Tag: Patsy Isenberg
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Coronavirus Diaries: Seven EVM writers report from their own lives
Editor’s Note: Like everyone else, all of East Village Magazine‘s staff — none of whom are full-time employees and who juggle many other lives — have been sheltering in place since late March. We’ve stayed in touch by email and phone, and had one Zoom writers’ meeting where we rejoiced in seeing each other’s faces–from…
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Fate of city trees, water pipeline restoration, Gilkey Creek bridge highlight CCNA meeting
By Patsy Isenberg Residents at the College Cultural Neighborhood Association (CCNA) meeting March 15 hashed out several issues with CCNA President Mike Keeler and others, including City of Flint Department of Public Works Director Robert Bincsik, ranging from pipe replacement to neighborhood trees. One primary item of discussion focused on the Genesee Conservation District (GCD)…
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Two Black History Month plays at McCree a great choice, delivering telling clout from a ’60s view
By Patsy Isenberg The African American playwright/director/actor, Douglas Turner Ward, wrote two award winning plays in 1965, “Happy Ending” and “Day of Absence.” Those two one-act plays, biting satires with timely themes, were offered by The New McCree Theatre on Feb. 22-24. The plays, always performed as a pair, according to McCree executive director Charles…
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Tree issues, city charter implementation highlight CCNA meeting
By Patsy Isenberg A disputed tree-replacement contract and concerns about tree removals were topics of the January meeting of the College Cultural Neighborhood Association, along with updates about plans for Pierce Park, discussion of progress in implementing the city’s new charter, and concerns about suspected drug activity on Court Street. CCNA President Mike Keeler and…
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Flint’s “Idol” Lakisha Jones, Flint Symphony coming to Whiting Jan.13
By Patsy Isenberg Back in 2007, Flint native Lakisha Jones was a finalist in TV’s American Idol competition. Jones wowed America and the judges, coming in fourth place and beating out thousands of singers across the country. And now she’s set to perform in her hometown, at 8 p.m. Jan. 13. onstage at The Whiting…
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Race played significant role in water crisis, civil rights director asserts in Tendaji Talk
By Patsy Isenberg The underlying issue in the Flint water crisis was “the role of race,” Agustin Arbulu, director of the Michigan Department of Civil Rights, asserted in a Tendaji Talk at the Flint Public Library Dec. 12. In summarizing the work of the Michigan Civil Rights Commission culminating in a report on the water…
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