Tom Palmer would be kicking up his heels to the sound of the Chelsea House Orchestra fiddlers if he was alive to see how the all-volunteer People for Palmer Park have revived the log cabin he built in 1885 near Woodward and McNichols. The public will celebrate his summer home in a combination urban/Victorian merriment. […]
It was always more than a game for Detroit’s trailblazing black athletes. Whether they played on a court, a diamond or turf, local legends who donned professional jerseys often competed not only for team victories, but to advance the ideas of excellence and equality for an entire race. As spring recently marked the 70th anniversary […]
We’ve always known you can find all kinds of flowers and foods in Eastern Market. Kind of like all things in one place. Now that’s been you can one-stop shop everything from vintage to handmade to good junk at Shed 5 Flea at the market. On June11, July 9, and August13 you can check […]
“Is this real?” flashed the text message on my cell phone. My brother was asking, I suspect, more out of puzzlement than shock. He didn’t know I’d already stopped at the side of the road in an urgent scramble for more information. I thumbed the phone’s touch-screen. Google never seemed more critical. It couldn’t be […]
There are few things that represent warmer weather, old-fashioned fun and children at play than a great game of baseball. To honor that tradition, Comerica Bank and Detroit Police Athletic League (PAL) recently hosted a special ballgame between Detroit police officers and kids enrolled in PAL youth baseball and softball programs. It was the first […]
The name and worldwide legacy of a rap music icon will be celebrated in Detroit June 19. In conjunction with the national release of the long-awaited biopic All Eyez on Me, Tupac Shakur fans can gather to remember the late artist at 6 p.m. Monday, June 19, 2017 at Bert’s Warehouse in Eastern Market. Detroit’s […]
Whether sweet, sassy, soulful or something in between, music unites us. And, as the weather finally breaks, it’s time to let music play at backyard barbecues, spring symphonies and as part of one of the Detroit’s favorite traditions, the Palmer Woods Music in Homes series. This weekend, it’s time for salsa, sangria and swing amidst […]
Chaldeans have a long history – 5,000 years – and they plan to show it off to the world. On May 2 the Chaldean Cultural Center Museum will open at the Shenandoah Country Club in West Bloomfield to tell the world just who they are and what they have done in the world. It took […]
Like the neighborhoods around Palmer Park, the artists in the Palmer Park Art Fair are an eclectic, diverse group ranging in age from 14 to 80 years. They arrive from Chicago, Florida and Minneapolis, Bloomfield Hills, downriver and less than a mile away from the regional park. They bring trailers and trucks full of fine […]
What happens when you combine a great location with a great mission? You preserve a part of Detroit while adding to its educational, social and wellness efforts. Matrix Human Services recently opened the doors to its new Head Start Center in Detroit’s historic Spirit of Hope Church, located at the corner of Martin Luther King, […]