If you haven’t been to see “Wild Lights at the Detroit Zoo” you’ve missed something spectacular. If you have seen them, we bet you’ll come back to again and again to ooh and aah and get in the holiday spirit. You can help the display be named the Best Zoo Lights in the US by USA […]
If you’ve watched Jerry Seinfeld’s web series, “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” you’ve listened to some pretty interesting, and sometimes quirky, stories as Seinfeld and his guest take a ride in a cool car and have hilarious, and sometimes insightful conversations – all while going to get coffee. Ever open to new ideas, the Michigan […]
Don’t be surprised if you find a bag on your doorstep on Saturday, November 4. It’s a Scouting for Food bag put there by area Boy Scouts and Girls Scouts who are partnering to collect more than 250,000 pounds of food November 4-11. It’s part of their third annual “Scouting for Food” drive to […]
It was called the fight of the century but it was so much more. Seventy nine years agothe boxing match between American and Detroiter Joe Louis and German boxing champion Max Schmeling had cultural, racial and political ramifications. In those days many white Americans were not thrilled a black man was the heavyweight champion.When Louis […]
Art Van takes a step back into the Jurassic period and Ice Age with its new float “Dinosaurs on Parade.” The 125-foot-long float debuts at the 91st America’s Thanksgiving Parade presented by Art Van. It is one of the largest floats ever designed and built by the artists at The Parade Company. The float features […]
We know higher education is essential for learning the right skills. They’re needed to get a good job and to be successful. We also know too often young people aren’t prepared to move on to that level – whether it’s to attend a two-year or four-year college or a technical school. There is a high […]
Owning a home has been a dream of many but too often that dream is out of reach. Now, thanks to a partnership between Quicken Loans, the City of Detroit and the United Community Housing Coalition (UCHC) 80 Detroit renters will be given an opportunity to become homeowners and help build equity in the city. […]
Detroit’s Fort Wayne and Belle Isle landmarks and Chandler Park and Palmer Park got a spruce up thanks to the entire 918-member student body from the University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy. It all happened, October 3 as part of the school’s annual student-led service project called Pledge Detroit! In its eighth year, […]
When Nora Moroun was a little girl growing up in Pennsylvania she watched her Grandma Nora open her door to feed the hungry. During lunch she would sometimes fix an additional sandwich and put it in a bag with an apple for a hungry person at the door. “Grandma asked me pray at night that […]
One of the best ways to move cities, communities, neighborhoods and individuals forward is through education. With that in mind the FCA Foundation, the charitable arm of automaker FCA US LLC, has awarded six grants, totaling nearly $900,000, to academic and nonprofit organizations across the U.S. to help students in pre-K through post-secondary schools build the […]