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All Things Detroit Returns To Eastern Market For Three Dates In 2018

Get your calendars out because it’s time to start making plans. The popular vendor market and food truck rally, All Things Detroit will be returning to Eastern Market for three markets in 2018. The 2018 dates will be: Sunday, March 25 Sunday, May 6 Sunday, November 4 This is the sixth year that Jennyfer Crawford of Ask Jennyfer has organized All Things Detroit. Since the beginning it has been a great way for shoppers to get to know small businesses. All Things Detroit has grown so...

Royal Oak Is Looking At Starting Their Own City Bus Service. Is This A Good Idea?

There is currently a task force studying whether or not Royal Oak should create it’s own bus system. Yes, you read that right. Royal Oak Mayor Michael Fournier has appointed a seven person task force to see if Royal Oak should create a stand alone bus service. According to an article on the Daily Tribune there will be a public meeting on Wednesday, January 17 to discuss the transportation needs of Royal Oak residents. When I first read this my eye twitch returned. Do we not already hav...

Life Size Battleship And Beer Pong At MiSci After Dark This Thursday Night

Calling all you board game fanatics. The Michigan Science Center is partnering with The Loaded Die and The Vault of Midnight to throw the ultimate game night this Thursday. The monthly MiSci After Dark event has returned for 2018, and this time the theme is game night. If you have never been to MiSci After Dark you are missing out, it’s the one night a month that the Michigan Science Center is strictly for adults. I’m a huge fan of the Michigan Science Center, it’s a great resource for chi...

Your Networking 5 For The Week Of January 16-22

Hey there all you go getters! This week is bustling with events and there are plenty of options for you to choose from. Detroit Women in Digital Women in Digital will be holding a Detroit meet up at Bamboo Detroit this Wednesday, January 17. The event is for women who work in digital, marketing, advertising or communication. Unlike past events this meeting is for members only. You can join Women in Digital for $25 a month or $250 for a yearly membership. This month the special guest...

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Book Gives Tips On How Not To Be A Dumb Criminal

Krystal Banks got into the bail bonds business eighteen years ago, right out of high school. Since then, she’s learned how the courts work in Southeastern Michigan, and began giving her clients tips on how to protect their rights and better deal with the system. Banks said, “I found that, oh, just giving them a little bit of knowledge changed their outcomes. It was really helping them.” Now Banks is an author with Don’t Be a Dumb Criminal. The book breaks down the workings of the police...

News Byte Podcast: Refrigerator Diaries, Sexy Bathrooms, Eastern Market Windmills And More

Here’s what to know and where to go in Metro Detroit. Our rundown today: * A new development called the City Club Apartments – CBD Detroit broke ground at the former site of the Statler Hotel * 1,000 Properties are coming up for development in Highland Park – could it be the next hotpsot? * TopGolf is coming to Auburn Hills and it could attract 450,000 visitors a year * Eastern Market could be getting a neat windmill / wind turbine project – https://www.patronicity.com/project/can_ar...

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PODCAST: Board Games In Metro Detroit

Board games are making a big comeback, and they’re making a comeback here in Metro Detroit. Especially during the winter season, games with friends at a bar might just be the ticket to have fun without the sun. Madison Reitzel and Kyle Sweeney are at the front of this changing trend – and board games are much different today than they used to be, moving faster and having more creative ways of playing. So this week, Sven Gustafson dives into a neat corner of Detroit’s culture. The Loaded...

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New City Club Apartments Promise "Sexy Bathrooms," Gourmet Market, Pet Shop, & Restaurant

In place of the historic Statler Hotel will be a development that will have “sexy bathrooms.” I’m not exactly sure what that means, but one can only imagine. Today was the official ground breaking for the new City Club Apartment – Central Business District Detroit mixed-use apartment building. City Club Apartments LLC is the developer and owner of the new apartment building. The new development will be built on the former site of the historic Statler Hotel that was demolished in 20...

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10 Cozy Bars In Metro Detroit For Whittling Away Winter

The holidays are over, deep winter has set in and you need a strategy to survive the next few months of cold and dark. We get it, and we’re here for you. What you need — what we all need — is someplace dark and warm, cheery and cozy to indulge in what the Danish call hygge. So grab your drinking coat and let’s have a lot of fun around town with these 10 cozy drinking spots. 1. Joe Bar, Hazel Park Here’s a newish, off-the-beaten-path outpost that’s entirely worth a visit. It’s smack-dab ne...

