June 2011
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Detroit Moves Me
And this weekend proved I wasn’t the only one.
For the first time ever I ventured downtown to experience an event that has been going on since 2000. The Detroit Electronic Music Festival (all the cool kids call it DEMF) takes place every year during Memorial Weekend in Detroit’s Hart Plaza on the riverfront.
Why I had never attended up until this year I have no idea. Granted, I’m not even...
May 2011
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Movement Returns to Detroit
Picture by Marvin Shaouni of Groove
In it’s 12th year, The Movement Electronic Music Festival kicks off in Hart Plaza today and runs through Memorial Day. Headlining acts include Felix de Housecat today, Carl Craig tomorrow on Sunday and Fatboy Slim on Monday along with more than 100 other acts throughout the weekend. Check out the full schedule here.
After hitting a few financial and...
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Upmarket Living in the D
Model D’s Tom Hendrikson put together a great video on the buzz surrounding the upswing in buying and selling of residential properties in Detroit and more specifically in Midtown and the Woodward Corridor. Too bad I’m not in the market….
There is a clear sense of “it” happening in the Woodward Corridor: “it” being a combination of corporate investment, community...
