Taking place Sept. 11-13, the second annual Season Fair will feature international, national and local galleries and work from Detroit-based artists.
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At Motown’s front desk, metro Detroit resident Sonya Harris witnessed music history
Metro Detroit community organizer Sonya Harris worked at Motown during its final years in Detroit in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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Detroit arts, culture projects share in $3.6M funding boost
The Hudson-Webber Foundation grants support both new and ongoing initiatives to strengthen neighborhoods, expand opportunity, preserve Detroit’s cultural assets and help residents shape the future of their communities.
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Filmmaker pays tribute to long-closed LGBTQ space with ‘Heaven in Detroit’
More than 30 years after Club Heaven closed its doors, Chris “Inpaq” Sutton directed and co-wrote “Heaven in Detroit: A Sanctuary of Sound.”
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A summer of art: Check out these exhibits at Detroit’s cultural institutions
The offerings at MOCAD are part of a full slate of shows at Detroit’s cultural institutions in Midtown this summer.
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Detroit guide to Movement Music Festival preparties, afterparties
Just as popular as the festival itself are the official and unofficial Movement preparties and afterparties outside Hart Plaza. Bars and clubs across the city participate, from Spkrbox to MotorCity Wine to Northern Lights.
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Arts educator Shavonne Coleman makes directorial debut at Detroit Repertory Theatre
The Detroiter made her professional directing debut with “Eclipsed,” which runs through May 17. The play is set in Liberia in 2003 during the end of the Second Liberian Civil War.
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Exhibits at Detroit’s College for Creative Studies, Ferndale gallery show the diversity of ceramics
Detroit artist Austen Brantley’s exhibit at M Contemporary Art in Ferndale runs until April 11, while the CCS exhibit, “Echoes: Alumni Voices in Clay,” is running until April 18.
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‘Lion King’ actor reflects on Mufasa role as musical wraps up its run in Detroit
David D’Lancy Wilson has been performing as Mufasa since joining the American tour cast in November.
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Final sale: After serving generations, Detroit icon Dittrich Furs nears the end
As one of Detroit’s oldest businesses, Dittrich Furs has become embedded in the city’s culture, especially its Black culture.