Metro Detroit's Seven Day Weekend
By: Ryan Allen,
12/4/2008

Thursday is the new Friday. Or was that Tuesday? In Metro Detroit it doesn't really matter. Great local music can be had every night of the week. From punk to pop, electronica to jazz, hip-hop to hard rock,
Metromode offers up seven nights of tried and true sonic scenes. (
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A Scary Business
By: Tanya Muzumdar,
10/30/2008

Halloween is a $7 billion annual business in the United States. Every October Hauntrepreneurs Ed and Jim Terebus carve out their own bloody slice of the pie by turning downtown Pontiac into one of the nation's top scare destinations. Enter if you dare! (
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Turning Brownfields Into Greenbacks
By: Jon Zemke,
8/7/2008
The old philosophy was knock it down and build anew. But what do you do with polluted or blighted land no one wants to take responsibility for? Creative economic incentives are transforming these unwanted brownfields into successful (and sometimes unexpected) properties. (
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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. (
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Video/Remaking Downtown Pontiac