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Detroit’s Kresge Arts intermingles sound with visual and literary arts in first-ever online exhibition

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

By Layla McMurtrie
Apr 5, 2024

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

MAP Fest returns for a second year with goals to grow and highlight ‘the beauty of the hood’

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

By Layla McMurtrie
Mar 14, 2024

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
Arts

Inaugural MAP Fest brings Detroit’s creative forces together for a day of art and entertainment

From vision to reality

By Layla McMurtrie
Jul 20, 2023

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

Ypsi’s The Deep End Cafe & Gallery is for the people

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

By Layla McMurtrie
Jul 14, 2023

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

Influential Detroit artist Aaron Ibn Pori Pitts honored with memorial

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

By Amber Ogden
Sep 19, 2022

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

Detroit’s jessica Care moore gets shoutout from Oprah for poem about Ketanji Brown Jackson

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

By Randiah Camille Green
Apr 14, 2022

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

Noted poet laureate of Detroit Naomi Long Madgett, dead at 97

By Herb Boyd
Nov 8, 2020

Tags: Detroit, Naomi Long Madgett, poetry, poet, laureate
Cannabis News

Lori Beth Coolidge is a pot poet

By Larry Gabriel
Nov 6, 2019

Tags: Higher Ground, marijuana, Lori Beth Coolidge, poetry
Music News

Patti Smith forgot lyrics during a Sam Shepard tribute and it's totally precious

By Jerilyn Jordan
Dec 6, 2017

Tags: City Slang, Patti Smith, Sam Shepard, Poetry, Detroit music, Detroit musician, Michigan musican
ICYMI

19 extraordinary things to do in metro Detroit this week

By Alysa Zavala-Offman
Apr 5, 2017

Tags: The Scene, events, live music, comedy, festival, theater, art, parade, musical, spoken word, poetry
Arts

A guide to spoken word open mic nights in metro Detroit

By Aaron Robertson
Jun 24, 2016

Tags: The Scene, open mic, poetry, local artists, coffee house, slam poetry
Arts

Group writes haikus on vintage typewriters, wants to come to Detroit

By Michael Jackman
Oct 19, 2015

Tags: The Scene, poetry, haiku
Music News

Cherrie Amour to do poetry reading and book signing appearance in Detroit

By Lee DeVito
Oct 31, 2014

Tags: City Slang, Cherrie Amour, poetry, Detroit, Underground Resistance
Metro Detroit

Detroit Poet in the War Zone: M.L. Liebler Flying Home from the Kabul Beat #7

By ML Liebler
May 17, 2012

Tags: News Hits, Detroit, Eminem, Dennis Dunaway, Poetry, Al Kooper, Christine Rhein, gregory, Misfits, Made in Michigan Literary Walk, The Kite Runner, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Kyle, skip
Metro Detroit

Detroit Poet in the War Zone: M. L. Liebler Rides the Kandahar Beat # 6

By ML Liebler
May 13, 2012

Tags: News Hits, Detroit, Dennis Dunaway, Poetry, Al Kooper, Christine Rhein, Detroit Jazz Cafe, Wayne State University, gregory, Michael Dempsey, Misfits
Metro Detroit

Detroit Poet in the War Zone: M. L. Liebler Rides the Kabul & Jalabad Beats #5

By ML Liebler
May 13, 2012

Tags: News Hits, Detroit, Dennis Dunaway, Poetry, Al Kooper, Christine Rhein, Detroit Jazz Cafe, Wayne State University, gregory, Michael Dempsey, Best, Skip Denomme
Metro Detroit

Detroit Poet in the War Zone: M. L. Liebler Rides the Kabul Beat # 4

By ML Liebler
May 10, 2012

Tags: News Hits, Detroit, Dennis Dunaway, Poetry, Al Kooper, Christine Rhein, Detroit Jazz Cafe, Wayne State University, gregory, Michael Dempsey
Metro Detroit

Detroit Poet in the War Zone: M.L. Liebler Rides the Kabul Beat # 3

By ML Liebler
May 7, 2012

Tags: News Hits, Detroit, Dennis Dunaway, Poetry, Al Kooper, Christine Rhein, Detroit Jazz Cafe, Detroit Tonight Live, street art, Men's Health, Wayne State University
Metro Detroit

Behind the blinders

Oct 6, 2010

Tags: Local News, Media, Letters to the Editor, Love & sex, Savage Love, Food Stuff, Politics, Politics and Prejudices, Electronic, Spirituality, Section Lead, Metro Retro, Cover Story
Arts

Wall posts

By Travis R. Wright
Oct 6, 2010

Tags: Visual Art, Media, Letters to the Editor, Love & sex, Savage Love, Food Stuff, Politics, Politics and Prejudices, Electronic, Spirituality, Section Lead, Metro Retro, Cover Story, Short Order, Rock/Pop, Arts, Night and Day, Video Games, Cheat Code, Transportation, News Hits, Hip-Hop/R&B, Stir It Up, Visual arts