Registration is underway for the spring and summer youth leagues with Eagle Sports Club, a program of Soar Detroit. The spring soccer and flag football season begins on April 14 and runs through May 19. Summer baseball season starts June 9. The soccer program is open for boys and girls ages 4-14; flag football for […]
For many going to the prom is a watershed event … a magical life milestone that brings lasting memories. It’s also can be a time of great stress. Do I have the right dress? The right accessories? For young women in need the stress is complicated by the cost of that dress and those accessories. […]
What do you do with unwanted items cast off by family, friends and just acquaintances? Just ask Detroit artist Nancy J. Rodwan. She transforms them into art. Rodwan’s reworked everyday goods like clothing, kitchen utensils, obsolete electronics, books, toys, and car parts into paintings, sculptures, fiber art, assemblages, and collages – as well as into […]
When staring at humanity’s darkest hours, it is easy to become so blinded by disgust that we forget to honor the beauty that was lost to it. On March 20, the Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus will fix that when it hosts the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO), which will play music from Jewish composers […]
The annual Comerica Java & Jazz: A Coffee House Series returns to the Detroit Public Library, Clara Stanton Jones Friends Auditorium beginning March 20. Comerica Bank and the Detroit Public Library invite the community to spend Tuesday nights listening to the comforting sounds of Detroit jazz as they host unique artists and ensembles for the […]
The Detroit Lions are getting ready to roar into the sixth annual Taste of the Lions at Ford Field. The strolling food and wine event on Wednesday May 16 will feature dozens of Metro Detroit’s top restaurants and an opportunity to meet the 2018 Detroit Lions, along with coaches and Lions Legends. Local chefs will […]
What does it feel like to be homeless on the streets of Detroit? Many a well-intentioned citizen talks about the tragedy … often sipping wine by a fire inside a home shielded from the elements without any real idea of what it’s like to live on the streets. Action, not words, is needed. There are […]
Just where is journalism going these days? What’s its future? How do journalists and publicists uphold the truth in these very troubling, divisive times? Find out on Wednesday, March 7 at 7:00 p.m. when the Detroit Press Club and Southfield Public Library present a panel of journalists and media experts to discuss the issues in […]
Jazz, classical and world music will fill the rooms of a 1927 historic Tudor Revival home in Palmer Woods as the neighborhood celebrates Black History Month with a concert on Saturday, Feb. 24. It starts at 8:00 p.m. and there is a free educational concert for children from 5-6:00 p.m. The Barefield Sextet will perform […]
Free February Flicks. That’s what’s coming to Beacon Park Saturdays, Feb. 10-24. That big 10,000-square-foot heated tent you see there will be transformed into a community movie theater complete with comfy couches. There’ll also be food and drink. You can choose from Jetta’s Gourmet Popcorn and legendary chicken wings and smash burgers by Sweetwater Tavern. […]