Metro Times: Reckless Eyeballing

Richard Pryor: Regift of the year?

Back in the day, the City of Detroit bequeathed unto the legendary Pryor the Spirit of Detroit Award for an animal rescue he founded here with his wife. Well, times are hard. It's up for auction here.

Thoughts?

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Says Windsor: We're In This Together

Last night, Broken City Lab projected a message from Windsor to Detroit. It was a message they’ve been meaning to send for a while, actually. We wanted Detroit to know that we know that, “We’re In This Together.” And we mean that, in every way.

We got word this morning that the Contemporary Art Institue of Detroit will be holding a curator’s exhibition at its Ladybug Gallery in South-West Detroit on December18. Curators who participate will be considered to curate a larger exhibition at a later date based on their prototype exhibition displayed on the 18th.

"Curators are invited to bring work of any size, medium (sculpture, photo, fashion, film, architecture and mor ...

City Bird spreads its wings

For the last four years, brother-and-sister team Andy and Emily Linn have been marketing Detroit-themed odds and ends under the City Bird name. Anybody who has seen their colorful soaps or plates or glasses emblazoned with a classic Detroit map (sans freeways, natch) knows the disarming appeal of their various tchotchkes, which they've successfully marketed online.

But now, the Linns have established a brick-and-mortar presence in Midtown, opening a City Bird store. We dropped in as the opening party was beginning to build on Friday night, and shot a few photos. Just in time for shopping season, the store looks terrific, and we wish Andy and Emily the very best in their new home. See for yourself at 460 ...

Detroit arts patron James Pearson Duffy, 1923 - 2009

James Pearson Duffy, longtime Detroit businessman, consummate patron of the arts, and champion of the Detroit arts scene, died on Tuesday at his home in Grosse Pointe at the age of 86. He was the only child of James F. and Kresge Arts in Detroit fellowship grants.

The $25,000 fellowships provide support for 18 artists living and working in metropolitan Detroit (Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties) whose commitment to innovation and artistic achievement are evident in the quality of their work.

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Cover of the October-November 2009 Cass Rag, drawn by "Elle."

HEARD OF THE underground publishing explosion? You know, the one that began in the late 1960s and churned out tens of thousands of passionate, self-made, low- and no-budget publications for a generation? The scene hit its zenith around the mid-'90s, with the rise of a “zine” scene that challenged that day's stodgy and unimaginative "periodicals."

But with the advent of the Internet, a lot of that do ...

Tune into WDET now for a Local Moth Spotlight!

As part of their pledge drive, WDET produced a special Moth Radio Hour comprised of performances recorded during the Moth StorySlam, which premiered in Detroit on Thursday, October 1st at Cliff Bell's.

It starts at noon and you can listen here.

StorySlams go down the first Thursday of the month at Cliff Bell's.

For more on the evening, find Metro Times' Wonder Twins' recap here.

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SOUPY SALES, R.I.P.

We lost a true Detroit legend yesterday when Soupy Sales died in a Bronx hospice after years of declining health at the age of 83. Sales -- who was born Milton Supman in Franklinton, North Carolina -- was years ahead of his time in that he delivered a children's show (complete with puppet friends) that surely appealed to the kiddies but featured "inside" jokes that went above the kids' heads but would appeal to the parents who were also watching at home. It's a tradition that would be used by everything from The Simpsons to Pee-wee's Playhouse in subsequent decades.

Sales first came to prominence on Detroit TV before his Lunch With Soupy show went national in 1959. A lot of us (includin ...

Liebler gets national nod, rocks out with Sinclair at Alvin's

Organizing retreats for Michigan writers, putting together local and out of state poetry workshops, hosting open-mic night’s at Music Hall’s Jazz Cafe, publishing in local publications and across the country, M.L. Liebler continues to be one of the most active voices in Detroit’s literary community.

But Detroit word-smiths aren't the only folks to take notice of Liebler's work and commitment.

Poets & Writers, Inc of New York City for recently awarded the poet the esteemed Barnes & Noble 2010 Writers for ...