Around the country, several communties have what are referred to as First Friday events, where, on the first Friday of each month, various venues coordinate new art installations and the like, encouraging people to come out, stroll between them, etc. Well, for the past several months, things have been ramping up locally, and, this past […]
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First Fridays Ypsilanti to grow with A2Awesome grant
Posted in Art and Culture, Awesome Foundation, Ypsilanti Also tagged AmeriCorps, art crawl, art students, art walks, Arts Alliance, Beezy's, Bona Sera, Caleb Zweifler, Community Rebirth, Deb Ennis, Depot Town, dishdogs, dishwashing, dishwolfing, DIYpsi, Eastern Michigan University, Elize Jekabson, fiber art, First Fridays, First Fridays Ypsilanti, FLY Children's Art Center, illustrations, Kayj Michelle, micro-philanthropy, paintings, photography, pop-up galleries, pop-up retail, public art, Riverside Arts Center, Riverside Park, sculpture, Shadow Art Fair, Teresa Gillotti, Ugly Mug, vacant storefronts, Washtenaw Community College, workshops, Ypsilanti Art Incubator 11 Comments
Ypsilanti immigration interview: Michael Geminder
As you know, over the past few weeks, I’ve been interviewing people who have, for one reason or another, chosen to leave the Ypsi/Arbor area in hopes of making a better life somewhere else. While I think I had a pretty good sense as to why people generally leave our community, I thought that it […]
Posted in Ypsilanti Also tagged bike friendly, community gardens, interviews, second home, walkability, Ypsi immigration interview, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews, Ypsilanti 10 Comments