On a warm summer night, one of the most fun things for children to do outside is to lie on their backs in the cool grass, gaze at the night sky and wonder what it would be like to someday fly high and reach for the stars.
The moment Dr. Bobby Mukkamala had envisioned for a year was drawing near.
Back to the Bricks is just around the corner, ready to celebrate its 20th anniversary of bringing the roar of cars, music and more to the Vehicle City!
Girl Scouts founder, Juliette Gordon “Daisy” Low, believed in the power of every girl. So much so that she organized the first Girl Scouts of the USA troop in March 1912, in Savannah, GA and every year since, the organization made her vision a reality, helping young girls discover their strengths, passions and talents.
This spring, the Greater Flint community was invited to view the works of local art students at two special exhibitions hosted annually by the Greater Flint Arts Council.
1. When you were a kid, what did you want to grow up to be?
If the success of a vibrant community depends in part on the availability of arts and culture, then the City of Flint is a haven for artistic pursuits and public appreciation and enjoyment. In addition to the Flint Cultural Center, which includes the Flint Institute of Arts, Flint Institute of Music, Sloan Museum of Discovery and Longway Planetarium to name a few, Downtown is also home to the Buckham Fine Arts Project.
On July 2, 1984, President Ronald Reagan signed into law what many may think is the greatest legislation of all time: designating July as National Ice Cream Month, and the third Sunday of July as National Ice Cream Day.
Need a good beach read or a book to pack for your summer getaway? This list of titles has it all: romance, suspense, fantasy, history, monsters … Dive in.
The vehicle featured on the Back to the Bricks 20th Anniversary Main Event logo is owned by Flint residents and longtime car enthusiasts, Bob and Jill Ayre. Both extremely active with the organization, the couple has attended and worked on every Promo Tour and helped at almost all the other events, including Dust ‘Em Off, Tune-Up Week and Main Event week. Bob even helped kick off “Hot Rod High” back in the day, a highly successful Back to the Bricks project we hope to bring back someday. To honor and thank this dedicated couple for all their hard work, their little red truck – named Phyllis – was chosen to adorn the logo for the 20th Anniversary Main Event!
If you build it, they will come … Genesee County will soon have its own field of dreams!
