If you've never heard of "plucking", Neha Vedpathak's current exhibition at the Flint Institute of Arts Graphics Gallery provides a chance to better understand this unique process. "Time: Constant, Suspended, Collapsed" is on display through January 9, 2022.
If the dining business doesn't pick up, nearly a quarter of Michigan's restaurant operators say they won't be open in half a year. Facing winter, fewer commuters, delayed deliveries, and staffing concerns, we find out how downtown Detroit restaurants are evolving, how COVID-19 has changed the game, and what the future looks like for them.
The academy is open to anyone 18-years-old and up, and priority is given to Detroit residents. There are no costs to attend the Developer Academy.
Despite celebrity endorsements from Beyoncé and Kevin Hart, the founder of Ellis Island Tea is determined not to forget her hometown. “I got my resilience straight from the city of Detroit,” Nailah Ellis-Brown says. “There are no handouts. There aren't many resources, and you really have to figure things out on your own."
Detroit is flexing this week, with the Detroit Month of Design heading into its final week and DLECTRICITY lighting up the past weekend. Check out some of the highlights with Model D photographer Valaurian Waller.
As the pandemic extends into its second year, downtown Detroit industries are serving the diverse needs of their workers in different ways: “I think what we’ve all learned during this era is that the old way of doing things is no longer working. You need to provide a level of flexibility for your employees or team members that really works for them."
Meet Jennyfer Crawford, the "solopreneur" behind Ask Jennyfer and All Things Detroit – a small business convention that has helped some small business owners earn more revenue in a single day than they had in two years in business. Now she's teaming up with Bre Mills for her next venture.
Chevelle Brown wants to share her love of chess with others, and not just because it's fun. "I recognized the benefits of chess for myself and wanted it for my son, and later his friends,” she says. Now, the Detroit entrepreneur runs I Teach Chess, and is helping students develop critical thinking skills through the strategic game.
A ribbon-cutting at the new Marygrove Early Education Center celebrated the opening of the $50 million dollar center, which will comprise educational opportunities from prenatal to Pre-K, K-12, to post-secondary graduate, as well as wrap-around services and community engagement programs. At full capacity, the school will serve roughly 1,000 Detroit children and their families, primarily living in the surrounding Livernois-McNichols neighborhoods.
After a delay because of flooding, an interactive math exhibition will open this month at the Michigan Science Center, designed to help fill a gap in student's knowledge after disrupted learning during COVID-19. “We felt that this effect, now known as the COVID slide, could derail thousands of students, particularly those that were already performing below grade level," says Dr. Christian Greer, president and CEO of MiSci. "We were determined to do something about it."
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