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Eastern Market To Host Benefit For Children's Leukemia Foundation

Eastern Market is best known for the Saturday Market that has happened every week for the past 125 years. But did you know they also host events in the sheds as well? On Friday, June 24th there will be a special fundraiser benefiting The Children’s Leukemia Foundation of Michigan and Eastern Market. CRAFT Cocktails & Hand Crafted Cuisine will be held in Shed 3 of the historic Eastern Market from 7:00 PM until 11:00 PM. Children’s Leukemia Foundation of Michigan (CLF) is an organization that...

WATCH: New Gameplay Trailer Out For Futuristic "Detroit: Become Human"

The Detroit of the future, at least in the vision of the upcoming video game Detroit:Become Human, is a crazy, futuristic place full of androids and intrigue. We brought you previously news last year that there’s a new video game coming out for the PS4 called “Detroit: Become Human.” Additional gameplay footage and more information was rolled out at the E3 games conference this week. The futuristic action/choose your own adventure game is set in a future Detroit, where there are humanoid a...

Goodfellow Teacher Of The Year Award Goes to 30 Year DPS Veteran

The Detroit Goodfellows announced today the winner of the seventh annual Goodfellow Teacher of the Year contest. The winner is Theresa McCants, a fourth grade teacher at Detroit Public Schools’ Fisher Magnet Lower Academy. Detroit Goodfellows board members surprised McCants in her classroom with the news and presented her with a $200 gift card to buy classroom supplies. Additionally, she will be acknowledged at the Detroit Goodfellows Annual Tribute Breakfast this fall. The Goodfellows Boa...

International Bancard Moving To Downtown Detroit, Gets Naming Rights To Building

In what seems like a regular thing now, another business has picked up and moved into the city of Detroit. This time, International Bancard, a 15 year old credit card processing company, is moving from Clawson to a historic building on Woodward Avenue, with the move to be complete in October of this year. Detroit-based ROSSETTI is the architect on the project and Detroit-based Sachse Construction is the general contractor. They will be taking the top two floors as well as acquiring the namin...

Your Guide And Schedule For The Three Day Party That Is The 2016 Detroit River Days

The Detroit River Days are right around the corner. This is the 10th year of the Detroit Riverfront Conservatory festival located along the riverfront. This year the festival will be held June 24 through June 26 from 11:00 am until 10:00 pm. The admission to get into the festival is $3 before 3pm and $5 after 3pm to support the non-profit Detroit Riverfront Conservancy. GM River Days is free to enter on Friday between 11am-5pm. As with past years the festival will have numerous musical acts...

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QUICK TIP: Fifth Annual Light Up The Riverfront This Friday

Do you have plans for Friday night yet? Sure it is only Tuesday, but we were reminded about a really fun event that is being put on by the Detroit Riverfront Conservatory and Riviére 28. This year the Light Up the Riverfront will be at Gabriel Richard Park from 6:00 PM until 10:00 PM. Light Up the Riverfront is an annual BBQ and get together thrown by Rivière28, the Detroit Riverfront Conservatory’s active professionals auxiliary. The evening will be laid back, and it’s a great way to meet oth...

Are You The Best In The Land At 3x3 Hoops? Here's Your Chance To Prove It

Red Bull Reign, an interstate 3 x 3 basketball tournament, is returning to Detroit. The Detroit qualifier returns for its second year on June 25th to the Joe Dumars Fieldhouse. The winners of the qualifiers will head to Chicago’s Seward Park for the Red Bull Reign finals to face off against each other in hopes of winning the ultimate street ball competition. This is a big competition, with qualifiers from big cities across the eastern half of the country, including New Orleans, Philadelphia,...

Big Sean Helping Fight College Homelessness With Donation To Wayne State

Rapper Big Sean is a well-known name – beyond his music stardom, he recently lent his voice to a popular video about Detroit’s comeback. But there’s a lot of on-the-ground work to be done to make that a reality, and Big Sean through his Sean Anderson Foundation is stepping up. The Sean Anderson Foundation, according to Wayne State University, has committed $25,000 to establish an endowment for the Wayne State University HIGH (Helping Individuals Go Higher) Program. The HIGH Program was found...

Watch This Guy Make An Awesome Tribute Painting To Gordie Howe In Just 5 Minutes

Detroit has a lot of creative folks. One of them is Macomb County resident Dave Santia, a speed painter who has been featured on various TV shows and raised a bucket ton of money for charity with his work that’s fast and fascinating to watch. He’s painted many Detroit stars. His latest is of the recently passed Gordie Howe. It’s amazing to see what he can do in just five minutes! Take a look – it’s already garnered more than 50,000 views on Facebook....

