April 4, 2011 I had 90 minutes to kill between meetings at work today, so I headed downtown to the Flint Public Library hoping to find something from Ernest Hemingway (one of my favorite authors). I was disappointed, as were several others who had come to the library only to find the doors locked.
March 30, 2011 A sold-out crowd of 6,500 filled Saginaw's Down Event Center, greeting Detroit's Bob Seger and his 14-member band with thunderous applause from start to finish Tuesday night.
March 23, 2011 The 8th Annual Financial Plus Cool City Art Auction takes place this Friday (March 25) in downtown Flint.
March 10, 2011 The 2nd Friday night of every month, the Greater Flint Arts Council (GFAC) hosts the Artwalk in downtown Flint. The event is free!
March 2, 2011 The middle of March is the unofficial kickoff to the road racing season in the Flint area. Two races with a St. Patrick theme take place just a few days apart.
Good old downtown Flint, with a bustling night life and tons to do, well that was the marketing sceme of this commercial from the 80s for the Hyatt Regency Hotel. Here is what WikiMapia says about the current site:
This building is a dormitory for the University of Michigan-Flint. When it was built in 1981 as the Hyatt Regency Hotel, it was intended to revitalize downtown Flint. The hotel changed management companies many times until 2000, when it was acquired by the Institute for Basic Life Principles. This Christian group operated it as the Character Inn - a hotel that banned alcohol and rock n roll. In 2009, U of M bought it and began a renovation.
Do you remember this commerical?
February 10, 2011 The second Friday of every month is a night to celebrate the arts in downtown Flint with the Greater Flint Arts Council's 2nd Friday Art Walk.
February 8, 2011 Online registration for the 35th Crim Festival of Races is now open! Plan to join thousands of runners and walkers in downtown Flint on August 27th in a celebration of fitness and physical activity.
January 24, 2011 A lot of people think that farmers' markets are only open when it's harvest season. That might be true for some markets, but not the Flint Farmers' Market. Open Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays all year long -
January 10, 2011 Bought and paid for by the Flint taxpayers, it's a 19 story elephant in the middle of downtown.
November 29, 2010 The City of Flint and the Flint Downtown Development Authority (DDA) invite you to Downtown Flint Tuesday, November 30, 2010 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. for the second annual Flint Holiday Festival.
