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Ypsilanti’s young people pack the AM 1700 studio to speak truth to power, and the music of Soft Milk… on episode 24 of the Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | August 24, 2015

This past weekend’s episode of The Saturday Six Pack, as I suspect most of you already know, started coming together earlier this summer, after the gang-related murder of 20 year old Keandre Duff, who had been shot in the head and killed just after midnight on the morning of July 12 at an Ypsilanti block […]

Posted in The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged activities for kids, AM 1700, Amanda Edmonds, Andres Stockdill, Ask-A-Teen, Benjamin Edmondson, Berlin, carpenter ants, Dylan Beckwith, eating bugs, Eli Stevick, gangs, GG Allin, ghosts, Heritage Fest, Iggy Pop, internships, Jerry Clayton, Kate de Fuccio, Keandre Duff, nudity, Ozone House, Ozone House Drop-In Center, Soft Milk, teens, Tony DeGiusti, WICIR teen group, WIHI, WIMI, Youth Commission, Ypsilanti Community Schools | 18 Comments

Challengers take on 200 feet of meat and raise $6,000 for Fly Children’s Art Center at Ypsilanti’s second annual Wurst Challenge

By Mark | March 30, 2015

If you weren’t at the Wurst Bar last night for the second annual Wurst Challenge, you missed a hell of a good time. Ungodly amounts of sausage were eaten, many laughs were had, and, by the end of the night, we’d raised just over $6,000 for the FLY Children’s Art Center Creativity Lab in downtown […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged bratwurst, competitive eating, Cre Fuller, eating challenges, Jason Tallant, Jason Youngs, Jesse Kranyak, Jim Engman, Julian Weisenel, Kate Stroud, Knifebeard Sausagehawk, Patrick Dunn, Quinn Phillips, sausage, Team Smoot, William Henderson, Wurst Bar, Wurst Challenge | 10 Comments

Gut bacteria, in-studio photography and preserved vegetables… on the upcoming Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | February 19, 2015

This Saturday, I’ll be back on Ypsilanti’s AM 1700, hosting The Saturday Six Pack. I’m still trying to pull everything together, but here’s what I think we’ve got lined up thus far. First, I’m not sure if he’ll come through for us, but I’m told that local song and dance man Jim Cherewick, who came […]