Scene

Coverage of nightlife, clubs, restaurants, pubs, breweries, and local destinations that are unique to your community.

116 portraits will transform vacant Corktown building into year-round cancer tribute

The concept grew out of Detroit Month of Design collaborations, when organizers began exploring how creative placemaking could address real community experience, as cancer is something nearly every family can relate to.

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With a $20 million partnership, orsa Music Hall is set to continue leadership in Detroit’s creative future

Beyond naming the expansion orsa Music Hall, the partnership will support programming, education, and community engagement.

A box of Lekker Chócó Treats chocolate-covered strawberries.
Black-owned foodie businesses you should know about, and try

This month we are celebrating Black history by looking to our future-makers. Here are some Black-owned businesses driving our foodie scene (and giving us some great Valentine's gift ideas!).

The new Commongrounds building on Eighth Street in Traverse City.
Commongrounds uses co-op model to serve missing needs of the community

Traverse City's Commongrounds is a mixed-use building, offering affordable housing, co-working space, a coffee shop, child education center, and performance venue. It's the first real estate cooperative in northern Michigan.

Summer is Selling Season: Realtors’ tips on Metro Detroit’s hottest neighborhoods and trends

What can we expect in the real estate market this summer? Metro Detroit realtors weigh in on trends they're seeing, where to look for best value, and what's ahead for home buyers of all ages. 

Dining Destinations: 8 bars and restaurants coming to Metro Detroit in 2024

The Metro Detroit hospitality industry is buzzing with new activity, so we check out eight places to try this year. "The amount of people that have stopped by to let us know that they live nearby and are excited is kind of overwhelming,” says Pie Sci founder Jeremy Damaske, who is opening an Oak Park location soon.

Premiering this week: 3 Detroit couples to bring the reality TV spotlight home

Model D sat down with the three couples featured in the Detroit series of the reality TV show "Love & Marriage". For creator and producer, Carlos King, filming in Detroit is a hometown triumph: "I knew the world would be interested in seeing what the new Detroit looks like and these three couples represent that effort."

Lakeland Correctional Facility culinary institute participants learn the ins and outs of fine dining, everything from sourcing fresh ingredients to plating.
‘Coldwater Kitchen’ serves up life lessons from prison culinary training program

"Coldwater Kitchen," a new documentary from Brian Kaufman and Mark Kurlyandchik premiering this week, follows the journeys of Chef Jimmy Hill and three inmates inside and outside of prison.   

Aliryca Howell (right) participated in Model D's Voices of Youth program.
Voices of Youth: Teen poet shares powerful story of grief and guilt

Young poet Aliryca Howell believes that a person only improves in life if they decide to take true steps forward in their own progress. It's part of the inspiration behind her moving contribution to our Voices of Youth project. 

Book Tower (center) is located at 1265 Washington Blvd. in downtown Detroit. (Photo: Book Tower / Facebook)
Book Tower nears spring opening after seven years and $300M of historic restoration work

“When we acquired Book Tower, Bedrock took on more than just a dilapidated building­—we inherited an iconic property that held a century of Detroit’s history and elegance,” says Kofi Bonner, chief executive officer at Bedrock.

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