A leading Republican in the Michigan legislature introduced a bill Wednesday aimed at protecting the Detroit Institute of the Arts’ world-class collection from a sale to shrink the cit’s enormous $15 billion in long-term debt.
Packard owner Dominic Cristini was shocked to hear the news when we contacted him this afternoon.
The bid is a big deal in a city trying to rebrand itself and avoid bankruptcy.
Fort Wayne will come to life Sunday as thousands of people are expected to descend on the 88-acre site for a day and evening of live music, large art installation, local food and even a world record.
In a city as broke as Detroit, it’s not often that Mayor Dave Bing has good news to report.
An early morning fire tore through an abandoned housed that served as an art installation at the world-renowned Heidelberg Project on the city’s east side.
These neighborhoods could be any in Detroit – neglected and cluttered with abandoned homes.
The journalist and award-winning documentarian is a wrestling fanatic who has thoroughly documented Detroit’s storied , grungy wrestling scene since boisterous crowds began packing gyms in the 1950s.
The Detroit Fire Department is dangerously close to running out of trucks and engines to respond to fires because the aging, overrun fleet is breaking down faster than mechanics can make repairs
It’s the second installation in a series called “We are zombies” by guerrilla artist “Penny Gaff.”