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Anthony Gentile on YpsiFest

By Mark | September 21, 2011

I had the occasion a few days ago to chat with Anthony Gentile, the organizer of YpsiFest, which is scheduled to take place at Woodruff’s October 12 – 15. Here’s what he had to say… MARK: When was the first YpsiFest? ANTHONY: Well, YpsiFest started in 2003, back when Leighton Mann was booking at the […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 2194, Ahsleys, Anchorage, Andy Garris, Anthony Gentile, Bang! Bang!, Battle of the Festivals, Blue Snaggletooth, Brandon Zwagerman, CHAPSTIK, Charlevoix, Chris Bathgate, Coke Dick Motorcycle Awesome, dog shelter, Doug Coombe, Easy Action, Elbow Deep, Elbow Room, festivals, Few and Far Between, Fred Thomas, Free Noise Project, fundraisers, Genesis P-Orridge, Glori5, Graders, Hasan's bedroom, Heads Will Roll, Human Wick Effect, Inside Five Minutes, Jehovah's Witness Protection Program, Kickstand Band, Lady Jaye, Leaving Rouge, Leighton, Lettercamp, Loco Gnosis, mascot services, mascots, Mittenfest, Nathan Montgomery, pandrogeny, Pandrogyne, Paradise, Patrick Elkins, Phantasmagoria, Ragbirds, Rome for a Day, Rootstand, S.N.A.F.U., Silverghost, Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapor, SOS Community Services, Spit for Athena, The Ballad of Genesis & Lady Jaye, The Beggars, The Boys Themselves, The Glass is Half Full, The Holy Fire, The Muggs, Woodruff's, Wrathgate, Ypsi festivals, YpsiFest | 11 Comments

Doing Business in Ypsi…. February 12 on Dreamland Tonight

By Mark | February 5, 2011

The next episode of Dreamland Tonight, assuming we can get the script written, the guests lined up, and the video segments edited by then, is schedule for Saturday, February 12. The theme of the show, to the extent that there really are themes to these things, is Doing Business in Ypsilanti. My friend Chris and […]

Posted in Dreamland Tonight, Economics, entrepreneurism, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Biggie's, Bombadill's, Cafe Luwak, Chris Sandon, Club Divine, Dreamland Theater, Elbow Room, eulogy, Ink for Life, J. Neil's Mongolian Grill, Keystone Underground, local economy, Mongolian barbeque, Pub 13, RealKidz, Ted's Campus Drugs, the Screaming Eagle, Tio's, VG Kids | 37 Comments

The closing of the Savoy, and the launch of Woodruff’s

By Mark | November 30, 2010

As most of you know by now, the Savoy – the Washington Street club managed by Andy “tight pants” Garris – has closed its doors. As I understand it, there were a number of issues, but, in the end, it was the building owner’s non-payment of electrical bills that did them in. But, downtown’s loss […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Food, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Andy Garris, Bill French, Dave Curtis, Depot Town, DIYpsi, DTE, food entrepreneurship, John Dingell, Krampus, Krampus Ball, Krampusdeep, Mittenfest, Pub 13, Sandee French, Woodruff's, Woodruff's Grove, Ypsi entrepreneurs, Ypsilanti bars | 41 Comments

Krampus posters will be going into production soon

By Mark | November 22, 2010

Thanks to the hard work and vision of Melissa Dettloff, Ryan Groendyk, and Chris Sandon, the posters for the December 11 Krampus event are now completed. With any luck, they’ll go into production at VG Kids in the next few days, and we’ll be getting them up around Ypsi/Arbor soon… Aren’t they beautiful? [If you […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Shadow Art Fair, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Chris Sandon, Corner brewery, December 11, Elbowdeep, Ginger Grant, Krampus, Krampus Ball, Krampusdeep, Melissa Dettloff, portrayals of Mark Maynard in popular culture, poster art, Ryan Groendyk, severed unicorn head superstore, Thomas Kula | 20 Comments

WARNING… Krampus to attack Ypsi on Dec. 11…

By Mark | November 9, 2010

OK, now that all the cyber chatter has died down a bit, I thought that I’d come out from my hole and explain what happened, and why there isn’t going to be a winter Shadow Art Fair this year. First, though, before I do that, I just want to say, for the record, that our […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Pop Culture, sex, Shadow Art Fair, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Austria, Bauhaus, Bela Lugosi's Dead, Black Peter, Christmas, Christmas traditions, Concentrate Media, Corner brewery, dance party, dark assistant, December 11, Detroit Urban Craft Fair, DIYpsi, Doug Skinner, Elbowdeep, fear of public speaking, Fortean, Germany, glam, Klaubaur, Knecht Ruprecht, Krampus, Krampus Ball, lederhosen, Michigan Design Militia, monsters, Moonage Daydream, parades, Pelznickel, Perchten, pre-Christian Alpine tradition, pre-Christian Alpine traditions, punishment booth, religion of consumption, Santa Claus, sci fi, Shadow Brew, spanking, St. Nicholas, the over-commercialization of Christmas, Ziggy Stardust | 32 Comments

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Anthony Gentile on YpsiFest

Doing Business in Ypsi…. February 12 on Dreamland Tonight

The closing of the Savoy, and the launch of Woodruff’s

Krampus posters will be going into production soon

WARNING… Krampus to attack Ypsi on Dec. 11…

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