Royal Oaker ISO chill bro

Are you a chill bro with sick high school lax stats? Maybe this apartment in Royal Oak is for you:

$800 / 1000ft² - chill bro wanted for roommate in downtown RO apartment (downtown royal oak)

Chill, full-time professional 28 y.o. bro. No allergies, no pets. Looking for a roommate with whom I can grip a cool pad in downtown Royal Oak. Work a lot during the week, but golf, run, and swim on the reg. If you're fat (more than 10 lbs overweight), no thanks. Got kids? Go away. UofM fan? STFU & GTFO. Down to snipe tight broads from the bars on weekends I'm not broing out in some fresh short sleeve button-downs up north. If you go to Woodies, Tequila Blue, or that silly piano bar next to Blackfinn, don't respond. Not into edm or the forest? Not tight. Frat/lax bros with sick flow preferred.

The following are required with submission: (1) high school lax stats; (2) college frat bro references; and (3) at least two photos of you flexing on some smokeshows (taken within the last 60 days).

Please note: if you got a girl, she needs to have tight friends that are down to clown.

Young Michigan Filmmaker Alert: Richard Cameron White

THE ROUGHNECKS Teaser from Richard Cameron White on Vimeo.

It's been a rough back-and-forth for the film industry in Michigan, meaning it has been a tug-of-war on my heart - will they ever redecorate Main Street to look like it's snowing in July? Will I ever hear rumors again about whether or not Jason Segel made out with local lay-deez? Will I ever run into Mindy Kaling as she goes into Old Town again?!

In the midst of all this back and forth are our own homegrown filmmakers, still pluggin' away. One is Richard Cameron White, who was raised up in Traverse City. His film is playing up there tonight at the historic State Theater, and is a documentary about a young football team in Texas. If you're in his neck of the woods, you can still get tickets here, and if you're not, you should at least check out his teaser above. A lot of media coverage has focused on how young Cam is, which is of course remarkable, but if you check out the quality of the teaser (and of the other shtuff he's got on his Vimeo page), his age is just a detail. Dude's got chops.

Dearest Michigan Theater deity - could you please bring this movie downstate? Okay, okay, so I'm a TC native and a little partial to the ole cherry capitol, but man would I be excited to see this thing at the Michigan or State. Yay for Michigan filmmakers!

German Park tonight

Gentle readers, the first German Park of the season is tonight. If you're looking to polka, drink beer and eat wurst, you should check out German Park. You will be glad you did.

The finished beer bucket pyramid.

Prude Boys, Buffalo Coven Party at the Tree Fort

Tomorrow night some very nice people (that everyone should know and be friends with) will be playing a show at the Tree Fort tomorrow night. It has a small cover and I am sure you can make some kind of clever correlation between band names (Prude boys don't look at anyone's see through dresses?).

Still time to check out YpsiPlanti

This summer's hottest popup garden supply store is Growing Hope's YpsiPlanti. The store is located at 9 S Adams right behind the Michigan Ave YDL Branch. It has everything your garden needs. And come to think of it, couldn't your plants use a summer application of some well rotted manure? Sounds like you should swing by YpsiPlanti and grab a bag of "Dairy Doo." The shop is open Tuesday through Sunday until the end of June and will be open just Tuesday and Friday in July and August.

Maiz Open in Depot Town

Today was the first day that Maiz was open to the public in Depot Town Ypsilanti. This week I recommend catching their happy hour, every weekday from three till six. If you are still sad about Woodruff's leaving you can go gorge yourself on appetizers and margaritas for next to nothing.

Mayoral debate this Wednesday at Literati

Gentle reader, the August Primary election is just around the corner. If you live in Ann Arbor or Ypsilanti, this election will likely determine the outcome of your November general election. Currently, there are 4 candidates vying to be Ann Arbor's Democratic Nominee for mayor. If you would like to get to know the candidates a little better, stop by Literati on Wednesday at 7:30. Hillary and Michael will be moderating a debate between Sabra Briere, Stephen Kunselman, Christopher Taylor, and Sally Petersen.

Skatepark grand opening tomorrow

Tomorrow is the grand opening of Ann Arbor's Skatepark. Skateboard legend and videogame star, Tony Hawk, will be at the opening. There will also be music and food and tons of fun. Y'all should check it out.

Zingerman's metamorphosing into beautiful communist butterfly

Via MarkMaynard.com.

Everyone's favorite deli based empire, Zingerman's, has announced plans to become an employee owned cooperative. According to MM, Paul and Ari and their 18 person management team are exploring how to transition the company into a cooperative in which the 600 or so employees share ownership. Pretty cool.

Local juneberries are now ripe

Some call them junberries, others call them serviceberries, shadberries or Saskatoon berries. Personally I call them the fruit of Amalenchier sp. Gentle readers, regardless of what you call these delicious berries, they are approaching peak ripeness. That means you only have a few days to get them before the squirrels do. You can find them in abundance around the chemistry building and many other places in town.