When people call the Saturday Six Pack “the most ambitious little program on midwestern micro-watt AM” it’s shows like the one we have coming up this weekend that they’re thinking of. We’re not only going to be joined in the studio by hip-hop artist Jamall Bufford, who will be talking about the new multimedia project […]
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The people of Flint tell their story to Congress, EMU faculty vote “no confidence” against their Regents, and The Black Opera contemplates a multimedia hip-hop tour to sow the seeds of social regeneration… on this weekend’s Saturday Six Pack
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Ypsilanti Also tagged Black Nirvana, Donald Trump, Eastern Michigan University, Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents, EMU, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Flint, Flint water crisis, higher education, hip hop, Howard Bunsis, Jamall Bufford, Judith Kullberg, lead, Lead and Copper Rule, lead poisoning, Lee Anne Walters, Legionnaires' disease, multimedia, no confidence, Parents for Nontoxic Alternatives, performance art, race, rap, Safe Drinking Water Act, the corporatization of higher education, Virginia Tech, Yanna Lambrinidou 6 Comments
Teen violence in Ypsilanti brings “savage inequality” into focus
It must be because I’ve been out of town for the past few weeks, but it didn’t even occur to me, when I posted last night about this new epidemic of youth violence we’re experiencing in Ypsilanti, to look at it through the lens of our relationship with Ann Arbor. While I noted in my […]
The new Director of Ypsilanti’s Heritage Festival, Andrew Clock, on the future of the event
As I believe most of you know, word went out a few months ago that the group of individuals behind Ypsilanti’s annual Heritage Festival were looking, after several years, to hand the reins off to a new generation of leaders. There were a few open meetings, that interested individuals were encouraged to attend, and, ultimately, […]
Posted in Food, History, Ypsilanti Also tagged 826 Michigan, Andrew Clock, beer, beer tent, Black Jake and the Carnies, Border to Border Trail, Buy Indie in Ypsi, Community Records, events, George Bedard, Heritage Festival, James Mann, Laith Al-Saadi, Lighting Love, local economy, local food, Michigan beer, Michigan Roots Jamboree, opportunities to volunteer, Shop Ypsi for the Holidays, The Jamboree, The Muggs, The Third Coast Kings, Water Street, Water Street Trail, Ypsilanti Convention and Visitors Bureau, Ypsilanti DDA 17 Comments