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Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Rita Jane Riggs

By Mark | August 2, 2015

At the end of August, one of my favorite Ypsilanti artists, Rita Jane Riggs, will be packing up and heading west to see what the universe has in store for her. Please join me in wishing her well on her journey. MARK: What first brought you to Ypsilanti, or were you born here? RITA: I […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Albuquerque, angels, animal spirits, astrology, Bee Roll, Binkie, blankets, blood, Breaking Bad, Buddha, cartoons, Deja Vu, Demons, Dreamland Theater, eastern religion, EMU, EMU Art Department, exit interviews, extraterrestrials, First Fridays, ghosts, God, halos, hamsters, Huron River, iconography, illustration, innocence, Jesus, Krishna, Mary, meth, multidimensional realities, New Mexico, Normal Park, painting, plant spirits, psychic abilities, rats, reincarnation, religion, religious icons, Richard Brautigan, Rita Jane Riggs, Robert Spier, saints, sausage gravy, spirit guides, spiritual practice, stripping, T- Hardy Morris, tarot, Video Games, vulnerability, watermelon, watermelon sugar, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews | 8 Comments

Talking breeders and their larvae with Minus9, driving Björk around Detroit with author Steve Hughes, putting mousetraps outside of Ann Arbor’s fairy doors, and open heart surgery in a Hamtramck bar… on episode 19 of The Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | June 17, 2015

Ok, I’m finally getting around to listening to episode 19 of The Saturday Six Pack. I’m not sure why I put it off so long. It’s actually a pretty good show… If you’d like to join me, you can either download the podcast by way of iTunes or stream it on Soundcloud. Or, if you […]

Posted in Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Andy Claydon, Björk, breeders, Build Records, Colin Moorhouse, fairy doors, Good Tyme Writers Buffet, Greg Hughes, guerrilla theater, Hamtramck, Jack White, juice boxes, local theater, Marisa Dluge, Matthew Barney, Minus9, misanthropy, Normal Park, Pete Larson, punk rock, Regal Beagle, Steve Hughes, Steve Marton, Stupor, The Monarchs, The Nightman Cometh, Three's Company, Too Many Cooks, tourists | 5 Comments

A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Ypsilanti’s Dreamland Theater

By Mark | October 14, 2013

The folks at Ypsilanti’s Dreamland Theater will premiere their new production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream this Saturday. In advance of that, I thought that I’d ask our friend Naia Venturi a few questions. MARK: Would it be an exaggeration to say that you’ve been working on your puppet version of A Midsummer Night’s […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged A Midsummer Night’s Dream, A.K.A. Jimmy Picard, Andy Mitchell, Arnaud Desplechin, Benicio Del Toro, blood plasma, Bottom, Britney Spears, Cannes Film Festival, Christine Bruxvoort, Demetrius, Diana Rigg, Dreamland Theater, gay marriage, Helena, Hermia, Hippolyta, Jimmy Picard, Kevin Kline, Lysander, manipulation, Naia Venturi, New York Film Festival, Oberon, Patrick Elkins, puppet Mark, puppetry, puppets, Quince, Robin Starveling, Sarah Palin, shadow puppets, Shakespeare | 6 Comments

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Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Rita Jane Riggs

Talking breeders and their larvae with Minus9, driving Björk around Detroit with author Steve Hughes, putting mousetraps outside of Ann Arbor’s fairy doors, and open heart surgery in a Hamtramck bar… on episode 19 of The Saturday Six Pack

A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Ypsilanti’s Dreamland Theater

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