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Hey there, Detroit! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How one Southwest Detroit mom is shaping her changing neighborhood
  • Want to hear a true-crime survivor speak at Detroit Public Library?
  • How Detroit's Heidelberg Project is being reimagined in an Indiana gallery

Also on today's calendar: AAUW-Dearborn 73rd Used Book,Media, and Gift Fundraiser and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two favorite words for a shark to hear? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 76 and low of 52 degrees.
  • Monday: Sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 75, low: 53.
  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 75 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Rooted in Southwest Detroit: For Bianca Cuevas, Community Begins with Family (elcentralmedia.com) — Southwest Detroit resident and business owner Bianca Cuevas is spotlighted for her multigenerational roots, community organizing, and role in Detroit City FC's new storytelling series. She discusses raising her kids locally, advocating for youth programs and Clark Park, and weighing neighborhood improvements against rising housing costs as a new DCFC stadium reshapes the former Southwest Detroit Hospital site.
   

• Yale knife attack survivor opens up about 'betrayal of a great love' (detroitnews.com) — Detroit readers can hear Yale attack survivor and author Mara McCalmon share her story at free talks Oct. 28 at the Wilder Branch and Dec. 9 at the Main Branch of the Detroit Public Library. Her new book, co-written with a Detroit News columnist, explores surviving a brutal family betrayal, long-term trauma recovery, and her work supporting crime victims across St. Clair County.
   

• Lubeznik Center for the Arts Announces Participation in Notre Dame Arts Biennial (wimsradio.com) — Detroit's famed Heidelberg Project is heading on the road, with key sculptures from Tyree Guyton's Heidelberg Street installations featured in a 2027 exhibition at the Lubeznik Center for the Arts in Michigan City, Indiana. The show, backed by a Notre Dame Arts Initiative grant, will highlight how the Detroit-born project blends discarded materials, neighborhood history, and community activism into a traveling "living museum."
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Museums on Us: Free admission to Metro Detroit museums October 3-4, 2026 —Michigan News Read on Patch
  • The THSP's Breaking Bread Micro Pantry has a few things to round out a few meals.
    Today we have cucumbers, bread, bagels, lunch box sweets, some fruit, and tomatoes. 19259 Redfern. Now until Dusk. Also for anyone who may be… (Nextdoor Berg/Lahser)
  • Fyi, i saw 3 spotted lanterflies around jos campau between Jefferson and the Riverwalk this evening.
    This is an invasive species- please record-squish-report if you see them! https://www.michigan.gov/invasives/id-report/insects/spotted-lanternfly (Nextdoor Rivertown - Warehouse District)
  • Performance Food Group posted a job opening for Warehouse Sanitation Day Shift in Detroit. Apply here.
  • Whole Foods posted a job opening for Produce Team Member (Clerk, Floor Service) - Part Time Seasonal in Detroit. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Detroit here.

🗞 Nearby News

Hamtramck

Dearborn

  • Technical Program Manager - Stefanini - Dearborn, MI, US (dice.com)
  • Officials cut ribbon on innovative ACCESS Recovery Center (accesscommunity.org)

Ok Detroit! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "MAN OVERBOARD!" (Thank you M J. for sending it in!)
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