Let's call it a stroke of genius: The best muralists in the world (including some from right here in Flint) have turned the city into an open museum with more than 40 massive paintings completed in less than three months. And, they are just getting started.
Parade marchers each decorated a flag to celebrate their own individuality. Malaya Gilbert, 5, said her flag means: “fun, family, and love.”
He was a renaissance man with fine taste, who took no concern in flash and glitz but carried a deep appreciation for one’s composition and experience. A longtime neighborhood activist and generous community supporter, William Alexander died May 11, 2019.
The Civic Park Centennial Gospel Celebration will run 2-6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, at the Heritage and Harmony Festival Stage on Dayton Avenue. It is free and open to the public.
The first-ever History on the Move event in Flint is modeled after similar walk/runs organized in Chicago. The free event includes a guided tour through nine Civic Park landmarks.
Office hours are an opportunity for people to come meet with Flintside staff, share story ideas, and shape the work of Flintside’s ongoing On the Ground project in Civic Park. Stop in from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday, July 25, at St. Luke N.E.W. Life Center, 3115 Lawndale Ave in Flint.
At St. Luke’s N.E.W. Life Center, you will find women with dreams and the support needed to achieve them. Yolanda Hull, 49, dreams of becoming a seamstress, giving birth to her son, owning a Chevy Malibu, and continuing to have the strength to show up for herself day after day.
Featuring a theme of growth and renewal, a workshop with local residents provided the inspiration for the mural on the side of the water distribution trailer at Joy Tabernacle Church.
This is the third of this summer’s four planned neighborhood art parades — which include music, games, creation of an individual art project, unity, and a half-mile trek.
Heirloom family recipes are being served up Creole-style by Princess Greene at the Gumbo Trap. The seafood gumbo is a fan favorite, but she also specializes in Po’ Boy sandwiches and beignets.
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