El Dia de los Muertos – or Day of the Dead — is becoming a big deal in Mexicantown. Thousands of visitors – including more than 600 schoolchildren – will come by the busload to see the vibrant displays and to buy skulls made of sugar, breads shaped like bones and countless other delights made especially for the traditional two-day celebration of the dead.
In the halls of Congress, the churches of Montgomery, Ala., and living rooms and museums throughout Metro Detroit, people are saluting and remembering the late Rosa Parks.
Several organizations are working together to revitalize Detroit’s East Side and reduce social and physical contrasts across Alter.
The new Southwest Public Safety Center opened Oct. 28 in Southwest Detroit.
State lawmakers are hoping to bring Michigan to the silver screen by wooing Hollywood filmmakers with tax incentives.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm says the rehabilitation of the Vinton Building downtown and the Lithuanian Hall in Southwest Detroit were sparked by state brownfield Single Business Tax Credits approved by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.
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