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Book Lovers Rejoice: Pages Bookshop Grand Opening Is This Saturday

On Saturday, May 2, bookstores across the country will be having parties to celebrate independent bookstores. Pages Bookshop will celebrate its grand opening in conjunction starting at 10 a.m. through 10 p.m. with author readings, book giveaways, introduction of Blind Date with Books, music, food, and drinks. Susan Murphy, Pages Bookshop co-owner, has centered her life around books. From that center, and because of the difference reading has made in her life, she lives in confidence that books...

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Motor City Makeover Is A Great Way To Get Involved And Clean Up The City, Here's Where To Help

If you haven’t signed up for Motor City Makeover there’s still time and there sure is need. The makeover will be held over three Saturdays in May. The city’s 1st and 2nd districts will be “made over” on May 2. They are on the west side. Work will be done in the 3rd, 4th and 5th districts on the east side on May 9. The 6th and 7th districts in central and southwest Detroit will be tackled on May 16. If you are interested in helping you must register with the City of Detroit to receive limited...

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QUICK TIP: Beach Bar And Grille At Campus Martius Opens Tomorrow (May 1)

Campus Martius Park has been lauded multiple times for its design and benefit to the community, but one of the more fun things that goes on there is the beach that’s in the heart of the city. The Beach Bar and Grille, according to a couple of sources (as well as a pretty obvious piece of signage in the middle of the park), will be opening tomorrow and unlike today’s rain, tomorrow should be perfect for a cocktail with some sand with the weather to be an expected 71 degrees and mostly sunny....

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Hey Foundations: Money Would Have Been Great, But Real Feedback Would Be Just As Useful

A recent Detroit News guest editorial gave me pause. As someone who’s been involved in a lot of different projects here in Detroit, I figured I could add my voice to the conversation, especially since our project Bus Riders Need To Be Engaged Too “made it” to the finals as well. But instead of positioning this as us vs. them as so many of the winners are worthy projects, I want to offer a suggestion. Sure, the money would have been great to get, but since we didn’t get it, it would have been...

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YumVillage Merges Data With Dining To Help Chefs Break Through In A Tough Industry

Breaking into the food business is hard, especially as a chef, and definitely in a town like Detroit that’s better known for hot coneys than haute cuisine. YumVillage is trying to make it a lot easier, and they’re finding success doing it. What is YumVillage? YumVillage is a cloud-based service that enables a “Table D’ Hote” (a meal of preselected courses served at a fixed time and price to the guests at a hotel or restaurant) that brings together food enthusiasts around communal tables to s...

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Agreement Paves Way For Large Expansion of Detroit’s Riverside Park And Room For Maroun's Bridge

The City of Detroit and the Ambassador Bridge Company have struck and agreement that would enable expansion and improvements to Riverside Park and the exterior of Michigan Central Depot. If the agreement is approved by Detroit City Council, the Ambassador Bridge Co. would transfer 4.8 acres of waterfront property to the city. This transfer will allow the city to expand Riverside Park to the west. The Bridge Co. would also pay the city $3 million to be invested in Riverside Park improvements....

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First Lady Michelle Obama To Help Host First Detroit College Signing Day This Friday

First Lady Michelle Obama will help Detroit College Access Network (DCAN) host the first College Signing Day at 10 a.m. Friday, May 1, 2015. The event will take place at Wayne State University’s Matthaei Physical Education Center, located at 5101 John C. Lodge Freeway in Detroit. Detroit College Signing Day is Detroit’s take on the National College Signing Day, a program of the White House’s Reach Higher initiative. The program is modeled after the NCAA’s National Signing Day. The pep-rally...

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Gleaners Exceeds Fundraising Goal for Million Meal Match

Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan raised more $420,000 for its Million Meal Match campaign. That translates into more than 1.2 million meals for hungry kids. During the Million Meal Match campaign, all donations are matched by Gleaners’ partners. This means that every dollar you donate will now feed six hungry kids. The organization’s main event during the campaign, the Women’s Power Breakfast, took place on April 22, 2015. The 22nd year of the event was a success. Over 6...

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Bon Bon Bon Opens First Chocolate Showroom in Chrysler House Downtown

Wildly popular Hamtramack-based chocolate company Bon Bon Bon sells out of bon bons so quickly they have opened their first showroom on the iconic Chrysler House first floor, all before their first year anniversary as a new small business. Their Detroit retail space is open everyday except Sunday and their Hamtramack center still opens every Saturday. Owner and chocolatier of Bon Bon Bon Alexandra Clark started with a desire for 200 sq. ft. of downtown retail space. Her team has transformed it...

