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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

The teams are offering ticket packages that include a donation to a shelter nonprofit

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Detroit, Detroit Animal Care and Control, Friends of Detroit Animal Care and Control, Pistons, Red Wings, sports, donations

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

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

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

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

Tags: Movies, Movies, Beba, documentary, film

City officials say, ‘maybe next year’

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

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

Select events happening in metro Detroit

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

The beloved bar announced it will reopen with some new dishes — following similar announcements in 2019 and 2021

Tags: Food News, Detroit, Anchor Bar, sports