The Food Bank of Eastern Michigan held its 4th Annual BackPack Night Fundraiser on Thursday, March 5 at the Holiday Inn-Gateway Center. The BackPack Program provides kids at risk of hunger with a backpack full of nutritious food each weekend throughout the school year.
rystal Jo’s Diner is a hole-in-the-wall suitable for Food Network’s popular show, Diners, Drive-ins and Dives. It may not look like much from the outside, but inside, you’ll find one of the best burgers in Genesee County. You can sit on an old-fashioned stool at the counter and watch owner Tony Tucker and cooks Shane
hat a fantastic, fascinating and, at times, frantic journey Flint indie rock band Building Birds has been on for the past 12 months. What began last winter as two long-time friends – bassist Johnny Mason and vocalist/guitar player Ashley Peacock – hanging out in Mason’s living room bouncing songwriting ideas off each other quickly took
mokey, Mrs. Beasley, Daisy, Ginger, Candy, Pete and Caroline are just a few of the pooches that frequent Paw Palace of Fenton, a pet care and boarding facility that offers cage-free socialization, exercise and loving supervision for four-legged family members. Owner Heidi McAra started the business in Grand Blanc in 2010. My City Magazine spent
hen President Jimmy Carter declared a week in March of 1980 as Women’s History Week, he proclaimed, “Too often the women were unsung and sometimes their contributions went unnoticed. But the achievements, leadership, courage, strength and love of the women who built America was as vital as that of the men whose names we know
erry Crews’ smile is as big as his personality. The multi-talented movie star, TV personality, artist and athlete was born and raised in Flint, the son of Patricia and Terry Crews, Sr. He attended Western Michigan University with a full-ride athletic scholarship to play football. In 1991, he was drafted to the NFL by the
urn something old into something new – that is what Fenton native Cliff Menard, a furniture restorer and custom upholsterer, loves to do. And anyone who has walked into Downtown Flint’s Cafe Rhema can attest to the quality of his work. The coffee shop’s owner, Josh Spencer, found the furniture on Craigslist, and Cliff went
llie Sevick never knows where or when she will be reminded of how her passion impacts the lives of others. “One day, I was taking my mother to the emergency room,” she recalls, “and suddenly in the midst of all that, someone started yelling my name – ‘Mrs. Ellie! Mrs. Ellie! I just earned my
his exhibition features photographs that tell the tale of Reverend Louis Cole and his congregation during the 1970s. It is a story of people, their habits and beliefs, and the time and place in which they lived. The works also shed light on the unique relationship between the photographer James Perry Walker and the subject.
ross country skiing is a great way to enjoy some exercise while taking in beautiful winter landscapes – which leads to the question: Where are the Flint area’s best XC trails? Veteran cross country skier Chris Marty of Shumaker’s Ski & Snowboard store in Flint has an answer. While the closest groomed trails are located
hen Davin Pierson Torre began playing viola with the Flint Symphony as a 20-year-old University of Michigan music student years ago, she recognized the potential for the arts in Flint and wanted to do something about it. “Fairly quickly, I abandoned the ambition to be a professional musician,” she recalled. Now in her 20th year
he city of Flint as we know it today began in the early part of the 19th century as a single shanty in the wilds of Michigan. Jacob Smith, a Canadian of German descent, is commonly considered the founder of Flint. He established a trading post at the “Grand Traverse,” as the southernmost point of
