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Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Becca Keating

By Mark | January 19, 2013

Becca Keating, the former Director of Development at the Ann Arbor Film Festival (AAFF), has spent the past several days driving across the country with the intention of transforming herself into an Angeleno. Following is our exit interview, conducted as she adjusted to life in a world with sunshine. MARK: Let’s start with where you’re [...]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged abortion, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor Paper, avant-garde, Becca Keating, David Lynch, exit interviews, Grand Canyon, Gratzi, independent film, Ken Burns, Kevin Jerome Everson, Laida Lertxundi, Laura Abraham, Liberty Street Video, Los Angeles, Marcin Gizycki, Ohio, old white men making decisions on women's health, parade floats, Pasadena, pie, porn, reproductive justice, Rick Snyder, Rose Parade, Roswell, Scientology, Suzan Pitt, The Central Park Five, tiramisu, Twin Peaks, Un Chien Andalou, Village Corner, Whitney Biennial, women's rights, womne's health, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews | 11 Comments

Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Zach Pollock

By Mark | December 28, 2012

A few days ago, I posted an interview I did with an author by the name of Ted McClelland, who has written extensively about the emmigration of young professionals from Michigan to Chicago. To sum up our conversation in one sentence, McClelland believes that we have little hope of keeping bright, young people here in [...]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Shadow Art Fair, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Black Jake, Black Jake and the Carnies, Capitalism, Chicago, Cool Cities, Corner brewery, Depot Town, diversification, East Cross Street, education reform, emigration, exit interviews, graffiti, Growing Hope, Hipsilanti, Huron River, mandolin, Ohio, property theft, radon, Rick Snyder, right-to-work, Spur Studios, Stuart Beal, taxes, Ted McClelland, things from Ohio that are tolerable, Thompson Block, Water Street Redevelopment Project, Woodruff's, Ypsi Food Co-op, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews, Ypsilanti Public Schools, Ypsilanti real estate, Zach Pollock | 15 Comments

Could getting caught in a lie in Ohio cost Romney the election?

By Mark | November 1, 2012

The last time that we discussed Ohio, many of you seemed to think that the state would factor significantly in the race for the White House… Well, according to pollster Nate Silver, the Buckeye State may not just play a big role come Election Day – it may actually decide the Presidential race. Silver, in [...]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged automotive bailout, automotive industry, China, Chrysler, Jeep, Norm Coleman, Obama, Ohio, Presidential politics, Rachel Maddow, Republican lies, Roe v. Wade, Romney | 53 Comments

Mary Ayling, on immigrating to Ypsilanti from Chicago, and opening an art gallery in her home

By Mark | March 8, 2012

Late last year, I received a cryptic note from the wife of an old friend in Seattle, alerting me to the fact that a woman was moving from Chicago to Ypsilanti with the intention of opening an art gallery in her apartment. As Linette was just about to give birth, I didn’t do anything with [...]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Detroit, Shadow Art Fair, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged alternative art venues, art galleries, Bridgeport, Cabinet, Chelsea Cossu, Chicago, clutch, Clutch Gallery, Cranbrook, Fill in the Blank Gallery, forensics, glass, glass blowing, Krampus Ball, Kristen Althoff, Laura Bernstein, Leon Bernstein, Mark's art ideas, Mark's big ideas, Mary Ayling, medicine cabinet, Midas Eyes, Ohio, Parlour Room Gallery, Pilsen, pop-up galleries, purses, Spur Studios, Sylvania, The Gallery Project, University of Michigan, Ypsi immigration interview | 12 Comments

Interview with Community Records founder Jesse Morgan

By Mark | December 30, 2011

We’re fortunate in the Ypsi/Arbor community in that we have several great non-profits serving kids. To name just a few that are actively working in the area of creative expression, we’ve got 826 Michigan (creative writing), The Wild Swan Theater (theatrical performance), FLY Children’s Art Center (visual arts), and Community Records (musical performance). I believe, [...]

Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 826 Michigan, Akili Jackson, at-risk youth, Bright Futures program, community assets, community building, Community Records, EMU, FLY Children's Art Center, interviews, Jesse Morgan, Justin Fenwick, Keep Ya Head Up, local non-profits, MC Invincible, MC Kadence, Meredith Monk, music, music for kids, music venues, Ozone House, Ozone House Drop-In Center, Ozone House Youth and Family Services, Parkridge Community Center, performance art, performance venues, PMRC, Respect Me, Schwaben Hall, seeds, St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Street Outreach, Tipper Gore, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo School for the Arts, Wild Swan Theater, WIllow Run high school, WorkZone, Yin Yang We, Youthville, Ypsi Public School District, Ypsilanti high school | 2 Comments

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Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Becca Keating

Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Zach Pollock

Could getting caught in a lie in Ohio cost Romney the election?

Mary Ayling, on immigrating to Ypsilanti from Chicago, and opening an art gallery in her home

Interview with Community Records founder Jesse Morgan

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