Grub Street Chicago
We agree that grocery stores are crucial, but is it necessary to hate on urban farms?
In general, the attitude toward inner-city Detroit's urban-farming renaissance over the past few years has been ebullient. Sure, it's deplorable that poor city residents found themselves in the position of being without reliable access to fresh food, but props to them for growing their own! A documentary chronicling the city's hundreds of community gardens has won numerous awards, and it seems every few months we read another article celebrating Motor City's conversion to Farm City. But now along comes this recent story in Good, provocatively titled "Forget Urban Farms. We Need a Wal-Mart."
Richard Longworth, a fellow at the policy think tank the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, argues that residents of inner-city Detroit growing their own produce is anything but positive: "Urban farms are nothing less than a symptom of civic catastrophe, a desperate last measure for people trapped in destitute neighborhoods that have become food deserts." These kind of small farms are not the future of agriculture, he rails, but merely "niche" producers that "will never meet global demand," and are costly enough to price out all but urbanites with lots of money and the resources to figure out how to prepare haricots verts.
As we see it, though, urban farming in Detroit isn't about meeting global demand; it's about meeting local demand, and community gardens most definitely help with that. What's more, if people are raising their own food (or buying it affordably from neighbors), it's a different matter than privileged urban dwellers going to the Greenmarket and paying $5 a pound for biodynamic fingerling potatoes. It seems like Longworth (who has written a book that, in part, examines the disappearance of family farms) is using Detroit to make a complicated point about agriculture that, to our ears, isn't totally a fit.
Longworth's next argument, that the city of Detroit should allow Wal-Mart free rein to open stores in the suburbs if the megaretailer agrees to put local grocery stores into the shuttered supermarkets that dot inner Detroit, is an interesting one. Clearly, having grocery stores within city limits — accessible even to people without cars — would be a tremendous step forward. In fact, wouldn't it be great if a person could complement her haul of Swiss chard by easily being able to buy some chicken and rice to go along with it? Longworth might be right that what inner Detroit really needs is grocery stores, but he makes a mistake in discounting the urban farms that are, at this moment, giving many people fresh food and a source of income. Instead of thinking in terms of either there's urban farming or supermarkets, wouldn't the ideal scenario involve having both?
Forget Urban Farms. We Need a Wal-Mart
Photo: Courtesy Brooklyn Grange
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing, a fellow member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, will introduce Abdul-Jabbar at the event.
The program will begin at 11 a.m. at the Max M. Fisher Music Center, located at 3711 Woodward Ave. in Detroit. Tickets for the program only are $10; tickets that include a strolling luncheon are $65.
A 10-pack of program/luncheon tickets is $500. For more details, visit www.govaffairs.wayne.edu, or call (313) 577-0701. Reservations are required and may be submitted at http://govaffairs.wayne.edu/community/mlk/tribute2011.php.
Net proceeds from this year's event will be donated to select Detroit schools through the Adopt-A-Classroom program. Adopt-A-Classroom is a nationally recognized organization that raises funds to help teachers purchase resources for their classrooms. Last year, Detroit schools received $10,000 from Wayne State's Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Tribute.
The Wayne State tribute program includes special recognition for community leaders who exemplify King's goals and philosophy. It also highlights WSU's role as a bridge-building institution that keeps King's vision of racial harmony and community service alive.
CNN Money
What a difference a year or two makes!
As the auto industry gathers for the annual Detroit Auto Show, the outlook is for strong sales gains ahead, both domestically and globally. In 2010, U.S. sales rose 11%, and they're expected to be up at least that much in 2011.
Gains could be even bigger overseas, with China, now the world's largest market for auto sales, leading the way.
Most forecasts are for sales increases to continue until at least 2015, even if overall economic growth remains modest.
"We are in a growth industry," said Ellen Hughes-Cromwick, chief economist of Ford Motor, in a speech to the Society of Automotive Analysts Sunday night.
