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The creative arts of all kinds – visual, music, and more – in Detroit.
Thursday night I checked out Disney’s Aladdin at the Detroit Opera House. I am at that age where I clearly remember when Disney released the cartoon version of Aladdin in 1992. I remember seeing the movie in the theatre with my friends. So, I am sometimes skeptical of movies being turned into Broadway musicals. I’m not ashamed to say that I sorely misjudged this …
Last week a new statue was unveiled in New Center Park. The piece is called Divergence and was created by artist Adriana Ohar. The sculpture was commissioned by Broder and Sachse Real Estate to celebrate their 25th anniversary. Earlier this year they held a sculpture competition at the College for Creative Studies called “Influence of Innovation." Ohar had the winning …
The John S. And James L. Knight Foundation named 25 winners of its Knight Arts Challenge in Detroit, with $1.46 million going to support community enrichment projects. The winners include everything from the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn to the Piet Oudolf Garden project on Belle Isle. Karen Dybis, a friend of ours at Daily Detroit, won $5,000 for her Project …
Happy Election Day, Detroit! If you haven't already, go out and exert your privilege as a resident of the world's greatest democracy. The polls are open until 8 p.m. On today's show, we run down some news about long lines and voting machine hiccups across the region. Reports of long lines are widespread. Elsewhere, Amazon HQ2 is said to be headed to the New York City …
Welcome to Monday, friends. Here's your Daily Detroit for Nov. 5: The workers strike at the Westin Book Cadillac hotel is over, as the Unite Here union announces a settlement and a new contract. GM has rolled out e-bikes as part of its focus on mobility and cracking urban mobility markets. But it wants help from the public in coming up with a brand name. Beaumont …
Welcome to our newest round up of events around Metro Detroit. This new round up will focus on networking events that happen around the region. Our goal for this new weekly segment is to get you out to meet new people who might work in your field. Or maybe there will be a cool networking …
