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New artist incubator space opens on Detroit’s far east side

The 12,000-square-foot Detroit Artists' Test Lab contains a professional photography studio, gallery, podcast studio, and private offices, with co-working space memberships starting in the fall.

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The Oakland Avenue Artist Coalition and the Detroit Poetry Society Poetry celebrate pizza night at the American Riad under and around its canopy
Public art works, courtyards, and more: Placemaking projects planned throughout city neighborhoods

Efforts to fund multiple placemaking projects throughout the city are well underway this summer, bolstered by the state's Public Spaces Community Places initiative.

Michigan authors you should be reading this summer

Looking for some great summer reading? We've got you covered with books by these Michigan authors. 

Detroit to get another major first-run movie theater

Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas, an Austin, Texas-based theater chain, bought a site near Woodward and MLK where they plan to open a 900-seat theater.

Can metro Detroit’s treasure trove of mid-century modern architecture be preserved?

Patrick Dunn tells us about the remarkable history – and sometimes disheartening present condition – of mid-century modern architecture in Metro Detroit.

Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue
Downtown Synagogue launches sukkah design competition; will award $15,000 for construction

As part of Detroit's Month of Design in September, as part of UNESCO's City of Design designation, the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue is holding a design competition for sukkahs.

Presentation at Detroit Future City on the single-family housing market
After restructuring period, Detroit Future City emerges potent and engaged

After a lengthy period of seeming dormancy, Detroit Future City has been its most outward-facing in years and has its sights set on fulfilling many of the proposals in its long-term vision for Detroit.

Geodesic dome
Tour celebrating America’s “weird” homes comes to Detroit

Founded in 2014 to celebrate unconventional homes across America, this national brand is having its first tour in Detroit on August 25.

Detroit Vegan Soul on Agnes Street
How one block can change a neighborhood: the case of Agnes Street and West Village

Two buildings were renovated to accommodate four businesses on Agnes Street. Since, the West Village has been on an upward economic trajectory that doesn't seem close to slowing down.

This Moroccan-style housing and community space hopes to bring people together in the North End

In partnership with the Ghana ThinkTank, a group of makers and developers are creating a Moroccan "riad" in the North End that will have a central courtyard filled with art, gardens, and public space.

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