Category: Analysis
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Holiday season kicks off with “red wave” Santa Run downtown
By Darlene Carey and Jeffery L. Carey, Jr. On Dec 1, under threat of rain, close to 1400 “Santas” participated in the ninth annual Santa Run in downtown Flint. The runners were all ages with a children’s quarter mile Reindeer Race kicking off the event, followed by the 5k Santa Run and a one-mile fun…
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Capitol Theatre adding mechanized orchestra pit lift
The Capitol Theatre of Flint will soon add to its 2017 $32 million renovation, according to a recent announcement from The Uptown Reinvestment Corporation. Three Michigan foundations have contributed to provide funding for a mechanized orchestra pit lift. The Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs and the Consumers Energy Foundation each contributed $50,000…
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Vet’s offer sweetens incentive to vote for Hurley in Children’s Miracle Network contest
Hurley Children’s Hospital seeks community support as it competes for a share of $100,000 grant through Credit Unions for Kids’ “Vote for Miracles.” In the nationwide contest, community members may vote as often as daily for their favorite among Children’s Miracle Network hospitals, with the top five hospitals receiving a portion of the prize. Hurley…
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News Brief: “Gather the Spirit” with guitarist Jim Scott Sunday Dec. 9 at the UUCF
Singer-songwriter Jim Scott, presents “Gather The Spirit: Seasonal Songfest” 2 p.m. Sunday at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Flint, 2474 S. Ballenger Hwy. Harmony, lyrics and guitar craft are hallmarks of Scott’s work; his style spans jazz, classical, folk and pop, and his themes are ecology, justice and peace. Guitarist for the Paul Winter Consort for…
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This Month in the Village: December 2018
Compiled by Meghan Christian “ThisMonth” highlights a selection of events available to our readers. It is not an exhaustive list, rather a sampling of opportunities in the city. To submit events for our January issue, email your event to Managing Editor Meghan Christian at meghan.christian22@gmail.com by Dec. 26. Christmas Box Program Dec. 1 – 21…
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City pipe replacement ahead of schedule on “day of celebration,” Mayor Weaver says
By Meghan Christian A total of 18,313 water service lines have been investigated to date as a part of Flint Mayor Karen Weaver’s Flint Action Sustainability Team (FAST) Start Pipe Replacement Program, putting the project a year ahead of schedule, the Mayor announced to roughly 30 members of the press, residents, and city employees at…
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News Brief: Soccer team coming to Flint 2019–help pick new name, color and logo
The Michigan Bucks, a minor league soccer team moving to Flint in 2019, announces a contest to choose the team’s name, colors and logo. The winner will receive four VIP season tickets with VIP parking passes to the inaugural season and a team-autographed jersey, and will be recognized at the press conference where the team’s…
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Mott Clowns deliver laughs and anti-bullying lessons to kids at Durant-Tuuri Mott
By Patsy Isenberg “Turning frowns upside down one smile at a time” is the motto of the Mott Campus Clowns. And in a Nov. 30 appearance at Durant-Tuuri-Mott Elementary School, they appeared to do just that, along with delivering gentle but serious anti-bullying messages. The event was for pre-K through third grade students and was…
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Commentary: A “blue wave,” a “pink wave,” and a few mid-term surprises
By Paul Rozycki Last month’s midterm election may have been the most intense and energetic in recent memory, and when it was all said and done the results revealed several new directions to our politics, highlighting the strong reaction to Donald Trump, and the divisions in today’s politics. Midterm elections are usually rather low-key predicable…
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Flint City Council November update: discord continues, Herb Winfrey re-elected president
By Meghan Christian Tensions remained high at the Flint City Council (FCC) throughout November, a month highlighted by disagreements and accusations of racism and sexism from Fourth Ward Councilperson Kate Fields and Ninth Ward Councilperson Eva Worthing directed against First Ward Councilperson Eric Mays. The tensions first came to a head when Fields and Worthing…
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