Author: East Village Magazine
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Three youth programs benefit from $271,000 grant package from a dozen donors
by Aubrey McClain Three programs designed to serve thousands of Flint youth have been granted $271,000 by a group of 12 donors/institutions, the Flint and Genesee Chamber of Commerce recently announced. The funds will focus on after-school programming, teen employment, and economic development in Genesee County. Recipient programs are YouthQuest, TeenQuest, and Summer Youth Initiative…
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Glory days in rearview mirror for Flint high school sports: resurrection might be in the works
By Harold C. Ford Flintstones (basketball): The name of the Flintstones rose to prominence during the successful run of Michigan State basketball including three consecutive Final Fours and a national championship. The four (Mateen Cleaves, Morris Peterson, Charlie Bell, Antonio Smith) made up the core nucleus of the team…played together since elementary school…and made…
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Andrew Custer awarded a Fulbright for work in Colombia
By Jan Worth-Nelson Andrew Custer, 27, a Michigan State University graduate from Flint, has received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award to Colombia from the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Custer, an alumnus of The Valley School, is the son of Casey and Edwin Custer, EVM’s longtime photographer and…
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Review: “The Kremlin Playbook” depicts eroding democracies, prompting heebie-jeebies
By Robert R. Thomas While looking for a Canadian hockey channel between the interminable rash of mind-numbing commercials during the final two minutes of a basketball game, I stumbled upon the conclusion to a C-SPAN telecast of a federal intelligence hearing. I never got back to the the game. What caught my attention was mention…
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Former Mayor Walling responds to NOVA film: “It was hard to watch”
By Jan Worth-Nelson Former Flint Mayor Dayne Walling, an omnipresent and embattled figure in the Flint water crisis until his defeat for re-election in November, 2015, sat quietly with his wife near the back of the auditorium last week as producers from the PBS science series NOVA unveiled their documentary, “Poisoned Water” to a Flint audience. (See…
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Free chamber music series kicks off June 9 at the FIM
By Jan Worth-Nelson The annual June chamber music series of the Flint School of Performing Arts and Flint Symphony Orchestra kicks off at 7 p.m. June 9 in MacArthur Hall at the Flint Institute of Music, 1120 E. Kearsley St. The free concerts will continue every Friday in June, as follows: June 9: Strings, feature…
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“America owes Flint a huge debt of gratitude,” Edwards tells NOVA premiere audience
By Jan Worth-Nelson In Flint for the premiere of the upcoming NOVA production, “Poisoned Water,” towering and sometimes controversial water crisis figure Marc Edwards of Virginia Tech leaned into the near-capacity crowd at the Flint Institute of Arts theater and stated, “America really owes Flint a huge debt of gratitude.” That’s because, he said, “in…
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