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The exhibition includes themes of solidarity and community, inspired by 1970s Detroit radio DJ The Electrifying Mojo

Tags: Arts, Music, News, Kresge Arts, Detroit artists, Michigan artists, Detroit art, sound art, music, visual art, poetry, Detroit poets, Slideshow

Organizers hope to expand the day of music, art, and poetry with more interactive activities

Tags: Arts, Music, Things to Do, MAP Fest, Detroit events, Detroit festivals, music, art, poetry, Detroit music, Highland Park, Avalon Village, Mama Shu, Rock Local Entertainment Cafe, Detroit artists, Detroit talent, Slideshow

‘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

From vision to reality

Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Arts & Culture, Music, Art, Poetry, Festivals, Community

Detroit poet promotes healthy living and local art at new coffee shop

Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Arts & Culture, Coffee, Art, Coffee, Food, Poetry, Ypsilanti, The Deep End Cafe & Gallery

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

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

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

(Some) strings attached

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

Filmmaker Rebeca Huntt is fighting for control of her own story — but it doesn’t always land

Tags: Movies, Movies, Beba, documentary, film

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

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

Staff pick

Tags: Things to Do, Things to Do, Detroit International Festival of Animation, film, Senate Theatre, DIFA, 2022

In response to a leak of draft on the SCOTUS decision on ‘Roe v. Wade,’ Gov. Whitmer says she’ll ‘keep fighting like hell’ to ensure abortion remains safe and accessible

Tags: Michigan News, Health Care, Abortion Rights, Abortion, Roe v. Wade, Supreme Court, Michigan, law, Gov. Whitmer, Rashida Tlaib, Gary Peters, Debbie Stabenow

The Detroit native is overjoyed to be recognized by one of her longtime idols

Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, jessica Care Moore, poetry, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Oprah

Tags: Movies, Film, movie, documentary, sex trafficking, prostitution, Men Who Buy Sex – Everyone Pays, Wayne County Medical Society Foundation

Tags: Under Armour, News Hits, downtown Detroit