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QUICK TIP: Celebrate Mardi Gras With A Masquerade On Saturday Night At The Scarab Club

If you’re bummed you’re not on a plane to New Orleans right now for Mardi Gras, we found something for you – it’s an event that has the Mardi Gras spirit but is definitely one of Detroit’s own. Imagine the fun of a Mardi Gras masquerade ball, matched with one of Detroit’s most storied venues, along with a great value for a ticket. First, let’s talk the venue. The historic Scarab Club has been one of the centers of the Detroit art world way before pour-overs became a thing. This is a way to l...

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Detroit's Iridescence Named One Of America's 100 Most Romantic Restaurants

If you’re looking for a romantic night out, the place to go, at least according to a new list released by OpenTable, is Motor City Casino’s Iridescence. It sits 16 stories high atop the automotive-inspired casino and hotel, with stunning views of the city as it’s just a little outside of downtown, bordering North Corktown. It is rated as a AAA’s 4-Diamond establishment, which mean that it has: “Leading-edge cuisine of the finest ingredients, uniquely prepared by an acclaimed chef, served by...

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Get Your Gastbsy On Quick, Less Than 75 Tickets Remain

Good news for Detroit’s most glamorous ladies and gents. The same folks who brought you the acclaimed Detroit Gatsby Lawn Party last summer are gearing up for their next big event. On Saturday, March 5th from 8pm to 1am, the Charles T Fisher Mansion in Boston Edison will play host to a charity gala for the ages. The event will help raise funds to support The Eimers Foundation—created by 13 year old Robby Eimers, the charity provides clothing, blankets and food to Detroit’s homeless. The ja...

Battling Homelessness Using Sweet Looking Wi-Fi Enabled Parking Meters

These are parking meters that look so cool while serving a a good purpose that you’ll want to put money in. On Tuesday, Council Member Mary Sheffield announced a partnership with the Greektown Preservation Society to create Detroit Donates—a new initiative that will allow the public to donate funds to organizations that serve the homeless in a unique way. “Homelessness is a real issue and it can not be overlooked. On any given day there are approximately 2,700 people who are experiencing hom...

Notable Quotable: "Decades Of Hostility Toward Cities Led To The Water Crisis"

In Michigan, it seems like some keep doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. This blog by former state treasurer Robert J. Kleine lays out an interesting statistic, and sets forth the idea that the real way forward to help communities in distress (and the state as a whole) are regional solutions – but Michigan voters never go for it. Sure, Snyder’s administration and appointees seem to have royally screwed up on this to the point the Feds are looking into it...

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Michigan On The Road To Raise Speed Limit To 75 MPH By Summer

You’ll be able to put the pedal to the metal a little harder (legally) on some stretches of Michigan’s freeways in time for tourism season if a pair of bills makes it (as expected as it has bi-partisan support) through the State legislature. Tuesday morning, state lawmakers on the House Transportation and Infrastructure committee passed a plan and the bill now moves to the full House for a roll-call vote. Initially, the thought was to move the limit up to 80 mph, but safety and perception conc...

Earley To Be Out The Door Early As Emergency Manager of Detroit Public Schools

The Emergency Manger of the Detroit Public Schools and former Emergency Manger of the city of Flint, Darnell Earley, will be leaving office on February 29, 2016, says the Governor’s office. His term was to end in June. This does not mean the end of emergency management for the district. Governor Rick Snyder will announce his appointment of someone to lead DPS by the end of the month. “Darnell has done a very good job under some very difficult circumstances. I want to thank him for his profes...

Coding School To Open Detroit Campus

Demand for developers and technical talent is skyrocketing, and so is the interest in schools and educational programs. With that in mind, “The Iron Yard” is coming to town. They bill themselves “as one of the largest and fastest-growing code schools in the world,” and today announced the opening of a new campus in Detroit. They currently have 20 locations in the United States and United Kingdom. Starting in March, the Detroit campus will offer courses in Front-End Engineering and Back-End E...

9 Of 10 Detroit Districts Expected To See Lower Property Tax Bills

For the first time in a half century, the City of Detroit is doing a citywide reassessment of all residential, commercial and industrial properties, and that could mean big changes for your tax bill if you live in nine of the ten districts. According to officials, 95% of the city’s 220,000 residential properties will see a reduction of 5%-15% percent of their property’s assessed value. The remaining 5% of property owners will see an increase of 5%-15% – and those increases are clustered in do...

