February 26, 2021
The outdoor art and light festival known as Dlectricity returns to the city this fall. // Photograph courtesy of Midtown Detroit, Inc.
Dlectricity is returning to Detroit this fall.
An Argentinian chef is opening a new restaurant in the former Magnet location.
Javier Bardauil will debut Barda this spring. The eatery will serve wood-fired vegetable, seafood, and meat dishes along with Argentine wines.
Local retail legend Linda Dresner is closing her Birmingham boutique.
The industry icon is closing her high-fashion shop on March 1 after a 28-year run. The store is holding an 80 percent off sale.
Detroit’s crowdfunded RoboCop statue is complete.
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Former Erb foundation executive Jodee Fishman Raines named COO
Will oversee strategic planning of projects, programs as New Detroit focuses on systemic change, improving relationships
Melissa Damaschke named vice president of programs and senior program officer, Great Lakes at Erb foundation
David Deutsch
Racial Justice nonprofit New Detroit Inc. has named Jodee Fishman Raines as its first-ever COO.
Fishman Raines, 57, joins New Detroit after 12 years with the Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation, most recently serving as executive vice president of programs. In that role, she oversaw a $12 million annual grants budget.
Among other accomplishments during her tenure, Fishman Raines initiated a new model for collaborative arts funding between Erb and the Kresge Foundation, with a shared application and professional peer review process now used by four foundations. She also led efforts to convene government, nonprofits and universities to advance green stormwater infrastru
Wi-Fi for Detroit s cultural district to set stage for outdoor programs
Entire district will have free public Wi-Fi by late summer
Beginning to spur expanded outdoor, cultural programs in district this year
Detroit Historical Society
Public outdoor WiFi going in throughout the developing cultural disrict in Detroit is expected to draw more people and push more outdoor digital programming, such as this installation at the Detroit Historical Museum during Dlectricity in 2014.
The free outdoor Wi-Fi planned for the cultural district in Detroit s Midtown area is expected to set the stage for more outdoor programming, beginning this year.
Midtown Detroit Inc., the nonprofit leading planning efforts for the district, is working with Wayne State University s Computing and Information Technology Department and Ann Arbor-based design firm Rootoftwo LLC to extend the university s Wi-Fi system to public Wi-Fi for the Cultural Center, with the first installations expected this spring.