By Sarah Carstens
Staff Writer

Join Andrea Scarpino at Ore Dock Brewing Company Thursday, March 20, from 7 p.m.-9 p.m. for her first big release party of Once, Then. There will be a 15-20 minute reading of poetic works, as well as music. Dia De Los Tacos will be set up inside the Ore Dock which is located at 114 W. Spring St. in MQT.

Scarpino talked about the intense nature of poetry and how it can be off-putting to newcomers, but she said if listeners sit back and relax, they will enjoy themselves.

“People seem so intimidated by poetry; it’s just another way to process the world. Come and take a listen at this celebration to embrace what I’ve been working on for so long,” she said.

MQT Social Scene went to the UP Builders Show on March 8. Instead of writing another article to be lost in the traditional coverage of the event, MQT Social Scene took to social media and put all of our pictures on our new Instagram account. The pictures were autoposted through the app to our Twitter account. This was all done in real time, meaning it was the most immediate coverage of the UP Builders Show ever across two different social media platforms. #Instagramming should be a regular feature of MQT Social Scene in an attempt to use emerging technology in the media market to more efficiently share the stories of MQT. (Photos, captions by Brice Burge)

By Brice Burge
Editor In Chief

The MQT community is rallying around Baby Isaiah.

T-shirts, benefit dinners and monetary donations have all been compiled to help offset the increasing medical bills and aid for parents Erica Kaye and Joe Gatiss as they stay in Ann Arbor to stay with the embattled infant.