The retelling of the iconic ballet will incorporate contemporary themes and prompt questions about the degradation of our environment.
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One Detroit – Detroit hip hop history, Matt Elliott, Secret Society of Twisted Storytellers, One Detroit Weekend
In celebration of hip hop’s 50th anniversary this year, One Detroit contributor Bryce Huffman takes a deep dive into the history of Detroit hip hop and how it’s still evolving today.
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Detroiter Jonathan Harris weaves social commentary with art in new exhibit
“Critical Condition,” an exhibit on the triumphs and challenges Black people experience in the United States, opens Feb. 11 at the Liberal Arts Gallery
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Detroit poet, professor Melba Boyd wins 2023 Kresge Eminent Artist Award
Boyd’s career as an award-winning poet, essayist, biographer, editor and filmmaker has spanned more than 50 years.
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‘Taste the Diaspora’ highlights Black food as resistance
The Black History Month event focuses on the role of food in the fight for Black liberation.
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Famed Motown songwriter Barrett Strong was prolific artist, father figure
Strong, a 2004 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee, was one of the first artists to sign to Motown Records when the company formed in 1959.
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Anthology from Room Project shows diversity of Detroit’s literary scene
Two in-person readings of “Room Object,” a new collection of poems and essays primarily from writers of color, will take place in February.
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Detroit gallery to honor native artist John Sims with mural, poetry event
Irwin House will celebrate the legacy of the artist known for his multimedia works at a Feb. 13 event on what would have been his 55th birthday.
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‘The Candidly Speaking’ celebrates Black culture with greeting cards
LaToya Simpson noticed as a teenager that few cards on store shelves truly spoke to the Black community.
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Iraqi poet in metro Detroit pens novel on ISIS captives
Author Dunya Mikhail appeared in Detroit’s New Center this month to read from “The Bird Tattoo,” her new book about the multi-decade journey of a woman sold into sex slavery.