Ford Lake Frozen Leap returns
Feb. 5, 2010 · 12:05 p.m.
Organizers of the second annual Ford Lake Frozen Leap hope to double the amount of money raised from last year with all proceeds benefiting the American Heart Association....read more
Ypsilanti kombucha tea business takes off
Feb. 4, 2010 · 1:07 p.m.
Coffee shops and cafes have long reined supreme for social gatherings and the free Internet hot spot for students. However, some customers have recently found their...read more
"Shoulder to the Wheel" offers entertaining look at American experience
Jan. 30, 2010 · 12:10 p.m.
What is the American experience? What era in American history defines the American experience? How does the American experience look through different perspectives?
These...read more
Simply deVine closing doors in February
Jan. 29, 2010 · 12:32 p.m.
On a gloomy winter morning a going out of business sign hangs over the store front of Simply deVine.
The inside of the store is much more cheerful than the sign...read more
U.S. Census kicks off in Ypsilanti
Jan. 22, 2010 · 3:08 p.m.
The 2010 U.S. Census kicked off Tuesday in Ypsilanti and it comes with 1,000 jobs in the area for those who could use the work.
Toine Murphy, a partnership specialist...read more
Depot Town Cruise Nights began last week and will continue every Thursday evening through September 17.
Thursday car show gets underway
Jun. 22, 2009 · 10:10 a.m.
When they took over Depot Town Cruise Nights 13 years ago only a handful of classic cars came each week to the small event held in the parking lot behind Aubree’s.
Now, Linda French and Mickey Ichesco say they have to turn cars away when they pull up to park on Cross Street in Depot Town. It was no different Thursday at the first Depot Town Cruise Night of the season.
The rain clouds made way for sun and hot weather as hundreds of people came out for the event.
Many familiar faces and cars were there including Nelson Amos’ little blue Mazda Miata and Doyle Julian’s 1956 Ford. But there were also some new vehicles in the crowd. Pat Hindmon brought her 1947 Flexible and gave tours of the bedroom and kitchen inside.
“We just have a lot of fun down here,” Ichesco said shouting over a Beach Boys’ tune blaring from the Disk Jockey’s speakers.
There will be no shortage of activities this year either. Depot Town Forward, the group that organizes cruise nights, intends to post a calendar of events on its Web site in the coming week. French said activities this summer include cloggers, a Doo-wop group as well as “Mater” and “Doc Hudson,” inspired by the Disney Pixar movie “Cars.”
Shankwiler 123 Gallery is organizing children’s events every week in the boulevard between Apple Annie’s Antiques and Depot Town Tattoo. Cats Meow Face Design will offer face painting in front of Fantasy Attic and, as always, there will be plenty of hula hoops available for the children’s hula hoop competition at 7 p.m.
While she waited for her three-year-old daughter to get her face painted, Ypsilanti resident Silvia Gonzalez said her family comes to cruise nights almost every Thursday.
“My husband loves the cars and it gives us something to do,” Gonzalez said.
French said you don’t have to be a car enthusiast to enjoy cruise nights.
“It’s like date night down here,” she said. “It’s something to do, it’s free and it kind of brings the community together.”
Cruise Nights are scheduled through September 17, every Thursday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. (weather permitting) on Cross Street between Hamilton and River streets in Depot Town.
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