The Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Marathon has aunique course crossing the U.S./Canadian border twice. This big day for the Detroit area had a very sad turn of events when three runners in the marathon died during the race. Three men of varying ages died during the early part of the marathon. Weather conditions were overcast and in the 40's, so heat was not a factor.

Michigan-based rock group Chiodos has "fired" its lead singer, Craig Owens. In a statement released Thursday, Chiodos members Brad Bell, Jason Hale, Pat McManaman and Matt Goddard called the decision "a necessary one."

Bishop Allen Vigneron, 60, of the Diocese of Oakland, California, has been named as the new Archbishop of Detroit to lead the Archdiocese of Detroit. Installation of the new archbishop has been scheduled for 2 p.m. on Wednesday, January 28, at Detroit's Blessed Sacrament Cathedral.

It's a sad day for the citizens of Detroit. Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, the youngest African American to ever be mayor of this city has resigned and will go to jail for 4 months. Mayor Kilpatrick has signed a plea agreement this morning that will call for his immediate resignation.

The Detroit News reports that this house in Detroit sold for only $1.00. What a real estate bargain.

The mayor of Detroit keeps getting into comical scrapes, which is great because any time the Detroit Free Press needs to fill its news hole they just look out the window and see what kind of buffoonery Kwame Kilpatrick is engaged in at that hour of the day.

The Detroit Opera House Summer Dance Intensive returns to the Margo V. Cohen Center for Dance at the Detroit Opera House July 21 through August 8, 2008, and will offer a diverse experience for the serious dancer. This rigorous dance intensive provides the serious dance student with optimal technical and performance training in a positive, nurturing environment.

DAVE BRUBECK: Thursday, October 16, 2008 at 8 p.m.

Regarded as a genius in his field, the pianist, composer and bandleader wrote such jazz standards as "In Your Own Sweet Way" and "The Duke." Bruebeck was awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and in 2007 he was honored with a BBC Jazz "Lifetime Achievement Award."

A hot June night is about to get even hotter. The Detroit Symphony Orchestra annual fundraising Gala serves up a sizzling, Latin-inspired season finale, ?Sinfonia Caliente! The centerpiece of the evening is a performance by the DSO led by conductor Thomas Wilkins and featuring one of the world's foremost performers of Latin-infused jazz, trumpeter Arturo Sandoval. Also included are a tapas reception, a salsa-dancing afterglow and a nightclub.

Internationally-recognized Latin music ensemble The Mambo Kings will team up with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and guest conductor Jeff Tyzik for a unique concert series incorporating Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz rhythms with classical music.

The Michigan Opera Theatre Children’s Chorus is pleased to announce its first full-length opera performance: Seymour Barab’s The Maker of Illusions, on Monday, May 19, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. on the Detroit Opera House main stage. This is the first children’s opera to be performed completely by Michigan children on a grand scale.

Michigan Opera Theatre concludes its 2008 Spring Opera Season, sponsored by Cadillac, with Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata, a tragic tale of forbidden love, May 10–18, 2008 at the Detroit Opera House. A time-tested classic and one of the world’s most popular operas, La Traviata is a grand tragedy of forbidden love and deception exposed.