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Paul Saginaw, Stef Chura and our new Ask-A-Teen segment on this weekend’s Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | March 5, 2015

This coming Saturday’s show, assuming everyone shows up, should be pretty awesome. We’ll start out by talking with Zingerman’s co-fouder Paul Saginaw, who, if I’m not mistaken, will be our first guest to have been designated a “Champion of Change” by the Obama White House. Among other things, I’m sure we’ll discuss Paul’s efforts to […]

Posted in The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 1700 AM, 826Michigan, Ask-A-Teen, Bee Roll, Beezy's, Brigid Mooney, Brooke Gates, Chloe Gates, Chris Sandon, Evan Malter, Kate de Fuccio, Lily Gates, Mark's penis, Meet-A-Regular, Paul Saginaw, Stef Chura, Wurst Bar, Zingerman's, ZipCap | 9 Comments

826 Michigan, growing to meet demand in Ypsi’s public schools, looking forward to Mittenfest VI

By Mark | October 26, 2011

As Mittenfest is right around the corner, and since we haven’t heard from our friends at the kids’ literacy and creative writing non-profit 826 Michigan in a while, I thought that I’d reach out to Executive Director Amanda Uhle, and ask what’s new. Here’s our exchange. MARK: It’s been a while since we’ve had anything […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Education, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 826, 826 Michigan, Adams Elementary, Amanda Uhle, buy local, creative writing, Eastern Michigan University, Eastern Michigan Writing Project, Erickson, How To Rise, interviews, Lincoln Consolidated, literacy, local non-profits, Mittenfest, Perry, Savannah Charles, tutoring, volunteer opportunities, Woodruff's, Ypsi Public School District, Ypsilanti high school, Ypsilanti Middle School | 3 Comments

Mittenfest V is right around the corner

By Mark | December 12, 2010

Over New Year’s weekend, Ypsilanti will, as it’s done for the past four 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 what they’ve got in store for us this year, and how the […]