Ah, Depot Town, Riverside Park, Eastern Michigan University. Ypsilanti is all about the perfect summer festival. Its walkable neighborhoods boast vintage housing to die for and its downtown historic district is the third largest in Michigan -- only Detroit and Grand Rapids have larger ones. Its independent music and art scenes are thriving, and it boasts a diversity and community spirit very few other Metro Detroit cities can touch.
Grab a sandwich at Cafe Luwak. Catch an
outre performance at the
Dreamland Puppet Theatre. Down a Michigan brew at Frog Island or
Corner Brewery. Check out the latest art show at Riverside Gallery or lust after an antique architectural find at
Materials Unlimited.
At nearly 200 years old, this storied community's history has yet to be written. After all, name another city in Michigan that holds an annual summer festival dedicated to
Elvis and the biannual DIY fest, the
Shadow Art Fair?
By: Constance Crump, 5/6/2009
The arts are getting pretty roughed up in the current economy. How do local arts and culture groups survive in a state that cuts all its funding? And, more importantly, what are the implications for our region as it struggles to attract and retain new economy workers?
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By: Dave Lewinski and Jeff Meyers, 4/22/2009
In case you hadn't noticed, it's bad out there. And yet, there are always those bold souls who pull on their waders and get down into it. Concentrate's resident View Master, Dave Lewinski, takes snaps of six businesses who've opened in the last six months and found success.
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By: Jennifer Eberbach, 4/8/2009
Who would trade New York or London for Ypsilanti? DJ and music producer Todd Osborn would. From owning a local record store once upon a time to filling the virtual vinyl bins of Ghostly International's ever-growing music scene, Osborn has carved out a successful career from his native soil. Oh, and he once built a hovercraft.
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By: Megan Pennefather, 4/1/2009
Noise rock. Experimental theater. Puppets. Dreamland Theater is the very defintion of fringe, cementing Ypsilanti's growing reputation as the city where starving artists don't have to go hungry in order to make their art.
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By: Terry Parris Jr., 3/18/2009
Are you a follower or do you have a following? Who's tweeting who? Social Media is this year's buzz word and Twitter is its newest doo-dad. Our story would end here (if we stuck to the 140 character limit) but Twitter has only just begun in the Ann Arbor area.
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