Here’s your chance to watch a terrific ice-skating show and help cure cancer at the same time. The Scott Hamilton CARES Foundation will bring a SK8 to Elimin8 Cancer fundraising event to the Frankenmuth Rink at Campus Martius Park on January 30. There will be performances by two-time national champion and CARES board ambassador Alissa Czisny […]
Beacon Park will be alive with the sound of indi pop music this summer with a free three-part summer concert series. Metro Detroit’s own, JR JR, will kick off the series on Saturday, June 16 at 6:30 p.m. Originally named Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Joshua Epstein and Daniel Zott’s unique mix of folk, indie pop and electronic elements […]
Small businesses will make a big splash at events in downtown Detroit parks this summer. The Downtown Detroit Partnership (DDP) is asking Detroit-based vendors to apply to be featured at Downtown Street Eats, Market Thursdays, Market Fridays and the Night Markets at Beacon Park. The events attract thousands of weekly visitors. Downtown Street Eats, Michigan’s largest […]
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. […]
If you know a young girl with dreams the figure skating in the Olympics get their skates on and get down to The Rink at Campus Martius. On Saturday, January 27 from 9:30 – 11 a.m. Olympic gold medalist and Dancing With the Stars winner, Meryl Davis, will host a community workshop for young girls […]
OK, Detroit is Hockeytown, but there may just be room for another sport created in Canada – at least for eight weeks. Every Monday and Tuesday from 6 – 10 p.m. through February 28 you can watch broomball at The Rink at Campus Martius. It’s a great way to meet new people, find out about […]
There is always at least one family member with a Christmas sweater so ugly, so tacky, you want to scream … or you can just realize they are cool. Now just think about all those sweaters in one place at one time. That’s what the DTE Energy Foundation and the Downtown Detroit Partnership have in […]
Jefferson East Executive Director Joshua Elling sits at the helm of an organization that is taking the lead in redevelopment on Detroit’s east side. Many east side Detroit residents know that growth is coming to their neighborhoods. One unbridled advocate of that growth is Jefferson East, Inc., or JEI, an organization not only heavily involved […]
There is a new beacon of light in Detroit. Detroit’s newest world-class public space and entertainment hub — Beacon Park – opens to the public on Thursday, July 20. The park, located on Cass Avenue and Grand River Avenue, is supported by DTE Energy and reflects its mission to be a catalyst for development in […]
In a unique collaboration, Detroit will soon have its first public bike share program with 430 bikes and 43 stations throughout 10 neighborhoods. Detroit Bike Share, an affiliate of the Downtown Detroit Partnership (DDP), in conjunction with the City of Detroit, Henry Ford Health System (HFHS) and Health Alliance Plan (HAP), recently announced MoGo, Detroit […]