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A Little Night Music in Detroit

Remember the Victorious Secrets? Well, they have a new name, a new gig (which you helped them win!) and a concert tonight. So if you're in the mood to celebrating something other than Halloween, please...

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Feeding Detroit Body and Soul

Feeling the minutes slipping by... Had to share this great write-up about Detroit, its foodies and the "buy local" scene. Great storytelling in The Atlantic about how Detroit restaurants are...

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Speaking of (Jazz) Music...

Two more days...Can you stand it? To start your (last) Assignment: Detroit weekend... Moving Jazz (back) into the Main Stream By Lars Bjorn and Jim Gallert Once upon a time, long ago, Jazz was...

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A Literary Arts & Film Festival to Honor Michigan Talent

Earlier this year, ten people sat in a meeting at the Community House, a nonprofit dedicated to cultural, social and educational enrichment, in the Detroit suburb of Birmingham. First question on the...

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The End or What I Learned This Year

Today is the last day (for me) of Assignment Detroit. And there is so much to say...and nothing more to say. So much because Detroit's story still needs to be told. I've written thousands of words, but...

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How Detroit Became My Sexy City

In a 2009 issue of Sports Illustrated, Mitch Albom explained why he loves Detroit. He wrote: “Maybe because when our kids finish college and take that first job in some sexy faraway city and a year...

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Outta Here

As you all know, today marks the final day of the Assignment Detroit Blog. And while I can hardly believe an entire year has flown by since we started, I know that, as a writer, reporter and Detroiter,...

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Our Donation to Detroit

The home of Assignment Detroit, a house in the city's West Village neighborhood that served as a residence for Time Inc.'s journalists during the yearlong project, will now have a new purpose. Time...

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A Detroit Food Bank Gets Food To Where It's Needed Most

Since 2001, the number of people requesting food from southwest Michigan's pantries, shelters and soup kitchens has increased by approximately 70 percent. Gleaners Community Food Bank is trying to do...

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Podcast: All Good Things...

It's TIME to say goodbye for now. As we end our yearlong look at the people, the events and the issues facing the Motor City, what have we learned? What are Detroit's most serious challenges? What are...

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