Becky Riess and Kris Engle have put their thumbprints firmly in Eastern Market and South Africa. The women run two businesses – Thumbprint Artifacts and Thumbprint Fulfillment, both of which have a particular desire to help women in the world succeed. Thumbprint Artifacts, which they opened in 2012, brings in handmade items created by women […]
A dollar here, a dollar there, it isn’t much, really. To one man that little amount over the long haul was enough to build a life, support a family and live out his lifelong dream of being his own boss. Rezaul Karim has carved out his slice of the American Dream with a dollar store […]
It seems like every grandfather has some neighborhood business he loves. It must come with the territory … like working a slide rule. Sometimes it is a bar, or mechanic, or hardware store. For my grandfather, it was Scotty Simpson’s Fish and Chips (Scotty’s to those in the know). My grandfather died at age 94 […]
“The best is always the better buy.” That is one of the slogans George Sorisho came up with for Mini Mart Specialty Meats, which has found success in Detroit since 1975. Sorisho began working as a butcher in the 1950s and quickly gained a reputation. It wasn’t long until he started getting hired to help […]
Metropolis Cycles bike shop has used pop-up stores to build a name for itself as it waits for a permanent home. A permanent site is expected to be up and running on Kercheval by the end of the biking season. For now, it is in a pop-up at 1811 Parker Street next to Sister Pie […]
You can find a lot of treasures at Motor City Comic Con – things like a hard-to-find comic issue in a dollar bin, an autograph from a childhood icon or a long sought collectible. Then there are the intangibles. You could also find loss of alienation, paranormal discussions, homecomings, hometown pride, father-son bonding and even […]
Over the past half-decade or so, Motor City Comic Con has grown from a loose assortment of fans of genre fiction and cult-status mediums (like comics) to a scene for the masses. This year more than 60,000 attendees are expected to walk through the doors of the Suburban Collection Showplace, 46100 Grand River Avenue in […]
On Saturday, April 21 city neighborhoods will get some love and a fresh coat of paint. About 125 employees from Comcast NBCUniversal will meet up at 7:30 a.m. for “Comcast Cares Day” at S.A.Y. Detroit Play Center, 19320 Van Dyke Ave. For 17 years “Comcast Cares Day” has seen corporate volunteers go out and make […]
When Alexander Ho walks through the Sylvan Learning Center he runs in West Bloomfield, he chats with students and knows them all by name. He also knows just what they need help with to achieve academic success. That’s Sylvan’s goal. Its personalized tutoring is focused on building academic confidence, igniting intellectual curiosity and inspiring a […]
What a difference a century makes. In the early 20th century, people left the farms in droves to come to Detroit and work in factories like Henry Ford’s. Now, in the early 21st century, the Ford Motor Company Fund set out to teach kids about farming and nutrition with a mobile, indoor, year-round gardening project […]