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Metromode Articles
- The talent of Dearborn’s young photographers betrays their agePhotography is about more than taking pictures. That’s why the Arab American National Museum’s Sura Arts Academy focuses on things outside a viewfinder Read more »
- Green Brain Comics celebrates 20 years of putting fans first in Downtown DearbornFor Dan and Katie Merritt, the love of comic books is a family affair. For 20 years, the married couple has been the owners of Green Brain Comics on Michigan Avenue in Dearborn. Read more »
- More than a Motor City: 5 Metro Detroit walking toursThere's a lot more to Detroit than what you see from your car window. Here are 5 walking tours that connect us with the other sides of the city, at a slower pace. Read more »
- PHOTOS: Food and beauty in downtown DearbornMetromode sent our photographer David Lewinski to downtown Dearborn to find food as beautiful as it is tasty. He was not disappointed. And neither were we. Read more »
- Streetscape improvements underway in West Downtown DearbornProjected to be completed by the fall of 2020, the streetscape project should serve to enhance the safety and vibrancy of Dearborn’s city streets. The project focuses on Howard, Mason, and Monroe streets. Read more »
- New cafe and children's playcenter hopes to become catalyst for east downtown Dearborn developmentThere is a zipline, trampoline, and play area for magnetic blocks. There’s a light gallery where kids can write with light. There’s even a human-size Lite Brite, a super-sized version of the decades-old classic toy. Read more »
- Q&A: Restaurateur Sam Abbas on his new brunch spot in historic Dearborn hotelAbbas is adding yet another restaurant to his portfolio--and a high profile one, at that. The Great Commoner in the historic Wagner Hotel will be located in west downtown Dearborn as part of Ford’s Wagner Place development. Read more »
- Q&A: Dearborn’s Black Box Gallery owner Ray Alcodray on embracing creativity and structureYou’d never guess Ray Alcodray was an engineer in a past life. Well, until you start asking the downtown Dearborn Black Box Gallery’s owner about the business model of running an art gallery. Then his love of processes is impossible to miss. Read more »
News (Press Releases)
Media Stories
- Dearborn Participating in initiative with goal of funding city-owned electric vehicles
- WDIV Tasty Tuesday: Dearborn Restaurant Week
- Fox 2 Cooking School: Dearborn Restaurant Presents Kibbeh Nayee
- Crain’s Transformational Strategy/Pop-Ups
- Channel 7: Friday Nights
- WDIV: Success of Detroit spreads to Dearborn
- Dearborn P&G: Artspace begins business space phase
- Fox-2: Farmer’s Market
- Travel Channel: Bizarre Foods: Shawarma in Dearborn
- Detroit News: Welcome Mat: Home Tour
- Arab American News: Dearborn receives active community award