Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon tonight announced his run for mayor of Detroit at Masonic Temple, unveiling a campaign that brought out some of the city’s most prominent ministers as well as labor leaders, including UAW President Bob King and former mayoral candidate Sharon McPhail.Bishop P.A. Brooks, Bishop Wayne T. Jackson, Bishop Charles...
Kenny Watson in the role of Jesus“The Cross and The Light,” an acclaimed musical dramatization of the passion, death and resurrection of Christ, will debut at the Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts.This production has been described as the “Broadway version of the ‘Passion of Christ’” because of its original music score, extraordinary stage...
MGM Grand Detroit Executive Pastry Chef Orlando Santos is using his creative dessert talent to create signature gourmet cupcakes and many other specialty desserts for Palette Dining Studio.Before joining MGM Grand Detroit in 2012, Chef Santos starred on Bravo’s hit show “Top Chef Just Desserts.” Trained in the classical and contemporary art of past...
Your smartphone just got smarter.As we depend more on technology for the simplest tasks from recipes to finding directions, our smartphones are an integral part of our lives, and shouldn’t we be able to see what’s going on at home even if we’re hundreds of miles away?That’s the conceit of Belkin NetCam with Night Vision, which is now available f...
Forget clothes. The trend that is popping up everywhere is bangs. After First Lady Michelle Obama stepped out with her blunt cut face-framing fringe, many celebrities seemed to take their style cues from our fashionable FLOTUS. From retro cuts to side bangs to full-on, blunt fringes, it is clear bangs are having a moment. The best part about this...
Legal Aid CEO believes that all people should have access to legal representationDeierdre L. Weir, president and chief executive office, Legal Aid Defender Association.For close to three decades, Deierdre L. Weir, president and chief executive officer of Legal Aid and Defender Association (LAD), Inc., has successfully headed Michigan’s oldest and l...
Friday, 3/22/13
Alvin Ailey American Dance Company (Friday, Saturday and Sunday)
Detroit Opera House
Times vary
Visit https://www.michiganopera.org/2012-2013-season/dance/alvin-ailey-american-dance-theater/ for ticketing information.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to the Detroit Opera...
The Michigan Chronicle will kick off the 2013 season of Pancakes & Politics, a four-part breakfast forum series hosted by the newspaper to discuss a variety of current and pressing business, civic and political issues. The first forum, which will take place next Thursday, March 28, at the Detroit Athletic Club, will feature...
Will your credit report keep you from getting the job you want?
A recent study says that just might be the case.
Public policy organization Demos surveyed over 1,000 low- and middle- income households with debt to find that individuals are losing out on job opportunities because of their credit scores. The study found...
In the oral debate over cutting down the power of the Voting Rights Act – the law designed to assure enforcement of no discrimination against minorities’ right to vote – Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia stated last month, “This is not the kind of a question you can leave to Congress.” He called the bill, “perpetuation of racial entitlement.” He...
