Yesterday Patrick Elkins finally gave in and agreed to answer questions from City leaders and members of the press concerning the local pagan holiday he presides of over – Totally Awesome Fest. Several in our community, it would seem, had been pressing him for information about the event, which every year grows not only larger […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged AATA, bands, basketball, beards, dogs playing sports, free events, free music events, local bands, Patrick Elkins, press conferences, spring, Thompson Block, Totally Awesome Feast, Totally Awesome Fest |
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 […]
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By Mark | December 9, 2010
I was recently introduced to a woman by the name of Emilia Javanica, who has created a piece of interdisciplinary visual theater on the subject of a devastating earthquake that hit Indonesia in May, 2006. The piece, Entitled Beneath the Concrete is scheduled to be performed Friday and Saturday evenings at the Contemporary Art Institute […]
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged 2006, bricks, CAID, concrete, Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, earthquakes, Emilia Javanica, globalization, Indonesia, inspired by real life events, Mt. Merapi, natural disasters, Patrick Elkins, Posko Tuntungan, Sumarni, theater, volcanos, Yogyakarta |
By Mark | October 9, 2010
I’ve done an absolutely terrible job of promoting it, but we’ve got another episode of Dreamland Tonight coming up. This one, which we’re aiming to make a lot more kid-friendly, will be on Saturday, October 16, at 5:00 PM. So, if you’re within a week’s travel of Ypsilanti, and have ready access to a child, […]
By Mark | August 11, 2010
This last weekend, while I was enjoying myself in Milwaukee, folks here in Ypsi had themselves a big shindig under the moonlight on the banks of the Huron River. This now annual event, as you might recall, got off to a wobbly start a few years back, when it attempted to get off the ground […]
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