Ypsilanti

Cultivate Coffee and TapHouse opens in Depot Town

By Leaha Dotson · Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016

Depot Town is continuing to come alive with the recent edition of Cultivate Coffee and TapHouse located at 307 River St.

22 North Art Gallery had people from the Ypsilanti community come out for their first juried show.

22 North Art Gallery opens for First Fridays

By Breezy White · Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015

On Friday, Nov. 6, Root Beer pong, poetry readings and live music weren’t the only attractions of First Fridays Ypsilanti.

“I hang out with friends or go out for dinner with family.”Katie Wegiel, junior, public health major

Eagle on the Street, Nov. 1

By Nafiah Khan · Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015

With midterms coming to a conclusion, Eastern students are finally getting a chance to come out of their studying caves and Eagle on the Street was there to ask: How do you celebrate the end of midterms?

Ypsi 24-Hour Film Shootout awards local filmmakers

By Kelsey Hawkins-Johnson · Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015

This year’s winners of the Ypsi 24-Hour Film Shootout were announced at a public screening at Washtenaw Community College on Friday, Oct.9 at 7 p.m. Hosted by Hyperion Coffee Co., The Ypsi 24-Hour Shootout was a filmmaking contest that took place on Oct.

Twenty-four hour film contest returns to Ypsilanti

By Kelsey Hawkins-Johnson · Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015

Hosted by Ypsilanti’s Hyperion Coffee Co., the annual YPSI 24-Hour Film Shootout will be returning for another year of competitive filmmaking on Oct.

Students enjoy a safe night off campus at Meijer Mania

By Barbara Bain · Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015

With all of the exciting events going on at Eastern Michigan University for the new and returning students, one of the most well known one is probably Meijer Mania. College students gathered to cash in on all the free merchandise and samples that Meijer had generously given.

Eastern Coney Island provides mediterranean food right off campus

Students enjoy service and shawarmas at local Coney Island

By Leaha Dotson · Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015

Where to eat off campus is important to know at the beginning of the year. Cross Street, offers a variety of options to choose from.

New local theater troop to present 'Beaver's Long Strange Trip'

By Afua Osei-Bonsu · Sunday, May 31, 2015

A young theater movement has given rise to many new theaters around Ypsilanti including Mix, Dreamland Theater and the newest member, The Neighborhood Theatre Group. On Friday, June 5, at 7:30 p.m., The Neighborhood Theatre Group will present a reading of Beaver’s Long Strange Trip at the Back Office Studio (BOS) located at 13 N.

Volunteers clean up downtown during Ypsi P.R.I.D.E Day

By Drew Saunders · Sunday, May 17, 2015

Local residents participated in the 21st annual Ypsi P.R.I.D.E Day Saturday morning. Volunteers at the event worked in the downtown Ypsilanti area to help gather litter, pull up weeds and plant new flowers. People Restoring Image and Developing the Environment is a project from the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Regional Chamber.

Gas leak shuts down part of Leforge Road Bridge

By Drew Saunders · Wednesday, April 22, 2015

A gas leak, at the LeForge Road Bridge, Monday afternoon, cut off parts of Ypsilanti from Superior Township.

Brewery and improv come together at the Pointless Brewery and Theatre

By Mona Beydoun · Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Beer and improvisational theatre lovers in the Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti area can soon enjoy a space that combines both. Eastern Michigan University Alumni, Tori and Jason Tomalia, will open Pointless Brewery and Theatre, 3014 Packard Road, Ann Arbor, this summer. Tori said the population in the area appreciates the “mind-set” of theater and craft beer. “[Improv theater is] super creative and really fresh and sort of instantaneous,”she said.