Tag Archives: Tori Tomalia

If, for no other reason, please cast your ballot for Clinton in order to protect Obama’s legacy

By Mark | November 5, 2016

I know most of you reading this probably don’t need yet one more reason to go to the polls this Tuesday and cast your votes for Hillary Clinton. Just in case, though, I wanted to share this recent Facebook post by my friend Tori Tomalia, the co-founder of the Ypsi-Arbor improv comedy space Pointless Brewery […]

Posted in Health, Michigan, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2016, Affordable Care Act, Alternative Energy, Barack Obama, cancer, Climate Change, Donald Trump, fear, Global Warming, Hillary Clinton, hope, legacies, mass incarceration, Obama, Obamacare, Pointless Brewery & Theatre, Presidential politics, solar, wind | 12 Comments

Motor City Muckraker’s Steve Neavling on the importance of investigative journalism in Detroit, the launch of Ypsi’s new IB elementary school, the campaign for the Riverside Park playground, and talking improv and cancer with Pointless Brewery & Theatre co-founder Tori Tomalia… on episode 41 of the Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | March 27, 2016

I’m still playing catch-up, trying to get the most recent episodes of the Saturday Six Pack posted here. I’m sorry that it’s been taking me so long, but other projects keep getting in the way. [Speaking of which, we’re set to close on that building I was telling you about by the end of the […]

Posted in Detroit, Education, Media, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Adams Elementary, cancer, Cara Talaska, Cassandra Sheriff, Detroit Fire Department, Detroit Public Schools, future of journalism, IB, IBSOM, improv comedy, independent journalism, International Baccalaureate, Karla Graessley, lung cancer, Motor City Muckraker, playgrounds, Pointless Brewery & Theatre, Riverside Park, Steve Neavling, Teresa Gillotti, the sad state of journalism, Tori Somalia, YCS, Ypsilanti Community Schools | 17 Comments

Motor City Muckraker’s Steve Neavling, Ypsi’s new IB elementary school, the campaign for the Riverside Park playground, and Pointless Brewery & Theatre… on episode 41 of the Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | March 5, 2016

Tonight’s episode of the Saturday Six Pack will be in four parts. During our first segment, we’ll have on Cassandra Sheriff and Karla Graessley to discuss the recent announcement that Ypsilanti Community Schools, building on the successes of the International Baccalaureate (IB) middle school and high school, will be opening an IB elementary school. [Graessley […]

Posted in Detroit, Education, Media, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged cancer, Cara Talaska, Cassandra Sheriff, Charles Pugh, comedy, Doug Coombe, fundraisers, improv comedy, investigative reporting, Karla Graessley, lung cancer, Motor City Muckraker, Patrick Dunn, playgrounds, Pointless Brewery, Pointless Brewery & Theatre, public parks, Riverside Park, Steve Neavling, Teresa Gillotti, Ypsilanti Community Schools | 8 Comments

Pointless Brewery & Theatre to explore the intersection of brewing and improv

By Mark | March 23, 2015

If all goes according to plan, Tori and Jason Tomalia will soon be the proprietors of new brewery situated between Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti that will cater primarily to lovers of improvisational comedy. The brewery, which they’ve dubbed Pointless, will be just a few doors down from our friends at Hut-K Chaats, at the intersection […]