The profit outlook, shaped by the painful restructuring of recent years, is even better, with several experts saying this is the best competitive position for U.S. automakers in decades.
Higher profits ahead
A few years ago, Detroit automakers spent an extra several thousand dollars per vehicle on production compared to import brands. But that disadvantage has largely vanished, mostly due to the closing of 19 auto plants in recent years, and new labor contracts that trimmed costs.
"Certainly in terms of getting their footprint of production to match the market, they're probably in the best position we've seen in 20 or 30 years," said William Strauss, senior economist for the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. "That bodes well in terms of profitability."
In the sales boom years, the Big Three took losses on many of their car models due to weak demand. But experts say that new cost structures and more attractive offerings in car models position them to weather changes in the market.
Rebecca Lindland, director of strategic review for IHS Automotive, said even conservative estimates of sales growth to 15 million vehicles a year in 2015, should be enough to drive significantly higher profits.
"It's been decades since they made money on something other than trucks and SUV's," she said. "But they're structured well now."
General Motors (GM) and Ford Motor (F, Fortune 500) have already reported their best net profits in more than a decade, while Chrysler Group is reporting operating profits. And all three gained U.S. market share in 2010, and are well positioned to keep making inroads in the years ahead.
More than half of the 200 senior auto industry executives surveyed by accounting firm KPMG expect GM and Ford to gain global market share in the next five years, and most believe Chrysler will at least hold onto its market share, if not make gains. That's a radical departure from a year ago, when the majority were forecasting continued declines for GM and Chrysler and expected Ford to hold pat.
"It is quite a remarkable change in opinion," said Gary Silberg, national auto industry leader for KPMG., who said he was particularly surprised by the change of opinion among overseas auto executives. "It's not easy to convince outsiders to take a positive view of the U.S. industry."
And U.S. auto plants are finally hiring again. Overall factory employment at U.S. plants was up 37,000 at the end of the year, or about 6%. But most of the 300,000 auto plant jobs lost in the industry since 2007 are not likely to be recouped for the foreseeable future, even as sales rebound.
While most experts agree that the outlook is vastly better than it was two years ago, when the very survival of the U.S. industry was in question, not all are convinced that Detroit has completely turned the corner.
Michelle Krebs, senior analyst with Edmunds.com, said the industry still has to prove it won't fall back into its old habit of overproducing vehicles, only to have to cut prices and raise incentives to move the cars. While Detroit made many tough decisions to get to this better outlook, some of it was simply luck, Krebs said.
"It didn't hurt [the U.S. automakers] to have Toyota (TM) recall a lot of vehicles," she said. Toyota's recall woes in 2010 resulted in it being the only major automaker to suffer a U.S. sales decline.
But other experts are convinced that Detroit has learned from past mistakes, and that strong profits should continue for the foreseeable future.
"The age of going blindly after sales, no matter the cost, is over," said Jesse Toprak of TrueCar. "We are now seeing a new emphasis on profitability."
Warner Bros. revealed earlier in the week that The Dark Knight Rises would shoot on location in Los Angeles and the UK, with a third location not yet decided. Fans of Christopher Nolan's Batman franchise have long hoped that the third location would be Chicago, which was utilized to great effect in The Dark Knight, giving Gotham City a very distinct, dark, industrial, and textured look. But that doesn't seem to be the case, as a local Chicago report indicates The Dark Knight Rises has chosen to shoot in Detroit instead.
The city of Detroit is very industrial and rundown, and should provide The Dark Knight Rises with the proper atmosphere it needs, though some fans still worry that the look of the new movie will not fit the continuity set up with the first two installments. But hey, if Maggie Gyllenhaal can replace Katie Holmes, a town swap shouldn't be too big of a deal, right?
Detroit is simply offering better incentives at this point, and it is quickly becoming the premiere destination for location shooting, with Real Steel and A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas having both just wrapped there.
