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City Council to discuss budget, contracts in public tele/video session tonight at 5:30 p.m.
The City Council will meet by telephone and video conference tonight in a...
More than 500 Flint residents get COVID-19 tested in two-day blitz
By Jan Worth-Nelson More than 500 Flint residents lined up their cars on...
Commentary: Mixed messages on COVID-19–whom should we believe?
By Paul Rozycki What’s your answer to any of these questions about the...
MTA gearing back up, with precautions, helped by $19 million CARES Act grant
By Madeleine Graham As COVID-19 took hold in Genesee County with three Mass...
Free COVID-19 tests for all Flint residents available Sunday, Monday
This just in from the City of Flint: For Immediate Release To help...
Council President Monica Galloway weighs in on Kate Fields’ actions and video meeting fracas
By Tom Travis City Council president Monica Galloway (7th Ward) expressed...
Police, fire budgets to cover new hires; EAB budget cut clarified in budget session shortened by mutes, protest defections
By Tom Travis Councilperson Kate Fields (4th Ward) and chair of the City...
Avoid Flint River contact after treated stormwater and sewage discharge release today, water pollution control officials advise
City of Flint Utilities Department officials from the Water Pollution...
Review: Need some pandemic reading? These two books offer pertinent context on the plague we’re in
By Harold C. Ford Two recent reads provide some historical context for the...
Review: “Power, Participation, and Protest in Flint, Michigan” probed in Ashley Nickels’ enlightening new book
By Robert Thomas An abiding iconic Flint visual for me is the news...
Review: “Daring Trader” captures profound role of Joseph Smith on how Flint became Flint
By Harold C. Ford “In the signing of the 1819 treaty by the Chippewa...
Review: Connor Coyne’s serial Flint allegory “Urbantasm” continues with”ambitious, authentic” Book Two
By Robert R. Thomas Flint author Connor Coyne’s Urbantasm is a serial...
Review: Riveting Semaj Brown “bleeds fire” at Mott Warsh Gallery performance
By Jan Worth-Nelson Facing lies, atrocities and daily affronts to self-love...
Book Review: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism–the Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
By Robert R. Thomas When entering foreign territories, orientation is the...
Book Review: “American Dialogue” offers indispensable conversation between “then” and “now”
By Robert R. Thomas In assessing the here and now, history offers an...
Review: “Poisoned democracy, poisoned water,” activists’ impact — themes of new Flint book
By Harold C. Ford “The lesson learned from the battle over the river was...
This Month in the Village: September Features
In the Village, the month of September features a car show, Bikes on the...
This Month in the Village: July Events
July events, in and around Flint, feature sports, music, dance, and much...
This Month in the Village: June features art, music, car shows
June Calendar...
This Month in the Village: May features live music, story time, Jersey Boys, Flint City Bucks and more
Compiled and selected by Meghan Christian “This Month” highlights a...
This Month in the Village: April features hockey documentary, tea party, black holes
Compiled by Meghan Christian “This Month” highlights a selection of...
This Month in the Village: February offers “Galentine’s Day,” cabaret, history of cursing and more
Compiled by Meghan Christian, Managing Editor “This Month”...
This Month in the Village, January: open skate, yoga, films, art, ballet
Compiled by Meghan Christian, Managing Editor “This...
CALENDAR: This month in The Village offers films, music, Flint Pride and more
Compiled and selected by EVM Managing Editor Meghan Christian “This...
Commentary: Mixed messages on COVID-19–whom should we believe?
By Paul Rozycki What’s your answer to any of these questions about the...
Commentary: As the lockdowns end, the responsibility lies with us
By Dick Ramsdell Whether we call ourselves Children of God. lost souls, homo...
Coronavirus Diary #2 — In Pandemic America 2020, Flint knows we are “collateral damage in a rigged deck casino”
Ed. Note: Here is the second of an East Village Magazine’s new...
Coronavirus Diaries #1: Viral time and the witching hour — when the dead wander in and out
By Teddy Robertson Ed. Note: Here is the first of an East Village...
Village Life: one day of coronavirus means milk and bread, MiracleGro, Jesus and a cello
By Jan Worth-Nelson Not surprisingly these days, I’d had a restless...
Village Life: New life as community journalist opens up hard realities about Flint
By Tom Travis I have attempted to dissect...
Commentary: An open letter to my Republican friends
By Paul Rozycki To my Republican friends: While we may disagree on many...
Village Life: Every day, I dream of Down Time
By Jan Worth-Nelson Every day I keep dreaming of Down Time. I used to crave...
Commentary: Mixed messages on COVID-19–whom should we believe?
By Paul Rozycki What’s your answer to any of these questions about the...
