

This vivid mural is on the back of a building at the corner of Orleans and Adelaide street in Eastern Market. Brendan "BMike" Odums of New Orleans and Rick Williams of Detroit pianted it last year.

(Murals in the Market photo)

Smithsonian includes Detroit in a roundup of six "best mural festivals around the world."

Murals in the Market in Eastern Market in Detroit runs from Sept 13-22. Freelancer Jennifer Billock of the Chiocgao area writes at the magazine's website: