By Alan Madeleine Sean Bieri is an illustrator whose work will be shown at Café 1923, and there will be an official opening this Friday to support the exhibit. The Hamtramck resident is also, among other things, the current Artistic Director of the Metro Times. Let’s talk a little about your background – generally, but [...]
(Editor-at-Large Walter Wasacz writes a weekly column on life in Hamtramck.) By Walter Wasacz It was nice to get a call a few weeks ago from one of my oldest, dearest Hamtramck buddies, Stanley Nalepa, a retired public school teacher who was a recreation baseball mentor to me in the 1960s. It reminded me of [...]
By Ian Perrotta The new documentary on Art “Pinky” Deras’ isn’t the only thing related to baseball making headlines this week. The effort to save the stadium at Veterans Park continues to meet with success. Last Thursday’s (Aug. 19) meeting of the committee to save the grandstands yielded a number of positive results and helped [...]
By Omar Thabet Special to the Review How can you not like a guy nicknamed “Hippo”? Chances are if you went through Hamtramck Public Schools, you’ve met John “Hippo” Hypnarowicz. He’s been driving school buses here for 33 years, and next Friday is his last day on the job. Yes, the nickname Hippo comes from [...]
(Editor-at-Large Walter Wasacz writes a weekly column on life in Hamtramck.) By Walter Wasacz Faithful readers of Street Life might recall that last week’s column dealt with my personal experience with cleaning trash and pulling weeds around my house and in the neighborhood where I live. For those who missed it, the gist was that [...]
By Ian Perrotta Last Saturday’s (Aug. 14) effort to raise money for the Drug Education For Youth (DEFY) Mentor Program was a well-played – albeit ironic – hand. Officially titled the 2010 Hamtramck Poker Run, the fundraiser was set up in the form of a bar crawl with a twist. Participants went to five establishments [...]
By Ian Perrotta Last weekend was a “rally” good fundraising time. As part of the effort to raise money for the upcoming Hamtramck Labor Day Festival, two separate events were held. On Saturday (Aug.7) The Review hosted a fundraiser (see story on front page) and on Sunday (Aug. the Festival Committee put on Hamtramck’s first [...]
(Editor-at-Large Walter Wasacz writes a weekly column on life in Hamtramck.) By Walter Wasacz Nearly every day, sometimes twice a day, I pick up trash around my house. There are fast food wrappers, empty bottles and cans, styrofoam and plastics. I don’t mind doing this. It’s something members of my family have done on this [...]
Who she is … Rebecca Westrate is the new principal at Hamtramck High School. Recently, The Review caught up with her to talk about her background and goals for the coming year. Her well-thought-out responses seemed to us to indicate a person at once at ease with, as well as firmly in charge of, her [...]
By Greg Kowalski “Having a wonderful time, wish you were here.” That’s the cliché that is most associated with postcards. It probably was written on some because there isn’t much room on a typical postcard to put in much more. Still, postcards have proven to be a popular form of communication for more than a [...]
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