Arts & Culture

Black Detroiters felt left out of the city’s art establishment, so they formed Arts Extended

The group could be the longest continuously operating Black arts organization in the U.S.

By Steven Panton

Nov 25, 2022

Founded in Detroit in 1952, and currently located in a quiet neighborhood tucked between I-96 and Tireman and Livernois Avenues, Arts Extended is a 70-year-old project that is a contender for the nation’s longest continuously operating Black arts organization. Arts Extended began as a group for Black arts educators and professionals, inspired by art’s potential to enrich lives but excluded from much of the city’s art establishment...

Black Detroiters felt left out of the city’s art establishment, so they formed Arts Extended

Royal Oak is getting an ice skating rink, too

The Rink at Royal Oak opens on Saturday

By Lee DeVito
Nov 16, 2022
Growing pains at Theatre Bizarre, Detroit’s former underground Halloween party

The event has gotten bigger — but some longtime crew members have left amid allegations of a ‘cult’-like atmosphere

By Lee DeVito
Oct 31, 2022
Southwest Detroit businesses honor the dead with public ofrendas for Día de Los Muertos

Twenty one businesses have Day of the Dead altars on display until Nov. 6.

By Randiah Camille Green
Oct 28, 2022
Detroit’s official historian to give first annual lecture at site of 1967 rebellion’s start

Instead of focusing on the uprising’s violent history, Jamon Jordan will detail how Detroit recovered and continues to thrive

By Randiah Camille Green
Oct 12, 2022
For Sweetest Day, a look at how three Detroit-area couples navigate work, family, and marriage

Work hard, love hard

By Alex Washington
Oct 12, 2022
Another ‘immersive’ exhibit is coming to Detroit — this time based on Disney movies

The Disney Animation Immersive Experience will feature art and music from classics like ‘The Lion King’ and ‘The Little Mermaid’

By Randiah Camille Green
Oct 6, 2022
Detroit’s first themed Nike Air Jordan release solidifies its place in sneaker culture

Shoe game

By Kahn Santori Davison
Oct 5, 2022
Detroit sculptor Austen Brantley to build statue honoring late Tuskegee Airman Alexander Jefferson

The monument will be unveiled at Rouge Park by spring 2023

By Randiah Camille Green
Oct 4, 2022
Cartier gifts Detroit artists with a new pair of Buffs

While Detroit has long appreciated Cartier, rumors that the brand did not feel the same have been whispered for quite some time

By Alex Washington
Oct 3, 2022
Detroit’s QLine streetcars wrapped in Van Gogh art to promote DIA’s new exhibit

‘Van Gogh in America’ opens Oct. 2

By Lee DeVito
Sep 28, 2022
Detroit sneaker shop launches app with a portion of the proceeds going to DPSCD

$3 of each subscription to the Fire Exchange app will be donated to the Detroit Public Schools Community District

By Alex Washington
Sep 23, 2022
Detroit’s Masonic Temple celebrates 100 years since its first cornerstone was laid — and we still don’t understand what exactly the Freemasons do

The world’s largest Masonic Temple is as mysterious today as it was when it was constructed a century ago

By Randiah Camille Green
Sep 20, 2022
Cedar Point falls out of top five amusement park rankings for first time in more than 20 years

It still notched awards for some of its rides though

By Vince Grzegorek
Sep 16, 2022
Memorial for renowned Detroit artist Aaron Ibn Pori Pitts planned for Saturday

Declared by Metro Times to be ‘Artist of the Year’ in 2007, Pitts was a pillar of the community

By Amber Ogden
Sep 15, 2022
Forget about those digital ‘immersive’ exhibits — the DIA has the good stuff with upcoming ‘Van Gogh in America’

Will the real Van Gogh please stand up?

By Lee DeVito
Sep 14, 2022
Tunde Olaniran combines comic book lore, BDSM gear, and horror in debut film and exhibit ‘Made a Universe’ at Cranbrook

Every experience is ‘a portal that you can walk through into a new reality,’ the Flint-based artist says

By Randiah Camille Green
Sep 14, 2022
Detroit muralist Ijania Cortez paints the city neon

In living color

By Alex Washington
Sep 14, 2022
Grungy Detroit T-shirt brand reminds wearers to ‘Be The Light’

Brand owner Blight Hernandez talks meditation, homelessness, and coming out as a trans artist

By Randiah Camille Green
Sep 14, 2022
Young Detroit artists turned former Greektown PizzaPapalis into a fashion pop-up and gallery

Fashion-forward

By Amber Ogden
Sep 14, 2022
A selection of upcoming fall 2022 art happenings in metro Detroit and beyond

Preview the season with our fall arts guide

By MT Staff
Sep 14, 2022

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