These
parents are frank. Detroit is not for every family, and it's not quite
"easy living." But they've chosen Detroit over the 'burbs — and they
talk with Model D about why.
Examples of
designer and artist Carole Harris's aesthetic are all over town, from The
Vu in Cobo Hall to suites at Ford Field. She sits down for dinner and
conversation with Model D.
She
carries a lab coat and Sharpie pen by day, and rocks the Slumber Party
by night. Model D's Meghan McEwan spends a night in Detroit with
singer/scientist Aliccia Berg Bollig.
Forget
the crocheted butter dish cozies and cute little sayings cross-stiched
on hankies. This isn't your grandma's church basement craft fair. The
first-ever Detroit Urban Craft Fair is bringing together creative souls
with funky wares for the coolest craft fair in town.
In a former factory settled in an old industrial area near Eastern Market, Hamtramck and the New Center, a new guard of hard workers is contributing to a very different, but just as thriving, industry of modern-day Detroit: the creative arts.