September 2011
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Contributors: September 2011
Jenny Risher, Dave Lewinski, Trina Mannino, Eve Silberman
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Art Is All Around Us
For 14 years, in the privacy of a rented garage, a Washington, D.C., janitor secretly constructed a glittering and elaborate religious throne. Using scavenged aluminum and gold foil, cardboard, light bulbs, and mirror shards, he crafted his stunning assemblage by joining the pieces with pins, tacks, glue, and tape. The now-famous work came to light […]
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Is it Time for a New Nickname for ‘The Wolverine State’?
Despite our moniker and U-M’s mascot, ‘The Wolverine State’ seems to be weasel words
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Birmingham’s Redesigned Mills Pharmacy is an Architectural Mood-elevator
Architect thinks outside the pillbox for pharmacy renovation.
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New Java Joints Perk Up Midtown
A brief jaunt through Midtown’s java joints.
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Family Cyber Café in Southwest Detroit Links Immigrants to Home
An enterprising woman helps immigrants connect to their families back home.
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Mayor Bing’s Ousted Chief Communicator, Karen Dumas, Speaks
She’s been called hostile, divisive, and worse. But Karen Dumas, Mayor Bing’s former chief communications officer, has some parting shots of her own.
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A-List: September 2011
Best bets for September.
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Pleasant Ridge’s Cork Wine Pub Shines
Cork Wine Pub in Pleasant Ridge ‘pops’ with an imaginative menu and a winning wine list.
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Astro Coffee Gives Detroit’s Corktown Neighborhood a Jolt
Astro Coffee brews up a robust business in Corktown, a neighborhood that needed a strong jolt of joe.
Juliano’s Jerry Licari & Maria’s of West Bloomfield’s Joseph Morda
Their stylish menus are enticing enough to attract a loyal clientele of discriminating diners, but no matter how expert they are, restaurant people like to take a break from their own kitchens for a taste of someone else’s cooking.
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Gemmayze & La Shish
GEMMAYZE: This is a Lebanese restaurant with a difference. In addition to the expected raw kibbee, lamb chops, hummus, and tabbouleh, several American dishes broaden the menu’s appeal. The name (it’s a busy section of present-day Beirut) adds a bit of mystery. The two-story space, which formerly housed Small Plates’ short-lived second location, has been […]
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Recipe: Trenette with Porcini, Speck, and Corn
A fresh, late-summer Italian dish, courtesy of Bella Piatti’s chef.
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Wine: French Twist
In France, the role of sommeliers is more limited than in the United States, where they play a bigger, more important part.
Hot Spot: Royal Kubo
Karaoke is still going as strong as the barbecued pork with garlic fried rice at Armand Santos’ colorful Filipino restaurant and bar in downtown Clawson.
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Rock City Pies: Not Your Grandma’s Recipe
With unexpected flavor combinations, these pastries aren’t wedged in by tradition.
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Webster Hall, 1950
1950 Many former Wayne State University students fondly recall Mackenzie (formerly Webster) Hall, a campus landmark on the southeast corner of Cass and Putnam. Here, students hurry to and from classes in the bustling area. The structure opened in early 1925 as an 800-room luxury men’s residence called Hotel Webster Hall, named after Judge Clyde […]
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Special Arts Section
Heidelberg Project, Industry to Art Form, “The Illuminated Mural,” Bus destination scrolls, “Found” magazine, Abreact Performance Space, African Bead Gallery, Firehouse Detroit, Imagination Station
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Heidelberg Project
Twenty-five years ago, a blend of three ingredients — trash, polka dots, and blighted spaces — transformed a devastated city neighborhood, sparked heated debate, and, in the long term, propelled one man with an idea to international acclaim. This year, the Heidelberg Project on Detroit’s east side celebrates its quarter-century mark. Its colorful history includes […]
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Industry to Art Form
From where we stand in the Information Age, the Industrial era looks alternately dirty, bulky, and beautiful. Frederick Klass Jr. appreciates the beauty and reinterprets it for a generation of consumers raised on disposable objects and plastic. In making furnishings and other decorative pieces, Klass incorporates industrial artifacts such as cast-iron machine bases and grinder […]
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‘The Illuminated Mural’
Looking as if it has been showered by a liquid rainbow, the side of a nine-story building on East Grand Boulevard looms as a brilliant landmark in the North End neighborhood of Detroit’s New Center. The Illuminated Mural, created by Katie Craig and Brandon Dougerty, with the help of neighborhood children and fellow artists, is […]
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Arts & Entertainment
September 2011
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Bus Destination Scrolls
Like arrowheads crafted by Native Americans or yellow-ware mixing bowls that did household duty in 19th-century kitchens, time transforms certain chosen objects from our past into the display art of the present. Expert pickers with keen eyes scavenge remnants from sidewalks, streets, and factories and offer them as the latest objet d’art for urban lofts, […]
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‘Found’
In public, people wear faces they “keep a in jar by the door.” The interesting story lies in what’s concealed behind that mask. Ten years ago, Davy Rothbart hit upon a simple way to peer behind that social facade. In his Found books and annual magazine of the same name, a collage of lost notes, […]
