The Green Room was a coffeehouse and music venue at 206 W. Michigan Avenue in Ypsilanti. Opened in October of 1994 by John Westerman, the Green Room hosted everything from art shows and indie rock to independent film and dance parties, filling what Metro Times at one point called "a much ignored, very necessary, independent grassroots niche" in the area. A unique venue to so many up and coming young artists, both musical, visual, and performance, this creative influx of minds became a thriving meeting ground for many collaborative and solo artists to explode new visions & questions upon the realm of 'Generation X' and those to come, while deciphering the myth from legend of generations past.
By 1998, Westerman had left for Madison, Wisconsin, taking the Green Room with him; the space was soon reopened as Dixie.
The location is currently occupied by Ziggy's, a performance space, bar and coffeehouse.
Hosted Artists:
Sarah Fox; Barbed Wire/ Mixed Media/ Fire, Sculptures Green Room Installation, 1994 "Something I Saw in Your Head", Sculptures, Mixed Media, 1994 Various Drawings, Group Show 1994 Various Paintings, Group show, 1994 "Covet", Mixed Media, Sculptures, Paintings 1995 Host to University of Michigan, Final Student Show, Installation Sarah Fox & Cory Converse 1995
Cory Converse; Installation of Basement, Final Student Show Photography 1995
Sources
- Metro Times, 4 March 1998: In One Ear
- Metro Times, 2 July 1997: Caffeine Fever in Detroit