Seven Restaurants and a Brewery Spice Up The Tour de Troit

[ September 19, 2009; 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] The 8th Annual Tour de Troit
Saturday, September 19, 2009 ~ 10:00 a.m.

Every month has its highlights and special moments in Detroit. September begins with a variety of labor day celebrations and the warmly embraced Jazz Festival but in the middle comes the biggest city wide party on two wheels, the Annual Tour de Troit. It [...]

Corktown Annual Tour

[ June 7, 2009; 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] Sunday, June 7th
 
12 Noon thru 5:00 p.m.
 
Ticket Office:  1438 Michigan Ave.
  (between 8th St. & Trumbull)
 
Cost:  $15 per person
 
Carriage Ride: $5 (Historic Section of Corktown Only)
 
The Tour will include…..
Historic homes, Gardens, New Construction, Lofts, Businesses,
North Corktown, The Worker’s Row House & Archeological Dig
 
Tickets can be purchased in advance or the day of the event [...]

Blessing of the Bikes in Detroit

[ May 31, 2009; 11:00 am; ] For the first time, the Spirit of Hope is having a Blessing of the Bikes event in Detroit’s North Corktown neighborhood.

The event will be held this Sunday, May 31st during 11 a.m. worship. The church is at the corner of Trumbull, Grand River, and Martin Luther King.

If the weather cooperates, this will be held outside, [...]

Project Flower Power Hits Corktown

[ May 9, 2009; 9:00 am; ] On Saturday May 9th, at 9:00 am, Project Flower Power will be meeting in North Corktown to plant sunflower seeds on vacant lots throughout the neighborhood.  We will be teaming up with all of the great folks living and working in Corktown as well as the Purdy Flower Flower Posse and Detroit Synergy’s own, Project [...]

Metromix and the Night Move present St. Pat’s Parade and Corktown Bar Crawl

[ March 15, 2009 12:00 am to March 17, 2009 12:00 am. ]

Metromix is jumping on board the Night Move for a Corktown Bar Crawl. The Night Move will pick up passengers once in Royal Oak at 5th Ave. & S. Washington Ave. at 11:30 a.m. and then once in Ferndale at E. Troy & Woodward Ave. (between the WAB and the Emory) at 11:45 a.m. before [...]

51st Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Corktown

[ March 15, 2009; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Céad míle fáilte romhat – A hundred thousand welcomes!

This coming parade, on March 15, 2009 will be Detroit’s 51st annual St. Patrick’s Parade.  The parade, sponsored by the United Irish Societies (UIS), starts at 2:00 in Corktown on Michigan Avenue. Jack Derrig has the honor of being the 51st Grand Marshal.

In 1959, the United Irish [...]