From August 6 thru September 4, Greater Flint residents were presented with an amazing, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Founded in 2003 with the mission to “preserve and share humanity’s stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world,” StoryCorps, partnered with Michigan Radio, arrived in Flint to record the hopes,

If you have been motoring around Flint this summer, you may have seen artists at work covering the city with beautiful, colorful murals. Their creations are brought to you courtesy of the Flint Public Art Project (FPAP) as they begin Phase 1 of their goal to paint 100 new murals in Flint by the end

When Marissa Pierce joined the Flint Institute of Arts (FIA) as the public and community relations co-ordinator a few years ago, the organization was searching for a new and better way to include the younger generation of art enthusiasts. “FIA was seeking to create an organization in the museum that would reach out to our

  When David Petersen finished writing and illustrating the first issue of the Mouse Guard comic book series for the Motor City Comic Con in May of 2005, there was no way he could have known where it would lead. “I thought I would simply self-publish the series for a time,” he recalls. “I thought

  Flint Community Players is celebrating its 90th season this year! And, the community theater group has a rich history. It all began in the summer of 1928, when a few young people of Flint gathered to come up with a plan for theater productions. In the spring of 1929, a theater group, The Wright

  The Art of Kuungana African Drum and Dance Company Kuungana African Drum and Dance Company pulses with the beat and energy of African American culture and community. The Flint-based company has been active in bringing the city together in harmony for 24 years. “Kuungana means ‘to be connected,’” explains co-founder, Baba Kevin Collins. “There

  When artist Vanessa German arrives at the Flint Institute of Arts later this month to install her exhibition, Miracles and Glory Abound, her third trip to Vehicle City will be a sort of homecoming. German first visited in spring 2018 in preparation for both her show – which, along with Engaging African Art: Highlights

  For Jill Lyons, working at the Center for the Arts of Greater Lapeer has taken her life full circle. “The building that houses Gallery 194 was once owned by my family,” the Center’s executive director says. “It was built as a clothing department store and it opened on my first birthday.” She spent years

  In 1988, the Flint Institute of Music (FIM) made the hire of a lifetime when Maestro Enrique Arturo Diemecke was chosen as music director and conductor of the Flint Symphony Orchestra. His passion for music and desire to teach resonated throughout the Institute and during concerts. Immediately, the FIM knew that it had someone

  It was 1984, 1:00am – a gunshot rang out in the parking lot of Flint’s Buick City. Wayne Collins was murdered and the killer was never found. The Collins family was left devastated. Wayne’s son, Skip, would commit suicide and his daughter, Elena, would forever ask what her life would have been, had the