Tag Archives: roller derby

The inside track on local Roller Derby… brought to you by a member of the Ypsilanti Vigilantes

By Mark | September 18, 2014

I had the opportunity a few days ago to chat with Jenny Hansen, the public relations chair for the Ann Arbor Derby Dimes, our hometown roller derby league. She contacted me to let me know that their last bout of the season would be coming up on October 18, at Buhr Park, when the Border […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Other, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Ann Arbor Derby Dimes, Buhr Park, Detroit Devils, feminism, girl gangs, Jenny Hansen, sports, Susan B Slamthony, title nine, tough broads, Whip It, Windsor, Ypsilanti Vigilantes | 7 Comments

The Wurst Challenge: the magic of giant sausage brings the community together, quality arts programming to kids, and the nation’s attention to Ypsi

By Mark | March 22, 2014

Thursday night’s philanthropic sausage eating event was incredible. Not only did we raise a hell of a lot of money for the FLY Children’s Art Center, but we had a damn good time doing it. Following are my somewhat disjointed and admittedly incomplete notes, interspersed with whatever images, audio and video I’ve been able to […]

Posted in Food, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Arbor Brewing, arts education, beard face, beards, Brad Perkins, cheating, Chris Sandon, Cre Fuller, eating challenges, FLY Children's Art Center, FLY Creativity Lab, food television, FOX News, fundraisers, Jake Morgan, James Engman, Jason Youngs, Jay Zocher, Jesse Kranyak, Julian Weisensel, Justin O'Neill, Knifebeard Sausagehawk, knitted beard, Kristin Schrader, Linette Lao, Mark in the press, Meg Miramontes, Melissa Wingett, Morgan Cox, neck beard, New Holland Brewing, Paul Schreiber, people we know from television, pork, Susan Martin, television, Terry Londy, tofu sausage, VG Kids, vomit, WEMU, Wurst Bar, Wurst Challenge, WWJ, WXYZ | 8 Comments

Ypsilanti Immigration Interview: Erika Hess

By Mark | May 12, 2013

A few weeks ago, I received an email from a young woman who’d just moved to Ypsi from Brooklyn, after a brief layover in Ann Arbor. She was looking for studio space, and thought, I guess, that I might be able to help. I couldn’t. But, one thing led to another, and I ended up […]