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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, fairies, First Fridays, ghosts, God, halos, hamsters, 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

Succumbing to the gay agenda, protecting the Huron River, and drinking Dirty Mooneys… on tomorrow’s Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | June 26, 2015

Thanks to today’s decision by the Supreme Court, I’m predicting this this week’s episode of The Saturday Six Pack will be both incredibly gay and alarmingly chaotic… I’ve put the word out to folks that I’ll have champagne at the studio from 7:30 to 8:30 if anyone would like to stop by for a toast […]

Posted in The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized | Also tagged Aimee Adams, Beth Bashert, Brigid Mooney, Dirty Mooney, Eric Wozniak, gay marriage, gay rights, Hedger Breed, Holly Hughes, Huron River Watershed Council, Knight Rider, Laura Rubin, marriage equality, Patrick Elkins, radio drama, Supreme Court, The Six Minute Smoke Break with Patrick Elkins and Aimee Adams | 3 Comments

Antiques Road Show: historic Ypsilanti edition

By Mark | November 19, 2014

A few months ago I received an email from a fellow by the name of Roger Pellar. He’d apparently read my interview with historian Matt Siegfried about Ypsilanti’s Native American past, and was hoping that, through this site, I might be able to help him identify a few artifacts that he’d uncovered while making his […]

Posted in History, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged artifacts, Frog Island, historic artifacts, Matt Siegfried, metal detectors, native american artifacts, Roger Pellar | 14 Comments

Bringing life, recreation and business back to the Huron River

By Mark | November 7, 2014

I had the good fortune not too long ago to have coffee with Huron River Watershed Council (HRWC) Executive Director Laura Rubin. While we didn’t have great deal of time to discuss the condition of the Huron River, as we’d met to discuss something else, Laura did mention that their RiverUp! campaign was making great […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Environment, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Water Street Commons, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Ann Arbor, Asiatic clam, boating, Broadway, canoeing, carp, Clean Water Act, conservation, Detroit International Wildlife Refuge, development, Dexter, DTE, economic development, Elizabeth Riggs, Eurasian milfoil, fishing, Flat Rock, fly fishing, Global Warming, HRWC, Huron River Water Trail, Huron River Watershed Council, invasive species, John Dingell, Laura Rubin, Mike Schultz, Milford, North Main corridor, Olmstead Brothers, phragmites, pollution, purple loosestrife, recreation, riverfront development, RiverUp!, riverwalk, Schultz Outfitters, stormwater runoff, swimming, total body contact recreation, Trail Towns, Ypsilanti, zebra mussel | 17 Comments

The Untold History of Ypsilanti: Our Native American Past

By Mark | April 21, 2014

As I mentioned a few days ago, two articles were recently brought to my attention (one from 1901, and the other from 1914) about the discovery of what appeared to be Native American remains on the property in downtown Ypsilanti we today call Water Street. Well, I followed up with the fellow who sent these […]

Posted in History, Michigan, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 1600s, 1680, 1700s, 1800s, 1823, Abram B. Burnett, agricultural communities, Algonquian, archeology, Athens, beaver, Beaver Wars, Blue Jacket, burial grounds, burial mounds, burial tumuli, cemeteries, Chippewa, Concordia College, de La Salle, Delaware, dislocation, Edward King, epidemics, farming, forced removal, Ford Lake, Fort Recovery, French and Indian War, frontier, fur trading, Gabriel Godfroy, Georgian Bay, Gilbert Residence, Giwitatigweiasibi, glaciers, Hinsdale Atlas of Michigan Archaeology, Historic Preservation Act of 1966, Ho-Chunk, Hopewell Mound, human history, hunter gatherer, Huron River Watershed Council, ice age, Indian, Iroquois, Joslin, King’s Flats, Lake Erie, Late Woodland period, Little Turtle, looting, Matthew Siegfried, Miami, Michigan Avenue, Michigan Pioneer Collection, middens, Nandewine Sippy, native american artifacts, Native Americans, nomadic, Northwest Indian War, Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi, Odawa, Ohio River Valley, Ojibwe, oral history, Ottawa, Pontiac’s War, Potawatomi, reservations, Revolutionary War, Romaine La Chambre, Sauk, Sauk Trail, Serpent Mound, Shawnee, smallpox, South Huron, springs, Tecumseh, the British, the French, the history of white people, Three Fires, trading post, Treaty of Greenville, untold history, War of 1812, Washtenaw County, Water Street, westward expansion, Wilbert B. Hinsdale, Winnebago, Woodruff's Grove, Worden House, Wyandots, Ypsi history | 47 Comments

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Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Rita Jane Riggs

Succumbing to the gay agenda, protecting the Huron River, and drinking Dirty Mooneys… on tomorrow’s Saturday Six Pack

Antiques Road Show: historic Ypsilanti edition

Bringing life, recreation and business back to the Huron River

The Untold History of Ypsilanti: Our Native American Past

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