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Things To Do: Your City 5 For This Weekend, Oct. 2-4, 2015

Subscribe Thanks for subscribing [tinypass_offer text=”Here is my link text”] Happy weekend, everyone! The leaves are a-changing, and we are full on into Fall. Get out there and have some fun before the weather takes a gloomy turn. We’ve got a great line up for you this week, so without further ado, here is your City 5 for October 2-4. Scroll down for the text. Family Day Extravaganza: Day of the Dead Ofrendas and Retablos – Saturday – Detroit On Saturday celebrate the tradition...

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Here Are Your 2015 Dine Drink Detroit Menus

Dine Drink Detroit is quickly becoming one of Detroit’s most exciting events. There are 25 venues offering some of a pairing of your choice of a drink and their best dishes for $15 – and we all know Detroiters love a good value. The feast-ival has doubled in size this year and runs from October 1 through 10, and features restaurants, bars and cafes. It’s a great way to get a sample of Detroit’s food scene for not a lot of scratch (prices do not include tax and tip, though). No reservations nee...

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Pewabic To Offer New Red Wings Tile

There’s a new tile in Hockeytown, and you can take it home starting October 10. Local art creators with a long Detroit history, Pewabic, have teamed up with the Detroit Red Wings for an official tile with a portion of the sales benefiting the Detroit Red Wings Foundation. The tile will be released Saturday, October 10 at a release party. The party at Pewabic’s studio in Detroit will have live music, Amicci’s Pizza (made to order) on site and beer from Atwater. A twelve-inch pizza will be sol...

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11 Ways to Get Your Pumpkin Fix This Fall

It’s that time in the year when the most anticipated flavor makes its return … Pumpkin. These days, you can find it just about anywhere in just about anything. From lattes, to cheesecake, to ice cream and yes, even alcohol — this flavor has made itself stand out from the rest. Some of the local places in Detroit have many different delicacies to curve your pumpkin spice craving, so we’ve put together a list for you to do just that. 1. Pumpkin Spice Waffle Frozen Custard Sandwich: The Custar...

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How Detroit's Beard Balm Makes Entrepreneurship Look Good

It’s safe to assume we know at least one person who is really into their beard. We all know that beards are cool and it takes more than gravity to make them look good. Enter Beard Balm, the Corktown-based company that is gaining momentum now that chain stores are wising up to what we have known all along. “There’s a big change this year because someone at a grocery store finally put a beard product on their shelf,” said Jon Koller, Beard Balm’s self-proclaimed Big Brother. “It was instant...

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The Detroit Fall Beer Festival Return To Eastern Market October 23 & 24

The Detroit Fall Beer Festival makes its triumphant return to Eastern Market on October 23 and 24, and with more than 600 craft beers available from over 75 Michigan breweries, it’s shaping up to be one of the best events of the fall season. In addition to hundreds of great beers, you’ll enjoy live music from top local bands and food from some of the best restaurants in town. Tickets for the event are currently available online, and any remaining tickets will be sold at the door. However, fe...

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Indianapolis Realtor Decides To Tear Down Detroit To Boost Himself Up

You know when mom said if you didn’t have anything nice to say, don’t say it at all? Well, it looks like Century 21 Indianapolis realtor Drew Doran hasn’t learned that lesson. Not only has he posted this image on a Facebook page he apparently controls – a Facebook page called innocuously “Move To Indy” (we’re sure their visitors bureau will love this) – encouraging people to leave “Dirty Detroit” and move to Indianapolis – he went ahead and sponsored the post on Facebook to make sure Detroiter...

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The Tricycle Collective Has One Day Left In Campaign To Help Detroiters Stay In Their Homes

The Tricycle Collective is striving to reach their goal of $20,000 to help 20 Detroit families purchase the homes that they live in, which are currently at risk to be sold in the Wayne County Tax Foreclosure Auction. With one day left, they need your support. Michele Oberholtzer may be familiar to readers of Daily Detroit. We wrote about her new initiative last year called the Tricycle Collective, which works hard to help keep Detroit residents in their homes by notifying homeowners about the...

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WATCH: "City Of Design" Is A Visual Feast Of Detroit's Best Beats & Imagery

We love videos over here at Daily Detroit. We wanted to make sure to give it serious props, as it’s one of the best we’ve seen in a long time. It’s nearly four minutes of the best this city has to offer, from the architecture to artistry to business to cars and much more. The video is fresh – we think we might have accidentally spotted the artist at work while checking out the Dequindre Cut this weekend while shooting the swing installation – and fresh, stock-footage free content always helps....

