By Mark | February 10, 2011
I like making posters that make no sense, promoting bands that don’t exist. I just made this one, and now I really want to start a band called Young Lovers Must Die. As for Saturday’s show, which is mainly going to be about doing business in Ypsi, I’m still working on the script. I should […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Dreamland Tonight, entrepreneurism, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Ypsilanti | Also tagged band names, Bee Mayhew, Beezy's, Dreamland Theater, falafel, falafel king, Hasan Mihyar, Henrietta Fahrenheit, James Marks, Jennifer Albaum, poster art, robot monster, Young Lovers Must Die |
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 Savoy, the Screaming Eagle, Tio's |
This Saturday night, at about 9:30, or whenever it starts to get dark, some friends and I are going to get together on the banks of the Huron, behind the new VG Kids building, and test out the Cycle Powered Cinema concept. And, you’re invited. There could be glitches, as we’ve yet to attempt the […]
Posted in cycle powered cinema, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Andy Claydon, bike power, bike powered movies, Corner brewery, cycle powered cinema, Forrest Karnopp, Jim Karnopp, Make a Wish Foundation, Night of the Hunter, Riverside Park |
The plan to show live, people-powered movies in Ypsilanti’s Riverside Park is still alive and well. A recent Cycle Powered Cinema volunteer meeting drew about a dozen people, and I think we made some pretty good progress. Following are some brief notes on where we are now, and where we hope to be by the […]
Remember how, a year or so ago, I told you about a young photographer here in Ypsi and her ambitious plan to take a portrait of a different person in the City every day for a year? Well, Erica Hampton’s Ypsi Project has taken a few big twists and turns since then, but it seems […]
