The Detroit Jazz Festival takes place over the Labor Day weekend.
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AfroFuture Detroit festival celebrates music, art and culture this weekend | One Detroit
The AfroFuture festival will make its U.S. debut in Detroit this weekend. The music, art, and culture festival, which started in Ghana, Africa in 2017, will be held at Bedrock’s Douglass Site.
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Detroiter Larae Starr shares the importance of music to her family | One Detroit
LaRae Starr of Detroit talks about the importance of music to her family and how singing jazz at various lounges in Detroit opened doors for her dad.
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Detroit unveils new park dedicated to late doctor who paved way for civil rights
The city unveiled the new Dr. Ossian Sweet Memorial Park Wednesday next door to the home where the pioneering doctor lived in Detroit.
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Michigan museum preserves Civil Rights artifacts but pressure mounts on others
An Alabama home where civil rights leaders planned marches in the 1960s has been reconstructed in its entirety in Dearborn.
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The sustainable art of Blight Hernandez: ‘No waste’
Blight Hernandez credits his grandmother for his artistry. “She gave me those taste buds for the regal, the antique…”
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Sidewalk Festival celebrates 10th year with art, music at Eliza Howell Park
The two-day event, which kicks off Friday, will feature a mix of art installations, food, musical and dance performances and workshops centered around wellness and environmental justice.
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Inaugural Chinatown Block Party celebrates renewed interest in Detroit’s historic Asian neighborhood
The free event will have food, DJs, children’s activities, movie screenings and more. It runs 12-8 p.m. Saturday at Cass and Peterboro in Detroit.
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Nonprofit The Vision Detroit building creative community for young artists
Whether in music, painting or other art forms, the nonprofit provides Detroit artists opportunities to perfect their crafts — and be inspired by other creatives.
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Detroit Festival of Books expands to three days of events with author talks, bookstore tours
Now expanded into a “book-cation weekend,” festival organizers are also hosting “Bookfest at the Main” Friday at the main branch of the Detroit Public Library.