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Arts

Hanif Abdurraqib waxes poetic about Detroit and being a Black punk ahead of Youth Poetry Con appearance

The best-selling writer will lead a youth workshop and is a featured performer at the event presented by InsideOut

By Randiah Camille Green
Mar 15, 2023

Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Things to Do, Hanif Abdurraqib, InsideOut Literary Arts, Detroit Youth Poetry Con, Things to do in Detroit, Detroit literary art scene
Things to Do

You can see ‘New York Times’ bestselling author Jason Reynolds in Detroit for free

The free talk is hosted by Urban Consulate

By Randiah Camille Green
Mar 8, 2023

Tags: Things to Do, Things to Do, Jason Reynolds, Urban Consulate Detroit, Things to do in Detroit, Literary arts
Things to Do

Detroit Public Theatre’s ‘The Peculiar Patriot’ is a one-woman show that’s full of character

Each performance of the play is followed by a discussion with prison reform advocates

By Randiah Camille Green
Mar 1, 2023

Tags: Things to Do, Stage, The Peculiar Patriot, Detroit Public Theatre, things to do in Detroit
Michigan Music

‘Dilla World Weekend’ honors Detroit’s late J Dilla with events

Plus: More local Detroit music news

By Broccoli and Joe Zimmer
Feb 21, 2023

Tags: Local Music, Local Buzz, Dilla World Weekend, J Dilla, MOCAD, Boog Brown, Marble Bar, TV Lounge, Spot Lite
Things to Do

Noel Night returns to Detroit after two-year hiatus

Yes, we are skipping Thanksgiving festivities and going straight into Christmas announcements

By Randiah Camille Green
Nov 3, 2022

Tags: Things to Do, Things to Do, Noel Night, Things to do in Detroit
Arts

Jason REVOK gears up for first solo museum exhibition at MOCAD

Man and machine merge in ‘The Artist’s Instruments’

By Randiah Camille Green
Oct 28, 2022

Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Visual Art, MOCAD, Jason REVOK
Cannabis News

Cannabis companies teamed up to commission LGBTQ+ mural in Ferndale

The hypnotic work features a rainbow color palette and three-dimensional geometric shapes

By Steve Neavling
Sep 21, 2022

Tags: Marijuana News, Weed, Jars, mural, art, culture, marijuana, cannabis, Ferndale, Joey Salamon, JARS Cannabis, HYPE Cannabis
Arts

Influential Detroit artist Aaron Ibn Pori Pitts honored with memorial

Beloved by the community, the artist and activist died in August

By Amber Ogden
Sep 19, 2022

Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Visual Art, Aaron Ibn Pori Pitts, Detroit, art, poetry, Wayne County Community College, labor, unions, activism
Things to Do

Memorial for renowned Detroit artist Aaron Ibn Pori Pitts planned for Saturday

Declared by Metro Times to be ‘Artist of the Year’ in 2007, Pitts was a pillar of the community

By Amber Ogden
Sep 15, 2022

Tags: Things to Do, Arts & Culture, Aaron Ibn Pori Pitts, Detroit, art, Wayne County Community College, obituary
Things to Do

New ‘immersive’ exhibit features glittering work of Gustav Klimt in Detroit

The 38-minute show will run concurrently with ‘Immersive Van Gogh,’ which has been extended to Oct. 16

By Steve Neavling
Sep 15, 2022

Tags: Things to Do, Things to Do, Gustav Klimt, Lighthouse Immersive, Lighthouse ArtSpace Detroit, Detroit, downtown, art, culture, paintings, Immersive Klimt: Revolution
Fall Arts Guide

Young Detroit artists turned former Greektown PizzaPapalis into a fashion pop-up and gallery

Fashion-forward

By Amber Ogden
Sep 14, 2022

Tags: Fall Arts Guide, Arts & Culture, PizzaPapalis, Greektown, Cover Story
Fall Arts Guide

A selection of upcoming fall 2022 art happenings in metro Detroit and beyond

Preview the season with our fall arts guide

By Metro Times editorial staff
Sep 14, 2022

Tags: Fall Arts Guide, Detroit, Michigan, metro Detroit, art, Cover Story
Things to Do

Sofa Stories Detroit film series hopes to amplify youth homelessness

Community arts project to host film screening fundraiser for new series on LGBTQ youth

By Randiah Camille Green
Jun 15, 2022

Tags: Things to Do, Things to Do, Detroit, art, Sofa Stories
Things to Do

Detroit’s Palmer Park Art Fair returns this weekend

Staff pick

By Randiah Camille Green
Jun 1, 2022

Tags: Things to Do, Things to Do, Palmer Park, Detroit, art
Pride Issue

Month-long exhibit ‘Mighty Real/Queer Detroit’ celebrates 77 years of LGBTQ art across 17 galleries

Getting real about queer art in Detroit

By Randiah Camille Green
Jun 1, 2022

Tags: Pride Issue, Visual Art, LGBTQ, LGBTQ, Detroit, art, Cover Story
Arts

Detroit’s newest art gallery isn’t where you might expect to find it

Glass houses

By Lee DeVito
May 25, 2022

Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Visual Art, Detroit, Elysia Borowy, Carl Craig, 1364, Lafayette Park, Mies van der Rohe, art, gallery
Arts

New app identifies and tracks murals around Detroit

CANVS Street Art will tell users location of public art in Detroit and artist behind it

By Randiah Camille Green
May 12, 2022

Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Arts & Culture, Detroit, art, murals, street art, Slideshow
Arts

Detroit’s MOCAD parts ways with another executive director

Cara Courage is already out after getting the job in February

By Lee DeVito
Apr 27, 2022

Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Arts & Culture, MOCAD, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, museum
Arts

Metro Detroit artist Monica Molinaro has died, celebration of life planned at the DIA

‘Art is treated as a precious relic, but it’s really an expression of who we are,’ she said

By Lee DeVito
Apr 27, 2022

Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Visual Art, Monica Molinaro, Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, DIA, art, Michigan
Things to Do

Habatat Detroit Year of Glass50 exhibit will showcase extraordinary works of art in Royal Oak

Staff pick

By Randiah Camille Green
Apr 26, 2022

Tags: Things to Do, Detroit, art, Habatat, glass, Habatat Detroit Fine Art, Habatat Galleries, glass