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Reflecting Detroit in the (new) media: Speaker series follow up and download

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Panelists at our Speaker Series event last week urged Detroiters to tell their own stories. Here's a recap, or download the MP3 and listen to the discussion for yourself.

Model D TV: Virgil H. Carr Arts Center

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

In this webisode, we visit a new downtown space for teaching, producing, rehearsing and exhibiting the arts -- the Arts League of Michigan's Virgil H. Carr Cultural Arts Center.

Next Model D Speaker Series Dec. 16: Green Initiatives in Detroit

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Model D teams up with MOCAD to look at the realities of going green in Detroit and some of the greenest projects at the next speaker series on Dec. 16. Sign up now.

New in Midtown: Cheap but good dining, from crepes to dim sum

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Seems like all over the neighborhood, there's more new stuff in Midtown: New bars. Dim sum. Crepes. Upscale street fare. Midtown is always one-upping itself.

Dutch artist searches Detroit, finds inspiration and 'Icons of Hope'

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Dutch artist Diederick Kraaijeveld has scoured the city's scraps of wood to find pieces to bring to life his vision for Detroit 'Icons of Hope.' He wants his art to be part of rebuilding the city he's become so enamored of.

One TechTown entrepreneur's biodiesel dreams for Detroit

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Detroit will be the center of the biofuel industry, if TechTown entrepreneur Oliver Baer and associates at Clean Emission Fluids have their say.

Sign up for the Speaker Series this Thursday: Detroit in the media

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The media is obsessed with Detroit lately. Are they getting our best side? From Time's Assignment Detroit to local blogs, we'll ask the people doing the telling at the next Speaker Series, this Thursday, Nov. 12. Sign up to be part of the conversation.

Photo essay: MOCAD's You're Gonna Die!

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:09:03 GMT

It's no secret: MOCAD's New Wave puts on one of the city's best Halloween bashes. Model D photographer Marvin Shaouni was at the party to catch the dancing, DJs, and costumes.

Belle Isle: How to manage Detroit's island beauty

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Especially since Mayor Bing brought it up recently, Detroiters are weighing in on what to do with Belle Isle. A gate with a toll? Make it a Metropark? Leave it be? What's a city with limited resources but a lot of love for its beautiful island to do?

Dear Detroit: New look, new features, same great Model D

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Welcome to the new Model D. Take a look around. Sample the merchandise. We're happy to serve you.

Model D TV: Wayne State's new engineering building

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Wayne State's new $28 million engineering center blends traditional learning with business development opportunities. We check out the space in this week's video.

Run Detroit Run: More Races Bringing More Faces to Detroit

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Detroit's big running events -- and even those that have participants braving chilly weather -- are growing. But organizers say success isn't just in the numbers.

FilterD: This Week's Picks

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Hauntingly beautiful music will fill the DIA's Diego Rivera Court this Friday when Christen Lien performs original compositions with her viola, which she plays through a looping machine and other electronic effects. Call it sonic art moderne in one of the world's most distinctive settings.

Get all the lovely details inside FilterD, where you'll find lots more to do in the week ahead in metro Detroit.

Quelque Chose, Irgendwas, Qualcosa, Something Detroit: Foreign Journalists Invade the City

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

How do we know Detroit's the new media darling? Time Magazine is staked out in The Villages, every day the web lights up with a new Detroit story, and, above all, someone made a drinking game about it. So Model D sought out a collection of journalists -- all from across the pond -- who came here to get the big story. Here's what they found.

Model D TV: Kales Building

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

When the Kales Building was rehabbed into apartments downtown, it took the vacant Kresge HQ and transformed a corner of the city. Model D TV takes a look inside.

Tweet of the Week

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Selling Detroit as a creative haven

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Redesigning Detroit with what it already has

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Soap starts from 'Days of Our Lives' reaches out to Detroit

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Kauffman CEO says entrepreneurs can revive city

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

O Street chimes in on her participation in last weeks Model D speaker series

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Artists taking an artistic approach to Detroit's mortgage crisis

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Make Detroit's Funk Night the best party in America ... again

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Can Detroit be a tech-hub?

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Vice President Joe Biden grabs a coney at Lafayette

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Tweet of the Week: The votes are in

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The Nation: Detroit elects openly gay City Council President

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

A forest of trees coming to Jefferson

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Detroit's 'Creative Corridor' will need strong business relationships to work

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Muslims given strong role in Hamtramck after election

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT