Some have argued that this popular party game wasn’t meant to be made into a full-scale Broadway musical. We'll soon find out if they're right as Twister  - book by Georgia St. Marie-Vance, music and lyrics by Carlotta Alvierro - enters its second week of tryouts at the Mulberry...

  Statistics show that over 12 percent of US businesses encourage employees to “give back” to the community during the holidays. Here are five examples: Every third Monday in December, the staff at Spokane’s RoughRunner spends half a day delivering artisan pretzels to certified public accountants across the city.   Says CEO...

H2Only  – the new water-only tasting room on Third St. in Midtown Detroit – has been going gangbusters since opening last month. “We knew people wanted a place where all they could get was water,” says owner Jan Natinsky-Kickenen, who also runs Strong, the all-spinach restaurant a few blocks away....

Faced with the need to reduce its workforce by half, Denver's Pimpernel Strategics  bucked the usual trend. Instead of eliminating 50 percent of the staff, it maintained its entire workforce and simply reduced each individual by 50 percent. “We had to make cuts to maintain shareholder value,” says Chief Condensation...

Mishap, the Corktown bistro nouveau whose glazed prawns were recently featured in Swallow magazine, is requiring its waitstaff to tell customers what to enjoy instead of just saying “Enjoy!”  The new policy takes effect on September 1. “We’ve discovered that saying ‘Enjoy!’ without specifying causes confusion and anxiety,” says chef/owner...

An employee of The Altman Group of Madison Heights, Michigan has been recognized by the US Assoc. of Tm. Svrs for suggesting that his company shorten its mandatory phone greeting – which, it is estimated, will result in savings of over $70,000 this year. The new phone greeting was introduced...

The Plop & Stayer will unexpectedly plop down in the chair in front of your desk - and then just stay. If it's being done correctly, he or she will time the incident so it occurs at the least convenient time - like when you're practicing for a spontaneous...

Like most major cities, Detroit has its share of artisan businesses – breweries, clothiers, paper-clip makers, and thousands more. As of next month, it will boast its first artisan CPA Firm: Hewlett Artisan Certified Public Accounting. “The artisan movement is about more than making things,” says firm founder Jennifer Hewlett. “It’s...

Employees with a healthy work/life balance have long been perceived as more valuable than their unbalanced peers - usually invited onto more task forces and getting smiled at more often by the CEO. But how does a company know employees are actually achieving this balance – and not just saying...

Q) During the course of a workday, I see the same people many times, usually in the hallways between meetings. I always greet them politely the first time, but what are my obligations after that? Do I have to keep saying hello – or anything at all? I prefer...

Rosary Beans Coffee House will open a store in the lobby of the new H#sht#g Building near Foxtown. The brainchild of Sister Mary Hammer of the Louisiana-based Sisters of Divine Discipline, the chain was founded in 2009 and has since expanded to over 150 convents and stores in the US...

The political action group Notary Publics for Freedom says it will cause massive disruption if it is not satisfied with the outcome of next Tuesday’s presidential election. “Suffice it to say that the country will be plunged into a crisis like it has never known,” says group president Monica Pillington....