Last summer, I posted an interview here with a fellow in Portland by the name of Karl Anderson. Anderson, as you may recall, had formed an activism/public arts entity by the name of Futel with the goal of democratizing telecommunications through the introduction of free payphones into America’s urban centers. Well, as you may also […]
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Ypsilanti once again has a payphone… only this time it’s free
Posted in Art and Culture, Ypsilanti Also tagged 209 Pearl, Apology Line, Community Action Network, Futel, hacking, Jesse Kranyak, Karl Anderson, Landline Creative Labs, operators, Ozone House, pay phones, payphone, phreaking, Portland, Shelter Association of Washtenaw County, SOS Community Services, suicide, telephony, voicemail, Ypsilanti transit center, zines 33 Comments
The contemporary pop-up art environments of Pop-X, combating poverty with intensive social services, and Alex Haley’s mission to tell the world about Ypsi’s dating scene… on episode 30 of the Saturday Six Pack
This past weekend’s episode of the Saturday Six Pack, roughly speaking, was divided into three equally juicy, and satisfying, parts. First, we talked with Omari Rush about Ann Arbor’s upcoming multi-day contemporary art event POP-X. Rush and I, among other things, discussed the stress that comes along with trying to launch a high-profile public art […]
Posted in A2Awesome, Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Alex Haley, alligator people, Ann Arbor Art Center, Art Prize, concentration camps, Donald Trump, empowerment, Florida, Hamilton Crossing, homelessness, Liberty Plaza Park, Livability.com, Matt Carmichael, Mitch O'Connell, New Belgium, Nick Azzaro, nightmares, Omari Rush, Pete Larson, POP-X, poverty, public art, Roots, Russ Olwell, senior STDs, Strong Families Fund, suicide by alligator, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, They Live, trippel 13 Comments
Life after prostitution in Ypsilanti
It doesn’t happen terribly often, but occasionally something will happen on this site that will remind me why I spend several hours each night, hunched over this little computer screen, churning posts out into the abyss. Today, was one of those days. An amazing comment was left in an old thread about local prostitution, and […]
Posted in Other, Ypsilanti Also tagged addiction, alcoholism, attempted suicide, bad parenting, Blondell, cautionary tales, child abuse, Dilaudid, domestic violence, foster care, gun violence, Hash Bash, heroin, hitchhiking, homelessness, Hubba Bubba, jail, Kincheloe, life on the street, Michigan Avenue, molestation, morphine, pimps, prostitution, rape, Sault St. Marie, second chances, turning your life around 47 Comments