LOCAL STORIES

video credit: Zachary Cunningham In honor of the 36th African World Festival, we here at TheNeighborhoods.org decided to embark on an important story

For Detroiters like me, there is no beginning or introduction to Aretha Franklin. She was just always there. I was not lucky enough to have been alive when she

Aretha Franklin, the undisputed “Queen of Soul,” was one of the most recognizable voices in R&B and Soul music. Franklin’s music transcended time, race,

A community meeting will be held on August 16 for residents in and around Livernois-McNichols to discuss proposed streetscape improvements to the area.Top of

The former home of Dr. Ossian Sweet, a black Detroit doctor whose murder trial galvanized the fair housing movement in the United States, is the recipient of a

For the summer, Grow Detroit Young Talent intern Jade Rodriguez will be presenting #FoodieInTheD Fridays on The Neighborhoods. This week, Rodriguez paid a

AUGUST 10  Caribana was last weekend, but Detroit’s Caribbean community will present the Detroit Caribbean Cultural Festival this Friday to Sunday.

I’m a veteran of the Dexter bus, the #16 that I used to board at the corner of Fullerton and Dexter to get back and forth to Renaissance High School during the

A community meeting will be held on August 9 for residents in and around Lafayette Park to discuss the City’s community benefits ordinance regarding

“I want to be one of those people that takes what Detroit is doing and be a pioneer, and not necessarily say I have to be the number one guy in the world or