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Abreact Performance Space
Imagine a professional theater venue tucked into an average apartment unit, and you’ve essentially visualized the Abreact Performance Space. The 1,000-square-foot space in a refurbished room of the Lafayette Lofts in Corktown provides what may be metro Detroit’s most intimate theater experience. With seating for about 50 patrons in mismatched plastic chairs and loveseats, audience […]
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African Bead Gallery
Visiting Dabls’ African Bead Gallery and MBAD Museum when the windows shed light on the walls gives one the sense of standing inside a kaleidoscope. Amber beads seem to glow from within. Strands of polished stones show their grain. And glass beads refract rays into soft rainbows. The walls of Olayami Dabls’ gallery and museum, […]
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Firehouse Detroit
“In all my years,” a deliveryman says while unhitching a 500-gallon propane tank from a semi- trailer, “I never delivered a propane tank for an organ.” It’s a scorching midsummer day and he’s setting the tank on a grassy lot next to Ste. Anne de Detroit Catholic Church on the city’s southwest side. The propane […]
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Cultural Calendar
Sept. 13-25 Come Fly Away: The Fisher Theatre gets off to a high-flying start as it begins its 50th year. Wedding the smooth music of Frank Sinatra with the dynamic choreography of Twyla Tharp, Come Fly Away follows four couples throughout their evening at a New York City nightclub as they dance, romance, and beg […]
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Books: New Releases
Fever: Little Willie John — A Fast Life, Mysterious Death and the Birth of Soul Despite his bantam build and sawed-off stature (5 feet 4 inches and about 125 pounds), Little Willie John was a giant among entertainers. His tenor voice had a trumpet-like brilliance, apparent on such hits as “Fever,” “All Around the World” […]
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4 Don’ts When Selling A Home
Kelly O’Ryan, an office manager for Coldwell Banker in Lexington, Mass., recently highlighted several tips of what home owners shouldn’t do when trying to sell their home in an article at RISMedia.
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Top 10 Facts About FHA Loans
To help you along, here are the top 10 facts about FHA loans
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The 30th anniversary of The Lark
The 30th anniversary of The Lark was celebrated Aug. 30 at the restaurant in West Bloomfield Township.
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Racing for Kids
On Aug.31, a cocktail reception for Racing for Kids was held at Northern Trust in Grosse Pointe Farms.
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Girl’s Night Out Dolly Drive
Vista Maria held its second annual Girl’s Night Out Dolly Drive Aug. 25 at Blackfinn Restaurant & Saloon in Royal Oak.
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Detroit Jazz Fest
The opening night party for the Detroit Jazz Fest was held Sept. 2 at Campus Martius Park.
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Rattlesnake Club Expanding its Michigan Wine List
Where to go in Detroit for an extraordinary culinary feast accompanied by Michigan wines?
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Fashion’s Night Out at Saks
AOL Stylelist and Saks Fifth Avenue hosted Fashion’s Night Out Saluting Couples of Substance and Style at Saks in Troy.
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The 40 Years of Firsts Gala
The 40 Years of Firsts Gala was held Sept. 9 at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Midtown.
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Wigging Out 4 Wigs
Wigging Out 4 Wigs 4 Kids was held Sept. 16 at Barrister Gardens in St. Clair Shores.
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Shimmer on the River
Shimmer on the River was held Sept. 8 at the GM Plaza & Promenade downtown.
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Women of Vision
The National Council of Jewish Women, Greater Detroit Section, hosted documentary-film producer and author Alexandra Pelosi.
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Kelly Cares Fundraiser
On Sept. 10, the Notre Dame Club of Detroit hosted the Kelly Cares Fundraiser Tailgate at Barton Hills Country Club in Ann Arbor.
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Michigan Sports Hall of Fame
On Sept. 15, the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame held the an induction dinner at the Suburban Collection in Novi.
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18th annual Partners event
On Sept. 17, the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute held its 18th annual Partners event at Ford Field.
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DIFFA
The Michigan AIDS Coalition in partnership with DIFFA (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS) hosted a cocktail party Sept. 22 at Willys Overland Lofts in Midtown Detroit.
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Uncork Your Taste Buds on September 30
This Friday, Sept. 30, head to the Ford Conference and Event Center in Dearborn from 6 to 9 p.m. for Detroit Uncorked.
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Cards for Kids
Kids on the Go hosted Cards for Kids Sept. 23 at the Lochmoor Club in Grosse Pointe Woods.
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Voices benefit
On Sept. 22, the Voices benefit hosted by the Ruth Ellis Center was held at MOACD in Midtown Detroit.
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Crankbrook House and Garden Auxiliary benefactor reception
On Sept. 15, the Crankbrook House and Garden Auxiliary benefactor reception was held at Tre Monti Ristorante in Troy.
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The Shirt Box
The Shirt Box celebrated 30 years of business with a fundraising event at the store in Farmington Hills.