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QUICK TIP: Luxury One-Night Dinner at The Reserve in Birmingham

If you have high end tastes, this might be your style. This is a night of fine dining and fine wine at the Seasoned Chefs Dinner held at The Reserve on 325 S. Eton St. in Birmingham. Seven chefs, some coming from as far as Evans Street Station in Tecumseh and C.A.Y.A. Smokehouse Grill in Wolverine Lake, will each prepare an appetizer and course paired with a fine wine. The dinner is tomorrow (April 29) with cocktails starting at 6 p.m. and dinner lasting from 7-10 p.m. Dishes worth mentionin...

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Bands on Bands: Artists Weigh In on MT Blowout, Share Their Must-See Shows

Starting tomorrow the Metro Detroit area will be consumed by the annual musical Godzilla that is the Metro Times Blowout. The four day event, which has grown to span the cities of Detroit, Hamtramck, and Ferndale, kicks off tomorrow with an opening party and show at St. Andrews, featuring the undisputed king of party Andrew WK, and local bands Flint Eastwood, The Beggars, and Cheerleader. Over the past several years, some fans of the blowout have complained about its multi-city expansion, fi...

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Satirical "Gilbert vs. Everybody" T-Shirt Hits The Internet

When you’re a billionaire like Dan Gilbert, the Internet is going to poke fun at you. That’s just the reality. Add in the fact that the particular billionaire in question got into a recent Twitter skirmish with a couple of local reporters about a story about cameras on a building downtown, and the clock was just ticking until someone did something like this. In a satiric twist on the popular “Detroit vs. Everybody” clothing line, a fan site popped up selling “Gilbert vs. Everybody” t-shirts. T...

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Legendary Tiger Kirk Gibson Has Parkinson's Disease

Today Tigertown received sad news. Legendary Tiger (see above for his 1984 series-winning home run video) Kirk Gibson has announced that he has Parkinson’s disease. He does color commentary with the Tigers for their TV broadcasts, but hasn’t been in the booth for Fox Sports Detroit since Opening Day. Parkinson’s disease is one that takes a toll over time. It is a progressive disorder of the nervous system that affects movement. It develops gradually, and although tremors are the most well-kn...

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Your Chance For $50,000 To Hatch The Next Big Retail Thing In Detroit Begins May 1

Have that idea that you just know would do well in the city, but don’t have the cash for it? Well, here’s your chance. The Comerica Hatch Detroit Contest returns for its fifth year and will begin accepting applications on Friday, May 1. Comerica Bank is offering a prize of $50,000 for entrepreneurs with a retail concept. In addition to the $50,000 cash prize, if you win, you’ll also receive a slew of support services including legal, marketing and advertising, accounting, public relations and...

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Tomo's Coffee On A Bicycle Cart Will Be Coming To A Farmers Market Near You Thanks To Kickstarter Success

At first blush, coffee on bicycle cart sounds a little crazy (and tasty), but it’s coming to Metro Detroit thanks to a popular online crowdfunding campaign. Tomo Coffee Company has surpassed their $7000 Kickstarter goal by more than $1,000 for a custom-made bike cart. The unique bike will transport a cold brew keg and tap system to sell ready-to-drink 16-ounce cups of coffee for $3 to $4. Business partners Kara Eggebrecht, Wesley Eggebrecht and Alex Mackenzie were able to reach their goal...

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Gabriel Richard Park Gets New Parking Lot, Pathway from Jefferson Ave. to Riverfront

One of the things people sometimes forget is that the Detroit Riverfront extends beyond the area by General Motors HQ and Milliken State Park. To that end, Gabriel Richard Park has seen some marked improvements over the last year. Now, to make it more accessible, there’s a parking lot with 36 spaces so that you can enjoy the river near the iconic MacArthur Bridge, across from Belle Isle. Before, it was hard to access the park. You pretty much had to park in the Armory parking lot that’s in p...

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A Special Series of Shakespeare's "The Tempest" is Coming to Detroit

Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit has been chosen as the first theatre company to produce The Public Theater of New York’s PUBLIC WORKS musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest.” The production will take place at the Detroit Institute of Arts, May 7-May 17. “Partnering with The Public, which may have the richest and most important history of any American theater, is an incredible honor for the young artists of Mosaic,” said Rick Sperling, Mosaic founder and artistic director. “This is a...

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PODCAST: The Center for Michigan, Penguicon, Agile and Beyond on Ep. 88 of IT in the D

1988 was a good year for movies and music, and episode 88 of our live weekly broadcast wasn’t too shabby either. Joined by our guests from The Center for Michigan, as well as our friends from Penguicon and the Agile and Beyond conference, a great time, some fun chats and a whole lot of information about things going on around the area including this weekend and the end of the month and all sorts of good stuff for your career and professional life. We may or may not survive the weekend, so...

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