A few weeks ago, longtime Ypsilanti resident D’Real Graham left town for Washington, DC, where he’ll soon be restarting his college career. Before leaving, D’Real and I had the occasion to exchange a few emails about his memories of growing up here, how he’d seen the city change over his lifetime, and his plans for […]
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Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: D’Real Graham
Posted in Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged 1969, 826, activism, basketball, Belle Isle, Black Eden, Chris Stranad, churches, Civil Rights Act, creative writing, D.C., deacon, Detroit, Donald Trump, D’Real Graham, Elijah McCoy, exit interviews, gateway cities, gentrification, Great Migration, Howard University, Idlewild, Kate de Fuccio, Keep Ypsi Black, Metropolitan Memorial Baptist Church, New Orleans, NWA, racism, roasts, S.L. Roberson, social justice, Straight Outta Compton, student activism, Ta-Nehisi Coates, vacations, Washington, Washtenaw County Prosecutor, white supremacy, women's studies, write-in, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews 9 Comments
Ypsi High students mark MLK Day with silent peace march and art exhibit
Both EMU and UM have great events lined up for Martin Luther King Day tomorrow. My family, however, will be spending the morning with Lynne Settles and her Ypsi High art students, who will be silently marching from Ypsilanti’s water tower, starting at 9:00 AM, to the building on Michigan Avenue where, 150 years ago, […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Civil Liberties, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged 7 Cylinders Studio, AutoMark, Frederick Douglass, Go Ice Cream, Lynne Settles, marches, Mark Tucker, Martin Luther King Day, Matt Siegfried, MLK, Rhea McCauley, Rosa Parks, The Perils of the Republic, Ypsi Experimental Space, Ypsi High 9 Comments
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
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 […]
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, Hamilton Crossing, homelessness, Liberty Plaza Park, Livability.com, Matt Carmichael, Mitch O'Connell, New Belgium, 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
Sticks & Stones
I couldn’t attend, as I left work Friday afternoon to drive to Kentucky for a wedding, but it looks as though yesterday’s Sticks & Stones art happening in downtown Ypsi went really well. Here, with a recap, is a short interview with Nick and Yen Azzaro of Chin Azzaro Studio about the event, which was […]