Music community drums up support for one of its own
By Alan Madeliene Hamtramck has long had a reputation as a giving and charitable town. That rep will be put to the test once again this coming Saturday, when the…
Street Life…No stuffy art opening in this town
(Editor-at-Large Walter Wasacz writes a weekly column on life in Hamtramck.) By Walter Wasacz It’s always nice to enter a room full of people busy doing nothing — nothing, that…
You’ve got friends at Whiskey in the Jar
By Ian Perrotta Review Staffwriter If you’re looking for a Friday night fight, go down the street to Shadow Bar – at Whiskey in the Jar it’s all about the…
At HHS, students learn the power of the spoken word
By Alan Madeliene “Let’s Take it to the Stage!” Well, that immortal phrase popularized by the Funkadelic might be one way of saying it. In any case, that’s just what…
Street Life: A passing of the torch …
(Editor-at-Large Walter Wasacz writes a weekly column on life in Hamtramck.) By Walter Wasacz In 2001, when my mother decided to close her shop — Edwin Beauty Salon — after…
Mayor inspires students to reach a little higher in career goals
By Ian Perrotta Review Staffwriter Since March is National Reading Month, Jenna McGregor decided to book the mayor. Last Monday (March 22) Hamtramck Mayor Karen Majewski was at Hanley Academy…
Big plans for Jos. Campau’s biggest building
By Terry Parris Jr. Special to The Review It’s pitch-black, and we are walking up a creaking, twisting, wooden staircase of the tallest structure on the corner of Belmont and…
Street Life …
By Walter Wasacz After receiving a gracious welcome to the pages of The Review last week by Editor Charles Sercombe (in a note attached to my report on the fabulous…
Hamtown’s Movers and Shakers …
by Alan Madeleine Who she is: Deb Nevinski, recently retired Administrative Assistant for Community & Economic Development for the City of Hamtramck You recently retired from working for the City…
A final song and dance to Black History Month
By Ian Perrotta Review Staffwriter There was a lesson to be learned last Friday at Dickinson West Elementary School. And it was taught by the students. To cap a month-long…
