Tag Archives: NPR

The Fuller Cut’s “Read to a Barber” program makes the ABC Evening News

By Mark | April 2, 2017

While I really loved Jennifer Guerra’s piece for National Public Radio this past October about the “Read to a Barber” program at The Fuller Cut, there’s nothing like seeing our local barbers on network television, talking about what they’ve been doing to encouraging Ypsilanti’s kids to read… If you haven’t seen it yet, here’s the […]

Posted in Ypsilanti | Also tagged All Things Considered, barbershops, books, literacy, Read to a Barber, reading, reading aloud, The Fuller Cut | 6 Comments

Wait, Wait, Don’t Forget Who Brought You Here

By Mark | October 3, 2015

It would seem that WEMU, as part of their 50th anniversary celebration, brought Peter Sagal’s weekly NPR quiz show Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me to Michigan. The thing is, the show ended up being all about the University of Michigan, and nary a mention was made of Eastern Michigan University or WEMU. In fact, Sagal […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti | Also tagged EMU, John U. Bacon, Molly Motherwell, University of Michigan, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, WEMU | 40 Comments

Only 373 people show to watch the EMU Eagles win their first postseason game since 1996… Let’s make it up to them if they get another home game

By Mark | March 19, 2014

Eastern Michigan University men’s basketball team had the distinction of making it onto the front page of Deadspin last night after the popular sports website was made aware of a series of justifiably angry social media posts made by starting EMU forward Glenn Bryant following the team’s 58-54 victory over the Norfolk State Spartans at […]

Posted in Ypsilanti | Also tagged basketball, college sports, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, Glenn Bryant, NCAA, WEMU, Wurst Challenge | 21 Comments

Shadow Art Fair defenders and detractors mix it up one last time

By Mark | July 15, 2013

Like every year at this time, the Shadow Art Fair media juggernaut has begun in earnest. As of today, there are articles in The Ypsi Courier and The Current, as well as on AnnArbor.com. And, this afternoon, WEMU aired an interview that I’d done with local “All Things Considered” host Bob Eccles. (I think it […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Shadow Art Fair, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged All Things Considered, AnnArbor.com, Bob Eccles, Christmas songs, Current, flutes, honey pots, Jazz, Jingle Bells, Kiwanis Club, Mike Perini, pooping cat, the press, traps, WCBN, WEMU, Ypsilanti Courrier | 10 Comments

Jack Lessenberry to visit Ypsilanti and answer the question, “What does right-to-work mean for Michigan?”

By Mark | January 14, 2013

Tomorrow evening, at Ypsilanti’s Corner Brewery, celebrated Detroit journalist Jack Lessenberry will be hosting a panel discussion on Michigan’s newly passed anti-union (“right-to-work”) legislation, and how it will likely impact working Michiganders, their employers, and the financial prospects of the state. There’s scant information available online, but a friend who works for Michigan Radio tells […]