Dearborn

Smoky bars are nothing new in SE Michigan but ones that smell like apple and peach?

Hookah culture is becoming more and more popular with young Metro Detroiters, and Dearborn, with its large Middle Eastern population, is ground zero. (more >)

Retooling SE Michigan's Workforce

By: Lucy Ament, 11/20/2008

Evolve or perish has become the mantra for Michigan's economy. But what to do with generations of workers who flourished under the old system?

To borrow a recent slogan: "We are the change we have been waiting for". Metro Detroit's universities have some ideas about how to make that change. (more >)

Reinventing The Mundane: Detroit Design Center

By: Lucy Ament, 11/13/2008

Most designers want to make bold statements, to put their signature on high profile projects. Brothers Erik and Israel Nordin of Detroit Design Center have more modest goals. They want to make their mark in the mundane, reinventing the functional design of components in residential and commercial spaces while bringing a new aesthetic to Metro Detroit. (more >)

Blog/Maud Lyon

Our guest blogger for this week is Maud Lyon. Maud is the founding director of the Cultural Alliance, and a consultant for numerous nonprofit organizations.

Check back here each week day to read Maud's thoughts on the state of arts and culture in Michigan. (more >)

Video/Dearborn Is The Place!

It's two... two... two great downtowns in one. From its front porch neighborhoods to its downtown lofts to iconic institutions like The Henry Ford to its blossoming Arab American community, Dearborn is the ultimate urban small town. (more >)