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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

Community gardens and urban farms will be exempt from the land tax increase while side lots will see a small increase

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Nature, Politics & Government, Detroit Land Value Tax Plan, Urban farming, Detroit property taxes, News

Kevin Johnson is bringing Fixins' Soul Kitchen to the D

Tags: Food News, Restaurants, Food, News, Basketball, NBA, Kevin Johnson

Detroit executive chef Jared Bobkin leads culinary experience in upcoming tour

Tags: Food News, Things to Do, Michigan, Detroit, Food, News, Wine, Belle Isle, Events, Restaurants

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 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

Pastor Jesse Vargas’s victim says he ‘remorselessly stole’ her childhood

Tags: Michigan News, News, St. Louis, St. Louis news, news, Missouri, Missouri news, Jesse Vargas, Incredible Journey, camp, New York, Michigan, Christian Camp

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

The service ranks the credibility of publications based on nine criteria

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Detroit, Detroit Metro Times, Michigan, news, credibility

(Some) strings attached

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

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

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

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

Tags: Movies, Movies, Beba, documentary, film