CultureSource – A Community Rooted in Art
At last year’s Art & Apples Festival, Paint Creek Center for the Arts Executive Director Tami Salisbury had her husband run around town to see how long waits were at … Keep Reading…
Metro History
CultureSource – The Detroit Historical Society Seeks the Truth about 1967 in the Collected Memories of Those Who Witnessed It
By Sarah Rose Sharp August 17, 2017 Any longtime resident of Southeast Michigan has a story about the Summer of 1967 and the infamous events that escalated to a citywide … Keep Reading…
Vernors cans featuring Michigan lighthouses go on sale soon | MLive.com
Some of Michigan’s most iconic lighthouses will soon be featured on cans of Vernors Ginger Ale thanks to a partnership between the soda maker and Pure Michigan.Five lighthouses will be … Keep Reading…
Detroit United Railway
Rochester and the Detroit United Railway is a story of the Flint Division of the Detroit United Railway (DUR) and the communities along the DUR Flint Division route. Spanning some … Keep Reading…
Regular tours of Detroit’s Packard Plant begin next week
The first regularly scheduled tours of Detroit’s old Packard Plant will start next weekend, offering chances to explore one of the world’s great industrial ruins without risking a trespassing violation.The $40 guided tours are scheduled … Keep Reading…
New museum exhibit on Detroit’s painful summer of 1967 is illuminating, immersive
Which word would you choose to describe what happened in Detroit in July 1967? Insurrection? Rebellion? Riot? Revolution? Uprising?”Detroit 67: Perspectives,” the new exhibit opening Saturday at the Detroit Historical Museum, certainly lives … Keep Reading…
Brighton’s Victorian Silhouettes
This Art-History Exhibit has (13) unique characters from Brighton’s early history in the mid to late 1800s. These full size color representations were painted at half scale and printed at … Keep Reading…
Becoming Frank Lloyd Wright
Anyone who has spent time reading about Frank Lloyd Wright knows that the facts of his life and career can be hard to pin down. According to critic and biographer … Keep Reading…
Michigan’s Tree Army
During the 1930s, more than 100,000 young men in Michigan participated in the Civilian Conservation Corps, a federal education and work program. Get a glimpse into the daily lives of … Keep Reading…
From Model D – Five of the greatest modern buildings in Metro Detroit
Michigan doesn’t get nearly the regard it should for its contributions to modernist architecture. But a recently released book on Michigan’s illustrious history of design makes a compelling case. We … Keep Reading…
BROTHERS OF THE BRUSH UNITE
AT THE GREATER ROCHESTER HERITAGE DAYS! In honor of the City’s Bicentennial Celebration, the Greater Rochester Heritage Days is proud to welcome back the Brothers of the Brush Beard & … Keep Reading…
BE A PART OF THE #ROCHESTER200 PROJECT
2017 marks the 200th Anniversary of the founding of the City of Rochester. Founded in 1817, Rochester is the first settlement in Oakland County. The City is planning a series … Keep Reading…
Black History Month – Video Tour – Great Time to really visit the Wright Museum
Inspiring Minds: African Americans in Science and Technology is a comprehensive, high-tech and permanent exhibition highlighting trailblazers, contemporaries and careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. African … Keep Reading…
Detroit’s Motown Museum getting massive addition
Motown Museum announced it will undergo a $50 million dollar expansion which will grow the museum to a 50,000 square-foot attraction. The museum organizers are working to make it a … Keep Reading…
President Grant’s Detroit home still at fairgrounds; plans remain to move it
Plans are still in place to save a house at the old Michigan State Fairgrounds where President Ulysses Grant once lived, but there is also heavy lifting to do before it can be … Keep Reading…
A log cabin in Detroit? The history of the historic retreat in Palmer Park
In 1885, Sen. Thomas Palmer gave his wife, Lizzie, a gift that has last more than 130 years: a log cabin. The two-story cabin was built from oak logs in … Keep Reading…
In honor of Flag Day, learn the story behind Detroit’s own flag
David Heineman was born on his family’s Detroit homestead on Woodward Avenue in 1865. The son of a Jewish-German immigrant, Heineman graduated from the old Detroit High School in 1883 … Keep Reading…
Designer aims to keep Detroit’s vintage fonts alive
The historic individuality of Detroit’s faded neighborhoods is preserved in characters, literally — in the fonts lining the vintage signs and hand-painted advertisements of small businesses. That is, until decades-old … Keep Reading…
Diehard Detroit (Time-Lapse/Tilt-shift)
Watch Detroit’s beautiful decay and and the amazing city beyond it. A time lapse/aerial/tilt shift film by Joerg Daiber. Shot at the Michigan Theater, Packard Plant, Michigan Central Station, Lee … Keep Reading…
Who Fixes Detroit? Young Black Detroiters Want To Resurrect A Lost Neighborhood
Unless you grew up in a black family with deep Detroit roots, I’m betting you’ve never heard of Black Bottom. It was a self-sustaining, all-black neighborhood that flourished on Detroit’s … Keep Reading…