The Detroit Lions Are Getting Cheerleaders, Auditions Will Be June 25

There’s something that many football teams in the NFL have that Detroit didn’t – cheerleaders. Now, we will. The Detroit Lions announced today that cheerleaders will debut this upcoming season and be coached by Rebecca Girard-Smoker who has been hired as the Director of Detroit Lions Cheerleaders. “The Ford Family is unwavering in their commitment to improving the Detroit Lions fan experience on and off the field,” said Detroit Lions Team President Rod Wood in a statement. “After thorough co...

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Two Southeast Michigan Businesses Featured in Google’s Annual Economic Impact Report

Mercury Promotions & Fulfillment and Detroit-based Walker-Miller Energy Services were highlighted in Google’s Annual Economic Impact Report. They were featured as case study examples of Michigan businesses using ecommerce to achieve better results with limited resources. Google’s report chooses 51 companies across the United States to show how Google’s ecommerce products have increased the economic stamp on businesses. “By connecting customers with businesses at the moment they’re searching...

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Detroit Zoo Will Add New Polar Bear This Summer

The polar bear exhibit at the Detroit Zoo is adding a new resident this summer. Tundra, a 29-year-old female polar bear, will be moving to Detroit from her current home at the Indianapolis Zoo sometime after June 22. She’ll join the zoo’s Arctic Ring of Life exhibit along with the exhibit’s current residents, two female polar bears named Talini and Nuka. Tundra’s 28-year-old exhibit at the Indianapolis Zoo is being permanently closed, so she’ll be moved to Detroit in late summer. Tundra has...

Sprawl Is Still King In Metro Detroit And Other Takeaways From The Census Estimate

If it’s true that people across the country are once again embracing cities, then apparently the Detroit region missed the memo, as sprawl continues to reign supreme here. That’s my take on the latest annual U.S. Census Bureau estimates, released last month. Most of the media coverage focused on Detroit’s loss of 3,107 residents, a drop of 0.5 percent between 2014 and 2015. That was either the smallest population drop in decades and reason for optimism, or the first time Detroit’s population...

Stroh's To Be Brewed In Detroit Again - And It's Going To Pack More Punch

Stroh’s is going to be brewed in Detroit again – and it’s going to pack a bit more punch with a higher alcohol content. Crain’s first-reported that label approval had been given by the Department of Treasury for a version of Stroh’s that indicates it’s going to be brewed right here in Detroit (documents here). It would be brewed at Brew Detroit on Abbot Street in the Corktown neighborhood that also does Kid Rock’s Badass Beer, Atwater Beers, and Motor City Brew Works, among others. But if...

The Historic Scarab Club Ushers In A New Era With New Campaign, "We Know Detroit By Art"

The Scarab Club has been a part of cultivating and incubating Detroit’s artists and musicians for close to 110 years. This week the Scarab Club has unveiled a new marketing campaign to bring more attention to the work they do fostering the creative community in the city of Detroit. The Scarab Club partnered with The Mars Agency to create the new “We Know Detroit By Art” campaign. The new campaign highlights the past, present, and future of the Scarab Club. The campaign will include posters, po...

Gordie Howe Public Visitation Will Be Tuesday At Joe Louis Arena

On Friday, hockey and Red Wings legend Gordie Howe died at the age of 88. Funeral arrangements have now been made available. A public visitation is planned for this Tuesday, June 14 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Joe Louis Arena. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. the next day, Wednesday, at Detroit’s Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament. According to multiple reports, Howe will be cremated. His brain will not be studied for possible concussion trauma, says ESPN....

Watch A Paw-some Little Duet Of Diggy The Smiling Dog And His Human, Dan

A picture of the smiling dog and his new owner spread around the internet in joy – and now the pair is embroiled in controversy around breed specific legislation. At issue is Diggy (or Sir Wiggleton), a dog that was adopted out by the Detroit Dog Rescue as an American Bulldog but Waterford Township Officials say is a “dangerous dog/pit bull” after visiting Tillery’s home on Friday and so the dog needs to leave that city. Complaints were filed by township residents once they saw the viral...

25 Fun Things To Do In Detroit This Summer That Are $5 Or Less

Look, we’ve all been there. You want to get out of the house, but you think there’s not enough money to leave to the house. But you still want to have fun, right? Or find a good deal and enjoy Detroit? Fear not, we have 25 cheap, inexpensive and/or free things to do in Detroit and the surrounding area to make sure that even though you’re close to broke you can still have a good time. 1. Bike The Expanded Dequindre Cut It’s a really fun ride now and has been extended all the way to Eastern M...

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