"Every time I ride to places like Hines Drive or some of the other suburbs, there's sections of it where there is significant cycling infrastructure," says cyclist Andrew Smith, who has never had a driver's license for a motor vehicle. "But there are also significant gaps that as a cyclist make me feel like that's the border of my world."
“We want to bring something new, we want to be something exciting, we want to create jobs,” Hamzah Nasser says.
If you received stamps and a passport for visiting the restaurants, bars, and cafes participating in Dearborn Restaurant Week, your passport book would be full.
When Ukrainian American photographer and graphic designer Michael Hnatiuk attended a protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine, held at Hart Plaza on Sunday, he was amazed at the strength and support displayed. Here he shares why this conflict feels like history repeating for his family, and what he's witnessed from the Detroit community.
The Arab American National Museum and the Dearborn Historical Museum have big plans for 2022, with the former reopening after nearly two years of being closed to the public and the latter undergoing a significant re-envisioning of how it tells Dearborn’s story. We checked in with both.
“The best way to advocate for safe cycling is to show that there are many cyclists living and visiting the city. We are not only getting healthy, building a community of cyclists, but making a statement to non-cyclists that we are present. What better way than to cycle in a group,” says Tracy Besek, founder of Bike Dearborn.
“We’re a niche service but with Detroit’s exploding art scene, we definitely have a lot of artists with needs that we can fill,” says Chris Bennett, owner of Image Works. “The new space is providing us with more exposure and it’s nice to add some more vibrancy and color to the area.”
“There’s been a lot of new businesses and development happening in downtown Dearborn these past few years. And with COVID-19, a lot of us had to go on pause,” says Jamie Garrison, owner of Inner Sage. “So it’s even more important to be at events like these and network and meet and talk to our neighbors, to help navigate the pandemic because it’s still affecting all of us.”
Parents around Metro Detroit are grappling with how to talk to their children about the fatal shooting at Oxford High School on Tuesday. Sadly, they aren't alone, but there are resources to help. We've compiled a list of guides that can assist with navigating tough conversations.
“From kindergarten to senior year of high school, we never read a single book that centers the experiences of Arab Americans or that is about one Arab American,” says Mohamad Jaafar, producer/editor of a new locally-produced podcast, Seen Jeem, that shines a light on the Arab American writers doing just that.
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