East Village Magazine

01/01/2026

Happy New Year from the team at East Village Magazine! 🪩

31/12/2025

The Flint Firebirds are living up to their moniker, proving to be one of the hottest teams in the Ontario Hockey League through the first half of the 25/26 season.

EVM's Nathan Waters caught up with Coach Flache to talk about his record-breaking season, standout players, and what's next for the team.

🖋: Nathan Waters
📸: Allison Denman

By Nathan Waters The Flint Firebirds are living up to their moniker, proving to be one of the hottest teams in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) through the first half of the season.The Firebirds, w…

30/12/2025

Nominating petitions for Flint mayor and city council member will be available starting January 5, 2026.

By EVM Staff Nominating petitions for Flint mayor and city council member will be available beginning Monday, January 5, 2026 at the City Clerk’s Office. According to a December 30, 2025 press rele…

28/12/2025

In his December commentary, Paul Rozycki takes a look back on the year in politics.

By Paul Rozycki On the national political scene, 2025 has been a year of dramatic turmoil and change. In the less than 12 months since President Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration, the nation has…

24/12/2025

We'll be offline for the next few days to celebrate with family and friends. 🎀 From all of us here at EVM: we wish you a wonderful holiday season!

22/12/2025

Congratulations to former Bucks stars Nolan Miller, heading to Orlando City Soccer Club, and Schinieder Mimy, joining the New England Revolution!

The Flint City Bucks have now sent 109 alumni to the MLS since the draft began in 1999, making it "the world’s only club to see a player join the league in all 26 years of the MLS SuperDraft era," according to the soccer team's recent press release.

By EVM Staff Two players from the Flint City Bucks were selected by Major League Soccer (MLS) teams Thursday afternoon during the 2026 MLS SuperDraft. According to a Bucks press release, Nolan Mil…

21/12/2025

In this month's Village Life, Daniel Vela reflects on what led him to pursue a life of public service, starting with his role as a student crossing guard at Neithercut Elementary.

By Daniel Vela As a child attending Neithercut Elementary, I wanted nothing more than to don the bright orange sash and shiny silver badge worn by student crossing guards. But such an important res…

19/12/2025

Flint Institute of Music is the recipient of a $25,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The funding will go toward a newly-commissioned piece by Jonathan Bailey Holland, a Flint-native and current Dean and Professor of Music at Northwestern’s Bienen School of Music, to be performed at FIM's annual Fourth of July Celebration this summer.

By EVM Staff FIM announced a $25,000 grant yesterday that will support the performance of a newly-commissioned piece of music this summer. In its December 18, 2025 announcement, FIM explained that …

18/12/2025

At the end of the Flint Board of Ed's Dec. 17 meeting, Treasurer Dylan Luna suggested he will call a special meeting to consider a different design for Flint Community Schools' former Central High School campus.

By Kate Stockrahm Despite a unanimous vote earlier this month, the final design of Flint’s former Central High School and Whittier Classical Academy campus may not be so final. At the tail en…

17/12/2025

FOTA Friends of The Alley has swapped some of its usual alleyway lighting with green and red bulbs for the holiday season. The nonprofit's vice president, Lori Ross, said the organization plans to leave them up until mid-January 2026.

By Kate Stockrahm Heading downtown tonight? Look up! Friends of the Alley (FOTA), a nonprofit organization dedicated to beautifying and activating downtown Flint’s alleyways, has swapped some of it…

17/12/2025

City Hall and the Flint Customer Service Center on Clio Road will be closed Dec. 24-25 and Dec. 31 to Jan. 1 in observance of the upcoming holidays. Waste collection will also be affected for parts of the city.

By EVM Staff Flint City Hall will be closed multiple days in observance of the upcoming holidays. According to a City of Flint press release on December 17, 2025, Flint City Hall will be closed to …

16/12/2025

In the "not so distant future" of the Flint Repertory Theatre's dark comedy "A Facility For Living" things for the elderly have gone seriously downhill, writes EVM's Jan Worth. But can we laugh (and hope) anyway?

🖊️: Jan Worth
📸 : Mike Naddeo

By Jan Worth My friend and I, both women in our mid-70s, took our seats for a matinee performance of the FIM Flint Repertory Theatre’s “A Facility for Living,” with a hefty dose of skepticism and d…