Commentary: We are NOT equally at risk for COVID-19. Racism makes all the difference
Editor’s Note: This essay is a response to a recent commentary...
Commentary: As the lockdowns end, the responsibility lies with us
By Dick Ramsdell Whether we call ourselves Children of God. lost souls, homo...
Commentary: Kent State at 50–no redemption for a failing America
By Jan Worth-Nelson I didn’t want to write this. I didn’t want...
Commentary: A beloved neighbor and nurse humanizes the COVID-19 crisis
By Paul Rozycki With the 24/7 news coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, there...
Commentary: Maybe music helped Flint in 1918 — and arts and culture can do it for us now
By Rodney Lontine Arts and culture offer much-needed healing in difficult...
Coronavirus Diary #2 — In Pandemic America 2020, Flint knows we are “collateral damage in a rigged deck casino”
Ed. Note: Here is the second of an East Village Magazine’s new...
Coronavirus Diaries #1: Viral time and the witching hour — when the dead wander in and out
By Teddy Robertson Ed. Note: Here is the first of an East Village...
A number of numbers to watch in 2019
By Paul Rozycki I once knew a math professor who argued that everything in...
Jacky King laid to rest: Flint loses a genuine hero
by Harold C. Ford “Get out there and make a damn difference.”...
Commentary: Should the Lame Duck be a dead duck?
By Paul Rozycki In the past, the so-called “lame duck” session was a...
Village Life: It’s been a little hard to write about nuthatches
By Jan Worth-Nelson I’d really like to go back to writing about...
Local news still matters, even as the “how” changes
By Jan Worth-Nelson I just lost my temper. The trigger was an early...
Is restoring trust as easy as turning a faucet?
By Paul Rozycki Trust is the glue of life. It’s the most essential...
Commentary: We are NOT equally at risk for COVID-19. Racism makes all the difference
Editor’s Note: This essay is a response to a recent commentary...
Commentary: As the lockdowns end, the responsibility lies with us
By Dick Ramsdell Whether we call ourselves Children of God. lost souls, homo...
Commentary: Kent State at 50–no redemption for a failing America
By Jan Worth-Nelson I didn’t want to write this. I didn’t want...
Coronavirus Diaries: Seven EVM writers report from their own lives
Editor’s Note: Like everyone else, all of East Village...
Commentary: Maybe music helped Flint in 1918 — and arts and culture can do it for us now
By Rodney Lontine Arts and culture offer much-needed healing in difficult...
Coronavirus Diary #2 — In Pandemic America 2020, Flint knows we are “collateral damage in a rigged deck casino”
Ed. Note: Here is the second of an East Village Magazine’s new...
Coronavirus Diaries #1: Viral time and the witching hour — when the dead wander in and out
By Teddy Robertson Ed. Note: Here is the first of an East Village...
Supt. Derrick Lopez on Flint’s resilience, coming together for students: “Coronavirus must not fracture who we are”
Commentary By Dr. Derrick Jones Lopez Superintendent, Flint Community...
Commentary: Mixed messages on COVID-19–whom should we believe?
By Paul Rozycki What’s your answer to any of these questions about the...
Free COVID-19 testing for Flint draws 200 in first day at Shiloh Baptist
By Tom Travis Cars lined up in the blocks around Shiloh Missionary Baptist...
MTA gearing back up, with precautions, helped by $19 million CARES Act grant
By Madeleine Graham As COVID-19 took hold in Genesee County with three Mass...
Free COVID-19 tests for all Flint residents available Sunday, Monday
This just in from the City of Flint: For Immediate Release To help...
Police, fire budgets to cover new hires; EAB budget cut clarified in budget session shortened by mutes, protest defections
By Tom Travis Councilperson Kate Fields (4th Ward) and chair of the City...
Flint City Bike Tours inviting public to venture out today to see the city
With the coronavirus pandemic still keeping most people indoors, Flint City...
Buses are back: MTA service resumes after almost 50 days, with extra sanitizing and social distancing measures in place
By Tom Travis Since April 1, Flint’s Mass Transportation Authority...
Despite inmate releases and lockdown restrictions, Flint crime rate and response time tick down, city reports
By Jan Worth-Nelson As the city adapts to effects of the coronavirus...
Editorial: Mr. President, please stop the dangerous attacks
FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION Congress shall make no law...
City Council to discuss budget, contracts in public tele/video session tonight at 5:30 p.m.
The City Council will meet by telephone and video conference tonight in a...
More than 500 Flint residents get COVID-19 tested in two-day blitz
By Jan Worth-Nelson More than 500 Flint residents lined up their cars on...
Commentary: Mixed messages on COVID-19–whom should we believe?
