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Walk a Mile Wednesday returns with nine summer walks across Detroit's precinctsLace up for the June 10 kickoff at the new Helen Moore Community Center on Dexter. Walk a Mile Wednesday is back, with biweekly walks through September 23 across nine of Detroit's police precincts.By Priya · Jun 4, 2026
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Nine fridays of free movies return to Campus Martius, starting July 3Movie Nights in the D returns to Campus Martius Park this summer with nine free Friday screenings from July 3 through August 28, featuring recent releases and classics.By Marcus · Jun 4, 2026
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Baker's Keyboard Lounge closes for renovations, plans June return under new managementThe world's oldest operating jazz club is getting new bathrooms, a refreshed stage, and a new management team before reopening on Livernois.By Shawn · May 30, 2026
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Monday at Movement 2026: DJ Minx and Dom Dolla close a packed Hart PlazaPaxahau's twentieth Movement closed Memorial Day with a full Hart Plaza. DJ Minx at the Pyramid, Dom Dolla at the Movement Stage, Sillygirlcarmen on the Detroit Stage, and the day-three crowd that Hart Plaza counts on every year.By Shawn · May 26, 2026
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Movement 2026 opens at Hart Plaza with rain, techno, and tens of thousandsThe annual Memorial Day weekend techno festival kicked off Saturday at Hart Plaza with Dom Dolla, Carl Cox, and Sara Landry headlining. Rain was present. The crowds were not deterred.By Shawn · May 24, 2026Eats
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Dutch Girl Donuts opens the door to its second shop on National Donut DayDutch Girl Donuts opens its second shop to the public for a sneak peek this Friday from 8 to 10 a.m. on East Grand Boulevard, with two free donuts per visitor and a boxed dozen for $20.By Samantha · Jun 4, 2026
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The Voice' producer comes home to open coffee shop and listening bar in Eastern Market this summerLamont Leak, who produced NBC's The Voice, is opening Rent Free Coffee and Community in Eastern Market this summer, a combined coffee shop and listening bar.By Marcus · May 30, 2026
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Topa, a rooftop cocktail bar, opens Thursday on the 11th floor of AC Hotel DetroitThe Roxbury Group's new 11th-floor bar at the AC Hotel Detroit at the Bonstelle opens Thursday in Brush Park with Mediterranean small plates, a Basque-named cocktail list, and reclaimed wood from a Michigan resort hotel.By Marcus · May 20, 2026Arts
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Mid-century Detroit, one lunch break at a time: Norman Zadoorian's photos now at Detroit Historical MuseumForty photographs from Norman Zadoorian's mid-century Detroit street photography archive are on view at the Detroit Historical Museum through May 2027, on loan from the State of Michigan Library.By Jamie · May 29, 2026
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CCS's 101st student exhibition is open through May 29The College for Creative Studies has turned its campus into a gallery of 4,800-plus pieces for the 101st time. The show is free, it's open through Thursday, and the work is worth seeing.By Jamie · May 28, 2026
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The house on East Ferry Street is the subject of a Smithsonian director's DIA lecture next monthChase Robinson, director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art, lectures at the Detroit Institute of Arts on June 7 on Charles Lang Freer and the railroad magnate's overlooked influence on American cultural institutions. The story runs through a house on East Ferry Street that most Detroiters have never heard of.By Jamie · May 26, 2026Community
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Laura Killingbeck's 1,000-mile Michigan bike ride ends in Detroit on July 20Laura Killingbeck is two weeks into a 1,000-mile bicycle ride across Michigan in partnership with orsa credit union to document economic abuse, ending July 20 in Detroit.By Priya · Jun 4, 2026
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Calling all volunteers: Cleanup Club returns to Belle Isle Beach on June 20 to remove plastic before peak summerThe Cleanup Club and Belle Isle Conservancy are hosting a shoreline cleanup at Belle Isle Beach on Saturday, June 20, calling for volunteers from 10 a.m. to noon.By Jamie · Jun 4, 2026
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A Detroit veteran came home and built something empowering for the kidsDamon Williams spent 21 years in the Air Force, returned to East English Village, and launched Outside the Box, a youth hub connecting Detroit teenagers with city resources and community partners.By Jamie · May 31, 2026City
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KPMG is bringing 420 workers to Michigan Central StationKPMG is moving 420 employees into Michigan Central Station next year, the latest major office tenant to take root in the restored Corktown train station.By Marcus · Jun 4, 2026
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DPSCD confirms full demolition of Cooley High School this summerDetroit Public Schools Community District will demolish the 1928 building in full this summer, scrapping earlier plans to preserve part of the historic structure. A $25 million sports complex will be built on the site.By Priya · Jun 2, 2026
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Waymo's driverless cars are coming to Detroit in 2026, and the city is figuring out the rules in real timeWaymo plans a fully driverless ride-hail launch in Detroit later this year, making it the sixth U.S. city on the service — and the first real stress test of Michigan's decade-old AV laws.By Marcus · May 29, 2026More to read
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Detroit teens spend the summer building an engine from scratchThe Engine Building Bootcamp returns to Detroit's northwest side for its fourth year, putting middle and high schoolers on the wrench from June through August.By Jamie · May 31, 2026
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From tire piles to beautification contracts: Audra Carson's long road to Izzie GlobalAudra Carson spent 30 years as a corporate business analyst before founding De-Tread in 2009 to address Detroit's tire dumping problem. She now runs Izzie Global, a waste management and beautification company named after her mother.By Jamie · May 29, 2026
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A more walkable Greektown is set to open in mid-JuneThe 500 block of Monroe Street is set to open in mid-June, the first finished stretch of a streetscape project.By Shawn · May 28, 2026
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Millender Center's retail businesses are being cleared out by AugustCrain's reported that retail tenants at the downtown Detroit complex have been told to leave by end of August. What happens to the space next hasn't been reported yet.By Samantha · May 28, 2026
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Detroit is hiring someone whose whole job is recruiting national retailersThe city is creating a senior director of retail attraction position aimed at drawing more regional and national brands to Detroit, Crain's Detroit Business reported Monday.By Priya · May 27, 2026
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Detroit school board previews $1.1 billion budget with pay boosts and a warning about next yearThe Detroit Public Schools Community District's proposed $1.1 billion budget for 2026-27 prioritizes employee pay increases, an expanded bus pilot, and seven more high school counselors. Superintendent Nikolai Vitti presented the plan while warning of serious financial uncertainty in the years that follow.By Priya · May 26, 2026One friendly email. Every week.
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