According to my friend Andy, there’s a sign on their door that says, “closed until sold.” If anyone has details, I’d love to hear them. [Our last “The Elbow Room is Closing” thread can be found here.]
By Mark | February 5, 2011
The next episode of Dreamland Tonight, assuming we can get the script written, the guests lined up, and the video segments edited by then, is schedule for Saturday, February 12. The theme of the show, to the extent that there really are themes to these things, is Doing Business in Ypsilanti. My friend Chris and […]
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By Mark | December 12, 2010
Over New Year’s weekend, Ypsilanti will, as it’s done for the past four years, play host to the incredible Michigan music festival known as Mittenfest. Following is a short interview I conducted online with organizers Brandon Zwagerman, Jeremy Peters and Amy Sumerton on what they’ve got in store for us this year, and how the […]
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And it keeps on coming… Not only does it look like Ypsi is losing the Elbow Room and Bombadill’s, but, as of today, we’re also without our local online news source, the Ypsi Citizen. The following clip, written by Dan DuChene and Christine Laughren, comes from their website: …Every minute of our work on the […]
Can someone tell me what’s going on with the Elbow Room? I’m hearing lots of rumors, but I haven’t been able to track down Andy Garris yet. He did mention to me on Thursday, though, that he wanted to talk with me this weekend, which makes me think that maybe the rumors are true.
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