Garage Cultural director Amelia Duran aims to help Southwest Detroit’s kids hang onto heritage
Southwest Detroit's culture and creative talent will be the focus of NOIS, a community arts hub adjacent to Garage Cultural.
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Garage Cultural seeks to expand public art festivals in Southwest Detroit
Garage Cultural is partnering with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and its Public Spaces Community Places program.
Motor City Street Dance Academy brings hip-hop history and culture to southwest Detroit’s kids
As a teenager, Benito "Mav-One" Vasquez found refuge in hip-hop culture, transforming himself into a b-boy. Now he's bringing it to the kids in his southwest Detroit neighborhood.
Hatch Detroit competition opens window for applications, doubles prize to $100K
This year’s small business competition will see the grand prize double from $50,000 to $100,000, due to increased investment from Hatch Detroit sponsor Comerica Bank.
7 of Metro Detroit’s top chefs clue us in to their favorite local dish
We asked seven of Metro Detroit's top chefs to pick their favorite dish from a metro-area restaurant (other than their own, of course). Here’s what they told us.
The 6 best places to eat and drink outside in Detroit
With warmer weather on the horizon, you need to take advantage of the season every chance you can get. So here are Model D's favorite places to eat and drink outdoors.
Next level nightlife: How 3 Detroiters are helping their city reinvent its after-hours scene
These Detroiters are working to change the way we think about and experience the city's nightlife.
Detroit’s home swap program transformed these sisters’ lives
A grassroots coalition fought hard to set up a Detroit home swap program. Now it's having life-changing results.
Detroit Pop-up Midwifery Clinic wants to get neighbors talking about birthing options
Detroit struggles with high infant mortality rates. But a local midwifery group wants to help change that with neighborhood discussions about birthing options.
City of Detroit unveils plans to revamp 7 neighborhood corridors
Construction on these initial seven designs are expected to begin this spring and be completed in 2020. A request for proposals will be released later this month.