Christopher Nolan recently made the press rounds, but instead of talking about the locations he has chosen to shoot in, he decided to further expound upon his decision to forego 3D for this third installment of his Batman franchise. Here is what he had to say:
In the case of Batman, I view those as iconic, operatic movies, dealing with larger-than-life characters. The intimacy that the 3D parallax illusion imposes isn't really compatible with that. We are finishing our story on the next Batman, and we want to be consistent to the look of the previous films. I've seen work in 3D like 'Avatar' that's exciting. But, for me, what was most exciting about 'Avatar' was the creation of a world, the use of visual effects, motion capture, performance capture, these kinds of things. I don't think 'Avatar' can be reduced to its 3D component, it had so much more innovation going on that's extremely exciting. 3D has always been an interesting technical format, a way of showing something to the audience. But you have to look at the story you're telling: is it right?"
The Dark Knight Rises comes to theaters July 20th, 2012 and stars Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy. The film is directed by Christopher Nolan.
CBS
As bad as the recession has been for most American cities, it's been even worse for Detroit. Now there are new signs of economic life.
CBS News correspondent Seth Doane reports Detroit is reinventing itself from the bottom up.
Inside a downtown Detroit office building there may be more carpenters than cubicles but CEO Tim Bryan sees that low occupancy as a business opportunity to cut costs. He's moving part of his healthcare IT company GalaxE Solutions to Detroit, Mich.
Michigan has lost 838,800 jobs since October 2000. GalaxE is planning to hire up to 500 new workers.
"Every renaissance starts somewhere," says Bryan.
Bryan's company has offices in India and considered expanding to Brazil but after crunching the numbers chose Detroit at a cost of just 5 percent more than South America.
"For the first time we can deliver services here in Detroit at price points that are competitive with offshore," says Bryan.
There are no foreign governments, fluctuating currencies or time zone changes. The area's 2 percent unemployment rate includes lots of laid off but highly skilled workers from the auto industry.
"A cubicle is paradise for me at this point!" says Chris Thomas.
Thomas, a father of three, struggled for nearly two years to find work before GalaxE hired him as a business analyst.
"I've been smiling every day since," says Thomas.
Across the street, Quicken Loans just made downtown its new headquarters, bringing 3,700 jobs here.
Down the street Torya Blanchard's crepe shop has a staff of just seven people. Small businesses like hers make up 86 percent of private employers in the area.
This former French teacher expanded her business Good Girls Go to Paris from 48 square feet to more than 2,000 in just two years.
"I truly feel I couldn't have done it to this extent anywhere in another city the way I've done it here," says Blanchard.
Affordable rent means the chance to take a risk and now there are more shops on the block. Blanchard is banking on this mini-neighborhood revival and opening a bar on the corner.
Doane: "You've gone from French teacher to real estate developer."
Torya Blanchard: "I want to do what I love."
At Paper Street Motors an old warehouse has become a new business incubator. Taking advantage of short-term leases at $300 per month, casualties of the recession can reinvent themselves.
"When people lose their jobs and there are not a lot of jobs available that they create their own business," says business owner Paul Zimmerman.
In a city better known for hulking reminders of the ghosts of its past is a renewed entrepreneurial spirit.
Erin Rose
Positive Detroit
In 2010, I experienced some pretty cool "Firsts" in Detroit:
1. Ice Skate at Campus Martius
I haven't ice skated in ages! I am not good at it. Roller Skating, yes. Ice Skating, nooooo! That needs to change. Plus it is an excuse to wear a cute outfit! Just cross your fingers I'm not on crunches for the rest of this winter season :).
2. Experience Critical Mass
Critical Mass is a monthly bike ride through Detroit that begins at 5:30 pm at Grand Circus park the last Friday of every month during the warm weather months. The goal is to get as many bikes as possible on the streets and take them back from automobiles. The more bikes the better. Photo is of a couple of my friends en route this past summer.
