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Totally Awesome Fest 10: an epic eight days of egg hunts, pajama parties and genre defying works of musical expression

By Mark | April 2, 2014

Every year, at about this time, Patrick Elkins, the director of Ypsilanti’s Totally Awesome Fest (TAF), calls a big press conference to formally kick-off the festivities. And, every year, invariably, I’m the only member of the professional press to show up. This year’s press conference, which took place yesterday evening on an outbound #4 bus, […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged AAATA, bearded circle jerk, beards, Dreamland Theater, hipsters, Manhole, Patrick Elkins, Totally Awesome Fest, Ugly Mug Cafe, VG Kids, Voss Acres, walking tours, Water Street Commons | 11 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 […]