Detroit Strip Clubs: The Sexy Poets of Ypsilanti

June 7, 2010 at 9:48 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No Comments

The Sexy Poets of Ypsilanti
A short distance from where strippers dance for tips and bums ask for change Sexy Poets gather in the backroom of Beezy’s Café in Ypsilanti to read their work to each other. Coffee is being brewed in the background, giving a grittier sound to the rhythm of the poems being performed.
“When I read, I had the audience sing ‘Row, Row, Row Your Boat’ in a round because I was nervous,” said Elizabeth Mikesch whose first poetry reading as a Sexy Poet was May of this year. “I was also hoping to engage them.”
The Sexy Poets Society meets at 5:30 p.m. on the last Monday of every month at Beezy’s ever since Theresa Rickloff started the group in November 2009. Rickloff, an Eastern Michigan University alumnus and line cook at Beezy’s, wanted to try to facilitate a poetry community in Ypsilanti in some way. “I knew and had heard of quite a few poets in the area and was q …

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Detroit Strip Clubs: Ex-Detroit Mayor Going to Jail But What About Mom?

June 7, 2010 at 4:00 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No Comments

The “Karl” to whom Cheeks-Kilpatrick referred is Karl Rodney, the organizer of the event. The Ethics Committee alleged that Karl Rodney, and his wife Faye, lied to the Committee during its investigation about the corporate sponsorship. The matter was referred to the Justice Department. The Rodney’s may get prosecuted while Cheeks-Kilpatrick skates.Her thanks tot he sponsors were made behind a podium covered with the logos of Citigroup and other big companies, and under a banner with the same. This photo, taken by NLPC President Peter Flaherty, is of poor quality but shows how prominent the corporate sponsor logos were on the banner.
The other four members of Congress who were cleared by the Ethics Committee were: Donald Payne (D-NJ), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Bennie Thompson (D-MS) and Donna Christensen (D-VI).
The former mayor’s sentencing is the latest development in Kilpatrick’s lengthy history of scandals and embarrassing headlines.
Back in 2002 it was rumored that a wild party took place at the city-owned mayoral residence known as Manoogian Mansion. Kilpatrick’s wife allegedly assaulted stripper Tamara Greene at the party.

See the full article from “National Legal and Policy Center”

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