Partner Partner Content Video Bingo Pet Salon
Bingo Pet Salon is a full-service dog and cat grooming facility in downtown Royal Oak that also offers dog walking and pet sitting services as well as groomer training classes.
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Video LGBT Leaderhip In Metro Detroit: Kirsten Ussery
Metromode and Model D will be producing a series of videos centered around LGBT leadership in Metro Detroit. First up is Detroit-based community activist Kirsten Ussery.
Video Arab American Museum
What do Casey Kasem, Tiny Tim and Ralph Nader all have in common? They're Arab Americans. Want to know more about their story? Dearborn is home to the only museum in the country dedicated to capturing the Arab American experience. Tom Hendrickson takes you inside this vital piece of Se Michigan's evolving culture.
Video Bellyache Candy Shoppe
Candy and Detroit rock n' roll - two great tastes that taste great together! Royal Oak's Bellyache Candy Company is taking the web by storm, pushing Goo Goo Clusters, Pop Rocks and Charleston Chews along with CDs, vinyl LPs and 7-inch singles from bands like The Amino Acids, The Hentchman, and Gore Gore Girls. Can you say, "Yummy"?
Video Incognito In Royal Oak
If it's good enough for George Clinton, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, and The White Stripes, it's good enough for you. Incognito is a longtime local fave known for its funky footwear, clothing and accessories
Video Moo Moo’s
Put the microwave pizza pocket down. Step away from corndog. Ferndale-based Moo Moo's Vegetarian Cuisine makes the things that make you go, "Yum." With the vegetarian food market expected to reach $2.5 billion this year, owner Michele Rastelli hopes her locally produced entrees-to-go make a little green of their own.
Featured Video: Birmingham Community House
The Birmingham Community House offers nearly 800 classes, programs and social services under one very historied roof. Art, dance, social organizations and continued learning classes keep this model of community access humming with activity.
Featured Video: Count Your Steps kicks off
How much healthier are kids who participate in Oakland County's Count Your Steps program? Let's put it this way -- according to their pedometers, they're currently 15 billion steps ahead. Count Your Steps took over the Palace of Auburn Hills to get O.C. children running, skipping rope, dancing, and hula-hooping -- all in the name of friendly competition. Take a leap ... watch the video from Tom Hendrickson after the jump.
Featured Video: Planterra
It's always spring at Planterra, an enchanting landscape conservatory in West Bloomfield. Through a partnership with Oakland County's SBA 504 loan program, Planterra was able to expand from greenhouses to their current botanical paradise, including a new event space that's open to the public. Click in to check out this small business success story.
Video Birmingham Community House
For 85 years the Birmingham Community House has been offering programs, services and classes to residents young and old. From belly dancing to cooking classes to socially and politically-minded programs, this community center is a model for learning, outreach and participation. And the same can be said of Slumber Party, who provide the video's soundtrack.
