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Detroit's Hard Rock Cafe To Close

The music will stop playing at Detroit’s Hard Rock cafe on January 26, 2019. Following up on tips and after I inquired on-site this morning, Hard Rock International confirmed the move in a statement to Daily Detroit received this afternoon. In it, they say that the lease is expiring. Since opening the doors of Hard Rock Cafe Detroit in 2003, Hard Rock International has appreciated the opportunity to serve the city’s locals and guests. In January 2019, the lease for Hard Rock Cafe Detroit,...

More Than 30 Small Businesses To Pop-Up Inside RenCen This Holiday Season

Once Thanksgiving has come through, it’s officially the holiday season. Which means it is also gift giving season. If you are looking for some great gift ideas I am going to point you to the direction of the Renaissance Center for its forth Holiday Headquarters. Starting on Monday, November 26 more than 30 small businesses will be popping up in the GMRENCEN over the next three weeks. Some of the vendors will be staying for the full three weeks and others will be rotating. You will find v...

New Breakfast Spot Called Iggy's Eggies To Open In Capitol Park This December

Capitol Park is getting a new restaurant from the folks behind Lover’s Only and Voyager. This time the trio will set their sights on breakfast. Say goodbye to that sad packet of instant oatmeal from the bottom of your desk. Iggy’s Eggies will offer those rushing off to work a chance to pick up a hot breakfast from its walk-up window located along Grand River. Diners will be able to grab breakfast essentials like breakfast sandwiches and sweet and savory grain bowls. The restaurant will also...

Here Are More Details On That Pop-Up Roller Rink Coming To Downtown Detroit (And It's Free!)

We finally have more details about the pop up roller rink we told you about last week. The Rainbow City Roller Rink will be open on Friday, November 30. It will be located on the first floor of 1001 Woodward downtown. Rainbow City is part roller skating rink, party art installation and is being organized by Library Street Collective with support from Bedrock Detroit and the Quicken Loans Community Fund. Library Street Collective tapped the artist duo of FriendsWithYou to create the art ins...

Half A Million Dollars Just Was Awarded To These 10 Detroit Small Businesses Through Motor City Match

Small businesses are getting a boost up in Detroit, Hamtramck and Highland Park. The Detroit Economic Growth Corporation announced the winners of the 13th round of the Motor City Match on Monday. The awards ceremony was held at Coyote Hawk in Islandview. Coyote Hawk is a co-working space for designers and entrepreneurs and was a Round 7 Motor City Match cash grant awardee. The space officially opened last week. Motor City Match is a program that helps new businesses open in the neighborhoo...

A 29 Photo Tour Through The 2018 Winter Market Downtown

The holiday season is un-officially officially here with the annual Tree Lighting Ceremony mere hours away. This means that the folks over at Bedrock and Quicken Loans Community Fund have been busy getting the Downtown Detroit Winter Markets ready for the holiday shopping season. This year the Downtown Detroit Winter Markets will run from Thursday ,November 15 through Sunday, January 13. While this year’s Market is similar to last years there are a few changes and additions that are prett...

Downtown Detroit To Get Pop Up Roller Skating Rink This Winter

Calling all roller skating fanatics! Time to pull out those skates and get downtown, because soon there will be a pop up roller skating rink down there. The pop up is called Rainbow City Roller Rink and it will be located inside of 1001 Woodward at the corner of Woodward and Michigan Avenue. In addition to the roller rink there will be an art installation by artists FriendsWithYou. There weren’t very many details about the rink while we were on the Bedrock tour today, but I did learn that...

Your City 5 Things To Do In Detroit This Weekend: November 16-18

Hey there everyone! If your house is anything like mine, we’ve been counting down the days until Sunday. Mainly because it’s someone’s birthday. But you can still count down the days until the weekend because there are some really great things happening around town. Let’s get on to this weeks picks! 15th Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony Friday is the big night! The giant 60 foot Norway spruce will be lit during the annual Tree Lighting Ceremony in Campus Martius. Can you believe that it...

New Center Park Gets A Bright New Sculpture

Last week a new statue was unveiled in New Center Park. The piece is called Divergence and was created by artist Adriana Ohar. The sculpture was commissioned by Broder and Sachse Real Estate to celebrate their 25th anniversary. Earlier this year they held a sculpture competition at the College for Creative Studies called “Influence of Innovation.” Ohar had the winning design. She received a $5,000 scholarship and $10,000 dollars to create the sculpture. The artist, said she wanted...

