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The Pew Internet & American Life Project has released its annual findings on how Americans use their cell phones. Other than talking on the phone (it was…

Interlochen is one of the most prestigious summer music and arts camps in the country. It's also one of the most expensive. With the economy in the doldrums, how are families affording it? Some enterprising young campers have been extra-resourceful in coming up with the cash.

I am Traci Currie, and I spent the first day of the 2011 Ann Arbor Street Art Fair talking to people who ventured out into the blazing sun to enjoy all…

Vibrant paintings by children will hang next to artwork from professional artists at the Circle of Art silent auction on Sunday, May…

The Thunderdrome comes to Detroit this Saturday!It's not the post-apocalyptic competition featured in the Mel Gibson movie.Instead of "two men enter, one…

There's been a lot of speculation over whether the television program Detroit 1-8-7 will stick around.Melissa Burden wrote about the speculation in…

The number of living World War II veterans shrinks every week, and every time it does, another part of American history fades away. Last month, a distinguished group of black veterans — the nation's first black fighter pilots — reunited to drink a little, laugh a lot and swap war stories.

Cliff Bell’s is one of the oldest Jazz clubs in the city - a little history from Cliff Bell's website:Like a lot of places in Detroit, it was left empty…

Michigan Radio's Lindsey Smith hopped on a bus with community leaders from the Grand Rapids area this past Wednesday.Their destination was Detroit. And…

Borders Books started in Ann Arbor as a small independent book store.Tom and Louis Borders opened it in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1971.The first Borders…