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Events and things to do in Detroit this week

We spotlight the best (safe) things to do right now in Detroit and nearby, with a focus on connection, creativity and community.

An A to Z guide to Belle Isle, the ‘Jewel of Detroit’

From the aquarium to the zoo, and everything in between.

Black fathers make my motherhood a joy

Before becoming a mother, I only thought about the big difference a good father would make in my potential child’s life. I never considered how much parenting with a good father would change my own.

carol, imani, and djenaba -- three of the six founders of black bottom garden center

Black Bottom Garden Center, a garden supply co-op, takes root in the North End

Black Bottom Garden Center, a co-op founded and led by six Black women in Detroit’s North End, sells plants they grew in their own gardens.

eviction crisis is coming for michigan. illustration shows family using sinking house as life raft

Notorious for exploitation, land contracts are getting a second look in Detroit

Housing advocates are giving a second look to land contracts for low-income buyers in Detroit, despite their predatory history.

‘Not just an inconvenience’: Study shows flooding is a public health crisis in Detroit

Flooding in and around Detroit is more than an inconvenience -- research shows that it has lasting public health ramifications.

Detour Detroit takes home four SPJ Detroit ‘Excellence in Journalism’ awards

Detour Detroit took home the first-place award for engaging election coverage from the Society of Professional Journalists' Detroit chapter.