For over 30 years, Bert’s Marketplace has served food and preserved black history in Detroit
With all the recent interest in the status of Eastern Market businesses, we decided to revisit a profile on one of the district's iconic venues.
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Large mural celebrating Bangladeshi history and culture planned for Hamtramck
The "Bangladesh: Coming to America" mural will be a tribute to Bangladeshi history and culture. Organizers say that the 44x45 foot mural will be the first large outdoor Bangladesh-themed mural in the United States.
The most interesting houses in Detroit, part 2
Following up on our popular article profiling Detroit's most interesting houses, we're featuring nine more, and sent Nick Hagen out to photograph them.
NorWest Art Gallery brings local, urgent art and conversation to Grandmont Rosedale
Part exhibition space, part gathering space, the NorWest Art Gallery invites creators, curators, and adorers of art to engage with one another.
Traveling exhibitition featuring Star Wars costumes comes to DIA
Are you a Detroit Institute of Arts member and a fan of Star Wars? If so, there's great news: you get exclusive access to an exhibition featuring iconic costumes from that far away galaxy.
“A music lovers playground”: An inside look at the Motown Museum expansion
The current museum, housed in the cramped quarters of the original recording studio, will be expanded to a 50,000-square-feet space and include interactive exhibits, a performance theater, recording studios, and meeting spaces.
VOICES: How music and writing helped one Detroit youth through high school
In the middle of his 5th grade year, Eldric Laron's family moved to a different part of the city and he transferred schools. The change was hard, but creative writing helped him overcome it.
7 must-visit spots on the Detroit border
At Model D, we're always looking for ways to showcase efforts at regionalism. That's why we wanted to highlight some of the places situated right on the border that are regularly visited by Detroiters and suburbanites alike.
New award to recognize exceptional Detroit craftsmanship
The Craftsman Award "will recognize a craftsman, tradesperson, or design professional who has made a lasting contribution to the vibrancy of architecture and the built environment in metro Detroit."
New art and design gallery to open on Woodward Avenue
The Corridor Gallery is preparing to open its doors for its first exhibition, right above the Woodward Gallery. Each are part of Lawrence Technological University's Detroit Center for Design + Technology (DCDT) on Woodward Avenue.
Large mural celebrating Bangladeshi history and culture planned for Hamtramck
The "Bangladesh: Coming to America" mural will be a tribute to Bangladeshi history and culture. Organizers say that the 44x45 foot mural will be the first large outdoor Bangladesh-themed mural in the United States.
The most interesting houses in Detroit, part 2
Following up on our popular article profiling Detroit's most interesting houses, we're featuring nine more, and sent Nick Hagen out to photograph them.
NorWest Art Gallery brings local, urgent art and conversation to Grandmont Rosedale
Part exhibition space, part gathering space, the NorWest Art Gallery invites creators, curators, and adorers of art to engage with one another.
Traveling exhibitition featuring Star Wars costumes comes to DIA
Are you a Detroit Institute of Arts member and a fan of Star Wars? If so, there's great news: you get exclusive access to an exhibition featuring iconic costumes from that far away galaxy.
“A music lovers playground”: An inside look at the Motown Museum expansion
The current museum, housed in the cramped quarters of the original recording studio, will be expanded to a 50,000-square-feet space and include interactive exhibits, a performance theater, recording studios, and meeting spaces.
VOICES: How music and writing helped one Detroit youth through high school
In the middle of his 5th grade year, Eldric Laron's family moved to a different part of the city and he transferred schools. The change was hard, but creative writing helped him overcome it.
7 must-visit spots on the Detroit border
At Model D, we're always looking for ways to showcase efforts at regionalism. That's why we wanted to highlight some of the places situated right on the border that are regularly visited by Detroiters and suburbanites alike.
New award to recognize exceptional Detroit craftsmanship
The Craftsman Award "will recognize a craftsman, tradesperson, or design professional who has made a lasting contribution to the vibrancy of architecture and the built environment in metro Detroit."
New art and design gallery to open on Woodward Avenue
The Corridor Gallery is preparing to open its doors for its first exhibition, right above the Woodward Gallery. Each are part of Lawrence Technological University's Detroit Center for Design + Technology (DCDT) on Woodward Avenue.
