By Mark | September 23, 2015
During episode 24 of the Saturday Six Pack, there were quite a few good exchanges between Dr. Benjamin Edmondson, the new superintendent of Ypsilanti Community Schools, and the students who had gathered in the AM 1700 studio to ask him questions about his plans for the future of our district. Of those exchanges, my favorites […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Education, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 24 Hour Shootout, accountability, AM 1700, banishment, Belinda Dulin, Benjamin Edmondson, bread, dialogue, Dispute Resolution Center, inclusion, indie film, Jason Voss, Junglefowl, justice, Mark Ducker, Martin Thoburn, Melissa Coppola, Michelle Rose-Armstrong, payola, Peri Stone-Palmquist, Pete Larson, punishment, restorative justice, restorative practices, Stefan Carr, Student Advocacy Center, suspension, threats, Ypsilanti Community Schools |
In tomorrow’s New York Times, you’ll find a story about my friend Bee “Ypsilantian of the Year” Roll and the work she’s done through the California-based company ZipCap to raise working capital for her restaurant, Beezy’s, by essentially demonstrating to lenders that, while she doesn’t have a lot in the way of hard assets, she […]
Posted in Dreamland Tonight, Local Business, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Bee Roll, boobs, Dreamland Tonight, Evan Malter, Mark in the press, Melissa Dettloff, New York Times, portrayals of Mark Maynard in popular culture, Ryan Groendyk, Ypsilantian of the Year, ZipCap |
By Mark | October 14, 2013
The folks at Ypsilanti’s Dreamland Theater will premiere their new production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream this Saturday. In advance of that, I thought that I’d ask our friend Naia Venturi a few questions. MARK: Would it be an exaggeration to say that you’ve been working on your puppet version of A Midsummer Night’s […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged A Midsummer Night’s Dream, A.K.A. Jimmy Picard, Andy Mitchell, Arnaud Desplechin, Benicio Del Toro, blood plasma, Bottom, Britney Spears, Cannes Film Festival, Christine Bruxvoort, Demetrius, Diana Rigg, Dreamland Theater, fairies, gay marriage, Helena, Hermia, Hippolyta, Jimmy Picard, Kevin Kline, Lysander, manipulation, Naia Venturi, New York Film Festival, Oberon, Patrick Elkins, puppetry, puppets, Quince, Robin Starveling, Sarah Palin, shadow puppets, Shakespeare |
Actually, feel free to write about whatever you like. I won’t stop you. I just don’t have anything left to offer tonight. Having spent my day in back-to-back meetings, I’m even more of a depleted husk than usual.
A few months ago, I announced here on the site that an aspiring filmmaker in Ann Arbor, by the name of Emilia Javanica, was looking for actors to cast in a comedic horror film that she was making called the Red Blob Massacre. Well, the film has just completed production, and I took the opportunity […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Uncategorized | Also tagged animation, art films, art school, art students, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, b-movies, Basket Case, books on filmmaking, Brad Smith, Bride of the Monster, Carrie, Cat People, Cavern Club, Chuck Sipperley, Dale Newton, David Lynch, DIY, Emilia Javanica, Eraserhead, fear of death, film ideas, George Kuchard, grants, Harry Shannon, horror movies, independent film, John Gaspard, John Waters, Little Otik, Michael McCarty, Nosferatu, performance art, Red Blob Massacre, Robert Rodriquez, School of Art & Design, silent film, Simon Alexander-Adams, Sins of the Fleshapoids, Smuckers-Wagstaff Grant, Stand By Me, Steve Wild, Swamp Women, The Blob, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, University of Michigan, Why We Write Horror |