Mariner's Church To Hold Two Events This Weekend To Honor Great Lakes Sailors

This weekend is a big weekend over at the Mariner’s Church off of Jefferson in downtown Detroit. They will be holding two events to honor the sailors of the Great Lakes. The first event is a lecture about the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald which took place 43 years ago on November 10. The lecture is titled Metamorphosis: How the Edmund Fitzgerald went from fact to Great Lakes legend. In all seriousness, singer and songwriter Gordon Lightfoot probably had a bit to do with turning the si...

These Creative People & Projects Won 2018 Knight Arts Challenge Grants In Detroit

The John S. And James L. Knight Foundation named 25 winners of its Knight Arts Challenge in Detroit, with $1.46 million going to support community enrichment projects. The winners include everything from the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn to the Piet Oudolf Garden project on Belle Isle. Karen Dybis, a friend of ours at Daily Detroit, won $5,000 for her Project SAVE: The Delray Neighborhood Preservation Plan. She joined us on the podcast (player above) to talk about that project a...

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Your City 5 Things To Do In Detroit This Weekend: November 9-11

Here we are again, do you hear the weekend calling you? Because I can hear it calling me. For the first time in forever I have a pretty flexible schedule this weekend. I don’t know what I’m going to do with myself. Maybe I’ll take the kiddo to Michigan Science Center on Sunday. If you see me there be sure to say hi. Have a good weekend everyone. Angels In America The Park Players will be performing part one of Tony Kushner’s Angels In America: Part One: Millennium Approaches at the Redf...

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Your City 5 Things To Do This Weekend In Detroit: November 2-4

Am I the only one who is in disbelief that it is November? I swear I’m going to blink and it is going to be 2019. Anyway, I am pretty excited for this weekend because there are so many fun things to do in Detroit. I know that I will be checking out a few of the events, so be sure to say hi if you see me around town. Have good weekend everyone. Boo-Con So, Halloween might have already passed but you have one more chance to pull out your costume at Boo-Con. Checker Bar and Pop+Offworld...

New MoGo Bike Station Going In At Rosa Parks Boulevard And Michigan Avenue

Corktown is getting a new MoGo bike station thanks to help from the Ford Motor Company. This will be MoGo’s first so-called “light” station. That means it will not have a payment kiosk. Riders can purchase a daily pass or get a a code to unlock a bike by using the Transit app. The new station is located on the corner of Rosa Parks Boulevard and Michigan Avenue, near one of their buildings called “The Factory.” Its location will help connect people to Corktown, Downtown, and West Riverfront P...

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Your City 5 Things To Do This Weekend In Detroit: October 19-21

Let’s look ahead to this weekend in Detroit. There are a ton of fun things happening around Detroit. I have a feeling I might be at the Senate Theater on Saturday night. So if you see me, be sure to say hello. Scary Classic Movies Can I tell you a secret about myself? I really don’t like very many horror movies. I don’t really like gore for the sake of gore, so movies like Nightmare on Elm Street or Halloween are out. The movies that really scare me are the ones that deal with possession,...

Detroit Mini Donut Starts IndieGoGo Campaign For New Brick And Mortar Location

Here’s a Detroit small business trying to make a brick and mortar space happen. Detroit Mini Donut has launched their crowdfunding campaign to move into a space on East Grand River in downtown Detroit. Detroit Mini Donut was started by Karen Hudson and Karla Willis about seven years ago. Until now, they’ve sold out of tents and trailers. The money will go toward renovating the space, licensing, training and other costs to get started properly. The Indiegogo campaign has a flexible goal of...

Photos: Check Out The New Madewell Store Downtown

The upscale clothing retailer Madewell has opened up a new store in the newly redeveloped Shinola Block in downtown Detroit. That’s on Woodward in a row of historic buildings where the new Shinola Hotel is going in. What’s neat about this location is that they sell some goods from Detroit-area artisans, including Tait Design, Worthwhile Paper, and Salt Textile Studio. Local artist Ellen Rutt created the window designs. In addition to the clothing Madewell also carries shoes, leather...

Canadian-Based Bread Meats Bread Won't Be Opening In Detroit Due To Visa Issues

A visa denial has stymied plans for Windsor-based Bread Meats Bread. The owners were planning on locating their sandwich shop in the Detroit Shipping Company. A social media post says that owners were denied a visa, and so the project is off. “It is with a heavy heart and a sad stomach that we announce Bread Meats Bread will not be joining our roster of restaurants. After a significant investment and a prolonged and dedicated effort to obtain their visa (they’re from Windsor), they were de...