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Sunday, May 5, 2019

Celebrate the Civic Park Centennial

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On Tuesday, May 14, the Urban Renaissance Center is hosting a Centennial Summer Kick Off to celebrate  Civic   Park 's 100 year anniv...
Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Flint Artifacts: Health Guarded Child Pin

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Monday, February 11, 2019

Flint Photos: All Contrails Lead to Albert Champion

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Albert Champion, with scarf and spark plug, hanging out, appropriately enough, in a downtown parking lot in Flint. Special thanks to John ...
Tuesday, February 5, 2019

The Great Divide

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Eduardo Porter in The New York Times reports : "Automation is splitting the American labor force into two worlds. There is a small is...

Flint, Meet Los Angeles

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Grey L.A. courtesy of Spot. "Nostalgia is a byproduct of action and memory. It doesn't have to exist but culture tends to im...
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Sunday, February 3, 2019

Flint Photos: Chevy in the Hole

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A cozy little spot for a picnic. Delphi Flint West, better known as Chevy in the Hole. And just how would a picnic table find its way to t...
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Friday, February 1, 2019

Home, Sweet Home

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A white mitten.
Saturday, January 19, 2019

A man walked upon it

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Everyone was talking about the moon. A man had walked upon it, but I hardly noticed.      — Patti Smith, Just Kids And the year 2000...
Sunday, January 13, 2019

Flint Writers Unite: An Afternoon with Author Connor Coyne in San Francisco

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Despite my less-than-stellar organizational skills these days and my two-year-old daughter Larki n's idiosyncrati c napping schedule, th...
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Monday, December 31, 2018

Flint Artifacts: Weaver's Bar Matchbook

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Before you drink, be sure to obey the safety patrol.
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