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David Klein Gallery grand opening One of Michigan’s most prominent contemporary art spaces is opening a new headquarters in Ferndale with a two-day grand opening celebration and exhibition featuring new works by artist Susan Goethel Campbell and ceramicist Ebitenyefa Baralaye. The gallery’s new home is set to debut on Friday, with an evening reception beginning at 5 p.m. followed by an open house on Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. The move consolidates the gallery’s previous Birmingham and Detroit operations into a newly renovated, 3,000-square-foot warehouse space designed to accommodate large-scale exhibitions and events. Friday night’s celebration will include wine provided by Elie Wine Company, a local shop owned by Ferndale resident Elie Boudt, and music by the DJ collective At the Moment. Goethel Campbell’s show Soundings explores the built environment as part of natural processes, using a range of media including prints, photographs, and installation. Baralaye’s exhibition, Foundations, reflects on cultural identity and diaspora through ceramics and sculpture. Starts at 5 p.m. on Friday, July 11 at David Klein Gallery, 678 Livernois Ave., Ferndale; dkgallery.com. No cover. Credit: Courtesy photo
Nicolas Uncaged X For the upcoming tenth anniversary of the “Nicolas Uncaged” film festival set for Hamtramck’s Ant Hall this month, organizers are taking it back to the very beginning. The quirky event typically screens double features starring the cult-favorite actor scientifically proven to be the hardest working in Hollywood, and this year’s will once again feature the 2006 horror film The Wicker Man — a box office bomb that was screened during the very first Nicolas Uncaged fest in 2015 and event organizer Jack Schulz calls “the Cage-iest of all the Nic Cage movies.” It will be screened alongside 2007’s Next, in which Cage portrays a Las Vegas man with the ability to see the future. Going with the Vegas theme, the event is set to feature a martini-heavy drink menu, burlesque, and magicians, including tarot card reading and fortune-telling. Nicolas Uncaged X starts at 7 p.m. on Saturday, July 12 at Ant Hall; 2320 Caniff St., Hamtramck; planetant.com. Tickets start at $39.19. Credit: Courtesy photo
Tyvek 20th anniversary In its 20 years of existence, Tyvek has emerged as one of Detroit’s best contemporary rock bands thanks to its scrappy raw power and ability to shapeshift over time. Lately, the band’s lineup features Shelley Salant (Shells, XV) on guitar, Alex Glendening (Deadbeat Beat) on bass, and Jake Kmiecik (Bonny Doon) on drums; its 2023 record Overground wisely brought prominent saxophone from Emily Roll into the fold. But for its 20th anniversary party at Outer Limits Lounge, the band is celebrating its origins by performing a set with its throwback five-piece lineup of frontman Kevin Boyer along with guitarists Heath Heemsbergen (Little Claw, Ugh!) and Damon Sturdivant (Puffy Areolas, Revigorant), Larry (The Intended, Isles of ESP) on bass, and Matt Z (Mountains and Rainbows) on drums. Here’s to 20 more! Starts at 8 p.m. on Saturday, July 12; Outer Limits Lounge, 5507 Caniff St., Detroit. Tickets are $23.18. Credit: Courtesy photo
The Concert of Colors Detroit’s Concert of Colors is coming home. The long-running annual world music festival is returning to The Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre, the riverside venue formerly known as Chene Park that hosted the event from its launch in 1993 until it moved to Midtown in 2006 due to funding. “Fans have asked for years to host the festival at current locations but also back at the Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre and in true Concert of Colors style, we listen to what people want and try to provide it all for the love of free music,” executive director Ismael Ahmed said in a statement. The festival, billed as the largest free global music festival in the Midwest, will be held July 15-20. It comes to the Aretha on Friday, July 18 to celebrate the venue’s 40th anniversary with performances by Chicago R&B singer Mavis Staples, Moroccan-French band Bab L’ Bluz, Ohio funk act The Luv Locz Experiment, and African dancer Shashu Amen-Ra. In addition to the Aretha, the festival will continue to take place in venues in and around Midtown, including the DIA, Third Man Records, and the College for Creative Studies. Various venues in and around Detroit from July 15-20; the full lineup and more information is available at concertofcolors.com. No cover. Credit: AP Photo/Paul Warner

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Leyland “Lee” DeVito is the editor in chief of Detroit Metro Times since 2016. His writing has also been published in CREEM, VICE, In These Times, and New City.