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Detroit artist Kristle Marshall sends handheld joy around the U.S. via snail mail

Detroit multimedia artist Kristle Marshall created This Is Not a Bill in April 2020, a project where she sends illustrated…

3 years ago

Singing hope at the homegoing

Throughout the pandemic, funeral singer Shelia Oden has used her voice to comfort mourners at hundreds of Detroit funerals.

3 years ago

Detroit teacher Vicki Hooks Green slings coney dogs to save for retirement

Vicki Hooks Green is a passionate Detroit teacher first -- but she started Big Ma's Coney Cart as a summer…

3 years ago

7 Detroiters’ best advice, in five minutes or less

On "The Best Advice Show" podcast, Detroiters and others share their words of wisdom -- boiled down to just a…

3 years ago

Juna Durrant launches Jytte Designs handbag line with tribute to her grandmother

Juna Durrant launched her line of leather bags, Jytte Designs, out of her home in Detroit after she lost her…

3 years ago

Al Poe, aka ‘Detroit Pig Out,’ tried 250 different local restaurants last year (yes, in a pandemic)

Food influencer Al Poe, who goes by "Detroit Pig Out," dines out more than 200 times a year only at…

3 years ago

How Dr. Sushi’s illegal Corktown pop-up turned into a sustainable business

Dr. Sushi started by selling fish out of his apartment. Now he dreams of opening a brick-and-mortar location.

3 years ago

Meet Sirene Abou-Chakra, director of development for the City of Detroit

Detroiter Sirene Abou-Chakra, director of development for the city, chats with Detour about 20-minute neighborhoods, social mobility and her favorite…

5 years ago