Alfred Bruce Bradley might find it fitting that the art of tap is performed using legs and feet. The founder of Tapology draws direct correlations between the movements of dancers and the paths symbolically walked by artists, musicians and the ancestors who have contributed to the legacy he is devoted to preserving in Flint. “We’ve […]
Communities First, Inc.’s Essence Wilson raised more than $37 million in capital from a variety of funding sources for affordable housing and mixed use projects in Flint. For that work she was recently selected from more than 500 entries as one of Real Estate Forum’s Women to Watch in its September issue. Wilson’s efforts helped […]
Flint’s got plenty of things to do after dark. Its downtown entertainment district makes it easy for visitors to traverse its eclectic mix of live music venues, sports bars, craft brew and bourbon bars, theatres and more. Catch a show at the newly renovated Capitol Theatre, which is among the many Michigan Economic Development Corp.-supported […]
If your elementary school music class was anything like mine, you listened to an ancient record of Peter and the Wolf, learned songs for pageants (with lyrics half the kids didn’t remember), and a bunch of other stuff you can’t remember … despite a memory of being in the classroom. Well, then perhaps it is […]
Programs benefitting Flint’s north end neighborhood are almost $2 million richer. The Ruth Mott Foundation today announced its board of trustees approved $1,958,195 in grants to enrich youth, safety, economic, and community initiatives. Grantees that received the 25 awards, ranging from $22,000 to $404,000 include vocational training, art, education, crime prevention and literacy programs, along […]
Come 2019, Flint will have a new free charter school. The groundbreaking ceremony for the new Flint Cultural Center Academy took place June 26 on the vacant land behind Sloan Museum and Flint Institute of Music. Projected to open in fall of 2019, the Flint Cultural Center Academy is a free charter school beginning with […]