If you’ve wandered around Ypsi over the past few weeks, you may have come across a fellow from Missouri by the name of Jay Parks, beating on an elaborate little drum kit that he’s built into the back of his truck. My most recent encounter with him was yesterday, when I was walking my dogs […]
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Jay Parks: Itinerant In-Truck Classic Rock Karaoke Drummer
Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged busking, drumming, folk art, Jay Parks, public art, Supertramp, trucks, visionary musicians 5 Comments
A2Awesome awards its first $1,000 grant. Congratulations to Nathan Ayers!
As I mentioned a while back, I’m one of a group of people to who decided, not too long ago, to start a local chapter of Boston’s Awesome Foundation. Well, this morning, our group – christened A2Awesome – handed over its first $1,000 grant. The funds were given, in a brown paper bag, to Nathan […]
Posted in A2Awesome, Agriculture, Alternative Energy, Ann Arbor, Awesome Foundation, Detroit, Education, Special Projects Also tagged Alice Liberson, Ann Arbor Public Schools, bike power, bikes, Chiwara Permaculture, Dick Soble, energy storage, Hans Masing, Heather MacKenzie, Hip Hop Congress, home energy storage, Jeff Meyers, Larry Gant, LED light bulbs, Linh Song, Lisa Dengiz, Monique Deschaine, Omari Rush, Paul Saginaw, permaculture, re-skilling, Sustainability, Tanya Luz, Transition Ann Arbor, Transition Town, vegetables, Washtenaw Community College 11 Comments