By Mark | October 2, 2020
Donald Trump, the man who sentenced well over 200,000 Americans to death when he purposefully downplayed the severity of COVID-19 and refused to take coordinated action, appears to have now contracted the disease himself. Having read more than my fair share of Shakespeare, I’d always thought that this incredibly surreal chapter in American history would […]
Posted in Health, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Christmas, Cleveland Clinic, COVID-19, Darth Vader, Donald Trump, Hope Hicks, irony, Joe Biden, masks, Melania Trump, post-reality, post-truth, public health, Return of the Jedi, Ronna Romney McDaniel, war on Christmas |
By Mark | September 4, 2018
Now that Bob Woodward’s book about Donald Trump is just about a week away from hitting the shelves, we’re starting to get a little more insight as to what’s inside. Today, we got word that both Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and White House Chief of Staff John Kelly are quoted in the book. Mattis apparently […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged Bob Woodward, Donald Trump, fear, ghosts, guilty, guilty conscious, Jim Mattis, John Kelly, LBJ, MacBeth, television show idea, village idiots |
This past Saturday night’s episode was a weird one… and, strangely, I don’t say that because we attempted to have a serious conversation about the work of Frida Kahlo with respected University of Michigan professor Maria Cotera while simultaneously grilling illegally processed deer meat in front of the strip club next door. No, I say […]
Posted in Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged AM 1700, basketball, Ben Connor Barrie, Bill Cosby, Brian Robb, deer, Deja Vu, DIA, Diego Rivera, eating challenges, Frida Kahlo, grilling, horny robots, Kate de Fuccio, Kyle Kipp, Maria Cotera, micro-aggressions, Patrick Elkins, performance art, Pericles, Thompson Block, Totally Awesome Fest, venison, Ypsilanti Cosby, Ypsilanti Youth Theatre |
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, puppet Mark, puppetry, puppets, Quince, Robin Starveling, Sarah Palin, shadow puppets |
