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Concert Announcements

André 3000 is bringing his jazz flute to Detroit as part of his ‘New Blue Sun’ tour

The ex-Outkast rapper will play two dates in Detroit, at Cliff Bell’s and the Masonic Temple

By Lee DeVito
Jan 23, 2024

Tags: Concert Announcements, Music, On Tour, Things to Do, André 3000, Outkast, Cliff Bell's, Masonic Temple, jazz
Things to Do

Historic African American film exhibit headed to the DIA this February

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

By Randiah Camille Green
Jan 9, 2024

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

Brooklyn artist brings absurdist ‘Plastic Bag Store’ installation to Ann Arbor

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

By Randiah Camille Green
Jan 27, 2023

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

The limits of ‘Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody’

Biopic struggles to capture what made the star so compelling

By Maurice Tracy
Jan 26, 2023

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

Upscale bistro and music venue Soul on Ice opens in Detroit

The project by Herb and Danielle Sanders was partially funded by a Motor City Match grant

By Lee DeVito
Dec 20, 2022

Tags: Food News, Dining, Soul on Ice, Detroit, west side, jazz, soul food, hip-hop
Cannabis News

Michael Thompson opens up about being Michigan's longest serving non-violent offender

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

By Steve Neavling
Oct 28, 2022

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

With Korean thriller ‘Decision to Leave,’ Park Chan-Wook smartly updates classic noir

The ‘Oldboy’ director stages a comeback

By George Elkind
Oct 24, 2022

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

Noir City film fest brings a world of classic movies to Detroit’s Redford Theatre

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

By George Elkind
Sep 19, 2022

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

Dan Savage's HUMP! Film Festival is bringing alternative porn to Ann Arbor this September

And we're not talking that boring, vanilla stuff. Think bondage, furries, and sex toys gone wrong.

By Randiah Camille Green
Aug 12, 2022

Tags: Movies, Movies, HUMP! Film Festival, Dan Savage, Savage Love, Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor
Movies

Cinema Lamont and Detroit Puppet Company bring a month-long puppet film series

(Some) strings attached

By George Elkind
Aug 3, 2022

Tags: Movies, Movies, film, movies, puppets, art house, Detroit, Michigan
Things to Do

Stephanie Mills and George Benson to headline the 25th Annual Jazz on the River

The free jazz festival returns to Trenton's Elizabeth Park

By Alex Washington
Jul 22, 2022

Tags: Things to Do, Jazz, festival, music, live band, stephanie mills, george benson, wayne county, Trenton, Elizabeth Park, free event, public, family-friendly
Movies

A wide-ranging self-portrait, ‘Beba’ traces its director’s cross-national family history

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

By George Elkind
Jul 18, 2022

Tags: Movies, Movies, Beba, documentary, film
Things to Do

You can catch wacky shorts at the seventh Detroit International Festival of Animation this Saturday

Staff pick

By Randiah Camille Green
May 4, 2022

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

Rehab of historic Detroit jazz club the Blue Bird Inn enters next phase

The Detroit Sound Conservancy hopes the project could be a catalyst for new development on the west side — and highlight all Motor City music

By Lee DeVito
Apr 1, 2022

Tags: Music News, The Blue Bird Inn, Detroit, Detroit Sound Conservancy, jazz, blues, music
Movies

New documentary explores devastating impact of human sex trafficking industry in metro Detroit

By Steve Neavling
Jan 27, 2022

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

The best films of 2021, quite possibly the last great year of movies

By George Elkind
Dec 22, 2021

Tags: Movies, 2021, movies, film, Procession, Red Rocket, El Planeta, Wife of a Spy, The French Dispatch, Souvenir, Pt. II, Bergman Island, North By Current, France, Worst Person, Memoria, Licorice Pizza, Days
Music News

Detroit's Baker's Keyboard Lounge hosts tribute to jazz artist and activist Abbey Lincoln

By Lee DeVito
Dec 15, 2021

Tags: Detroit, jazz, Baker's Keyboard Lounge, Abbey Lincoln
Music News

You can catch sax sensation Kenny G at Detroit's MotorCity Casino Hotel

By Jerilyn Jordan
Dec 8, 2021

Tags: Kenny G, jazz, Detroit, Sound Board, Motor City Casino Hotel
Music News

Edgefest to celebrate 25 years of avant-garde jazz at Ann Arbor's Kerrytown Concert House

By Jerilyn Jordan
Oct 27, 2021

Tags: City Slang, Edgefest, jazz, Ann Arbor, music festival, Kerrytown Concert House
Arts

Dan Savage’s new book draws from lessons learned from 30 years of writing alt-weekly sex advice column

By Lee DeVito
Sep 22, 2021

Tags: Books, Dan Savage, Joe Newton, Savage Love, Savage Love from A to Z: Advice on Sex and Relationships, Dating and Mating, Exes and Extras, Sasquatch Books