Mark Maynard | FLY Children’s Art Center

Choose your Champion! Our “20 Feet of Meat” fundraiser is now just two weeks away.

By Mark | March 6, 2014

For those of you who missed the debut of the ad for the Wurst Challenge that debuted during last Sunday’s Oscar broadcast, here it is again. We’re less than two days into the campaign, and already we’ve raised almost $500 for Ypsilanti’s FLY Children’s Art Center. Sadly, though, several of our participants have yet to […]

Posted in Food, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Brad Perkins, bratwurst, eating challenges, FLY Children's Art Center, fundraisers, Jason Youngs, Paul Schreiber, sausage, Wurst Bar, Wurst Challenge | 5 Comments

First Fridays Ypsilanti to grow with A2Awesome grant

By Mark | March 4, 2014

Around the country, several communties have what are referred to as First Friday events, where, on the first Friday of each month, various venues coordinate new art installations and the like, encouraging people to come out, stroll between them, etc. Well, for the past several months, things have been ramping up locally, and, this past […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Awesome Foundation, Ypsilanti | Also tagged AmeriCorps, art crawl, art students, art walks, Arts Alliance, Beezy's, Bona Sera, Caleb Zweifler, Community Rebirth, Deb Ennis, Depot Town, dishdogs, dishwashing, dishwolfing, DIYpsi, Eastern Michigan University, Elize Jekabson, fiber art, First Fridays, First Fridays Ypsilanti, FLY Children's Art Center, illustrations, Kayj Michelle, micro-philanthropy, paintings, photography, pop-up galleries, pop-up retail, public art, Riverside Arts Center, Riverside Park, San Jose, sculpture, Shadow Art Fair, Teresa Gillotti, Ugly Mug, vacant storefronts, Washtenaw Community College, workshops, Ypsilanti Art Incubator | 11 Comments

Sausage-loving philanthropists square off to take on 20-foot bratwursts for a good cause on March 20 at Ypsi’s Wurst Bar

By Mark | March 3, 2014

Remember how, a few days ago, I told you that I was working on a top-secret, meat-related project? Well, I can now share the details… Here’s the press release: March 3, 2014 WURST CHALLENGE announced for March 20 in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Sausage-loving philanthropists square off to take on 20-foot bratwursts for a good cause. FLY […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Local Business, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 20 feet of meat, Ann Arbor Derby Dimes, arts education, bratwurst, call to action, Cre Fuller, creativity, creativity crisis, Dragon's Milk Reserve, eating challenges, Education, FLY Children's Art Center, FLY Creativity Lab, fundraisers, Jesse Kranyak, Man vs. Food, meat, Megan Miramontes, Melissa Wingett, Monkey King, moon landing, Morgan Cox, Paul Schreiber, philanthropy, sausage, Wurst Bar | 4 Comments

FLY Children’s Art Center to launch Fabulous Contraptions series with A2Awesome grant

By Mark | February 2, 2014

Earlier today the Ann Arbor Awesome Foundation awarded $1,000 in cash to representatives of Ypsilanti’s FLY Children’s Art Center to help fund the launch of a community-wide event called Fabulous Contraptions. After our meeting, I took the opportunity to ask FLY board members Christine Bruxvoort, Linette Lao and Morgan Cox (seen above after receiving their […]

Posted in A2Awesome, Ypsilanti | Also tagged A2Awesome, Ann Arbor Awesome Foundation, art, Caine's Arcade, cardboard, Cardboard Contraptions, Education, engineering, FLY Children's Art Center, hands-on education, hristine Bruxvoort, Jesse Kranyak, Linette Lao, makers, math, micro-philanthropy, Morgan Cox, public education, Rube Goldberg, Ruth Marks, Science, Wurst Bar, Wurst Challenge | 4 Comments

Krampus 2013 recap

By Mark | December 24, 2013

Judging strictly by the quantity of vomit I encountered outside the Corner Brewery yesterday morning, I’d say Saturday night’s Krampus event was a success. Thank you to all of you who came out to shake your asses with us and join our midnight march by torchlight. Here, for what they’re worth, and in no particular […]

Posted in Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Arlo, auctions, Ben Connor Barrie, bonfires, Chris Sandon, Christmas, Clementine, condoms, Detroit Party Marching Band, Detroit Public Schools, Fluevog, FLY Children's Art Center, fur-lined condoms, inside-out animals, Jason Wright, Krampus, Krampus Ball, Kurt Anschuetz, Linette, marching bands, moonshine, parades, photo bomb, prehistoric condoms, squirrels, taxidermy, time travel, torches, uniforms, Ypsi Shitty Marching Band | 9 Comments

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Choose your Champion! Our “20 Feet of Meat” fundraiser is now just two weeks away.

First Fridays Ypsilanti to grow with A2Awesome grant

Sausage-loving philanthropists square off to take on 20-foot bratwursts for a good cause on March 20 at Ypsi’s Wurst Bar

FLY Children’s Art Center to launch Fabulous Contraptions series with A2Awesome grant

Krampus 2013 recap

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