Category: Analysis
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Colorful art of Jenny Thornton continues through Jan. 31 at Good Beans Cafe
By Jeffery L. Carey, Jr. The paintings of artist Jenny Thornton kick off the new year of art exhibits at Flint’s Good Beans Cafe. Her solo show opened Jan. 4 to a gathering of more than 30 people, and will be on exhibit until the end of the month. Born June 11, 1993 to parents…
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Flint Registry “goes live” with Farmers’ Market launch; goal is 150,000 signups for water crisis data
By Jan Worth-Nelson The Flint Registry, a four-year, federally-funded program designed to locate people exposed to the Flint water crisis, document and monitor their experience, and connect them with services and programs to promote health and wellness, launched formally Friday at the Flint Farmers’ Market amidst a dozen celebratory speeches, music, art, free teeshirts and…
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Public Affairs Forum panel probes civility in the era of social media
By Jeffery L. Carey Jr. Though no one offered any hard-and-fast answers to the country’s current rash of harsh rhetoric, a panel of communication experts at the Flint Public Library Jan. 15 suggested at the least it pays to listen well and try to understand opposing views. An audience of about 35 attended the event,…
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Public invited to “New Works Festival” this weekend at Flint Repertory Theatre
Flint Repertory Theatre, formerly Flint Youth Theatre, announces its New Works Festival, a series of staged readings of new plays and musicals, this Friday through Sunday, 1220 E. Kearsley St. Shows include: The Wayward Bunny by Greg Kotis, 7 p.m. Friday. It’s a Small World, by Amber Palmer, 2 p.m. Saturday. Tower: The Album,…
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Flint’s Buckham Gallery reinvents itself with move to new space, accessible at last
By Jeffery L. Carey Jr. Flint’s Buckham Gallery launched a much-anticipated second chapter Jan. 12, ending its 34-year tenure atop the steep stairs of 134 ½ W. Second Street, into a ground-level, bright new space in the former Perry Drug Store just steps across the street. More than 570 people attended the re-opening. The opening…
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Governor Whitmer’s “Winter Warm-up” draws huge crowds at Flint Farmers’ Market
By Paul Rozycki On Saturday newly inaugurated Governor Gretchen Whitmer met with her Flint area supporters at the Flint Farmers Market. The event was part of a state-wide tour where the governor and Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilcrist planned to meet with constituents in Detroit and Flint, on Saturday, and other parts of the state in…
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Highsmith: Flint “starkly segregated, racially unequal” even in its “drive toward renewal”
By Jan Worth-Nelson This story was updated Jan. 13 to add more of Highsmith’s comments and a link to an EVM review of Demolition Means Progress, available here. At first blush, historian and author Andrew Highsmith told a responsive and appreciative audience of 70 at the Flint Public Library Saturday, the Flint of 1954, when…
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Flint Board of Education wrestles with ACLU lawsuit, staffing concerns
By Harold C. Ford At its first meeting of the 2019 calendar year, the Flint Community Schools (FCS) Board of Education wrestled with ongoing concerns about a lawsuit by the Michigan American Civil Liberties Union (MACLU) and continuing resignations by FCS staff. It also elected officers. The board’s annual organizational meeting on Jan. 9…
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Village Life: A tale of two signs on the “Eastside” of Flint
By Gary Fisher They’re just metal street signs. Been there for years, decades, a very long time, after all. There they are perched at the top of a standard street sign pole. Nothing to see here, folks. Or maybe there is. Well at least for me there is. That’s because sometimes street signs aren’t just street signs. Sometimes they…
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