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

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

‘Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898-1971’ will include nearly 200 historical film posters, costumes, props, and excerpts

Tags: Things to Do, Things to Do, Movies, Critics’ Picks, Detroit Institute of Arts, Things to Do, Detroit art scene, film

Court says Viridis Laboratories lacks legal standing because it deals in ‘illegal contraband’

Tags: Cannabis News, Weed, Viridis Laboratories, Marijuana, U.S. District Court, law, Michigan, Controlled Substances Act, Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency

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

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

Festival organizers now have to get the appropriate state licenses

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

‘An accidental caregiver’ turns the page

Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Stage, Breeda Kelly Miller, Mrs. Kelly’s Journey Home, theater

The experience is part-mockumentary, part-performance art, and full-on dystopian future

Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Visual Art, Robin Frohardt, The Plastic Bag Store, visual art, film, performant art, Ann Arbor, Arts Stories & Interviews

Biopic struggles to capture what made the star so compelling

Tags: Movies, Movies, Whitney Houston, I Wanna Dance With Somebody, film

Heart-wrenching documentary features Flint native who spent decades in prison after selling weed

Tags: Cannabis News, Weed, News, Michael Thompson, Documentary, MSNBC, Film, Marijuana, justice system, war on drugs

The ‘Oldboy’ director stages a comeback

Tags: Movies, Movies, Decision to Leave, Park Chan-Wook, Tang Wei, Park Hae-il, Korea, film, noir

More noir: This year’s fest as a return to basics, with double features of films from the 1930s-50s

Tags: Movies, Movies, Noir City, Redford Theatre, Detroit, film, film noir

Tickets go on sale Sept. 30

Tags: Things to Do, Stage, Tina Turner, The Tina Turner Musical, Detroit Opera House, Broadway in Detroit, theater, musicals

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

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

(Some) strings attached

Tags: Movies, Movies, film, movies, puppets, art house, Detroit, Michigan

‘Ain’t Too Proud’ will run in August

Tags: Things to Do, Things to Do, Detroit Opera House, The Temptations, Motown, theater

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

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

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

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

Tags: Michigan News, Michigan Advance, Drag Queen, Livingston County, LGBTQ, Howell, politics, Michigan Government, Government, election

Tags: Michigan News, Abortion Rights, Michigan Advance, Roe v. Wade, Abortion Rights, Reproductive Rights, government

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

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