Have you tried a Pumpkin Patch Shake? This over-the-top dessert is a pumpkin-flavored shake topped with a toasted marshmallow, toffee pretzel, ginormous taffy apple, and a whole slice of pumpkin pie.
More than 20 dining destinations in Southwest Detroit are celebrating a 10-day foodie festival, back for its third year following a pandemic pause. This year’s event will run through Sunday, Oct. 9. as part of Hispanic Heritage Month, and has become a social tool to increase awareness of diversity in Detroit.
The outdoor summer series of the newly rebranded Detroit Puppet Company is underway, with a free family-friendly lineup running until late September. The series showcases new works by Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit, Flying Cardboard Theater, and the larger-than-life puppets by Vermont-based Bread and Puppet Theater.
A month-long exhibition celebrating the diversity of the LGBTQ+ community in Detroit, and its longtime allies, features 600 works of art from more than 150 established and emerging artists.
Developer Steven Harris is partnering with some of Detroit's most popular chefs and baristas in a new North End project, the revitalization of a complex on John R Street. The space will include art installations, community spaces, and initiatives from chef Max Hardy (from Detroit Shipping Co.'s Coop) and barista Emily Steffens (owner of The Gathering Coffee Co.).
Business manager Les Lance says he feels like his company has taken the hardest hit they've faced yet: “And we did it standing up.” It's this kind of resilience that LISC Detroit is fostering with loans for Detroit's small businesses.
Krista McClure has been bringing metro Detroit parents together since 2017 in her family-friendly, coworking space on West McNichols Road. Now, the owner of Detroit Parent Collective sees a chance to grow, and to double down on the inclusivity she set out to achieve.
Tiffany Cartwright believes that in Metro Detroit "we do need jobs, but we need job creators." That's exactly what she hopes to become as she establishes a manufacturing base for her popular G.L.A.M. beauty products in her hometown.
COVID-19 isn't the first crisis Felicia Williams-Patrick has seen her business through. The Detroit boutique owner has weathered the city's ups and downs, and knows a thing or two about what it takes for a retail store to survive.
Ruth Bell has been constantly told by the people in her life — from family members to business moguls to postal workers — that she needs to be baking. Now, she's finally listening.
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