City of Flint launches webpage with coronavirus community resources
The City of Flint today announced it has set up a webpage to help residents find and connect with coronavirus services. City Hall itself will be closed temporarily starting Tuesday, March 17, but according to the press release, city services will continue and phones will continue to be answered. Here is the city’s press statement: “The City of Flint launched today a webpage detailing services available to Flint residents...
Coronavirus update: Two McCree programs—Stylistics, Youth Arts Explosion—postponed
The following two postponements were announced today from the New McCree Theatre: “Due to Governor Whitmer’s advisory requsting Michigan citizens to avoid gatherings of 100 people or more as a means of preventing the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus, McCree Theatre is postponing its Stylistics’ concert, originally scheduled for Saturday, March 21, 2020, until further notice. “The Youth Arts Explosion...
Censured Councilperson Mays, attorney make case against city council
By Tom Travis At a Saturday press conference inside the Hasselbring Senior Center in Flint’s north end, the attorney for censured 1st Ward Councilperson Eric Mays, Steve Haney said, “What I’m here for today is not an Eric Mays issue– it’s an issue for 8,000 folks who elected Eric Mays to be their voice. They are being deprived constitutionally of that voice.” On March 4, City Council had Mays removed from a council meeting for...
Flint City Hall closing to the public Tuesday because of COVID-19: Neeley recommends limits on gathering size
The City of Flint tonight issued a statement saying Flint City Hall will temporarily close to the public Tuesday, March 17, due to “the continuing spread of COVID-19.” The statement also said Mayor Sheldon Neeley recommends all local businesses, places of worship and other gathering spaces “voluntarily limit the size of their gatherings,” indicating the city will cancel all “nonessential” meetings...
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 Nest” at Flint Repertory Theatre’s (The Rep’s) Elgood blackbox stage last Friday (the 13th, as it happened) echoed how it seems so many of us were feeling that day. It was the opening night for the show. I kept checking the theatre’s website all week to make sure they hadn’t cancelled or postponed the opening. They didn’t. But it was supposed to take place...
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