This past weekend’s episode of the Saturday Six Pack, roughly speaking, was divided into three equally juicy, and satisfying, parts. First, we talked with Omari Rush about Ann Arbor’s upcoming multi-day contemporary art event POP-X. Rush and I, among other things, discussed the stress that comes along with trying to launch a high-profile public art […]
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The contemporary pop-up art environments of Pop-X, combating poverty with intensive social services, and Alex Haley’s mission to tell the world about Ypsi’s dating scene… on episode 30 of the Saturday Six Pack
Posted in A2Awesome, Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Alex Haley, alligator people, Ann Arbor Art Center, Art Prize, concentration camps, Donald Trump, empowerment, Florida, homelessness, Liberty Plaza Park, Livability.com, Matt Carmichael, Mitch O'Connell, New Belgium, Nick Azzaro, nightmares, Omari Rush, Pete Larson, POP-X, poverty, public art, Roots, Russ Olwell, senior STDs, Social Services, Strong Families Fund, suicide by alligator, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, They Live, trippel 13 Comments
Ann Arbor’s plans to take on Art Prize with Pop-X, Ypsi’s rising fame as a singles city, and empowering the poor …on this weekend’s Saturday Six Pack
[Last weekend the specter of Pa Ingalls loomed large over the Saturday Six Pack. Grass Lake homesteader Joe Trumpey and I talked about Pa’s fiddle playing in the Big Woods, his reliance on spanking, and the homes he built with his family as they made their way across the American frontier. [Trumpey said he would […]
Posted in Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged all nude, Ann Arbor Art Center, Art Prize, comic books, Deborah Strong Housing, Deja Vu, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, Gene Rayburn, homesteading, Institute for the Study of Children Families and Communities, Jean Henry, Joseph Trumpey, Kresge Foundation, Liberty Plaza Park, Livability.com, Match Game, Michael Landon, Omari Rush, Pa Ingells, POP-X, poverty, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Russ Olwell, sexism, social work, Strong Families Fund 63 Comments
State of the City 2013: Shaping Ypsilanti
The following was sent out this evening by Ypsilanti Mayor Paul Schreiber. I thought that I’d pass it along for those of you who don’t happen to be on his mailing list. (A PDF version, which includes relevant links and accompanying graphs, can be found here.) For the most part, I think Mayor Schreiber does […]
Posted in Ypsilanti Also tagged AATA, Administrative Hearings Bureau, city income tax, Climate Action Plan, Corner brewery, Cross Street, Dreamland Theater, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, Facade Improvement Program, Family Dollar, Ford, Growing Hope, gun control, guns, historic district, historic preservation, Hope Clinic, Jon Ichesco, Krampus Ball, LED street lights, manufacturing, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Michigan House Bill 5225, Mittenfest, Non-Motorized Transportation Plan, Parkview Apartments, Paul Schreiber, porn, public safety, public transportation, Ralph Lange, Recreation Department, Reimagine Washtenaw, Rutherford Pool, Shadow Art Fair, Shape Ypsilanti, Smith Furniture, State of the City, street lights, Sweetwaters, tax incentives, Ted's Campus Drugs, VIsteon, Water Street, Water Street Redevelopment Project, Welch Hall, Ypsilanti City Council, Ypsilanti City Master Plan, Ypsilanti Fire Department, Ypsilanti police department, zoning 47 Comments