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Where to honor loved ones this Día de los Muertos Original

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By Barrett Dolata
| Detroit News Verified
ENTERTAINMENT Barrett Dolata Special to The Detroit News Oct. 26, 2026, 10:56 a.m. ET View Comments Bright orange marigolds and sugar skulls have started appearing in storefronts and homes across Metro Detroit, but they aren't Halloween decorations. For those who celebrate Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, they are often set on ofrendas, altars that hold photos of loved ones who have died alongside their favorite belongings.
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This Lake Orion shop is a costume lover's dream Original

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By Barrett Dolata
| Detroit News Verified
Kathy Coe pulled a Burger King costume off the rack, then Belle, then a red ringmaster suit, then a lion with a mane cut from fabric she found in Las Vegas. She made every one of them by hand, but if you ask her, she’s just the in-house seamstress at Ed’s Broadway Gift & Costume. “I sew at home,” said Kathy, who keeps seven sewing machines between the store and her second-floor studio.
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Off-Beat: Evan Bates — Coming Home

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By Emma Spring, Barrett Dolata
| The Michigan Daily Verified
Evan Bates has competed in five Olympic Games, won nearly every title ice dancing has to offer and built a life in Montreal with his skating partner and wife Madison Chock. But at his core, he’s still a kid from Ann Arbor and a University of Michigan graduate — the 52nd in his family to be one. In this episode of Off-Beat, Barrett and Emma sit down with Bates days after his gold and silver medal finish at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympic Games to talk about what it really means to come back home.
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