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 reopening with a “homecoming celebration” on Nov. 22, 2024, and Brownell STEM Academy hosted a similar celebration on Nov. 25 at which East Village Magazine (EVM) was present. ...
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 countless times with the fleeting thought of “I wonder what it’s like inside there.” Opening its doors in 2016, the gallery in a former Internal Revenue Office on the corner...
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, Lluberes told East Village Magazine (EVM) that he had too many fond memories of his experience to count. “The Flint Mural Plays – a community project where we commissioned...
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 to consider applicants to the 3rd Ward council seat, which was left vacant after the late Quincy Murphy’s passing in September. Resolutions on the meeting’s...
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