3. Get in Touch with My Artsy Side at Pewabic Pottery
Pewabic Pottery is Detroit's very own "type" of pottery. The pottery was founded in 1903 by the artist and teacher Mary Chase Perry Stratton and Horace James Caulkins, her partner. Caulkins was considered a high-heat and kiln specialist, and developed the "Revelation kiln". Mary Perry Stratton was "the artistic and marketing force." The collaboration of two and their blend of art and technology gave the pottery its distinctive qualities as Detroit's contribution to the International Arts and Crafts movement. You can find Pewabic Pottery all over town: Comerica Park, Detroit Public Library, The People Mover Stations, various homes in Detroit (specifically Indian Village, Bloomfield Hills, and Grosse Pointe), and many public and private collections such as the ones at the DIA and Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.
Earlier this year, I went on a tour of the facility with my parents. While there, I learned about all the different classes Pewabic offers. Pewabic hosts a series of classes, but the ones I am most interested in is their Friday night "Evenings at the Pottery," Introduction to Throwing (cause I never worked on a wheel, cue that scene from "Ghost"), and Intro to Ceramics. They also host a series of weekend workshops as well. Pewabic's 2011 schedule is not posted yet, but click HERE for an example of the classes they offer.
4. FINALLY Celebrate Cinco de Mayo in Mexican Town
5. Watch The Villages Detroit City Futbol Team Clench Another Victory for a Second Year in a Row
Model D TV: Detroit City Futbol League from Terry Parris Jr. on Vimeo.
I sadly missed my favorite soccer team clench the title in 2010. In 2011, I won't miss it for the world. Yes, this item is meant as a taunt to all the other Detroit Futbol teams, all in good fun of course :). If you are interested in playing in the Detroit City Futbol League this spring/summer, click HERE. Games are played at the World Cup Practice Field on Belle Isle. Whether you play soccer or sit on the sidelines and cheer for your favorite team, it is a guaranteed swell time!
6. Go to Viciente's and FINALLY try their Paella
7. Paddle Boat Around Belle Isle in These Babies
Paddle Boating is fun, we all know that. Paddle Boating in a giant swan around the largest isle park in the whole US of A , now that's entertainment! For just $5, you can ride one of these beauties for a half hour.
8. Get My Dose of Vitamin Z While Walking Through the Butterfly House at the Detroit Zoo
9. Ride a Segway on an Inside Detroit Tour with the lovely Maureen and Janette
10. Visit Harsens Island
Harsens Island is located at the top of Lake St. Clair and is less than an hour from Detroit. You can get there by boat, short ferry ride, or small plane.
According to Pure Michigan, Is located in St. Clair County near the Detroit metropolitan area. The 39-mile long St. Clair River has recreational harbors in St. Clair and Marine City before the river divides into several branches at its mouth, creating the island strewn St. Clair Flats.
Harsens Island, the largest of the islands on the American side, was once a resort for the wealthy who arrived on steamers from Detroit. Today, Harsens Island and the St. Clair Flats area comprises one of the largest inland fresh water deltas in the world.
Harsens Island is also considered one of the most haunted places in America.
11. Attend Dally in the Alley
Dally in the Ally is an annual fall street fair in north Cass Corridor neighborhood that's a celebration of local musicians, artists, restaurants and vendors of all sorts, sans corporate sponsorship. Every year it is organized by volunteers and the North Cass Community Union.
Positive Detroit
In 2010, I experienced some pretty cool "Firsts" in Detroit:
- Attended the Electronic Music Festival
- Witnessed the St. Patty's Day Parade in Corktown
- Watched the Fourth of July Fireworks (on the roof top patio of Garden Court Condos, no less)
- Attended BravoBravo, Vodka Vodka, and Metro Times Best of Detroit Party
- Heard Mayor Bing Speak Live (at the Media Preview for Detroit Restaurant Week)
- Wrote a Cover Story for Real Detroit Weekly (co-written with the lovely Ashley Woods)
- Feather Bowled at Cadieux Cafe
- Biked the Dequindre Cut
- Attended a Detroit Tigers Batting Practice on the field of Comerica Park
- Unveiled My New Website PickMiDate.com with My Business Partner Sean O'Brien at Tech Cocktail (yes that's a plug. shameless. self-promotion. at its finest)
1. Ice Skate at Campus Martius
I haven't ice skated in ages! I am not good at it. Roller Skating, yes. Ice Skating, nooooo! That needs to change. Plus it is an excuse to wear a cute outfit! Just cross your fingers I'm not on crunches for the rest of this winter season :).
