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Student Playwrights Inspire At Virtual Plays By Young Writers Festival This season five brilliant young writers provide insightful glimpses into the question, “How do we move forward?”by BWW News Desk Five young writers between the ages of 13 and 18 have written insightful new plays that will be presented online in Playwrights Project 36th Season of Plays by Young Writers. Playwrights Projects Executive Director Cecelia Kouma said, "Plays by Young Writers offers young playwrights a rewardi...

87 infected in new coronavirus outbreaks at 20 schools, says Michigan’s Feb. 15 school outbreak report Updated Feb 17, 2021; Facebook Share The biggest outbreak involves 24 students and staff at Forest Hills Central High School near Grand Rapids. The three colleges with outbreaks involved nine students at Cleary University in Howell; eight students at Lawrence Tech in Southfield, and two students at College of Creative Studies in Detroit. New K-12 school outbreaks also were identified in 10 ...

Geoffrey Colon February 8, 2021 What we witnessed in both the sporting event and the ads feels as if it were drawn up by people tasked more with creating false illusions than fostering trust. Popular Now

Vans announces limited-time footwear collaboration featuring four rising Black artists in honor of Black History made every day. This initiative showcases four creatives who are pushing culture forward and paving the way for generations to follow. The artists include  Rewina Beshue, whose scope of work ranges from multimedia, painting, printmaking, and graphic design;  Sydney G. James, a fine artist and muralist and one of the leading creative voices in southeast Michigan;  Chris Martin, a m...

A Detroit-based company created a tabletop game that spotlights underappreciated all-black units during World War II February 03, 2021 An artist by nature and tabletop gaming designer since 2014, Lee Gaddies fused his love for board games and military history to pay homage to America’s first African-American tank unit. The founder and CEO of Detroit-based Gaddis Gaming, a manufacturer of tabletop games and accessories, launched “Empires Fall” in November to spotl...

Housing and Development Newsletter He is an attorney who has worked at organizations dedicated to social justice, digital rights, and free expression. He is a fiction writer, including the award-winning novel, “After the Flare,” and has had work published in Vice, the Washington Post, The Atlantic, and The Guardian. Olukotun is a graduate of Yale University and Stanford University Law School, and also holds a masters of philosophy from University of Cape Town. Sprague is an immunologist and...

Jerry Wiegert, Enigmatic Creator of the Vector Supercar, Has Passed Away As good at promotion as he was at design and engineering, he fueled the dreams of fan boys around the world. Autoweek Jerry Wiegert only ever made a handful of Vectors, but that almost didn’t matter. And despite perpetual fundraising troubles, publicity overloads and at least one lawsuit against a car magazine – ahem, Autoweek – he did what no American car company had ever done, fueled the supercar dreams of a gene...

| 1:22 p.m. Source: Erick Mendez for Santa Barbara Public Library The Santa Barbara Public Library will virtually host its fifth annual Local Author Day with events on Saturdays Jan. 30 and Feb. 6. Local Author Day supports the local writing community and increases community awareness of local author contributions in Santa Barbara. The 2021 Local Author Days: First Impressions Matter offers two free virtual workshops open to all community members. The workshops were chosen from dozens of submi...

Royal Oak-themed clay mosaic installed in new City Hall Royal Oak artists Laurie Eisenhardt, left, and Marcia Hovland, right, stand before their 5-by-8-foot Royal Oak-themed ceramic mosaic installed inside the new Royal Oak City Hall. Photo provided by the city of Royal Oak Advertisement ROYAL OAK — The two-weekend installation of a 5-by-8-foot ceramic mosaic featuring prominent figures from Royal Oak’s history and well-known staples around town concluded during the first week of December. ...

Totem Stack Artist: Albert Young Totem Stack, an unusual piece of original sculpture added to the Michigan Art Walk collection, stands alone at the entrance to the Arts & Sciences Commons at Ferris State University. "All my work involves raw, twisted forms made of structural steel with some application of cast glass," said Albert Young, creator of Totem Stack. "The natural beauty of the materials I use makes it very easy to integrate the sculptures ...