January 2011

Make a Run For It

There are many physical and psychological benefits, so put your best foot forward for 2011

By Aleene Jinn George

Stop & Glow

The Auto Show Charity Preview and the AutoGlow that follows (Jan. 14) offer an opportunity to shine in formal attire.

Styling by Aleene Jinn George; Hair & Makeup by Gjysta Nuculaj from Mijo-à Beauty Studio

Motor Home

Fueled by its residents’ love of cars, a loft becomes equal parts garage and dwelling.

By Rebecca Powers

Game Changer

Ford Motor Co. test driver Gene Martindale goes on the fast track with the help of a video.

By Dave Manney

Tracking Car Culture

The Detroit Public Library’s Skillman branch houses a top-shelf collection of vehicle-related materials — the world’s largest public automotive archive.

Chrysler’s Jet Set

The automaker’s Turbine was dubbed ‘the car of tomorrow.’ But it never got off the ground.

By George Bulanda

Driving 101

Driving well involves more than obeying the posted speed. People often break traffic laws without thinking (or knowing). Keep it street legal by adhering to this advice.

Licensed to Thrill

251,000 Michigan drivers, sport “vanity” plates. Michigan motorists have been flaunting a ‘bumper’ crop of vanity for nearly 40 years; Great Lakes plates got personal in 1973.

By Rebecca Powers

Traffic Jam

Congestion is more than an aggravation and a time suck that routinely causes employees to report late for work; it’s also dangerous.

By Mark Kurlyandchik

A Harmonious Hub

From workshops and exhibits to musical performances of all stripes, the arts thrive at downtown Detroit’s Virgil H. Carr Cultural Arts Center.

By Alexa Stanard

Keeping in Step

The Joffrey Ballet leaps back onto the Detroit Opera House stage for two performances this month. Metro Detroiters may associate the Chicago dance troupe with sugarplums and toy soldiers because of...

By Trina Mannino

Booster Shot

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a national holiday, but it’s a day of work for City Year Detroit volunteers, who stage the group’s annual MLK Day celebration on Jan. 17.

By Szymon Kietlinski

View Master

Last fall, a Florida news station reported that a Jacksonville resident almost fell prey to a scam when two men offered to sell him what looked like a 50-inch, flat-screen television. As the man...

By Mark Kurlyandchik

Write Angle

Rick Springfield has wished he had “Jessie’s Girl” so many times, he jests, “It’s not like a song anymore; it’s more like a family member.”

By Jim McFarlin

Tim Gunn, of ‘Project Runway,’ Talks About Dressing for Black-tie Events

During a recent stop at Somerset Collection in Troy, Tim Gunn offered a few tips on black-tie style.

By Aleene Jinn George

Arts and Entertainment

We've Got Mail: January 2011

Praise us or pan us, but just put it down in words. Bravos or boos, we want to hear from you.

Peripheral Vision

Looking regal at a recent fundraiser luncheon, Patricia Hill Burnett, one of the grande dames of metro Detroit society, recalled going back to her former neighborhood to revisit the home she sold...

By Rebecca Powers

The Murray by Adrian’s Church Manufacturing Co.

At the turn of the 20th century, Adrian, southwest of Detroit, was a nascent car-manufacturing center.

By George Bulanda

Contributors: January 2011

Molly Abraham, Trina Mannino, Jenny Risher, Joe Vaughn.