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
Michigan native Vince Averill performed at the Riverside Arts Center with Jesse Popp, Matt McCarthy and Greg Johnson Friday evening. Tickets for tonight's show are still available.
Show wrappes up tonight at Riverside Arts Center
Jan. 24, 2009 · 12:37 a.m.
The Riverside Arts Center is not your typical venue for stand-up comedians, but Michigan natives Vince Averill and Jesse Popp have made their way back to the Great Lakes State to bring a little stand-up comedy to Ypsilanti.
Averill and Popp returned to their old stomping grounds in southeastern Michigan where they got their start in comedy before moving to New York City in 2006.
Averill grew up in Milford and graduated from Eastern Michigan University in 1999 with a bachelor’s degree in geography and tourism. Popp grew up in Garden City.
“We haven’t been back to perform in a long time,” Averill said before Friday night’s show at the RAC.
The guys said they decided on the Riverside Arts Center because the space was available and they liked the area.
“I’ve always liked Ypsi, for its good and its bad,” Averill said.
Averill said he got into comedy after graduating with his degree.
“I graduated from Eastern and realized with a degree in geography I couldn’t do much but go to work and sleep,” he said. “That’s when I started taking classes at the Second City.”
Popp and Averill met at the Heidelberg in Ann Arbor and the pair decided to make the move to New York. The two have been on Comedy Central and toured countless spots in the Big Apple.
Popp and Averill came back to Ypsilanti with friends Matt McCarthy and Greg Johnson in tow.
McCarthy has appeared on Comedy Central’s “Just for Laughs” and several commercials including McDonald's, Verizon and Guinness. He also made it to the top five in the Doritos’ make-your-own-commercial contest “Crash the Superbowl” for his commercial "New Flavor Pitch." The winning commercial will have the chance to have their ad aired during the game.
Johnson’s weekly show in NYC was awarded the ECNY award, formally the Emerging Comics of New York Awards, for Best Variety Show in 2008.
All four comedians will be performing again tonight at 8 p.m. at the RAC. Averill said more than 100 tickets have already been sold, but there are still some available. Tickets are $12 at the door.
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