We're getting away from it all next week to enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends, and we expect you will be doing the same. To make up for our absence, we tossed together a little FilterD extra to get us through the rough spots. Hint: go see the Gories (pictured) and everything will be all right. Trust us. We'll see you Nov. 30.
This should be a seriously swinging outdoor birthday bash to celebrate five amazing years of Slow's Bar-BQ in Corktown, raise funds to rehab Roosevelt Park and plant the seeds for more sustainable development projects in Detroit. Did we forget to mention there will manic cornhole mayhem? No, we didn't. All day good times guaranteed.
Managing editor Walter Wasacz bids adieu to his predecessor Clare Pfeiffer Ramsey and looks forward to a brave new world of high quality work and big fun at the helm of Model D.
Grass roots effort remakes and remodels Hamtramck Festival into a community-run weekend with an impressive list of new sponsors and vintage performers (Mitch Ryder, right). We raise a glass and say "sto lat" to volunteers who understand that keeping it real is the only way to fly.
There's no party like a Detroit party. Especially when the people behind it are dedicated to raising the quality of neighborhood life through community action. Read about a special project Team Detroit is up to in high places in the heart of residential Midtown. Walter Wasacz meditates on the meaning of it all.
The times they are a-changin' in the D, and arts and culture are taking leadership roles in the future of the city. Check out the Heidelberg Project's Dancin' on the Street party this Saturday and celebrate the transformation of community life happening before our eyes.
The number of summer festivals around town keeps dwindling, but the Corktown Music Festival, a relatively new kid on the block, prepares to host its third annual music and art happening at Roosevelt Park, in the shadow of the Michigan Central Station, on July 24. Walter Wasacz scouts it out for us in this FilterD extra.
Hamtramck's Popp's Packing gallery and sculpture garden is another venue bringing high quality, experimental art to the area, tapping into the city's seemingly endless supply of creative energy. Walter Wasacz reports.
On the eve of Detroit Restaurant Week, we visit Atlas Global Bistro, which boasts one of the city's most charming and seductive menus with a clientele and vibe to match.
At Wayne State's theater department, education is part of what drives the region's innovative, creative economy. The school is prepping actors, directors, filmmakers, musicians and dancers not just for the stage and screen, but to help them get jobs, create jobs and be part of the region's creative economic engine.
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