What's New Compiled by Detroit News Staff Writer Barbara Hoover Station to start shopping site Detroit Public Television plans to go the way of Internet auction sites. But first the station needs help. Buy a khaki twill jumper with cargo pockets for your daughter and pick up one for her doll as well.
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He was a clay wiz, a 19th-century artist and chemist, who knew more about ceramic wares than anybody else of his time. Through Nov. 7, the Detroit Institute of Arts is showing work by France's Joseph-Theodore Deck in an exhibit of his colorful clay art, which won him gold medals at international exhibits in Philadelphia, Vienna, London and Paris. When he wasn't making pots, Deck was doing research for his book, La Faience, a summary of his 30 years of scientific research. Many of the works at the DIA are on loan from local collectors Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Ross. But be aware that good deals depend on where you shop.