After 20 years, a Flint tap crew again will grace the stage at the Apollo Theater in New York City. And, once again Alfred Bruce Bradley is the driving force behind the opportunity for Flint kids to show their talent on one of the world’s largest stages while honoring the legacy of tap and bringing light to their community.
It’s a new beginning for the organization, with new artists and a new name. Now called Youth Arts: Unlocked, the group previously was known as Her Story Unlocked.
The Genesee County Land Bank is demolishing about 30 percent more homes than last year — and demolitions are up 342 percent from 2002. The list of top priorities for commercial demolitions includes a former apartment complex, trailer park, laundromat, gas station/hair salon, and auto repair shop.
The Young Innovators Fair is basically an old-school science fair on steroids. Hosted by Kettering University, it featured 102 students in fourth through seventh grade from five local schools with inventions that ran the gamut from stroller skis to a conditioner brush and styrofoam dissolving liquid to paw pads for pets.
Magic is in the air for the Hurley Benefit Ball this year, an event that will raise money for both Hurley’s Child Life Services and the Hospital Elder Life Program.
April Cook-Hawkins last month released her book called “The Process: Count the Small Wins.” It is modeled after the advice her mother and aunt gave her to read Psalm 37 for 37 days to deal with life's challenges.
The 36,000-square-foot, nearly 100-year-old building is being fully renovated to feature a bar area for mixology classes, multiple kitchens to teach every level of culinary classes, classroom space, a conference area, demonstration kitchen as well as baking, pastry and confections labs. It will also be home to a Coffee Beanery and Applewood Cafe.
Founded October 20, 1919, the university has been inherently tied to the city that is its home. In recent years, Kettering University has played a critical role in developing the University Avenue Corridor Coalition, bringing businesses to the community, saving Atwood Stadium, building University Square park, and cleaning up blight.
Dominic Berishaj is following in his father's footsteps with Dom's Diner on Corunna Road — and he's doing it just less than 2 miles away from the family's flagship restaurant.
Hurley’s first McKenna’s Beauty Bar Box was given on Friday to one of McKenna Schummer’s friends and classmates: Lauren Stansburry, 12, was diagnosed with stage four kidney cancer a year after her friend.
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