April 2008

Sarah Spratt

For upstart designer Sarah Spratt, a Downriver childhood and Cass Corridor education provided an outsider sensibility that’s serving her well.

By Taryn Bickley

Kevan Hall

After years of creating sweeping gowns and separates for a clientele that includes some of Hollywood’s most elite, Kevan Hall has a formula that seems less about the precision of components and...

By Taryn Bickley

Mayoral Messes

The text-messaging/cover-up scandal in Kwame Kilpatrick’s administration is disgraceful, and could well go down in Detroit mayoral history as the most ignoble. Still, Kilpatrick doesn’t have a...

by George Bulanda

Station Identification

In the beginning was The Word. No, wait, that’s not completely accurate. Long before The Word — The Word Network, that is, the Southfield-based urban ministry and gospel music satellite and...

By Jim McFarlin

Serious Look At Playing

Making mud pies, climbing trees, catching insects, and walking to the corner store are the building blocks of imagination and, more and more often, missing elements in the typical American childhood.

by Rebecca Powers

Smart Move

The latest warm-weather alternative to fall and winter professional football is the All American Football League, which has as one of its six franchises an organization known, for now, simply as...

By Lynn Henning

Power Players

Gov. Jennifer Granholm made alternative energy a major plank in her economic-development plans for 21st-century Michigan, identifying four areas that can spur job growth and investment — energy...

By Nancy Nall Derringer

Savor Seder

Passover (beginning on April 20) observes the exodus of Hebrew slaves from Egypt. The traditional Seder meal, which is served on the first two nights of the eight-day holiday, follows a defined...

By Annabel Cohen

A Spring in Your Step

It's time to put a fashionable spring in your step. And a spate of hip, new metro Detroit sneaker boutiques is making that easy.

Alyssa Webb

Jean Scene

This season, jeans are as fashionable as ever. Follow these tips for a smart spring purchase.

Aleene Jinn Hang

Going Healthy

For most people, sitting down to a home-cooked family dinner à la the Cleavers is as remote as black-and-white TV.

By Aleene Jinn Hang

A Choice Location

Probably few guests at the Rochester Chop House notice the inscription on the wall above the kitchen door as they settle into their cozy armchairs in the softly lit restaurant on downtown...

by Molly Abraham

Hot Spot // Anita's Kitchen

Bonnie Fishman

Molly Abraham

Lisa O'Donnell

Molly Abraham

Midnight Hour // April 2008