Between Christmas and New Year’s Day, Ypsilanti has traditionally played host to the incredible Michigan music festival known as Mittenfest. Last year, unable to find a home in Ypsi, however, the festival wound up in Ann Arbor. Now, though… starting tonight… Mittenfest is back in Ypsi, where God intended it, and things are once again […]
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Mittenfest X returns to its roots, kicks off in Ypsilanti tonight
Reflecting on the origins, accomplishments and future of Mittenfest
Between Christmas and New Year’s Day, Ypsilanti will, as it’s done for the past seven 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 how Mittenfest got started, how it’s changed over the years, […]
Legfest is this Friday night… Buy your tickets while supplies last
[Poster design and printing by VG Kids.] Remember how, a few weeks ago, I told you that some friends and I were exploring ways to help densely-bearded, puppet-making local troubadour Patrick Elkins pay the almost $10,000 in medical bills that he’d amassed over the past year as a result of his ongoing battle with Deep […]
“Legfest”… a benefit to preserve the legs of Patrick Elkins… October 11 at Woodruffs
Remember how, a few weeks ago, I told you that some friends and I were exploring ways to help densely bearded local troubadour Patrick Elkins pay the almost $10,000 in medical bills that he’d amassed over the past year, as a result of his ongoing battle with Deep Vein Thrombosis? Well, phase-one of our plan […]