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Your City 5: Things To Do In Detroit For The Weekend Of January 12-14

I hope you all have been having a great week so far. I know that the jump in temperature put me in a much better state of mind. It’s amazing how warm 37 degrees feels when you’ve spent over a week at near negative temperatures. There are a ton of great events going on this weekend. Let’s get into this weeks events! The Royal Tenenbaums at The Redford I don’t know what it is about The Royal Tenenbaums, but it is one of my favorite movies. Maybe it’s because the family is so dysfunctional...

9 Reasons This New Garden On Belle Isle Could Be The Bee's Knees

Plans are in motion to install a new 1.5 acre garden that will be located in front of the Nancy Brown Peace Carillon between the bandshell and the Whitcomb Conservatory gardens. The garden will be one of collaboration between Oudolf, Belle Isle Conservancy, and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. The project focused group called the Oudolf Garden Detroit will be raising $2.7 million for construction and to provide a fund for ongoing maintenance. The Oudolf garden is still in its pl...

New Ferndale Radio Station Hits The Airwaves From Inside The Rust Belt Market

If you’ve been surfing the airwaves (remember those?) around downtown Ferndale lately, you may have noticed a new non-commercial college-style radio station operating at the FM frequency 100.7. It’s Ferndale Radio, WFCB, short for Ferndale Community Broadcasting, with a signal that goes about 3 or 4 miles. It’s the same folks who launched a crowdfunding effort back in 2016 to launch a low-power FM station under a rare, special construction permit they’d obtained from the Federal Communications...

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Mirror, Mirror On The Wall: It Turns Out A Detroiter Has The Best Beard Of Them All

In a national contest of beards, metro Detroit’s Jason Heien beat out the competition by a whisker to receive a national honor and become Wahl’s Man of the Year. If you remember, Wahl’s mobile barbershop made the rounds through the Motor City, and Heien was our area champion in the facial hair face-off. The contest is decided in part by public vote (40%) and also by a panel of judges (60%) who evaluate across a variety of beard factors, including intangibles like enthusiasm for the beard....

Little Caesars Arena Picks Uber To Be Official Rideshare Partner, Have Dedicated Pick-Up Zone

When it comes to ridesharing, competition is hot locally between Uber and Lyft, two national companies where you can use their app to summon a ride home. They’ve changed the game when it comes to going out in Detroit, as the local taxi companies are on balance (from years of personal experience) terribly unreliable, often aren’t around when you need them, and often turn off their fare meter. One of the top destinations for going out is Little Caesars Arena, home to the Detroit Red Wings, Pis...

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Daily Detroit News Byte Podcast For Jan. 8, 2018

Welcome to your Daily Detroit for January 8, 2018. Our main topics today: * A Detroit City Councilmember is under scrutiny for ethics * Detroit’s crime rate seems to be for the most part down * Detroit’s a top travel destination * Michigan’s population is up, but not growing as fast as the rest of the country * Metro Detroit is getting a new FAST transit service to make bus service better in the region * Deep Dive: There’s a new garden coming to Belle Isle from famed designer Piet O...

Your Networking 5 For The Week Of January 8-15

It’s time again for your weekly Networking 5. There are plenty of great networking events happening this week. Luckily it seems like we are over that cold snap for the time being. Tour Tuesday and New Years Brunch at Bamboo Detroit It’s no secret that we love our friends at Bamboo. They have done an excellent job creating a community. If you have been kicking around the idea of signing up for a membership but have yet to check out the space I suggest heading over there for Tour Tuesd...

"The Motor City Is Back," Detroit's A Top Travel Destination In 2018 Says CBS This Morning

People are planning to travel more in 2018 according to CBS This Morning, and Detroit is one of the top destinations. It’s in good company with Portugal, Malta, the Faroe Islands, Chile, Baja California (in Mexico) and York, Pennsylvania. “The Motor City is back after decades of neglect,” said CBS News Travel Editor Peter Greenberg. “They’ve restored all the buildings, they’ve restored all the parks, there’s a great restaurant scene along the river… they are really coming back in a big way.”...

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Rochester’s Fire & Ice Festival Moving Across The Street For 2018

Thanks to a construction project, the bulk of the action for the Fire and Ice Festival the weekend of January 19-21 will move to an open field at Second and Mill streets in downtown Rochester. According to organizers, the new location is where the dogsled rides and snowshoeing have always been. Tube sledding will remain at Third and Water. The Brooksie Way Chill at the Mills 5k race will also relocate its start/finish line this year due to the construction project. Runners will begin the race...

What to know and where to go in Metro Detroit