Metro Detroit Native And Co-Creator Of "The Big Bang Theory" Will Be Honored With Arts Achievement Award

Did you know that one of the co-creators of the hit TV series “The Big Bang Theory” is from metro Detroit and went to Wayne State University, as well as Cranbrook? Bill Prady has had an accomplished career. Prady began working in entertainment at Jim Henson Productions, and co-wrote The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson, for which he received an Emmy nomination and a WGA award. He also was a co-producer and writer for the series Dream On on HBO and has sitcom credits including The Cosby Show and Ma...

Wayne State University Press Granted $94,000 To Digitize, Make Free 59 Books

Wayne State University Press will digitize 59 out-of-print titles thanks to a $94,000 grant from a joint project between the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The Titles selected for the project fall into several sub-topics that reflect current programs: Industrial and labor history, maritime history, Detroit history and biographies of significant individuals as well as Jewish Studies. They will will be freely accessible to the public through the...

Being A Regular At A Neighborhood Bar Makes You Happier, Says Study

Detroit has a long history with bars. In the 1830s, the city had one saloon for every 13 residents. According to new research from none other than Oxford University in the United Kingdom, it might be that the corner bar (or pub) plays a more important role in keeping a community happy than one might think. With the suburbanization of America, less and less people have a corner bar they can call their own. Local pubs are on the decline across the pond, too. The research shows that those who h...

ESPN Report Says Calvin Johnson Is Retiring From The NFL

It looks like Megatron is powering down, if a report out tonight from ESPN is correct. The Lions wide receiver has been an integral part of the Detroit Lions since his drafting in 2007. Calvin Johnson told family 2015 would be his final year and delivered same message to Jim Caldwell after season ended, sources told ESPN. — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 31, 2016 The report is from Adam Schefter, who says that Johnson told head coach Jim Caldwell of his plans on the day afte...

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Live Large In Detroit With These 9 Places That Rent For More Than $2,000 A Month

One of the common Internet narratives is the one where you can buy a $500 house in Detroit. But as usual, there is always more than one story in a big city. These rentals are a lot more than $500. In fact, a lot more than $500 a month. These deluxe Detroit places (some smaller, some that are basically mansions) will set you back north of $2,000 a month. Of course, there’s a variety of rental housing in the city — and still plenty of abandoned buildings. But we thought we’d take a quick look at...

Concert Monday Night To Kick Off Campaign To Help 20,000 Homeless Detroit Youth

When you’re walking the streets of downtown, you might be familiar with the guy who sleeps by the Subway, or the jazz man who plays his horn at various street corners. But there’s another side to homelessness in Detroit. One that isn’t often seen, and since it’s often buried in the under-covered corners of the city, forgotten. It’s Detroit’s youth homeless population that estimates peg at about 20,000 young people. To help get the ball rolling on this project, the well known Flint Eastwood...

Pistons Owner And Flint Native Tom Gores Pledges $10 Million For Flint Relief Efforts

High profile celebrities have been lining up to donate bottled water – but Tom Gores, Chairman and CEO of Platinum Equity and owner of the Detroit Pistons, has upped the ante. Thursday he announced a private sector campaign to raise at least $10 million and “deploy operational resources to a broad range of short- and long-term initiatives” to help address the crisis in Flint, Michigan. “The issues facing Flint won’t be solved solely through government intervention and emergency support,” Mr....

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$150,000 In Improvements To Help Realize The Potential Of Detroit's Grandmont Rosedale Neighborhood

While most of the region’s attention has fallen on Midtown and Downtown developments during the last several years, there is a neighborhood in northwest Detroit that has been quietly building steam for some time. Known as Grandmont Rosedale, this group of five neighborhoods was established in the early 1920s. It’s a charming area, with 2.5 square miles of more than 5,000 beautiful homes, which are on par with Indian village or any other neighborhood that once housed some of Detroit’s most il...

The Lawyers Behind Hit Show "Making A Murderer" Will Be In Town March 19

This might be the first time we’ve ever highlighted an event featuring a pair of lawyers, but follow us on this one. The hit Netflix series “Making A Murderer” has taken the country by storm. The 10 part series follows the case of Steven Avery, who spent 18 years in prison after being convicted of a sexual assault he didn’t commit in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. But if you think that’s all – here comes the twist. There’s a story after the story, and if you haven’t seen the series yet, we don’t...

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