Tag Archives: Wurst Bar

Consuming 20 feet of meat is apparently newsworthy… Seattle and San Francisco take notice of the Wurst Challenge

By Mark | March 10, 2014

Earlier today, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden appeared on a video screen before a large group of individuals gathered at South by Southwest (SXSW) to discuss civil rights in an era of rampant domestic spying. My intention had been to watch the ACLU’s video of the event this evening, after putting the kids to bed, and […]

Posted in Food, Local Business, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 20 feet of meat, animal rights, Associated Press, domestic spying, Eastern Michigan University, eating challenges, Edward Snowden, EMU, FLY Children's Art Center, FLY Creativity Lab, Jesse Kranyak, meat, NSA, Paul Schreiber, philanthropy, sausage, Susan Martin, SXSW, vegetarianism, Wurst Challenge | 44 Comments

Choose your Champion! Our “20 Feet of Meat” fundraiser is now just two weeks away.

By Mark | March 6, 2014

For those of you who missed the debut of the ad for the Wurst Challenge that debuted during last Sunday’s Oscar broadcast, here it is again. We’re less than two days into the campaign, and already we’ve raised almost $500 for Ypsilanti’s FLY Children’s Art Center. Sadly, though, several of our participants have yet to […]

Posted in Food, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Brad Perkins, bratwurst, eating challenges, FLY Children's Art Center, fundraisers, Jason Youngs, Paul Schreiber, sausage, Wurst Challenge | 5 Comments

Sausage-loving philanthropists square off to take on 20-foot bratwursts for a good cause on March 20 at Ypsi’s Wurst Bar

By Mark | March 3, 2014

Remember how, a few days ago, I told you that I was working on a top-secret, meat-related project? Well, I can now share the details… Here’s the press release: March 3, 2014 WURST CHALLENGE announced for March 20 in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Sausage-loving philanthropists square off to take on 20-foot bratwursts for a good cause. FLY […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Local Business, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 20 feet of meat, Ann Arbor Derby Dimes, arts education, bratwurst, call to action, Cre Fuller, creativity, creativity crisis, Dragon's Milk Reserve, eating challenges, Education, FLY Children's Art Center, FLY Creativity Lab, fundraisers, Jesse Kranyak, Man vs. Food, meat, Megan Miramontes, Melissa Wingett, Monkey King, moon landing, Morgan Cox, Paul Schreiber, philanthropy, sausage | 4 Comments

FLY Children’s Art Center to launch Fabulous Contraptions series with A2Awesome grant

By Mark | February 2, 2014

Earlier today the Ann Arbor Awesome Foundation awarded $1,000 in cash to representatives of Ypsilanti’s FLY Children’s Art Center to help fund the launch of a community-wide event called Fabulous Contraptions. After our meeting, I took the opportunity to ask FLY board members Christine Bruxvoort, Linette Lao and Morgan Cox (seen above after receiving their […]

Posted in A2Awesome, Ypsilanti | Also tagged A2Awesome, Ann Arbor Awesome Foundation, art, Caine's Arcade, cardboard, Cardboard Contraptions, Education, engineering, FLY Children's Art Center, hands-on education, hristine Bruxvoort, Jesse Kranyak, Linette Lao, makers, math, micro-philanthropy, Morgan Cox, public education, Rube Goldberg, Ruth Marks, Science, Wurst Challenge | 4 Comments

Video: Owners of The Rocket, Wurst Bar, Bona Sera Cafe and Jacobsen Daniels Associates talk candidly about doing business in Ypsilanti

By Mark | May 6, 2013

Given that we just crossed over into National Masturbation Month, I thought that I’d share a titillating video this evening. Unfortunately, Linette has the parental controls set in such a way that it’s impossible me for me to do that, though. So, instead, here’s video of me on the stage at Woodruff’s a few days […]