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Jer Staes
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WATCH: NBC News looks inside Detroit's bicycle renaissance

From Slow Roll to The Hub to Detroit Bikes and much more, Detroit has a cycling renaissance going on. NBC News spent more than seven minutes on bicycling and the Motor City. As a bicycle commuter when the weather cooperates, there’s nothing better than Detroit by bike. Most of greater downtown and all the way to Southwest up to Boston Edison to Indian Village is pretty accessible by pedal power. Not to mention, bike commuting is on the rise in Detroit. At one point in the not too distant p...

Joel Gullickson
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QUICK TIP: Celebrate One Of The Finer Things In Life.. Pizza!

Today, August 6, head to the Royal Oak Farmer’s market for a celebration in honor of one of the world’s most sacred culinary creations. Pizza. That’s right, folks, from 6-10 p.m. you and your closest friends can enjoy premium pies from 10 of Metro Detroit’s best spots to grab a slice of heaven, including Hippie’s, Fired Up, Detroit Style Pizza Company,You Wanna Pizza Me, Tania’s Pizza, ROAK, Primo’s Pizza of Royal Oak, Dolly’s Pizza, and Luigi & Pedro. Swim in the steamy delight of a lush...

Erika DeVriendt
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The 2015 Detroit Jazz Festival: Upholding Detroit’s Rhythm

To maintain the jazz legacy that is Detroit, the 36th annual Detroit Jazz Festival is tuning up and ready to fill the streets of Downtown. As the world’s largest free jazz festival, enthusiasts from all around will gather labor day weekend to absorb the history of Detroit’s jazz scene and the unique entity that  it is today. Staying true to its roots, the festival will be taking over several city blocks of downtown Detroit from Hart Plaza to Campus Martius. Attendees will find five different s...

Jer Staes
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BOOK SNEAK PEEK: The Ford-Wyoming Drive-In, "My Favorite Place On Earth"

If there’s something that’s almost inextricably tied to car culture, it’s the drive-in movie theatre. Detroit, being an epicenter of that, had some of the most amazing ones. Today, it’s the Ford-Wyoming in Dearborn that still stands. Having just finished this book by Karen Dybis (you may have seen her byline before with the Detroit News or DetroitUnspun), instead of going through some sort of in-depth review, we asked if she’d share a sample chapter of her creation “Ford Wyoming Drive-in: Cars...

M Lapham
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Detroit Selected To Host World Youth Bowling Championship in 2018

Detroit will echo with the thunderous sounds of bowling balls smashing into pins in 2018 as the city plays host to the World Youth Championships. The kid-oriented tournament is the product of World Bowling, which is working with the Detroit Sports Commission (DSC) to make it a reality. “Bowling has a rich heritage in our state and region, and the decision made by World Bowling to bring this premier youth tournament to metro Detroit is a testament to that,” said Dave Beachnau, DSC executive dir...

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