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08.06.07

Detroit News Roundup for Saturday, Sunday, and Monday August 4-6, 2007 real estate, hip hop, history, food, ann arbor, restaurant, downtown, regionalism, ferndale, fashion, music, school, park, royal oak, roundup, bicycle, urban farming, urban garden, grosse pointe, jackson, courier, dog, zoo, tofu (0)

Growing in Detroit
On August 1st, Detroiters took part in the 10th annual Urban Garden Tour, sponsored by the Detroit Agricultural Network (DAN).
This year’s tour provided a close-up view of the emerging fresh, organic food system in Detroit, which is providing hope and nutrition to many. From hearty greens at the Earth Works farm on […]
07.30.07

Detroit News Roundup for Saturday and Sunday July 28-29, 2007 woodward, hamtramck, mexicantown, tourism, ann arbor, windsor, downtown, regionalism, ferndale, midtown, riverfront, transit, east lansing, royal oak, southwest detroit, roundup, lansing, fishing, great lakes, ypsilanti, farmington, mackinaw, strip club (0)

Mackinac Bridge Marks 50 Years
MACKINAW CITY, Mich. (AP) - Fireworks displays launched from three points around the Mackinac Bridge capped a three-day 50th birthday celebration for one of the world’s longest suspension bridges.
When you think about it there aren’t really that many famous bridges in the United States. The Mackinac Bridge and the […]
07.27.07

Sangria in Royal Oak royal oak, restaurant review, tapas (0)

The nightlife in Royal Oak makes it one of the most happening places in the Midwest, rivaling any big city neighborhood despite being a suburb. But if you’re used to the finding a bar or restaurant to hang out at just by walking around downtown you may have missed Sangria, which is located on the […]
07.16.07

Detroit News Roundup for Monday July 16, 2007 Uncategorized, history, highland park, woodward, auto, ferndale, birmingham, techno, architecture, royal oak, berkley, pontiac, roundup, economy, density, packard, oakland county (0)

Woodward Avenue Action Association Encourages Metro Detroiter’s, Businesses and Religious Organizations to Register for the ‘Hands Along Woodward’ Human Chain
Woodward Avenue Action
Association (WA3) is encouraging metro Detroiter’s, businesses and
religious organizations to register for “Hands Along Woodward,” a human
chain that will run along sidewalks on the west side of Woodward Avenue 27
miles from the Detroit River […]
07.12.07

News Roundup for Tuesday to Thursday, July 10-12, 2007 sports, media, art, hotel, middle eastern, food, ann arbor, school, royal oak, festival, roundup, immigration, science, michigan state, naacp, african-american, arab-american, chaldean, google, great lakes, casino, wyandotte, india, precious metals, copper, bicycle, boxing, grand rapids (0)

First thoughts
The big event today is the NAACP presidential forum in Detroit, moderated by CBS’s Russ Mitchell and CNN’s Soledad O’Brien. All eight Democratic candidates — Biden, Clinton, Dodd, Edwards, Gravel, Kucinich, Obama, and Richardson — will be on the stage together at around 10:30 am ET. Tancredo is the sole Republican scheduled to address […]
07.12.07

Metro Detroit Visitors, Spending Up at Highest Level Since September 11, 2001 hamtramck, hotel, visiting, tourism, windsor, downtown, ferndale, birmingham, riverfront, royal oak, economy, wayne, macomb, casino (0)

A bright spot in Michigan’s struggling economy is the number of visitors to metro Detroit in 2006, which edged up to its highest level since Sept. 11, 2001, according to a report released today by the Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau (DMCVB). The study defines metro Detroit as Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties.
According to […]
07.05.07

News Roundup for Tuesday July 3 and Wednesday July 4, 2007 media, history, ann arbor, downtown, music, park, new center, royal oak, museum, roundup, science, ford, asia, germany, technology, urban park (0)

The Ants of Gaia — it’s only the end of the world, so quit bitching
Has anyone seen downtown Detroit lately? Of course not. No one goes there any more. Miles of cracked pavement, weeds and abandoned buildings that look like de Chirico’s Melancholy and Mystery of a Street. Hell, for all practical purposes it is […]
06.29.07

News round up for Thursday and Friday hip hop, event, ann arbor, regionalism, music, new center, royal oak, festival, roundup (0)

Postcards From Detroit: From the days when the Detroit Grand Prix was just that - A Grand Prix
From 1982 through 1988, the Formula 1 circus included the mean streets of Detroit, Michigan, among its annual stops.
From whence comes the new book “Postcards From Detroit” by Roger Hart, David Bull Publishing, 9×10 inches, hardbound, 96 pages,103 […]
06.22.07

Detour Magazine media, art, music, royal oak (0)

Launched last month Detour is a new online magazine about indie and underground music, film, and other media at the national level but based in Detroit (well actually Royal Oak) continuing Detroit’s music journalism tradition a la Creem, which may no longer be “America’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll Magazine” despite having somewhat of a rebirth […]
06.04.07

Sneaker Boutiques woodward, tigers, midtown, fashion, royal oak (1)

I discovered a new sneaker boutique in Royal Oak called Burn Rubber. It’s the same kind of shoe store as Bob’s Classic Kicks in Midtown Detroit which I think was the first of its kind in the Detroit area as well as the first within a few hours drive West of Toronto (not to […]