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WATCH: Detroit Company Original Stix Featured on 'Pitch to Rich'

One of the most interesting changes in the Metro Detroit business landscape over the last few years has been the increase of entrepreneurial small businesses being launched in the area. Whether it’s clothing brands like Detroit Hustles Harder or Detroit vs. Everybody, or drinking vinegars from McClary Bros., Metro Detroit is booming with creative minds looking to make a buck by putting their entrepreneurial skills to work in a area that’s ripe with opportunity. One such story is that of the...

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Amazon To Open Tech Hub In Detroit, Giving Detroit's Tech Sector Another Boost

Detroit’s budding technology sector is set to receive another boost, helping to grow the city’s presence as a tech savvy market worthy of national attention. On Monday morning online retail juggernaut Amazon.com announced that it will build a technology hub in downtown Detroit, bringing more full-time tech jobs to the city’s growing downtown business district. Currently, Amazon has offices in the 150 W. Jefferson office tower located downtown, which is home to roughy 100 employees focusing o...

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These 18 Amazing Street Murals In Detroit Rival Anything In The World

The creative spirit is alive and well in the Motor City. Detroit is an appealing place for many street artists and a place to go if you want to make something amazing. Murals In The Market happened happened last fall and the results are breathtaking. 45 artists applied their skills to the walls of Detroit’s historic Eastern Market area, and you could feel the good energy when we spent the afternoon photographing them and talking to various artists. Detroiters of all kinds could be see taking...

Former Grosse Pointe Park Resident Finds Relief from Rare, Painful Neurological Disease Running Marathons

Beth Kline-Markesnio, a former Grosse Pointe Park resident, suffers from a rare, incurable neurological disease called trigeminal neuralgia (TN). Trigeminal neuralgia is a type of chronic, severe facial pain. Patients with trigeminal neuralgia have episodes of intense burning or shock-like pain, usually on one side of the face around the cheek. The episodes come and go, and may last from days to months. Anything that touches or moves the cheek can trigger extreme pain, from brushing the t...

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United Way for Southeastern Michigan Gets New President and CEO

United Way, one of the leading nonprofits in Metro Detroit, works to improve the lives of residents in Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties. The organization aims to increase people’s economic self-reliance, strengthen families, and promote health and wellness. At the end of September, United Way will continue its mission under new leadership. Dr. Herman B. Gray has been named President and CEO of United Way for Southeastern Michigan (UWSEM). Dr. Gray will replace Michael J. Brennan, who is ste...

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New Thing: Rock Bar And Lounge Opens Today In Greektown Casino

Hot off the wire, we’re hearing there’s a new thing opening in the Greektown Casino-Hotel in downtown Detroit. The Rock Bar and Lounge will debut today, September 25 and open to the public at 3 p.m. Drink specials will be available and the first 200 guests will receive a complimentary t-shirt. Regular hours will be from 7 a.m. to 2 a.m. daily. The Rock Bar and Lounge is located on the lower level of the casino and replaces Asteria, which opened in late 2011. The information provided says t...

Things To Do In Detroit: Your City 5 For 9/25-9/27

That’s right, folks, the equinox has passed and fall is officially here. Like it or not, it’s time to accept that summer will soon disappear entirely from our rearview mirror, as we drive full speed into winter’s icy barren soul. Don’t fret just yet, though, because this weekend’s weather is looking good and there are plenty of fall-y good times to be had by all. So grab your flannels and sweaters, Detroit, here’s your City 5. The audio is embedded below, but scroll on for the text....

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Five Stunning Detroit-Area Churches Fit For Your Dream Wedding

Believe it or not, one of the best wedding ideas I’ve ever heard actually came from a man, who said his ideal wedding would simply have an open-bar and pinball machines. Sadly, he’s taken. Personally, the only thing I know about my special day is the song I’m walking down the aisle to, and the song that will play during the first dance as husband and wife. I haven’t thought much about where it’s going to be, but these five Detroit-Area chapels sure have got me thinking that it might just hav...

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Detroit City FC Plans Approved, Will Begin Renovation Of New Stadium

Several weeks ago, the Detroit City FC announced plans for a new stadium. Well, there’s good news for team supporters, the City of Hamtramck, and old Keyworth stadium, because the plans were approved on Wednesday. In a statement, DCFC co-owner Sean Mann said “We greatly appreciate Hamtramck Public Schools seeing the potential of this public private partnership and working with us to bring the rehabilitation of Keyworth Stadium one step closer. It is exciting for us as an organization to not...

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