Hey Detroiters, welcome back to Culture Canvas!
Micah is coming back from a conference and will return soon. In the meantime, we wanted to share a delightful story with you.
Among the billboards for injury attorneys and car insurance across Detroit’s nearly 140 miles and into Dearborn, 30 billboards featuring poems by metro Detroit students have been punctuating the city skyline this spring.
The 30 billboards represent the 30 years that InsideOut Literary Arts has been using poetry to inspire and equip young people to think critically, create bravely and share their voices with the world.
Today, InsideOut Literary Arts Executive Director Suma Karaman Rosen explains why the organization wanted to give its students this kind of stage in the community.
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- BridgeDetroit reporter Jena Brooker writes on the latest applications opening for the Detroit Black Farmer Land Fund. The effort seeks to “rebuild inter-generational land ownership for Black Farmers in Detroit.”
- Micah spoke to Yusef Bunchy Shakur, the newly named executive director of Michigan Roundtable for Just Communities, about his life and what goals he has for the social justice nonprofit.
- Freelance photographer Quinn Banks captured moments at Movement 2025.
What’s Going on in the D?
- Detroit favorite Supino Pizzeria is planning a location in a shopping plaza on Southfield Road at 13 Mile Road in Beverly Hills for its first suburban location. (Detroit Free Press)
- The Detroit Institute of Arts’ revamped African American art galleries will be reopening in the heart of the museum this fall. (Detroit Free Press)
- Nicole Curtis is heading back to Detroit in a new season of her popular HGTV home renovation show Rehab Addict. (Detroit Metro Times)
- June means the return of Pride Month, and there are so many ways to celebrate. Motor City Pride draws tens of thousands of attendees to Hart Plaza each year over two days, with a parade on Sunday, June 8, starting at noon near Fort and Griswold streets. (Detroit Metro Times)
