Education Beat: Renovated Brownell-Holmes campus reopens to students
By Harold C. Ford After nearly a calendar year, the dramatically upgraded Brownell and Holmes school buildings along Oxley Drive on the city’s north side have reopened to Flint students from pre-K to eighth grade. Holmes STEM Middle School Academy marked the...
Village Life: A new perspective at the Mott-Warsh Gallery
By Canisha Bell Have you ever walked or driven past a place numerous times only to discover it’s actually an amazing venue that you should’ve paid a visit to a long time ago? For me that place, until recently, was the Mott-Warsh (MW) Gallery – despite my going by...
The East Village Magazine – December 2024
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Farewell to Michael Lluberes, the founding producing artistic director of FIM Flint Repertory Theatre
By Kate Stockrahm Michael Lluberes, the founding producing artistic director of FIM Flint Repertory Theatre, is leaving the theatre after more than six years of service. In an interview just days ahead of his departure from the non-profit stage on Kearsley Street,...
Another Special Flint City Council meeting called to consider leadership
By EVM Staff After failing to elect a president and vice president at a Special Flint City Council Meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, another special meeting has been called for tomorrow, Monday, Dec. 9. Aside from determining its leadership, the body is also slated...
Flint City Council to consider leadership, ARPA funding at special meeting
By EVM Staff A special Flint City Council meeting has been called for Dec. 4, 2024. According to a public notice issued on Dec. 3, the Council will consider its organization, including a selection of president and vice president, as well as several resolutions,...
City of Flint holiday tree lighting to take place Dec. 4
By EVM Staff Though Thanksgiving leftovers may still be in the fridge, December is here already, and with it, so too is the City of Flint's annual tree lighting event. In a press release, Mayor Sheldon Neeley announced the city's 2024 "City of Flint Tree Lighting"...
Catholic Charities breaks ground on transitional housing development for veterans experiencing homelessness
By Madeleine Graham Veterans and Catholic Charities of Shiawassee and Genesee Counties (CCSGC) celebrated the long-awaited groundbreaking of Sacred Heart Veteran Village at 719 E. Moore Street in Flint on Nov. 19, 2024. Thomas Haeussler, Development Director for...
Flint City Hall will closed Nov. 28, Nov. 29 for Thanksgiving
By EVM Staff In observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, Flint City Hall will be closed to the public Thursday, Nov. 28, and Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. The building will reopen to the public Monday, December 2, with normal business hours from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The...
How Trump won: 10 takeaways from the 2024 election
By Paul Rozycki In the November 2024 election, former President Donald Trump won a second term, taking both the Electoral College and the popular vote. It was only the second time that Republicans have won the popular vote since 1988. What does it mean when a nation...
The East Village Magazine – November 2024
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Public update on environmental remediation work at Buick City to be held Nov. 21
By EVM Staff A public meeting will be held on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, to provide an update on continuing environmental remediation work at the former Buick City property in Flint. The meeting will be helmed by Revitalizing Auto Communities Environmental Response...
Village Life: Can there be a happy darkness?
By Jan Worth-Nelson Lately, I’ve been renegotiating with the dark. Darkness gets a bad rap, including in my own mind. Each year I dread the coming on of longer nights, culminating in the anachronistic switch from Daylight Savings Time. By then, it’s dark when I leave...
Education Beat: Boose Back on Flint School Board
By Harold C. Ford Linda Boose, a former Flint Board of Education (FBOE) member, will be returning to the board in January 2025. She defeated Chad Schlosser in the November 2024 election by a count of 16,950, 68.96 percent of the vote, to 7,306, 29.73 percent,...
Reminders from the Flint City Clerk ahead of Election Day 2024
By EVM Staff Just ahead of Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, Flint City Clerk Davina Donahue issued a few reminders to the city's voters. "If you have lost or have not yet received your absent voter ballot, please consider either coming to the City Clerk’s Office...
Free rides available to Flint’s early voting sites
By EVM Staff Need a ride to the your early polling location this week? Genesee County has you covered. County Clerk/Registrar Domonique Clemons shared that free rides are available starting at 10 a.m. to early voting sites across Flint on Oct. 30 and Nov. 1 by filling...
Flint Rep’s ‘Godspell’ extended to Nov. 3
By EVM Staff There's more "Godspell" at the FIM Flint Repertory Theatre this month. The Rep's expected four-week run of its very unexpected take on the musical has been been extended through November 3, 2024. According to Ashley Poirior, FIM Manager of Patron...
Village Life: Meeting SARAH
By Christina Collie SARAH and I met in 2020. She’s not so much a “who” but a “what,” and her name comes from a sci-fi tv show called "Eureka" that ran from 2006-2012. In the show, SARAH stands for “Self-Actuated Residential Automated Habitat,” a house-of-the-future...
Education Beat: Klee leads Beecher bid for students on Flint’s north side
By Harold C. Ford The Beecher Community School District (BCSD) on Flint’s near north side has shared more information on the $20 million renovation of its mostly-abandoned Beecher High School campus at the corner of Saginaw Street and Coldwater Road. The district’s...
Meet the candidates for Genesee County Sheriff
By Madeleine Graham With the November 5 election fast approaching, East Village Magazine sat down with the two candidates running for Genesee County Sheriff, Democratic incumbent Chris Swanson and Republican candidate Jeff Salzeider, to learn more about each man and...
The 2024 election: What’s on the ballot and what’s at stake?
By Paul Rozycki In a year when we’ve seen a sitting president step aside from his certain nomination, a former president facing criminal convictions over payments to a porn star and two assassination attempts, the nomination of the first African-American/Asian woman...
The East Village Magazine – October 2024
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Flint Repertory Theatre dives into a new season with a big splash in ‘Godspell’
by Patsy Isenberg The Flint Repertory Theatre’s new season opened last Saturday with a delightful interpretation of “Godspell” – originally a rock musical about the Gospel of St. Matthew adapted to 1970s New York City – now set in a swimming pool. But more on that...
Flint organizations to host city, state candidate forums
By EVM Staff Communities First, Inc. (CFI), in partnership with Flint Beat and the League of Women Voters of the Flint Area, will host candidate forums for offices in the City of Flint, Genesee County, and the Michigan State House of Representatives in the coming...
City of Flint announces the death of Councilman Quincy Murphy
By EVM Staff The flag at Flint City Hall will be lowered to half-staff today to honor the passing of Third Ward Flint City Councilman Quincy Murphy. In a press release sent in the evening of Sept. 29, 2024, city officials said "we are deeply saddened to announce the...