2. Experience Critical Mass
Critical Mass is a monthly bike ride through Detroit that begins at 5:30 pm at Grand Circus park the last Friday of every month during the warm weather months. The goal is to get as many bikes as possible on the streets and take them back from automobiles. The more bikes the better. Photo is of a couple of my friends en route this past summer.
3. Get in Touch with My Artsy Side at Pewabic Pottery
Earlier this year, I went on a tour of the facility with my parents. While there, I learned about all the different classes Pewabic offers. Pewabic hosts a series of classes, but the ones I am most interested in is their Friday night "Evenings at the Pottery," Introduction to Throwing (cause I never worked on a wheel, cue that scene from "Ghost"), and Intro to Ceramics. They also host a series of weekend workshops as well. Pewabic's 2011 schedule is not posted yet, but click HERE for an example of the classes they offer.
4. FINALLY Celebrate Cinco de Mayo in Mexican Town
5. Watch The Villages Detroit City Futbol Team Clench Another Victory for a Second Year in a Row
Model D TV: Detroit City Futbol League from Terry Parris Jr. on Vimeo.
I sadly missed my favorite soccer team clench the title in 2010. In 2011, I won't miss it for the world. Yes, this item is meant as a taunt to all the other Detroit Futbol teams, all in good fun of course :). If you are interested in playing in the Detroit City Futbol League this spring/summer, click HERE. Games are played at the World Cup Practice Field on Belle Isle. Whether you play soccer or sit on the sidelines and cheer for your favorite team, it is a guaranteed swell time!
6. Go to Viciente's and FINALLY try their Paella
7. Paddle Boat Around Belle Isle in These Babies
Paddle Boating is fun, we all know that. Paddle Boating in a giant swan around the largest isle park in the whole US of A , now that's entertainment! For just $5, you can ride one of these beauties for a half hour.
8. Get My Dose of Vitamin Z While Walking Through the Butterfly House at the Detroit Zoo
9. Ride a Segway on an Inside Detroit Tour with the lovely Maureen and Janette
10. Visit Harsens Island
Harsens Island is located at the top of Lake St. Clair and is less than an hour from Detroit. You can get there by boat, short ferry ride, or small plane.
According to Pure Michigan, Is located in St. Clair County near the Detroit metropolitan area. The 39-mile long St. Clair River has recreational harbors in St. Clair and Marine City before the river divides into several branches at its mouth, creating the island strewn St. Clair Flats.
Harsens Island, the largest of the islands on the American side, was once a resort for the wealthy who arrived on steamers from Detroit. Today, Harsens Island and the St. Clair Flats area comprises one of the largest inland fresh water deltas in the world.
Harsens Island is also considered one of the most haunted places in America.
11. Attend Dally in the Alley
Guardian
Read the news and you'd think Detroit was a no-go area. But the music community is still thriving, thanks to the city's rich heritage.
I was at a record store a few days ago when a young guy asked if I was in "the documentary about Detroit?" that had just gone online (see above). I told him I was, to which he replied: "I loved it, but I want more."
I've been getting this from everyone – people want to hear more about the beauty and possibilities of the city. But growing up in Holly, which is 45 minutes north of Detroit, all I ever heard were the horror stories. As a teenager I would drive to a show at Zoot's Coffee or the Trumbellplex, two local all-ages venues, and I was always nervous that a wrong turn would lead me to this "ghetto" that everyone from my parents to the news talked about, a place where a group of carjackers would rip me from my 89 Chevy Astro and leave me for dead surrounded by burning houses and crack dealers.
