The free outdoor Wi-Fi planned for the cultural district in Detroit's Midtown area is expected to set the stage for more outdoor programming, beginning this year.Midtown Detroit Inc., the nonprofit leading planning efforts for the district, is working with Wayne State University's Computing and…
Opening a restaurant is already a challenge, and Hamissi Mamba and Nadia Nijimbere have navigated the ups and downs of owning their own business. The couple were planning to open their highly anticipated East African restaurant Baobab Fare last May when the pandemic hit. With final inspections recently completed, Mamba and Nijimbere debuted Baobab Fare in its own space at the corner of Grand Boulevard and Woodward Avenue in New Center. Until the grand opening next month, the couple will offer limited reserved seating at the restaurant, along with takeout.
“Highly anticipated” is a phrase thrown out often enough when talking about the latest restaurant in Detroit. For Mamba and Nijimbere, this phrase isn’t hyperbole. Ever since their days doing pop-ups at Brooklyn Street Local in 2017 and vying for the $50,000 Hatch Detroit grand prize (which they won,) Baobab Fare and its East African dishes have been on the radars of people throughout Detroit.
Dlectricity festival coming back to Detroit this fall
Event hasn t taken place since 2017
Expected to align with footprint of developing cultural district in Midtown
Dlectricity
Apetechnology, “The Shadows of Stendrotron” at the foot of the Detroit Institute of Arts back staircase at Dlectricity 2017.
Midtown Detroit Inc. is bringing the Dlectricity event back to the city this fall.
The visual light and art festival will take place Sept. 24-25, marking the first time the event has been held in the city since 2017.
The event includes installations featuring video art, 3-D video mapping, lasers and interactive design and engineering, showcasing the works of internationally acclaimed and emerging artists from Detroit and around the world.