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Arts

Norwest Gallery hopes to secure new location for Womxnhouse Detroit and a bigger gallery space through Seed and Bloom program

The newly announced initiative from the Gilbert Family Foundation gives $150,000 over three years to 10 BIPOC artist-led organizations

By Randiah Camille Green
Mar 6, 2024

Tags: Arts, Local Businesses, Visual Art, Seed and Bloom, BIPOC artists in Detroit, Gilbert Family Foundation, Norwest Gallery of Art, arts
Concert Announcements

Arts, Beats & Eats is pre-selling tickets for the first time with early-bird discount

Pending state approval, it would be the first major Michigan festival to be licensed for cannabis consumption

By Lee DeVito
Jun 8, 2023

Tags: Concert Announcements, Music, Things to Do, Arts, Beats & Eats, Royal Oak, Michigan festivals, House of Dank
Cannabis News

Arts, Beats & Eats gets green light for weed

Festival organizers now have to get the appropriate state licenses

By Randiah Camille Green
Feb 23, 2023

Tags: Cannabis News, Weed, Arts, Beats & Eats, Michigan marijuana magazine, Cannabis, Marijuana Media Detroit, Slideshow
Festival Guide

Royal Oak’s Arts, Beats & Eats celebrates 25 years with more national music, brand activations

Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort and House of Dank have invested more than six figures into on-site lounges

By Lee DeVito
Aug 31, 2022

Tags: Festival Guide, Music, Arts, Beats & Eats, Royal Oak, metro Detroit, Festival Guide, Cover Story
Things to Do

‘An Unmasking of Thyself’ brings photo exhibition, performances to Playground Detroit

On Friday, the artist will ‘Unmasking Daddy,’ a communal ritual honoring her father

By Randiah Camille Green
Jul 27, 2022

Tags: Things to Do, Things to Do, Playground Detroit, An Unmasking of Thyself, photography, performance
Music News

Flo Rida, 311, and Montell Jordan to play Arts, Beats & and Eats

Lineup for Labor Day festival is loaded with 1990s and mid-2000s throwbacks

By Randiah Camille Green
Jul 27, 2022

Tags: Music News, Music, Arts, Beats, & Eats, Flo Rida, 311, Royal Oak, Music, Labor Day
Things to Do

Detroit photographer Bre’Ann White honors late mother in ‘Pray for Us’ group exhibition

Featured artists include filmmaker Kuukua Eshun, who is traveling from Ghana to present her film ‘Born Of The Earth’

By Randiah Camille Green
Jul 19, 2022

Tags: Things to Do, Things to Do, Bre’Ann White, Pray For Us, Detroit, photography
The Fiction Issue

The 2022 Fiction Issue

Metro Detroit writers and artists take on the theme ‘Conjuring Future Visions’ and meditate on what lies ahead, guest edited by Nandi Comer and deputy editor Zig Zag Claybourne

By Nandi Comer
May 18, 2022

Tags: The Fiction Issue, Arts & Culture Features, Detroit, Michigan, metro Detroit, fiction, literature, writing, Kresge Arts in Detroit, Cover Story, Video
Cannabis News

No weed at Arts, Beats & Eats this year, Royal Oak votes

City officials say, ‘maybe next year’

By Randiah Camille Green
May 10, 2022

Tags: Marijuana News, Weed, Arts, Beats & Eats, Michigan marijuana magazine, Cannabis, Media Detroit, Cannabis, Magazine, Detroit, Cannabis, Newspaper Detroit, Marijuana Media Detroit
Things to Do

Jack White kicks off tour, Dearborn’s Ramadan Suhoor fest is back, hip-hop in Eastern Market, and more things to do

Select events happening in metro Detroit

By Metro Times editorial staff
Apr 6, 2022

Tags: Things to Do, Jack White, Arts, Beats + Lyrics, Ramadan Suhoor Festival, The Potency Test, things to do in Detroit, Video
Arts

‘The New Black Vanguard’ at the DIA is the exhibit Black Detroiters need

By Randiah Camille Green
Dec 16, 2021

Tags: Detroit, DIA, 'The New Black Vanguard', Detroit, The Scene, Arts and Culture, Detroit Institute of Arts, photography
Arts

Detroit Institute of Arts to host traveling exhibition spotlighting emerging contemporary Black photographers

By Jerilyn Jordan
Nov 23, 2021

Tags: News Hits, The Scene, DIA, Detroit, art, photography
Arts

VH1 spotlights Black Detroit artists, innovators, and culture in YouTube series

By Alex Washington
Oct 27, 2021

Tags: jessica Care moore, Payroll Giovanni, El Club, TwerkxTequila, Cass Tech, Detroit vs. Everybody, Sheefy McFly, murals, arts, rapper
Metro Detroit

Duggan appoints Detroit’s first historian to highlight African Americans’ contributions to the city

By Steve Neavling
Oct 25, 2021

Tags: Jamon Jordan, Detroit, history, Mayor Duggan, arts, culture, Rochelle Riley, race, Underground Railroad, Paradise Valley
Fall Arts Guide

A selection of upcoming artistic happenings in metro Detroit and beyond

By Metro Times editorial staff
Sep 15, 2021

Tags: Fall Arts Guide, Fall Arts, Michigan, Detroit, Grand Rapids, ArtPrize, arts, art galleries, theater, autumn, things to do, Cover Story
Arts

Darkroom Detroit resumes in-person film and photography workshops

By Marisa Kalil-Barrino
Aug 16, 2021

Tags: Darkroom Detroit, Photography, Film, Workshops, Classes
Food News

Royal Oak’s Arts, Beats & Eats ditches food and drink tickets for 2021 fest

By Lee DeVito
Jul 13, 2021

Tags: Arts, Beats & Eats, Royal Oak, Michigan, Detroit, tickets, festival
Metro Detroit

Moms behind bars: Photo project shines light on how Michigan’s criminal justice system fails families

By Steve Neavling
May 5, 2021

Tags: Local News, Mother's Day, Detroit, photography, women
Metro Detroit

Rising COVID-19 cases force Detroit Institute of Arts to close until Friday

By Steve Neavling
Mar 29, 2021

Tags: Coronavirus, Detroit Institute of Arts, Midtown, Detroit, arts, Dr. Khaldun, Michigan
Arts

Dlectricity art and light festival plots 2021 return to Detroit

By Jerilyn Jordan
Feb 22, 2021

Tags: The Scene, Dlectricity, Midtown, arts, Detroit, free event, COVID-19, Beacon Park