Improving Outcomes for Native Americans
The stories of Dean Chavers, Rory Taylor and the Center for Native American Youth show how Native Americans are relying on their own community for strength and inspiration.
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From the Masonic Temple to Mojo’s Mothership, Prince marked Detroit – and a life
Some rock and a whole lot of funk, that was “Soft and Wet,” a track from the 1978 album “For You” that put Prince on the cover of Right On magazine. That cover was my introduction to the artist I would romance in my dreams for the next 30 years.
Read moreDave Usher: This slick cat digs jazz and makes it
Dave Usher, owner of Detroit-based Marine Pollution Control Corp., has earned an international reputation as the go-to-guy for cleaning up environmental disasters. But he also enjoys recognition in a world far from oil spills and hazardous-waste accidents.
Read moreMitten Movie Project: First-time entry takes short film of the year
“Open City,” filmmaker Tracey D. Sims’ look at youth amidst poverty in Metro Detroit, won the Short Film of the Year award at this year’s Best of Mitten Movie Project.
Read moreEditing – Arts Funding Drying Up
The 2008 economic crash and subsequent great recession left corporations reeling, damming the flow of funding to arts organizations. My staff’s special report illustrates the results.
Read moreEditing – Detroit Institute of Arts: A museum reborn
My team and I had great fun brainstorming, writing, and editing stories and collaborating with Graphics, Photo, and Digital departments to tell the comprehensive story of the Detroit Institute of Arts’ multi-million dollar, historic renovation and re-grand opening.
Read moreGo-Go Van Gogh
The largest exhibition in the history of the Detroit Institute of Arts opens next month and could be a major economic boon to the city.
Read moreSurreal visions: Robert Blake takes slices of his life to create a dreamland
From Surreal magazine, which I founded: “Comparable to Lautreamont’s famous statement: “Beautiful as the chance encounter, on a dissecting table, of a sewing machine and an umbrella,” strange encounters take place within Robert Blake’s art.”
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