti Immigration Interview: Lindsay Garinger

By Mark | May 9, 2012

I believe I first met Lindsay Garinger a few days after Arlo was born, at an Occupy Ypsi teach-in. She was pregnant, and, if I’m not mistaken, she was knitting. I’d seen her around before, and always assumed that she was a local. That, apparently, wasn’t the case, though… Here, with the whole story, is [...]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged abortion, adoption, Ben Miller, EMU, eye eating robots, home birth, Leggz, morning after pill, Nature Maid, Oxgyn Network, Patrick Elkins, Pleasuredome, Polliwog Farm, reality television, roller disco, Thom Elliot, twins, Vinyl Joe's, Water Street, Yoder, Ypsi immigration interview | 36 Comments

The totally confrontational Totally Awesome Fest press conference

By Mark | April 25, 2012

Ypsilanti’s more densely bearded, somewhat less murderous, and considerably less black version of Don King, Patrick Elkins, called a press conference yesterday to announce the lineup of the 8th annual Totally Awesome Fest, which begins this Friday evening at 5:00, in the field behind VG Kids. I suppose, in retrospect, that it should have been [...]

Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Absolute Beginners, Animal Magic, Ben Miller, Charlie Slick, child labor, Chris Sandon, delinquent hipsters, Detroit Party Marching Band, Don King, Duane the Teenage Weirdo, Electric Waterfall Castle, Fucking Awesome Fest, holograms, interviews with Mark, Jambo Man, Jamboman, Little Weasel House, Lord of the Yum-Yum, Manhole, mascots, microfiche, music festivals, pancake walk, pancakes, Patrick Elkins, Patrick's Weird Beard Goes Wandering, Penelope, Playboy Mansion, pooping in the river, press conferences, Ripper Field, Swimsuit, The Bungalow, thickly-bearded local troubadours, Totally Awesome Corp, Totally Awesome Fest, Tupac, VG Kids, Ypsi festivals | 12 Comments

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Benicio del Toro’s upcoming film “A.K.A. Jimmy Picard” to feature the puppetry work of Ypsilanti’s super-talented Dreamland Theater crew

State of the City 2013: Shaping Ypsilanti

Little Winsor in Ypsilanti

Ypsilanti Immigration Interview: Lindsay Garinger

The totally confrontational Totally Awesome Fest press conference

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