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Things To Do In Detroit: Your City 5 For March 13-15, 2015

Spring is just about here! There may be a few cold days left in Mother Nature, but it seems as if the worst is behind us. Here’s your five cool events as it warms up to check out in the D. Friday the 13th– #313DLove – Starting with a 10 a.m. march from the Charles H. Wright Museum, it will be a day full of love and 15 speakers talking about Detroit from different angles. Tickets are $31.30, but everyone can participate at 3:13 p.m. when they will try to make the hashtag – #313DLove – go big on...

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Detroit Throwback Thursday: Photos Of The Renaissance Center Under Construction

The General Motors Renaissance Center (which was actually championed by Henry Ford II and housed some Ford offices for awhile), love it or hate it, is an iconic part of Detroit’s skyline. Announced in 1971, the first office tower opened in 1976. It’s the General Motors RenCen thanks to a purchase in 1996 where they moved from their headquarters in New Center to the Portman-designed structure on the riverfront. The GM Rencen Facebook page shared these really interesting images from the construc...

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5 Pro Tips For The Corktown Race And Parade

The Corktown Race and St. Patrick’s Day Parade are one of the first events in Detroit that make you realize that yes, indeed, spring is starting. Opening Day for the Detroit Tigers is just around the corner, the weather starts to warm up and people from the Motor City are hitting Michigan Avenue to run and revel. So here are your 5 pro tips for the Corktown Race and Parade. 1. Get There Early There will be around 10,000 runners in the race. Then there’s all the friends and family who don...

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PODCAST: Midwest Media Expo, 313DLove And More On IT In The D

Episode 82 of our weekly live broadcast is in the history books, and we had a lot of fun with our guests. We were joined by Corey from Midwest Media Expo and Terry from 313Dlove to talk about their respective events coming up in the next month, as well as two of our group’s members, Ian and Darshan, to get their take on those events, our own upcoming events and more… In case you weren’t listening live last night, you still have time to win a free lifetime membership to the Detroit Beer Pr...

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Tavis Smiley To Come To Town To Talk Detroit's Resurgence And Challenges

Tavis Smiley, star of late night television on PBS, will be in Detroit March 23rd through the 25th to film five episodes of his show. The episodes will focus on the city and its rebirth. They will explore the Arab American community in Dearborn, the challenges that long-time Detroiters face, and Downtown Detroit’s resurgence. Smiley’s trip will conclude with a Town Hall meeting. All of the shows will be taped at the Community Arts Auditorium at Wayne State University in front of live audienc...

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I-94 To Close At Woodward For The Weekend, Here's What You Need To Know

Ten beams that are about 232 feet long will be installed this weekend for the superstructure of the southbound lanes of the Woodward Avenue bridge over I-94. The beams will support the new concrete bridge deck where vehicles, pedestrians and the M-1 RAIL streetcars will travel. M-1 RAIL, in conjunction with the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT), will be closing a section of I-94 in Detroit this weekend between I-75 and M-10 (Lodge Freeway). The closure will begin at 9 p.m. Friday, M...

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The Top 5 Bike And Trail Projects In Detroit You Should Know About

The weather is finally getting warmer, and dreams of having fun on the bikes and trails this season are soon starting to become reality. Detroit is getting better for bikes and trails every day. As the Executive Director of the Detroit Greenways Coalition, I thought I’d take the time to share with you a few important bike and trail projects. Let’s start by saying it’s not easy picking only five … and that speaks well about all that is happening to make the city of Detroit a better place for biki...

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And So It Begins: Commercials Start Airing For Ballot Proposal To Fix Michigan's Roads

Near the end of last year we reported that there will be a ballot initiative aimed at fixing Michigan’s roads through a one cent sales tax increase (it’s a bit more complicated than that as governmental machinations usually are, but that’s the gist of it). The State legislature had no stomach for doing anything but putting road funding the hands of voters, so in the next couple of months we’re going to see a slew of ads on both sides of the debate before the vote on May 5. One thing is clear...

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Art X Detroit Coming Back Bigger Than Ever, To Span Three Weekends

The art community will invade Detroit come April when Art X Detroit: Kresge Arts Experience occupies Midtown for not one … not two … but three weekends. Starting on April 9 and continuing on weekends through April 26 (April 9-12, 16-19, and 25-26) there will be 10 days of celebration of the Detroit arts. You can attend dance, literary, musical and theatrical performances, film screenings, visual arts installations, workshops, panel discussions and interactive experiences all created by the 201...

