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November 2011

BLAC Detroit
Table of Contents

DEPARTMENTS

DISCOVER
A worker-owned restaurant in Detroit, a café serving information and art in Highland Park and a new project supporting emerging artists

HOMETOWN HERO
Eugene Jones’ leap from living in public housing to helming it and helping today’s resident

PROSPER
What to do when family and friends ask for money from you and your honey

HOT OFF THE SHELF
New books published this month

SOUND
Sky Covington performs every week singing a variety of genres that often end up sounding like jazz

WEDDED BLISS
Celebrating the nuptials of local newlyweds

ACCESS DETROIT
The best events in and around the city

SEEN
Dr. Patricia Maryland, president and CEO of St. John Providence Health System, hosted an evening gathering of women

NATIVE
With an uncommon specialty, Dr. Benjamin Haithcock has been named a top-ranked surgeon before turning 40

FEATURES

CATLETT ART IMPACT
The 96-year-old art legend Elizabeth Catlett has graced Detroit with her own genius and also shared her son, percussion master Francisco Mora Catlett, who drummed his family’s legacy into the soul of the city

EXCERPT FROM IYANLA VANZANT’S LATEST BOOK
The author of “Peace from Broken Pieces,” which can help heal deep emotional wounds, will be a special guest of B.L.A.C. at an intimate speaking engagement on Nov. 16

MODELING MORA
Celebrity model and granddaughter of Elizabeth Catlett, Naima Mora, came home to Detroit for a fall fashion fete