Welcome to Detroit: Metro Times profiles arty transplants making a difference

Last week's cover story in Metro Times on talented transplants from other cities was so good we're still jealous in our virtual newsroom. Kudos to arts editor Travis Wright on a job superbly done. It featured our friend Toby Barlow, art-meets-technology artist Kristine Diven and Detroit Soup, the Southwest networking monthly that we focus on in this week's episode of Model D TV.

Excerpt:

They've come here from New York or the Baltimore suburbs or New Orleans. Maybe they started here and have circled back slowly by way of Australia and other far-flung points. Or maybe they're biding time in Paris, anxious to join what they see as a new emerging Detroit. They're bringing energy, vitality. They're bringing fresh eyes, keener to see the city's possibilities and opportunities than to dwell on the pain of its past.

Read the whole package here,

 
Enjoy this story? Sign up for free solutions-based reporting in your inbox each week.