Arts + Culture

Canvas of the Community

A gallery with artwork inspired from cultures around the world creates a community through a cooperative gallery model in Ferndale Article by London Evans | Photography by Amy Gillespie A gallery with artwork inspired from cultures around the world creates a community through a cooperative gallery model in Ferndale, Mich.   Glenn “Fuzz” Corey always wanted to be involved with art. “Ever since I was a kid I was interested in art. I didn’t know if I would do anything with it. I was always...

Arts + Culture

Between the Lines

Jarrad Heaslip's Ferndale gallery is part studio, part showroom, and an adventure in uniqueness Article by Marshall Zweig | Photography by Amy Gillespie Walk past the building on Woodward Avenue in Ferndale and something will stop you. It might be the facade: chic and minimalistic black-painted brick. It might be the columns, lit from below at night. It might be the large windows, that pull the inside out onto the street like an invitation. Or it might be the dog. He's ten feet tall, bright...

Life + Culture

New Zealand Travel Guide

Top Destinations on the North and South Islands of New Zealand. Article by London Evans | Photography by Amy Gillespie From the glacier rivers to the Southern Alps, the land of New Zealand has much to offer. The lush greenery and waterfalls that cascade from the peaks of rolling hills cannot be missed; luckily, New Zealand has over 240 officially named waterfalls. This small, wondrous nation must be at the top of the list of destinations all must see. Aotearoa, or the Land of the Long White...

Life + Culture

Into the Groove

Inside Royal Oak's most essential music destination Article by Marshall Zweig | Photography by Amy Gillespie I was maybe nineteen the first time a record store changed my life, a University of Michigan student looking for music that wasn't on the radio, that would give me a taste of real soul. As I walked through the store, my eyes landed on an album by a band called the Dead Kennedys. I immediately thought, I’m not cool enough to be in here. But I was brave enough to go up to the front and...

Finance + Legal Services

Standing Between You And The Machine

The system says innocent until proven guilty. David Rudoi never lets it forget that Article by Marshall Zweig | Photography by Amy Gillespie Most days, when the work's finally done, David Rudoi puts on his headphones, steps out onto the streets of downtown Royal Oak, and walks home. It's just him, the city, and whatever hip-hop he needs that evening to decompress. It sounds simple enough. Until you understand what he's been carrying all day. David is a criminal defense attorney. In fifteen...

Finance + Legal Services

What's Life About?

Merchant services maverick Todd McKay's business philosophy is three words: relationships, relationships, relationships Article by Marshall Zweig | Photography by Amy Gillespie Todd McKay grew up in Warren, in a modest house, with a single mother who worked seven days a week to make it happen for her family. He always had a plan to make something of himself. At 22, that plan looked like moving to Santa Barbara and becoming an actor. It didn't go that way. But what happened instead turned out...

Life + Culture

Chain of Trust

Ted Conrad's Fireboard turns weekend cooking into a precision system backyard grillers everywhere rely on Article by Marshall Zweig | Photography by Amy Gillespie Somewhere between the hardware store and the soccer field your kid is playing on, a brisket is sitting in a smoker. It cost a hundred dollars, and it's been on since early morning. The cook has no idea how it's doing. That specific, domestic, slightly anxious problem is what FireBoard was designed to solve. Ted Conrad spent...

Home + Design

Paradise, Basement Level

Meet the local craftsman fashioning handmade tiki art collectors can't get enough of Article by Marshall Zweig | Photography by Amy Gillespie Somewhere in Eastern Market, there was a tiki Don Peterka was never meant to own. He spotted it at an antique store maybe ten years ago. It was cement, not carved wood, weathered to a green-gray patina from decades of shade and rain.  He loved it immediately—but someone had already bought it. So Don went home and scoured the internet, chasing expired...

Life + Culture

Russ Simon Beauty Studio

Beauty Redefined Article and Photography by Celebrity Makeup Artist and Lash Guru, Russ Simon is a true leader in the beauty industry. With his unrivaled, time-tested techniques, Russ innovates with every brush stroke.  At the all new Russ Simon Beauty Studio, Russ continues to offer Xtreme & Mink Eyelash Extensions, waxing, full makeup services, and eye brow design in an upscale and modern boutique.   The studio also hosts a collection of his favorite makeup brushes, colors, skincare, and...

Style + Beauty

Color Me Seen

Dee Pineau used to hide in black. Now she helps women see what was always there. Article by Marshall Zweig | Photography by Amy Gillespie For a long time, Dee Pineau didn't want to be noticed. An engineer in corporate America, Dee found herself looking at herself on Zoom during COVID, and thinking, I don't look great.   "I was wearing a lot of black," she says. "I wanted to fade into the background. I was just kind of unhappy with where I was. ‘Don't look at me’." It's a feeling she hears...