When I worked at a liquor store in the suburbs I would listen to MC5 all the time. I would hear stories about the Vanity Ballroom, of someone who knew Rob Tyner or smoked grass with Wayne Kramer. I would hear about how great or awful the Stooges sounded.
Being a kid who didn't know anything about the history of the city, I would ask people about the Grande, or Eastown. But some people were so detached from whatever Detroit had become that you could've been talking about Beirut. The history of our city was fed to us from the mouths of those who fled. That's probably why, when it was time for me to move, I fled just like everyone else. I moved to Chicago, but after a few years I had to leave. I just didn't feel satisfied. Something about that city didn't feel right; it wasn't my city. Back home with my parents, and unsure where to move, I slowly realised that everything that was happening from a musical standpoint was happening in Detroit. If you were a musician you just gravitated towards the city. You can't escape Detroit's musical history. The vastness of abandoned buildings has left places that would have been torn down in other cities. You can visit the Grande, Eastown or the Vanity, all staples of Detroit rock history. It's this history that is still present and, rather than hindering us, it fuels us. For me, Detroit's history isn't just an etching upon its tombstone, but a future of unlimited possibilities.
There are bands such as Human Eye, Terrible Twos and Tyvek, who are fixtures of the Detroit scene. Everybody here is in two bands and you wouldn't really call them side-projects because here you have enough time to do both. Living in Detroit you have much more freedom to create simply because you're not overburdened by living expenses. I am surrounded by people who can live comfortably and still pursue their craft. They can focus solely on the music. Most of the people I know who live in Detroit have low-key jobs, so they can spend most of their days practising, playing shows, making flyers, recording, listening to records, making T-shirts. Playing in the Dirtbombs, I can come home from a long tour and not be completely broke from paying rent, or have my house smell like cat piss from someone's pet sub-leasing my place. This is the freedom you have living here. That's why there are so many amazing things happening in this city.
A few weeks ago I was able to see Detroit hip-hop artist Guilty Simpson backed by the funk group the Will Sessions' Big Band at an outside festival against the backdrop of the now infamous Michigan Central Station. Next week my other band, Lee Marvin Computer Arm, will be appearing alongside sword-swallowers and flame-blowers at Theatre Bizarre – an incredible carnival behind the state fairgrounds.
Soon that guy at the record store won't have to ask for more, it will already be there. It already is here.
See the ball drop for New Years in downtown Royal Oak with a full lineup of live entertainment. Enjoy music by the Gin Blossoms, DJ Brian Gillespie, The Romantics and more at this evening of entertainment that will help you ring in the new year!
Price:
FREE
Schedule:
7:00 p.m. DJ Brian Gillespie
8:00 p.m. The BFE
8:45 p.m. Battle of the Bands Winner, The Wall Clocks
9:15 p.m. DJ Brian Gillespie
9:45 p.m. The Romantics
10:45 p.m. DJ Brian Gillespie
11:15 p.m. Gin Blossoms
12:00 a.m. Ball Drop
12:03 p.m. Gin Blossoms
12:15 p.m. Good Night
Location:
Rockin' The Eve 2010 happens at the corner of 6th Street and South Washington Avenue in Downtown Royal Oak.
2. Motor City Funk Night: New Years Eve Extravaganza
Hosted by Guilty Simpson
Live funk set from the Will Sessions band
DJs Frank Raines, Dez, Sicari, Eastside Jon, and more
Price:
21 and up - $5
18 and up - $10
Schedule:
Friday NYE 9:00pm - Saturday 6:00am
Location:
Majestic Theater
4120 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI
3. Detroit Countdown NYE at St. Andrew's Hall
DJ Shortstop and DJ Xavier will be spinning all night
Price:
$10
Purchase Tickets HERE
*2 for 1 special for 1/29/2010 only!
