Need some help getting ready for the holidays? Holiday Markets are back at Eastern Market for 2018. Here are the dates: Tues., Nov. 20 & Dec. 18 Sun., Nov. 25 & Dec. 2, 9, 16, 23 Tuesdays are primarily focused on food vendors and Sundays feature Michigan-made gift options. RSVP on Facebook for ongoing updates.
Busy transportation hubs like Flint’s Bishop and Detroit Metro International airports have been granted the option to switch to firefighting foams that do not include the highly toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS, thanks to new legislation enacted by Congress today. Under current law, airports are required to use firefighting foams that contain these chemicals, […]
After a $1 million investment from the City of Detroit, the new redone Viola Liuzzo Park is ready. Named in honor of a fallen Detroit civil rights champion, the park on the Detroit’s northwest side has an array of new features and equipment, including three beautiful bioretention gardens. In addition, a type of green stormwater […]
Forgotten Harvest has received a $139,000 grant from The Kroger Co. Foundation to help end hunger in Southeast Michigan. The grant is part of Zero Hunger | Zero Waste, Kroger’s plan to end hunger in local communities and eliminate waste across the company by 2025. “Forgotten Harvest stands proudly with corporate partners like The Kroger […]
Detroit’s most prominent anti-poverty organization will continue an annual tradition at 11 a.m. Oct. 14. Focus: HOPE’s 44th annual March for HOPE is expected to draw thousands of metro Detroiters into the city and Highland Park where they will walk for the goal of bringing awareness to socioeconomic issues and challenges. The theme of 2018’s […]
Car crashes are the number-one cause of death among teens. Many of those deaths can be prevented with the right training. It’s available this coming weekend, Sept. 29-30, when the free national free teen defensive driving program B.R.A.K.E.S. (Be Responsible And Keep Everyone Safe) comes to Belle Isle. B.R.A.K.E.S. is not driver’s ed. It is a hands-on, […]
Michigan high school students with a bent toward art can win up to $1,000 in the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) annual poster contest. In addition, winning posters will be displayed at NAIAS 2019, reproduced in the official NAIAS program, and be displayed on the official NAIAS website. The NAIAS poster contest is open […]
Every month students from the University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy of the Sacred Heart team up to pack and deliver food from Focus: Hope to low-income, homebound senior citizens. In September they delivered the boxes to 60 senior citizens at Warren Apartments. Here are pictures from the 360th consecutive month of Focus:Hope food packing […]
If you’re looking for a place to celebrate fall here’s your chance. The 4th annual Parktoberfest is Sept. 21-23 at Beacon Park. The free three-day German-style festival begins at noon each day and features activities and entertainment for all ages. Here are some of the things you can do: The Big Biergarten Tent will feature […]
The online publication Only In Your State listed sunsets over the Detroit River and Michigan Central Station as two of the 13 Epic Sunsets In Michigan Will Leave You Utterly Speechless. To find out what other locations are listed please click here. Lead photo: Anthony Viviano/Flickr