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Dlectricity to return this fall to light up Cultural Center and Beacon Park

Inspired by international art and light festivals, the outdoor festival will serve as an opportunity to test digital and mobile strategies and showcase the Cultural Center's new Wi-Fi system.

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Local photographer Brian Day captures Detroit for Apple project

Detroit photographer Brian Day is among 30-plus Black photographers nationwide commissioned by Apple to capture and share their hometowns with the world through their unique lens, all shot on iPhone 12 Pro.  

“We always knew that we all shared a very similar vision and mission for our individual spaces, but collectively, we could be even stronger,” Kiki Louya says.
Detroit chef Kiki Louya to compete for title of ‘Top Chef’

Kiki Louya, a native Detroiter who co-founded Folk and The Farmer's Hand in Corktown and is the economic development manager at Grandmont Rosedale Development Corporation, will represent Detroit in the upcoming season of Bravo TV's popular cooking competition "Top Chef," the chef, writer, food activist and restaurant consultant announced on her social media pages.

A youth volunteer from the city works at the Oakland Avenue Urban Farm.
Detour Detroit and Planet Detroit: A guide to eating, finding and growing local food in Detroit

Through this project, a collaborative effort between Detour Detroit and Planet Detroit, we talked to dozens of local experts who know food, from seed to table. The Hunger Files guide is a bite-sized taste of their wisdom about growing, preserving, and finding local food in Detroit, with tips for things you can do, starting today. 

Danielle Daguio of Keep Growing Detroit
Tostada Magazine: How Keep Growing Detroit Is making food accessible during a pandemic

Since the onset of COVID-19, grocery stores have been hit with shortages, limited hours, and social distancing restrictions making food shopping an anxiety-inducing experience, to say the least. At the same time, thousands of families have found themselves suddenly jobless, without income, and faced with fewer options to feed their households.  

A sign welcomes visitors to Ella Fitzgerald Park.
Reimagining the Civic Commons: The long legacy of segregation and disinvestment

How our built environment materializes racism for decades to come.

Planet Detroit and Detour Detroit: How chefs reinvented their businesses to survive the pandemic

From neighborhood markets to community kitchens, Detroit’s local food business owners are figuring out how to survive while stepping up for their workers as COVID-19 laid bare the restaurant industry’s inequities.

Jerry Hebron of Oakland Avenue Urban Farm
Planet Detroit and Detour Detroit: How Black farmers began fixing city’s land ownership problem

Providing Black farmers with land security was one of the reasons Jerry Hebron from Oakland Avenue Urban Farm, Tepfirah Rushdan from Keep Growing Detroit, and representatives from the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network (DBCFSN) D-Town Farm launched the GoFundMe campaign.  

Lauren A. Hood
Public Square, A CNU Journal: The case for AfroUrbanism

If this is truly a moment where Black lives matter, then we also must finally recognize that Black voices and Black ideas matter especially in cases where the future of Black communities is being determined, says Lauren A. Hood.

Tostada Magazine: The secret to Terri’s Cakes’ success is a love for family tradition

As the owner of Terri’s Cakes, Terri’s customers rave over fun and creative flavors like apple, banana pudding, and peach dream — a pound cake with swirls of cheesecake folded in topped with a baked cognac-drenched peach cobbler.

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