News from Detroit

The Senate Theater on Michigan Avenue, home to one of the largest Wurlitzer organs in the world, hopes to raise $150,000 in a GoFundMe campaign.

In just three years, Gwen Jimmere has quickly gone from creating an all-natural hair care product out of her kitchen to being picked up by international beauty product distributor Jinny Beauty Supply.

The Kresge Foundation expects to award the grants to 15 to 20 nonprofit groups across the city, including at least one in each of Detroit's seven city council districts.

The Campbell Memorial Terrace, an outdoor performance space located near the southern end of the Dequindre Cut, will officially be unveiled this Thursday, October 13.

?Living Arts, an organization that supports youth arts programming and does a lot of work with Southwest Detroit's Mexican-American community, will be holding an event on October 29 to honor the Dia de los Muertos.

The Salute! Awards, which takes place on October 13 at TechTown, will recognize standout entrepreneurs.

The Mercantile, which began September 25 in Nashville and ends December 4 in Los Angeles, makes the second of three stops at The Eastern events space in Detroit's Eastern Market.

These won't be typical developments—both will be upwards of 60 units, 20 percent of which will be dedicated to low-income housing.

Detroit's environmental leaders are convening to map the city's green infrastructure—one project at a time.

A group from the University of Michigan has won a $40,000 grant to build an interactive play space called FitLight along a broken stretch of sidewalk in the Brightmoor neighborhood.

The new headquarters is being heralded as a dramatic improvement for DACC in a year that has already seen its fare share. 

Rocket Fiber co-founder Marc Hudson will be speaking at the next High Growth Happy Hour event. To encourage this sort of growth from other ventures, Hudson has shared five of his tips for growing an innovative startup in the city.

Hosted by the Detroit Sound Conservancy, the 3rd Annual Music Conference will convene people integral to music preservation for the purpose of discussing how to harness Detroit's musical legacy.

Phoenix Haus subscribes to the Passive House approach of high energy efficiency building design and construction, which they accomplish by pre-fabricating their houses.