By Rod Arroyo Located at 700 E. Forest Avenue (at the intersection of E. Forest and Hastings), The Forest Club stood just north of Detroit’s renowned Paradise Valley neighborhood, several blocks north of Joe Von Battle’s celebrated Joe’s Records. The building was originally a cigar factory, and the 1921 Sanborn […] Read More »

By Rod Arroyo and Jim Gallert Dave Usher grew up in a Detroit home where classical music wasn’t just preferred—it was mandatory. His parents played the works of Beethoven, Bach, and other classical composers at home, and by age six, his mother was taking him to Detroit Symphony Orchestra concerts. […] Read More »

By Jim Gallert and Lars Bjorn Detroit Jazz devotees eagerly wait for Labor Day each year. We know on Labor Day Weekend, Hart Plaza will be filled with the sounds of Jazz. Sixty-two years ago, August 1959, Detroit hosted its first Jazz Festival, at the old Michigan State Fairgrounds site […] Read More »