Tag Archives: tridge

On finding a small community library hidden on Ypsilanti’s Frog Island Park

By Mark | March 22, 2013

I was stumbling around the park this evening with my family, when one of us noticed, just a little off the trail, there was a large wooden box that said “free library” across its front. We’re not generally in the habit of opening strange boxes left unattended in the park, but, as beauty kind of [...]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Eastern Michigan University, free school, Frog Island Park, libraries, Midwest Feminist Revolutionary Network, Occupy Ypsilanti, paper making, public libraries, Riverside Park, smeet, tea, Vikram Bastian, Ypsilanti Free Skool | 18 Comments

Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Josh Chamberlain

By Mark | September 29, 2012

Tonight’s interviewee is Josh Chamberlain. I first met Josh when he was about eleven years old. If I’m not mistaken, it was at his sister Amelia’s first birthday party, probably right around the time that the black and white photo of them to the right was taken. Josh turned out to be a pretty incredible [...]

Posted in Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Amelia marks, Ballard, binge drinking, Border to Border Trail, car antenna, Cincinnati, DAAP, Dos Hermanos, entrepreneurism, exit interviews, Footloose, graphic design, Greenhills, Greenhills School, James Marks, Josh Chamberlain, Kevin Bacon, kids today, Meghna, Ohio, Pearl Street, Prospect park, Ruth Marks, Rutherford Pool, students today aren't worth a damn, The Rocket, University of Cincinnati, University of Michigan, VGKids, Washtenaw Community College, Washtenaw Technical Middle College, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews | 16 Comments

Did someone fall through Ypsi’s tridge on Friday night, and, if so, what should we learn from it?

By Mark | September 2, 2012

I felt bad about disrupting the local drug trade, but, on Friday night, a bunch of friends and neighbors decided to take our pajama-clad offspring into Riverside Park, to look at the blue moon. While we didn’t encounter any illegal activity during our late evening walk, we did see something odd. While we were making [...]

Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged ambulance, blue moon, EMT, infrastructure, kids, kids activities, moon, Riverside Park, taxes | 40 Comments

Promoting the Shadow Art Fair in Riverside Park at Midnight among armed strangers

By Mark | July 17, 2012

There wasn’t a post last night because I was out late, having my photo taken, along with the other members of the Michigan Design Militia, for an article about the upcoming Shadow Art Fair, which is supposed to appear tomorrow in Concentrate. The only time we could all get together was last night, at about [...]

Posted in Mark's Life, Media, Shadow Art Fair, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 1966, blow job, Bodies and Beats, Chris Sandon, Concentrate, Doug Coombe, Drunken Barn Dance, Exquisite Motion Corpse, George Clinton, green screen, Hot Boss, Hott Boss, Ian Fulcher, Kickstarter, Machete, Melissa Dettloff, Michigan Design Militia, Mike Perini, Minus9, oral sex, public sex, Riverside Park, Saturday Looks Good To Me, selling out, Shadow Brew, The Beatles, Vinnie Massimino, WCBN, Yesterday and Today, Ypsi after dark | 15 Comments

Enjoying a beautiful day in Ypsilanti… and raising a few questions

By Mark | February 5, 2012

I took Clementine and Arlo out today, on a walk around Ypsi. It felt good. We dropped books off an the library, bought candy at the Rocket, did some science experiments at the park, raced rafts made out of bark and twigs down the river, broke up the last bits of ice that we could [...]