By Paul Rozycki What’s your answer to any of these questions about the...
MTA gearing back up, with precautions, helped by $19 million CARES Act grant
By Madeleine Graham As COVID-19 took hold in Genesee County with three Mass...
Free COVID-19 tests for all Flint residents available Sunday, Monday
This just in from the City of Flint: For Immediate Release To help...
Council President Monica Galloway weighs in on Kate Fields’ actions and video meeting fracas
By Tom Travis City Council president Monica Galloway (7th Ward) expressed...
Police, fire budgets to cover new hires; EAB budget cut clarified in budget session shortened by mutes, protest defections
By Tom Travis Councilperson Kate Fields (4th Ward) and chair of the City...
Avoid Flint River contact after treated stormwater and sewage discharge release today, water pollution control officials advise
City of Flint Utilities Department officials from the Water Pollution...
Review: Riveting Semaj Brown “bleeds fire” at Mott Warsh Gallery performance
By Jan Worth-Nelson Facing lies, atrocities and daily affronts to self-love...
EVM staffer, poet Jeffery L Carey Jr launches new book Saturday at Totem
By Jan Worth-Nelson Jeffery L Carey Jr, a poet, artist, and staff writer at...
Poem: Lexicon for a Tyrant
Lexicon for a Tyrant By Teddy Robertson You may wonder why I need a...
Restoring a duck decoy
Restoring a duck decoy By Grayce Scholt I touch acrylic paint to neck, to...
Review: For coronavirus “Cuckoo’s Nest,” the uneasily relevant show went on — and then got cancelled
By Patsy Isenberg It’s ironic how in sync “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s...
Charles Winfrey’s “Saints of St. John Street” runs at McCree through Feb. 29
By Patsy Isenberg “The now demolished St. John Street neighborhood is...
Review: Buckham show shines light on primal obsessions of love and death
By Jeffery L Carey, Jr. “Besides Eros, then, there was a death...
Review: Semaj Brown at the FIA a poet, a priestess, a force of nature borne of anger and love
By Jan Worth-Nelson In the opening of Semaj Brown’s Jan. 26...
Review: MCC’s Fine Arts Gallery presents “Japan Rediscovered: Photographs by Hideki Kihata.
By Paul Rozycki This past month the Mott Community College Fine Arts Gallery...
Hearing difficulties give young Flint artist a vision of inclusion
By Paul Rozycki Art historians say that Pablo Picasso began drawing at age...
Russ Dotson turns abandoned wood into Flint’s “found beauty”
By Jan Worth-Nelson After 22 years in the Navy, including tours of duty in...
Review: Local actor, director, poet, activist reflects on recent “Passing Strange”
By Patsy Isenberg Her name’s Harvey. Just Harvey. She’s been in...
This Month in the Village: April Features
You may download This Month in the...
Genesee Earth Week set to celebrate 50th Anniversary of Earth Day
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the Genesee Conservation...
This Month in the Village: March Features
You may download This Month in the...
This Month in the Village: November features
“This Month” highlights a selection of events available to our...
This Month in the Village: September Features
In the Village, the month of September features a car show, Bikes on the...
This Month in the Village: April Features
You may download This Month in the...
Village Life: one day of coronavirus means milk and bread, MiracleGro, Jesus and a cello
By Jan Worth-Nelson Not surprisingly these days, I’d had a restless...
Village Life: “Tree City” a sweet place to tap for syrup–here’s how
By Jeffery L Carey Jr. This year marks the fifth year my family has been...
Village Life: New life as community journalist opens up hard realities about Flint
By Tom Travis I have attempted to dissect...
Village Life: Every day, I dream of Down Time
By Jan Worth-Nelson Every day I keep dreaming of Down Time. I used to crave...
Village Life: Remembering a Flint walk when far away–my secret of self-care
By Jan Worth-Nelson I swear, by the time I stride onto the south end of...
Village Life: No boundaries for fear–A tale of two Flints
By Melodee Mabbitt On Halloween, I’ll have lived for 10 years in...
- News Briefs
City of Flint Customer Service still closed Monday, May 18
Notice from the City of Flint, announced today (Sunday) For Immediate...
Democracy rolls on: Election/voter deadlines today/tomorrow for May 5 election
As the nation, state, county and city attempt to cope with the Covid-19...
Mott Foundation grants $200K to Food Bank of Eastern Michigan for coronavirus needs
An emergency grant that will provide approximately 1.2 million meals to...
Covid-19 grief and support group Zoom meetings for Flint residents begin April 16
A Covid-19 grief and support group is being launched on Zoom at 11:30...
Water payment assistance offered by new City of Flint program
A fund to help residents pay their water bills has been approved by Flint...
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