The Waka food truck debuted in 2022 as a street food spinoff of the Baobab Fare restaurant in New Center. A brick-and-mortar is targeted for late summer.
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Artist jessica Care moore ready to take on new role as Detroit’s poet laureate
The multi-hyphenate moore – also an activist, recording artist, founder of book publishing company Moore Black Press, filmmaker and mother – is the city’s third poet laureate.
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A conversation with Pulitzer Prize winning author Jonathan Eig
The 669-page book uncovers never-before-seen papers, interviews and archives as well as King’s humanity.
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Detroit police: ‘We did not shut down Cinco de Mayo’
White said the people who were ticketed were mostly for public intoxication or disorderly conduct and some food trucks were unlicensed.
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The Dutch Girl Donuts comeback
The iconic Woodward Avenue donut spot hosted a soft opening ahead of a planned Mother’s Day weekend reopening.
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The history of Asian corned beef egg rolls in Detroit
One Detroit explores the history of the dish that has evolved into a deep-fried multi-cultural array of different food presentations.
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Tiff Massey brings ‘7 Mile + Livernois’ to the DIA in new exhibit
Tiff Massey’s “7 Mile + Livernois” features new sculptures commissioned by the DIA, along with works by several other artists from the museum’s collection. The exhibit opens Sunday.
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Former Detroit diner owner leading Downtown Boxing Gym’s culinary arts program
Molly Mitchell, the former owner of Detroit diner Rose’s Fine Food, became DBG’s associate director of culinary arts in January.
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Detroit theater company La Carpa goes back in time for new production
“Lost In Our Roots” looks at Latine history as a group of Gen Z students time travel from the 1400s to the present to meet conquistadors and revolutionaries and visit Spain, the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica and Mexico before coming back home to Detroit.
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Detroit journalist examines the cash value of racism in new book
Tracie McMillan’s “The White Bonus” examines the way people have benefited financially from white privilege in areas such as homeownership, the prison and public school systems and health care.