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Mittenfest X returns to its roots, kicks off in Ypsilanti tonight

By Mark | December 29, 2015

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 […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Amanda Uhle, Bermudas, Bonny Doon, Brandon Zwagerman, Chris Bathgate, Deadbeat Beat, Emily Jane Powers, Fred Thomas, Frontier Ruckus, Jeremy Peters, Jes Kramer, Linda Ann Jordan, Loose Teeth, Matt Jones, Mittenfest, New Year's Eve, Patrick Elkins, Rebel Kind, Sugar Shakers, The Bootstrap Boys | 3 Comments

Michigan Musicians on Vacation: Misty Lyn Bergeron communing among the redwoods

By Mark | December 3, 2013

A few weeks ago, kind of on a whim, I reached out to a local musician and asked if he’d be willing to talk about a recent vacation he’d taken to Gettysburg. It went well. I enjoyed hearing about something that he was insanely passionate about, and I think he enjoyed, for a change, talking […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Michigan, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Arlo, Avenue of the Giants, bartending, Big Love, Big Sur, Bill Hicks, birth stories, blue green algae, burgers, buruli ulcer, Carmel, Carnival Cruise, community service, consumption, cruise, crying, East of Eden, Eli Eisman, epiphanies, fast food, Garden City, gardening, gated communities, Glen Campbell, Grey Goose, Halliburton, Hee Haw, Hee Haw Honeys, hippies, how to be a better human being, Iggy Pop, interviews, John Steinbeck, Joseph Campbell, Lake Michigan, Lake Tahoe, Las Vegas, Lust for Life, malaria, martinis, Matt Jones, Michigan Musicians on Vacation, Misty Lyn Bergeron, musicians, musicians breaking the law, nature, polygamy, private property, private roads, Rawlins, redwoods, Rhinestone Cowboy, Salt Flats, San Francisco, Seva, Siddhartha, solitude, spiritual quests, spirituality, sun poisoning, Timothy Monger, travel, travel tips, trees, Utah, vacations, vans, vegetarianism, vertigo, Zen, Zion National Park. | 6 Comments

Michigan Musicians on Vacation: Matt Jones at Gettysburg, with Sarah Campbell

By Mark | November 17, 2013

Occasionally, I get good ideas. I’m not sure if this is one of those times, but it occurred to me a few days ago that I should have a regular feature on the site in which I talk with local musicians about their vacations. Our first guest is Matt Jones, of Matt Jones and the […]

Posted in History, Special Projects | Also tagged 1863, 1972, 19th Indiana, 66th Ohio, Abraham Lincoln, Adam Juday, Big Round Top, blood, bonnets, boxers, Cafe Du Monde, Carol Gray, cemeteries, Cemetery Hill, Cemetery Ridge, Civil War, Confederates in the Attic, Culp’s Hill, Dobbin House, dog shows, Doug Coombe, Eisenhower Convention Center Hotel, England, Erin Morris & Her Ragdolls, Evergreen Cemetery Gatehouse, farb, France, geneology, Gettysburg, government shutdown, grandmother gold, historic reenactment, hoop skirts, Lindy Hop, Little Round Top, maps, Matt Jones, Matt Jones and the Reconstruction, McPherson Ridge, Michigan Musicians on Vacation, Mimi’s on the Marigny, monuments, musicians, musicians breaking the law, New Orleans, park rangers, Pennsylvania, petticoats, Pickett's Charge, pink, Pittsburgh, porta-potties, rain, Robert E. Lee, Sarah Campbell, Schoolhouse Rock, Shelby Foote, slavery, Stevens Knoll, Stonewall Jackson, tattoos, The Angle, The Bountymen, The Clump of Trees, The Spotted Cat, The Valley Of Death, Tony Horwitz, tour guides, trudge, Twin Peaks, Ulysses S. Grant, vacations, Vicksburg, Virginia | 19 Comments

Belated Mittenfest V wrap-up

By Mark | July 26, 2011

In the aftermath of last year’s Mittenfest, I asked Brandon Zwagerman for his thoughts on how things went, what he and the other organizers might have learned from the experience, and how, if at all, things might change in the future as a result. My intention was to post his comments here on the site […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 826, 826 Michigan, Andy Garris, Bad Indians, Brandon Zwagerman, Cains & Abels, Deadbeat Beat, Drunken Barn Dance, Frontier Ruckus, fundraisers, Hasan Mihyar, Joe Scott, Lightning Love, Long Whisker, Matt Jones and the Reconstruction, Mittenfest, Ola Ray, Patrick Herek, Pewter Cub, Pistolbrides, Scarlet Oaks, Secret Twins, Stef Chura, Tall Buildings, The Kickstand Band, The Press Delete, White Pines, Woodruff's | 3 Comments

Mittenfest wrap-up

By Mark | January 14, 2010

Last week, before I was sidetracked by the big ceremonial rib-breaking, I asked some of the folks involved with Mittenfest this year to take a moment and write down their thoughts about how this year’s festival went, what they’re most likely to remember, and what, if any, thoughts they’ve had since about how to do […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Michigan, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 826 Michigan, Amy Sumerton, Andy Garris, Animal Collective, Bee Mayhew, Beezy's, ceremonial rib breaking, Champions of Breakfast, Child Bite, Chris Bathgate, Deer Country, Drunken Barn Dance, Elbow Room, Fred Thomas, Friendly Foes, Frontier Ruckus, Ghost Heart, Great Lakes Myth Society, Gregory McIntosh, Jeremy Freer, Jim Roll, Matt Jones, Mittenfest, music, music festivals, Panda Bear, Photographers, ribs, Secret Twins, Silverghost, SXSW, The Juliets, Timothy Monger | 17 Comments

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Mittenfest X returns to its roots, kicks off in Ypsilanti tonight

Michigan Musicians on Vacation: Misty Lyn Bergeron communing among the redwoods

Michigan Musicians on Vacation: Matt Jones at Gettysburg, with Sarah Campbell

Belated Mittenfest V wrap-up

Mittenfest wrap-up

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