Last night, while Linette and the kids were out with friends, celebrating the coming of the new year, I was home in bed, recovering from a stomach bug. It was a relatively uneventful evening. I watched Arrival (which I’d been saving for a special occasion), listened to some pre-WWII jazz (as I like to do every […]
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The first annual YPSI NOW Unconference will be this Saturday
Posted in Mark's Life, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Aras Agalarov, Arrival, Betsy DeVos, call to action, Covfefe, DIYpsi, Donald Trump, Emin Agalarov, emoluments clause, fake news, First Fridays, FLY Children's Art Center, gentrification, New Year's Day, New Year's resolution, pre-war jazz and blues, Riverside Arts Center, The Bowling Green Massacre, Trevor Stone, unconference, Woody Guthrie, YPSI NOW 31 Comments
Being reminded of David Blair at POP-X
When my friend David Blair, the much loved Detroit poet, passed away unexpectedly about five years ago, I said here on the site that I thought it was likely, given the kind of man that David was, and the poetry that he’d produced during his lifetime, that we’d continue to be reminded of him through […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Detroit, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Andrew Thompson, cartography, David Blair, Donald Harrison, FLY Children's Art Center, Linette Lao, Lisa Waud, maps, Marie Tharp, Martin Thoburn, Omari Rush, Philip Levine, poetry, POP-X 5 Comments
Jim “Colonel Mustard” Cherewick needs your helps as he represents all the musicians of the world in epic Ypsilanti sausage fest
I’d been informed by the governing body that oversees the Wurst Challenge that, as a judge, I should try my best to give the impression of impartiality. And, until this evening, I think I’ve done a pretty good job of it. A few hours ago, though, I received a desperate call from my friend Jim […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged competitive eating, FLY Children's Art Center, Jim Cherewick, sausage, Wurst Challenge 10 Comments