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Catalyst For Social Change Opening At Riopelle This Friday

Showcasing expressions of justice is always relevant in Detroit. Local artists have created inspired political and social works of the past or present as another impetus to honor the capacity of art to move places and people to action. Calling it Catalyst, Riopelle will host the event at their groundlevel space in Eastern Market, open to the public on March 13th. “Political and social movements are often long difficult struggles to transform the world,” said Ian Matchett, Riopelle artist. “How...

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Detroit Yoga: Your Guide To 5 Studios In The D

Finding the right yoga studio is a bit like dating. You have to shop around to find what personality suits you. Below is a list of five Detroit yoga studios that can be found inside the city limits. Perhaps you’ll find the one… or maybe even yourself… Namaste. Yoga Shelter Midtown Detroit Found tucked away in Midtown in the outskirts of WSU’s campus, the Midtown Yoga Shelter is an open, friendly environment that seems serious about yoga. Even for a mid-day Friday class, students were h...

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10 Ways To Tell That You Might Be From Detroit

Detroit love goes with people, no matter if they stay in the city or move far, far away. It’s always close to their hearts. The other day, driving around Belle Isle sipping a Faygo, we were thinking of the question – How exactly can you tell if someone is from Detroit? Here are 10 ways to tell if you, or someone you love, might be from Detroit. 1. You might be from Detroit if … NBD meant a bank (National Bank of Detroit) before it was texting abbreviation (No Big Deal). Did you know NBD B...

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See Ya Later, Suh: ESPN, League Sources Report Suh To Sign With Dolphins

The days of Ndamukong Suh wearing a Detroit Lions uniform appear to be up on this Tuesday. ESPN’s Chris Mortenson is reporting this afternoon that league sources point to a six year, $114 million deal to bring Suh to the Miami Dolphins, making him one of the highest paid players in the NFL. Reports are the Dolphins offered significantly more than the Lions or any other suitors, which included the Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, Oakland Raiders, and San Diego Chargers. Suh also w...

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Your Sunday Detroit Reading List For March 8, 2015

First off, thanks! The response to our editorial survey that has been running the last few days has been excellent and very useful. We intentionally kept it anonymous we could get honest and constructive feedback, and you delivered with so many responses it’s taking a little time for us to go through it all. We’re going to implement many of the suggestions that we can very quickly as we want to be responsive to our community. We’re also very touched by the very kind comments you all left. It onl...

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For Japanese Cuisine, Kitchen Hanzo Is The Real Deal

Stepping into Kitchen Hanzo is a sharp contrast from the tony suburbs of West Bloomfield. The long dining counter forming the perimeter of the open kitchen sets the stage for the meal to come. Sizzles, cooking aromas and cooks efficiently prepping dinner orders play out like theater against a backdrop designed to transport diners to an izakaya, a Japanese after-work establishment that serves food to accompany drinks. The menus decorating the walls are hand-written in Japanese by the sous...

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Things To Do In Detroit: Your City 5 For The Weekend Of March 6 - 9

Alright everybody, the first weekend of March is here. That means spring is theoretically on the horizon and there’s lot’s of really cool activities going on in Detroit this weekend. It was actually difficult to prune them down to 5 gems, but alas, here’s your City 5 for this weekend. All Weekend – Motor City Tattoo Expo – Want to see up whats up with the latest in ink culture? Make a Detroit-ey day of it and check out the Motor City Tattoo Expo, a meetup of tattoo artists and enthusiasts from...

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Viral Image For "New Red Wings Stadium" Jobs Is Misleading Job Seekers, Here's Where To Go

Detroiters need jobs, and so messing with them and directing them to the wrong place for “13 weeks of training” and “$35 an hour” is at best a very unfortunate mistake and at worst, cruel. We don’t know the original source of this image, but here’s the right information. The District Detroit has partnered with the Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation (DESC). DESC is the is the administrative and fiscal agent for workforce solutions for the City of Detroit. They’re the ones actually handlin...

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Behold Gilbert's Current Vision For The Old Hudson's Site

The site of the former Hudson’s flagship store is beloved in the minds of many Detroiters, near and far. Recently, the Free Press sussed out some in-progress designs for the space on Woodward, but today, Rock Ventures released a rendering of a very modern vision for the iconic site from New York architecture firm SHoP with collaboration Detroit-based Hamilton Anderson Associates. Their statement is as follows: “We did not expect that an extensive report of an earlier design concept of the Hu...

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