VIP Options Available
Schedule:
Friday 9pm - Saturday 4am
Location:
St. Andrew's Hall
431 E. Congress
Detroit, Mi 48226
4. Northville Nite
An evening for the family on New Year's Eve with a carnival, entertainment and food. The theme to ring in the year in 2011 is Luau, so hula dancing is appropriate.
Price:
$10 for kids
$5 adults
Schedule:
4:30 to 8 p.m.
Location:
Recreation Center at Hillside
700 W Baseline Rd
Northville, MI
(248) 349-0203
5. The Mega 80's Ultimate New Year's Eve Bash
Looking for something cool to do for New Year's Eve? Start your New Year’s off the retro way! The Mega 80's bring back all of the fads, the fashions and the music of the 1980's in a very special brand new show to kick off the New Year. The show harkens back to the grand tradition of the great “MTV Rockin’ New Year’s Eve” shows of years past.
Price:
$25 adv. (21+)
Schedule:
Doors 8 p.m.
Location:
The Magic Bag
22920 Woodward Avenue
Ferndale, MI 48220
Just north of 9 Mile Road, on the Northeast side of Woodward Ave
6. Go Comedy! Special NYE All-Star Showdown
A highly interactive improvised game show – one part “Whose Line is it Anyway,” and one part “Match Game PM”. The audience can be as involved as they want to, but aren’t picked on. The game show features a series of short improv games, challenges and more.
Price:
8pm Show: $25 p/ticket
10pm Show: $35 p/ticket
Reserve tickets HERE
Location:
Go Comedy!
261 E. 9 Mile
Ferndale, Mi 48220
one block east of Woodward. There is free parking reserved for theater guests
7. The Fillmore Theatre: Resolution Ball
The Resolution Ball is sponsored by The Social Connection. Entertainment includes high-wire acrobats and roving illusionists. The Ball also features a midnight buffet and a Champagne toast, as well as six big screens tuned to Times Square.
Price: $30 (late-night pass)
Schedule:
Friday NYE 10:30 pm -3:00 am Saturday
Location:
The Fillmore
2115 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI 48201
(313) 961-5451
8. Mary Poppins at the Detroit Opera House
Combining the best of the original stories by P. L. Travers and the beloved Walt Disney film, the Tony® Award-winning MARY POPPINS is everything you’d hope for in a Broadway musical—and more. Produced by Disney and Cameron Mackintosh, the show includes such wonderful songs as Chim Chim Cher-ee, A Spoonful of Sugar, Let’s Go Fly a Kite and, of course, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. The NY Daily News hails MARY POPPINS as “a roof-raising, toe-tapping, high-flying extravaganza!” Let your imagination take flight at this perfectly magical musical!
Price:
$37.45+
Purchase Tickets HERE
Schedule:
6:30 pm
Location:
Detroit Opera House
1526 Broadway
Detroit, MI 48226
1. Berkley Bistro Cafe
2. Moti Mahal
3. Due Venti
4. Mudgie's Deli
5. Lily's Seafood Grill & Brewery
Fifth Third Bank’s 41st Annual New Year’s Eve Family Fun Run/Walk will be Friday, Dec. 31 at the Belle Isle Casino Building.
100% of all proceeds go to the Special Olympics, Michigan Chapter.
Entry blanks are available at belleislefunrun.com or runmichigan.com.
Schedule
Now through December 26, 2010
Mail-in Registration accepted
Now through December 30, 2010
Online Registration accepted
December 26, 2010
Belle Isle Casino
12:00 pm Early Registration and Packet Pick-up open
3:00 pm Early Registration and Packet Pick-up close
Mail-in Registration closes (no exceptions)
December 30, 2010
6:00 pm Online Registration closes
(no exceptions)
December 31, 2010
Belle Isle Casino
12pm Late Registration and Packet Pick-up open
3:20 pm One Mile Registration Closes (no exceptions)
3:30 pm Children's One Mile Fun Run/Walk
3:50 pm 5k Registration Closes (no exceptions)
4:00 pm 5k Mile Racewalk / Fitness Walk
5k Run
5:00 pm Awards Ceremony
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