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Detroit Artist Sheefy McFly Discusses The New Mural He's Unveiling This Weekend At Mo Pop

Happy Friday. On today’s show, Jer speaks with Detroit muralist Sheefy McFly — he’s the one who was arrested while doing a city-commissioned mural on a Detroit viaduct. He’s got a new mural that will be unveiled this weekend at the Mo Pop music festival on Detroit’s riverfront. We also run down a few news stories from the past week: * New affordable housing units are being planned in North Corktown aimed at “middle-income” residents. [Crain’s] * A shooting at a west-si...

Eastern MarketNorth Corktown

Your City 5 Things To Do This Weekend In Detroit: September 7-9

Hey there everyone! I hope that your short workweek has been easy breezy. I’m currently in denial that it is September. Sure the kids are now back in school and the sun is setting earlier. But I’m not ready to give up on this summer feeling. Keep your Pumpkin Spice Lattes to yourself over there. Maybe it will hit me more when I drop off my little at his first day of preschool next Monday. In any case I’ll just be over here soaking up as much vitamin D the sun rays can give me. I digres...

Networking events in DetroitNorth Corktown

Your Networking 5 For The Week Of Jan. 30 - Feb. 5

Hello, hello, hello! We have almost made it through the first month of the 2018. I don’t know about you, but I’m ready to tackle February. Here are five events to network around Detroit. Detroit Speed Networking Ever go to a networking event and feel a bit like a wallflower? I know I do. This is where Detroit Speed Networking can be a benefit. It’s kind of like speed dating, but without the romance. The event gives people the opportunity to speak to a new business professional ever 5...

Metro DetroitNetworkingNorth Corktown

Your Networking 5 For The Week Of November 14-20

It’s that time again for your weekly Networking 5. Get those business cards ready to be passed out to all of those new contacts you’re about to make. Ties Like Me Professional Networking Bring a friend and your business cards to the Ties Like Me Networking event on Wednesday at the Overdrive Lounge inside the Motor City Casino. Ties Like Me is the only LGBT community networking group that meets monthly around metro Detroit. When: Wednesday, November 15 from 5:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Where...

Bike ShareEastern MarketMilwaukee Junction

For Day To Day Usage, MoGo Bike Share Beats The QLINE Hands Down

When it comes to practicality, the QLINE streetcar has been a disappointment. Our team is pretty bike- and walk- friendly, and will take the bus if the timing makes sense. We have contributors who live near the QLINE and the MoGo stations, and others who live near bus lines and use them (in the suburbs, too). When both opened earlier this year, we had multiple debates over which service was going to come out on top. It was evenly split between bike share lovers and believers in the power o...

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Your City 5: Things To Do In Detroit For The Weekend Of August 25-27

I still can’t believe that this is the last weekend of August. There is plenty of fun things to do this weekend, so go out and have fun. Garlic & Music Festival  This three day festival is going to be great for those of us who love garlic. If you’re a vampire or on a first date maybe stay away from Campus Maritus. Bring your appetite because there will be plenty of garlicky foods to choose from. There will be two stages with live music performances, a kid zone with bounce houses, and...

North Corktown

Nancy Whiskey Named One Of America's Most Authentic Dive Bars

The Washington Post has a new national dive bar feature out, and Detroit’s own Nancy Whiskey is included as one of the nation’s most authentic dive bars. One of the cool things about this feature is that they have ambient audio and interviews from the various dive bars around the nation. Per the Washington Post: “When I first started here, around 1992, this was a really bad neighborhood,” says bartender Sheryl Grogan, who grew up in the neighborhood with her brother, Gerald Stevens, the ba...

Dolores BennettFirst PersonGodmother of North End

Saying Goodbye To The Godmother Of The North End

I’d like to give prayers and blessings to Delores Bennett’s family, friends, and supporters after her passing on Tuesday February 7, 2017. Delores Bennett was a Wayne County Commissioner for years. But she will forever live on in the mind of most as the Godmother of the North End. The North End is Detroit’s neighborhood that surrounds what was Detroit’s historic Northern High School bordered by I-75, Highland Park, Woodward Avenue, and the New Center District. Delores Bennett was one of my...

Nancy WhiskeyNorth Corktownpodcast

“Shot Of History” To Celebrate One Year With A Historic Event At Nancy Whiskey’s This Saturday

UPDATE: The location of this event has changed to Old Shillelagh in Greektown. 349 Monroe Street in Detroit.  Independent media is something of a growing scene in Detroit. One of the shows that’s made it to the year mark is Shot of History, a podcast that has a comedic take on the history of the world. As opposed to a dry recitation of facts and figures, Shot of History over the last 49 episodes has made topics almost seem as if they’re in the present with a variety of guests and tie-ins wit...

Custom Built HomesDetroitNorth Corktown

Architect Plans Custom-Built Homes In Detroit’s North Corktown Neighborhood

Detroit’s North Corktown neighborhood will see its first new homes built in years starting next spring by an architect who says the neighborhood offers the right mix of vacant, land bank-owned lots and solid home appraisals. Grosse Pointe Park-based Christian Hurttienne Architects said Tuesday it plans to construct two custom-designed single-family homes, valued around $200,000 each, using traditional bank financing. The firm, which built several affordable-housing units in the neighborhood...