Former Mott Park golf course tees off to new life with neighborhood energy, disc golf
By Teddy Robertson On this wet, gray evening in mid-October, the 55-degree air feels colder after several days of balmy October sunshine. Beneath the dripping trees at the former Mott Park Municipal Golf Course, closed since 2009, the parking lot---surprisingly---is...
“Where are the journalists?” Part Two: Capturing the heart of the community
By Harold C. Ford This three-part series aims to explore, analyze and lament how many forces challenging the Fourth Estate are playing out in our own community – specifically in a close look at changes in The Flint Journal, now dwindled to a local staff of fewer than...
East Village Magazine – November 2017
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Flint City Council votes for 30-day GLWA contract extension, water source issue eludes resolution
By Meghan Christian At an emergency meeting Friday, Oct. 27, the Flint City Council voted for a 30-day extension of the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) contract from Nov. 1 to Nov. 30. The council, defying an order imposed by United States District Court Judge...
Planning Commission begins consideration of revised pot dispensary ordinance
By Sherrema Bower A proposed new city ordinance designed to govern area marijuana dispensaries took a step forward Oct. 24 as the Flint Planning Commission held a required public hearing on a draft of the Medical Marihuana Facilities Licensing Act Ordinance. The draft...
Water, water, water, we the people, and weed star in second mayoral forum
By Jan Worth-Nelson Eight candidates for mayor in Flint assured an audience of about 75 Thursday night at the Flint Public Library that they are about The People, that city government needs a change, and that each of them is the best one to deliver that change. Not...
Not quite fact, not quite fiction, “Flint”movie airing on Lifetime Oct. 28 still gets basics right
By Patsy Isenberg On Saturday evening, Oct. 21, hundreds of people filled The Whiting to get a first look at a movie about Flint's water crisis called “Flint.” The movie will be broadcast on the Lifetime Network this Saturday, Oct. 28. According to the directors and...
Mayoral candidate David Meier ends campaign as FBI debunks Medal of Honor claims
By Jan Worth-Nelson Beset with evidence contradicting his claims that he was a Congressional Medal of Honor winner from the Vietnam War, Flint Mayoral candidate David Meier stated in an email to East Village Magazine today that he has ended his political campaign. "I...
Commentary: How to win an election without votes? Gerrymander!
By Paul Rozycki The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything. -Joseph Stalin In a democracy the winners in elections are supposed to be decided by whoever gets the most votes. And that is usually true. However, the...
Review: “Voices from Heaven” brings a joyful noise to The New McCree Theatre
By Sherrema Bower When 23-year-old Albertina Walker helped form the gospel singing group in 1952, The Caravans, she had no way of knowing then that their group would span six decades, launch numerous careers, and would see her as its most steadfast member throughout....
Systems still are failing Flint, panelists assert at UM Bicentennial event
By Jan Worth-Nelson Less than a mile from where two U.S. Congressmen were touring the Flint Farmers' Market with considerable fanfare and a scrum of reporters and photographers in tow, a panel at a much quieter event at the Flint Public Library asserted that Flint has...
With host Dan Kildee, Joseph Kennedy III visits Flint, calls for long-term revitalization
By Jan Worth-Nelson U.S. Congressman Dan Kildee brought his House of Representatives colleague, Rep. Joseph Kennedy III of Massachusetts, to Flint Saturday, a visit culminating in a tour of the Flint Farmer's Market where, after buying fresh tomatoes, flowers and a...
Quilter/musician Joe Cunningham comes home to old haunts, delivers exuberance and wit
By Jan Worth-Nelson Nationally-recognized quilter and musician Joe Cunningham has not just cleared the path for male quilters across the country, but also has led quilting in general into the fine arts world over the past two decades, according to Greater Flint Arts...
Tribalism, bankruptcy, a city “tithe” to the homeless emerge as proposals at first mayoral candidate forum
By Jan Worth-Nelson A Flint audience of about 6o got a closer look at five of the 18 candidates for mayor of the city at the Flint Public Library Thursday night in the first of two candidate forums. Their decidedly mixed comments ranged from proposing a city "tithe,"...
Mayoral candidate David Meier doubles down on claims; Congressional Medal office disagrees
By Jan Worth-Nelson The East Village Magazine website was briefly taken down this afternoon by a source unknown to the magazine after David Meier, a Flint candidate for mayor whose claims that he was a Medal of Honor recipient have been challenged, doubled down to EVM...
Poem: Lexicon for a Tyrant
Lexicon for a Tyrant By Teddy Robertson You may wonder why I need a phrase book he travels to us, after all--- unbidden on the screen. He comes with simple words, monosyllables from happy times with little ones huge great bad good win smart weak tough Soon come...
Mayor calls for GLWA decision, touts water crisis progress, Lear and GM news in State of the City address
By Meghan Christian Beginning with the water crisis, Mayor Karen Weaver acknowledged Tuesday night in her second State of the City address at City Hall that there is still work to be done, but said evidence suggests the city is moving in the right direction....
Mayoral candidate David Meier’s claims of Medal of Honor status questioned
By Jan Worth-Nelson Claims by David Meier, 67, a candidate for mayor of Flint, that he was a United States Medal of Honor recipient from the Vietnam War are being questioned by area veterans and appear not to be true. Nor has East Village Magazine been able to verify...
Review: Excellent FYT “Wrinkle in Time” honors classic tale, offers relevant themes
By Sherrema Bower When Madeleine L’Engle first wrote her timeless children’s classic, “A Wrinkle in Time,” in 1960, the book was rejected nearly 30 times before being accepted by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, who published it to acclaim in 1962. “Wrinkle” won L’Engle a...
Commentary: “Day Without Water” suggests “Flint Strong Stones” will not be silenced
By Michael Mascarenhas Special to East Village Magazine Oct. 12, 2017 marked the third annual “Imagine a Day Without Water,” a day dedicated to advocacy and awareness of water insecurity in the United States. Given the ongoing water crisis in Flint, the day provided...
Meet the Candidates for Mayor of Flint–and Vote Nov. 7!
Meet the Candidates for Mayor, City of Flint In one of the most complicated local election cycles in recent Flint history, an East Village Magazine team attempted to assemble information for our readers about all of the candidates whose names will appear on the Nov. 7...
Meet the Candidates: City Council–Vote Nov. 7!
Meet the Candidates: City Council List of candidates: (Two top vote getters per ward from the Aug. 5 primary) Ward One: Anita Brown and Eric Mays Ward Two: Maurice D. Davis and Jackie Poplar Ward Three: Santino Guerra and Kerry L. Nelson Ward Four: Michael Doan...
For a Las Vegas native, difference between virtual and real hit home
By Dylan Doherty I was hesitant when my fiancée, Kelsey Ronan, suggested I write for East Village Magazine. Unlike her, I was not born in Flint, Michigan, or even the Midwest. I didn’t have the fascination and dedication to the city where I spent twenty years of my...
East Village Magazine – October 2017
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Village Life: Wilbur the “Flint Strong” dog, tangled vines and a city’s fate
By Jan Worth-Nelson In a conference room at City Hall recently after a typically chaotic council meeting, Councilman Herbert Winfrey leaned across a table and said something that stuck in my brain. He said, “A city is what it accepts.” I’m still thinking about that....
