Want to let others know how to fix Michigan? The Center for Michigan is holding community conversations for anyone interested ....and the Michigan Suburbs Alliance is getting local officials to talk with people in their 20's and 30's.  As Michigan Now's Chris McCarus reports, they're starting at the grass roots.

They are the Justice League of improvisational comedy. The Dream Team of yucks. Ferndale's Go Comedy, brings some of the region's funniest performers together under one roof - a former Secretary Of State's office turned laughter emporium. Now that's irony.

Can't we all just get along? Yes, we can! ...if the Michigan Political Leadership Program has anything to say about it. With the state facing one of the most challenging economies in history and partisanship undermining everything, the MPLP hopes to cultivate good government through its 24 fellows, who come from both sides of the aisle and aspire to hold major leadership positions.

Yo, listen carefully and you'll understand her name isn't a repeat or skip of the record. Detroit DJ Lisa (Lisa) Orlando mixes law and lyrics in a double shift – and has the duplicate names to prove it.

Metro Detroit is big. Really big. And not all scenes are created equal. Finding the right restaurant, the right nightclub, even the right place to buy naughty underthings can be daunting. Metromode feels your pain. That's why we created our Insider Guides. Come on in and we'll explain it all to you.

The Information Age mantra has been that you can work from anywhere. Talent agency Fleming Artists is proof positive that even Ann Arbor can compete with the likes of L.A. and New York to attract A-list clients. Representing everyone from Ani DiFranco and folkie Tom Paxton to Jeff Daniels and pop dance rockers My Dear Disco, Fleming has been looking after world-class musicians for almost 30 years.

Norman Rockwell meets urban sophistication. If you want to experience a pair of classic Michigan communities you can't get much more Michigan-y than Plymouth and Northville.And yet these metro Detroit cities are looking forward, adding cafes, condos and galleries to their cozy, walkable downtowns.

Sometimes size does matter. Working for a large company like Visteon can be very different than taking a position at a start-up. As Michigan's new economy seeds the ground with small tech firms, transitioning employees must adapt to changing job expectations. Enter Ann Arbor's SPARK with a program to ease the way.

Michigan is not exactly known for its multi-culturalism, but in this Obama age, stereotypes can be broken.

A jazz and pop master from the Ivory Coast is playing Dick Odow’s Pub in Birmingham Friday night. He also played in a 14 year old kid's basement in Birmingham this week. Michigan Now's Chris McCarus was there.

Father Charles of St. Elizabeth's in Wyandotte is on a mission.... er... another mission: To not only lower his own carbon footprint, but that of his church and congregation's. It's part of his belief that we are all stewards of God's green Earth. Metromode says "Amen."