A few days ago I was introduced to a young woman by the name of Heidi Jugenitz. She, I’d been told by a mutual friend, was new in town, and, having read my blog, wanted to ask me a few questions. We talked briefly, and I asked if I could follow up with a few […]
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Ypsi Immigration Interview: Heidi Jugenitz
Posted in Ann Arbor, Detroit, Mark's Life, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged 9/11, Affordable Care Act, Africa, anxiety, austerity, big banks, Boxcar Children, Burkina Faso, Carthage College, Chicago, children's literature, Cote d'Ivoire, Cross Street Station, depression, Detroit Metro Airport, DTW, Eagle Scout, economic justice, Ecuador, Elijah McCoy, exercise, fear, financial crisis, financial reform, George Bush, health insurance, Heidi Jugenitz, human rights, Hurricane Katrina, hypersensitivity, income inequality, injustice, international aid, international travel, Kentucky, Linette, Masters of Public Administration, mental health, Nancy Drew, neurosis, New Orleans, Obama, Obamacare, OCD, panic disorder, pop-up retail, poverty, prejudice, public education, public health, racism, Rwanda, Sahel, segregation, Shadow Art Fair, sleep, Tanzania, To Kill a Mockingbird, Tulane University, University of Michgan, Vietnam, Vitamin D, vitamins, water, Water Street, Ypsi immigration interview, Ypsilanti Freighthouse 8 Comments
Concentrate asks about the Shadow Art Fair and the Ypsi arts scene
Last night, I did a really quick interview with Jeff Meyers from Concentrate Media. Here’s the Q&A part for those of you who might have missed it. I didn’t have much time, so I went through the questions really quickly, and I’m sure I forgot to mention a bunch of important things in the process… […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Shadow Art Fair, Ypsilanti Also tagged cheap rent, Concentrate Media, cycle powered cinema, Dreamland Theater, Elijah McCoy, Henrietta Fahrenheit, History of Ypsilanti puppet show, Iggy Pop, interviews, interviews with Mark, Jeff Meyers, Jennifer Albaum, Preston Tucker, Shadow grants, the local arts establishment, the Ypsi arts scene, visionaries 10 Comments
Naia Venturi on the Dreamland Theater’s Shadow Arts Grant
Naia Venturi of Ypsilanti’s Dreamland Theater, the recipient of this year’s Shadow Arts Grant, talks to me about the incredibly cool puppet show they’ll be developing with the funds. For those unwilling to watch the video, the $750 they’ve received will be spent creating an ambitious traveling puppet show on the history of Ypsilanti that […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Shadow Art Fair, Special Projects, Ypsilanti Also tagged Dreamland Theater, Elijah McCoy, History of Ypsilanti puppet show, Iggy Pop, interview, Naia Venturi, Shadow 10 Comments