LifeBUILDERS, a nonprofit organization working to reclaim, empower and build in Detroit’s Regent Park neighborhood, has been awarded a $50,000 Neighborhood Enhancement Program (NEP) grant for high-impact projects geared toward stabilizing and improving the area. LifeBUILDERS will use the funds this summer to focus on a variety of improvements to owner occupied homes and the […]
If you looking to take in some of the most diverse and historic architecture in Detroit, and perhaps Michigan, check out the Huntington Woods 27th annual Home Tour June 2. Sponsored by the Huntington Woods Women’s League, this year’s tour features five spectacular houses. All of them have been uniquely restored to showcase the home’s […]
Customers seeking nail service at busy salons are sometimes turned away at the door by shops that can’t meet overwhelming demand. Clients of downtown Detroit’s TEN Nail Bar won’t have to worry about availability nearly as much when the salon at 1215 Griswold St. opens its second location in the New Center area. The new […]
Native Detroiter AnQuniece Wheeler, who has been selected to represent the United States in the World Deaf Swim Championship in Brazil, will train lifeguards at the Adams-Butzel Recreation Center week. Wheeler began her swim career at the Center at the age of 9. Now 19, she first competed as a child as part of the […]
The fashion industry is growing in Detroit. In fact, you might say it is racing along. That will be very evident at the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association’s (AARDA) 19th annual spring fundraiser “Bound by a Common Thread” on May 11. Highlighting the event will be a “Fast Fashion” fashion show featuring the work of […]
Former Congressman John Dingell, Little Caesars Pizza Founder Mike Ilitch, Tuskegee Airman Alexander “Jeff” Jefferson and heavyweight boxing champ Joe Louis are among eight metro Detroit military veterans who will be inducted into the Michigan Military and Veterans Hall of Honor ceremony in Lansing on May 17. Dingell, who was a second lieutenant in the […]
Plenty of liter may have piled up on Belle Isle’s waterways over the winter but its long gone thanks to the record 1,401 volunteers who participated in the park’s annual Spring Clean-up. On Saturday morning, April 27, they removed 1,276 lbs. of disposable plastic and other littered items from the canals, lakes and lagoons on the […]
Wayne State University’s $25 million arena for its men’s and women’s basketball teams will be ready for play in the 2021-22 basketball season. The university says the new arena will be a game changer that will place its athletic program in a stronger position within the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and positively impacting the […]
The Michigan Barber School knows the ability to read is essential to a child’s success today and in the future. So with that in mind on May 4 it will join Barbershop Books to promote literacy in its shop. Barbershop Books is a community-based program that creates child-friendly reading spaces in barbershops and provides early […]
Southwest Detroit is preparing for one of its biggest annual celebrations as the special date of May 5 approaches. But unlike Latino communities that observe the Cinco de Mayo (“Fifth of May”) holiday around America, local residents, businesses and neighborhood supporters aren’t limiting their festivities to one day. May 1 through May 5 marks the […]