Michigan Central Opening Night Concert

Bright blue and purple lights shine in the dark of night from windows of Michigan Central Station, the abandoned Detroit train.station

Diana Ross, Jack White, Big Sean, and the Clark Sisters are a few of the many performers participating in this week’s opening night concert at Michigan Central in Detroit.

The free public concert kicks off a 10-day celebration of the public opening of the former abandoned Detroit train station in the Corktown neighborhood.

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Photo of the Week: Peonies After the Rain

Yellow-centered multi-petaled red peony flower stands upright in a mass of green leaves.

With last week’s rain showers, I was concerned how peonies at the W.E. Upjohn Peony Garden in Nichols Arboretum would hold up.

And I was right.

With an early bloom this year, the heavy weight of the rain-covered flowers caused many branches to bend in arches to the ground.

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