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Walter Wasacz
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Ghostly International's Shigeto performs at Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) this Friday. Get all the dub disco details inside FilterD.
Patrick Dunn
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Oxford Community Schools superintendent Bill Skilling sees the coming century as one that will be dominated by China's economic and political interests. With that in mind, he has become a strong advocate for teaching our kids both Chinese culture and language. It's a vision shared by many in Metro Detroit. But how do you make it a priority in an era of shrinking educational resources?
Walter Wasacz
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Detroit-based world music urban folk heroes the Immigrant Suns are back and performing this weekend at Trinosophes in Eastern Market. Check out FilterD for details.
Kim North Shine
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Adding to Michigan's global outlook are companies like general contracting and construction firm PAT USA, Inc., with offices in Africa, the Middle East, and India. Though much of the work takes place abroad, globalization creates jobs locally. And it's a handshake between countries.
Natalie Burg
Thursday, January 24, 2013
With one-third of engagements taking place between Thanksgiving and New Year's, winter is high season for nuptials planning. Metromode picks a bouquet of Detroit-area ceremonial destinations that take the cake.
Patrick Dunn
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Ryan Santangelo is what folks in the biz call a serial entrepreneur. First he launched the firm Dynamic Media. Then Secure Media Systems. His latest effort is SafeToSleep, which is bringing infant monitoring into the new millennium. And all three businesses are thriving in Sterling Heights, a place he calls the Silicon Valley of Michigan.
Walter Wasacz
Thursday, January 17, 2013
For years, Detroit Contemporary has hosted an Anti-Auto Show, including a creative black-tie gala preview for $1. Sounds rich. Get all the details in FilterD.
Lucas Morrison, Ji Yoon "Amie" Gook, Mackenzie Carlsen
Thursday, January 17, 2013
It's said history repeats itself, but our legacy of burning fossil fuels for energy isn't renewable. A team of U-M students working with SolarYpsi, a volunteer-based solar power organization gaining national prominence, gets at the root of our conservation issues.
Kim North Shine
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Homecoming isn't just an event for Rochester's McGowen brothers, it's a philosophy. Over four generations, the family has made their home furnishings and interior design business a place where locals always felt welcome. Returning from stints in L.A., siblings Jonathan and David have decided to pick up the family legacy, opening shops across the street from one another.
Kim North Shine
Thursday, January 10, 2013
When you've been to the Super Bowl six times what else is there to do? For defensive tackle and Birmingham native Mike Lodish the answer was peanut brittle.
Walter Wasacz
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Hamtramck's Public Pool revs up the new year in art with the edgy 'Distorted,' an exhibition of women artists. Get all the details in FilterD.
Natalie Burg
Thursday, January 10, 2013
On the surface, Plymouth and Howell look very similar. Similar size, similar look, similar downtowns. And the two communities are successfully growing. But how they approach that growth and development differs. Metromode's Natalie Burg takes a look at how and why each works in its own way.
Natalie Burg
Thursday, December 20, 2012
When shopping in your favorite downtown store, ever wonder what's upstairs? For decades, the answer has been "not much" for many Michigan cities. Take a look at how that trend is changing across the state, in communities like Manistee, Portland and Detroit's Eastern Market, where local property owners are redefining downtowns by reviving upper floor residences.
Nicole Rupersburg
Thursday, December 20, 2012
For years The Maple Theater in Bloomfield Township was an art house that catered to an older film-going audience. Jon Goldstein thought it could be more, so he bought it. $1.5 million later the Maple boasts a topnotch coffee house, full service bar, and, of course, movies.
Patrick Dunn
Thursday, December 20, 2012
For more than 20 years Dr. Robert Buxbaum's Ferndale-based company has been designing technologies that filter hydrogen. That may not sound particularly exciting to the everyday Joe but when you consider that he has contracts with the U.S. and U.K. Navies and believes his product could have prevented the Fukushima meltdown you understand how focusing on something very small can have a very large impact.