“Reading has so many benefits, regardless of your age,” says Sterling Heights Mayor Michael Taylor. “It can help improve brain function, memory and vocabulary, and it can even help you reduce stress. Simply put, it’s good for everyone.”

“People said streaming’s gonna kill the movies,” says The Maple Theater's managing partner Ruth Daniels. “They said TV was gonna kill the movies, VHS was gonna kill the movies, cable and DVDs were gonna kill the movies, you know? But, nothing kills the movies." Here's how iconic movie theaters across metro Detroit, like Plymouth's The Penn, Farmington's Civic Theater, The Phoenix and The Redford, have adapted to make it through the COVID-19 pandemic.

While the draw of the corporate chains can be appealing for their easy predictability, settling in to a table at a local coffee shop provides an experience that is unique unto itself. Here are three favorites in Sterling Heights.

“It’s a way to reach people where they’re at. The library is part of the community and you can’t be part of the community if you don’t leave the building,” says Maria Showich-Gallup, Head of Children's Services at the Farmington Community Library.

“We wanted to recognize the national month-long celebration, but we also wanted to underscore its importance locally by adopting a resolution recognizing February 2022 as Black History Month in Sterling Heights and working to host these educational and inspirational events for all our residents,” says Mayor Michael Taylor.

The Arab American National Museum and the Dearborn Historical Museum have big plans for 2022, with the former reopening after nearly two years of being closed to the public and the latter undergoing a significant re-envisioning of how it tells Dearborn’s story. We checked in with both.