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Detroit Youth Volume students

Detroit Youth Volume inspires east side kids with no-cost violin lessons

David Sands Sunday, April 05, 2015
The only program in the city to offer violin no-cost lessons using a special training known as the Suzuki Method, Detroit Youth Volume has an innovative ethic that inspires kids from low-income families.
Tod Machover

Tod Machover to capture sounds of the city with 'Symphony in D' project

Walter Wasacz Sunday, April 05, 2015
"This is a place where the past, present and future are all mixed up," says Machover. "There are ghosts here, audio artifacts everywhere, rhythms that are alive. Nowhere I've been is really like Detroit."
McClure's Pickles

Welcome to the Year of the Gazelle, a series looking at metro Detroit's fastest growing companies

Jon Zemke Sunday, April 05, 2015
Over the next year, we will identify the fastest-growing local companies and tell you the behind-the-scenes stories of the entrepreneurs, investors, and the resources that are building Michigan's new economy.
Ramone Horst next to a bridgeport machine at Focus:HOPE

For metro Detroit families, financial literacy can be the difference between poverty and stability

Nina Ignaczak Sunday, April 05, 2015
For the working poor, it's not enough to be employed. An innovative program is helping people reach financial stability by learning how to manage their money.
Radio Campfire's audience at a recent event in Ann Arbor

Radio Campfire, a new audio storytelling series, to sound off at Detroit's Matrix Theatre

David Sands Sunday, April 05, 2015
Local audiophiles and podcast fans will be pleased to hear that a new audio storytelling series is being produced here in Southeast Michigan. The first Detroit Radio Campfire event is happening Friday, March 27 at the Matrix Theatre in Southwest Detroit.
Geoff George

Opinion: Film incentives are good business for Detroit and Michigan

Geoff George Sunday, April 05, 2015
With the future of Michigan's film tax incentives in question, Detroit cinematographer Geoff George makes the case for why we can't afford to give up on them yet.
Wayne Ramocan plays drums in Turkmenistan

Exporting culture, importing experience: The benefits of taking Detroit musicians abroad

Wayne Ramocan Sunday, March 22, 2015
Music is one of Detroit's greatest exports. Wayne Ramocan, a Detroit musician and community activist, argues that we need to help expose our young musicians to the wider world and make an effort to retain their talent in the city.
Detroit blues musicians

13 ways Detroit can assert itself as a music capital

Keith Owens Sunday, March 22, 2015
Detroit's musical legacy is indisputable. Its future as a music capital, however, is uncertain. Here are 13 ways the city can help cement its legacy for decades to come.
Workers trim brisket at United Meat and Deli

The corned beef effect: How St. Patrick's Day drives the local food economy

Matthew Lewis Sunday, March 22, 2015
A pair of family-run Detroit businesses have grown into major producers of corned beef, supplying markets throughout the country with their specialty products. They've spent months gearing up for St. Patrick's Day.
Detroit Experience Factory's new welcome center

Announcing the Detroit Experience Series

Model D & Detroit Experience Factory Sunday, March 22, 2015
Model D and the Detroit Experience Factory are pleased to announce a collaboration that will help readers visit the neighborhoods, small businesses, and people they read about in Model D.
Assemble List

Opinion: Detroit's leadership must engage emerging leaders and their vision of a new American Dream

Chris Grindem Monday, March 09, 2015
Chris Grindem argues that Detroit's leaders must engage with a specific group of Millennials, the city's emerging leaders, and their vision of a new American Dream. Why? Because they are convinced Detroit is in a unique, once-in-a-lifetime position to help define the future of American cities.
Jim Snyder, owner of Franklin Furniture

Betting on Detroit and beating the odds: Franklin Furniture's survival story

Scott Halliday Monday, March 09, 2015
For decades, Franklin Furniture has offered Detroit residents and businesses affordable furnishings. Despite encountering more than his fair share of adversity, Jim Snyder, Franklin's owner, remains bullish on the city.
Public Pool List

Uncool in all the right ways: Five years of Public Pool, Hamtramck's storefront art space

Walter Wasacz Monday, March 09, 2015
This Saturday, Hamtramck art space Public Pool is celebrating five years of solo and group shows, music and dance performances, panel discussions, and readings. The anniversary show is called "I Only Want to See You Underneath" and features the work of Public Pool co-founder Tim Hailey.
Alexandrine List

To understand change in Midtown Detroit, look to Alexandrine Street

Jon Zemke Monday, March 09, 2015
More than $40 million is being invested in the renovation of buildings -- big and small -- along the three blocks of West Alexandrine between Woodward Avenue and Third Street. It's here where some of the city's newest marquee business have set up shop and where the changing face of Midtown Detroit is most acutely visible.
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Embracing the magical: Q&A with place-based education architect David Sobel

David Sobel Monday, March 09, 2015
In a culture so consumed by digital devices and virtual experiences, how can the natural world compete for students' attention? We talk with David Sobel, architect of place-based education, to find out.
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