Detroit is a city you have to participate in to begin to understand. As someone with a background in dance, I have more recently become curious about the role that dance serves in a community. Not only its general oneness, joy, and health benefits, but particularly African style dance, and...
Handlebars for the Homeless is a 16-mile guided bike tour of Detroit hosted by the Neighborhood Service Organization on August 16th. The NSO has been serving the community since 1955, and you can support their work by coming out to this event and cycling for a cause. Its an opportunity...
I’m here to tell you all mo’ about Mo Pop… coming this weekend, July 25-26 at West Riverfront Park. Mo Pop Festival is an all-encompassing outdoor entertainment weekend. It is a two-day celebration of music, art, food, and craft beer, with more than a dozen bands, art installations, food...
According to the Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development, there are about 10 million acres of farmland in Michigan and the state is home to 52,194 farms. As Detroit’s landscape has changed with depopulation, urban agriculture has sprung up in lots and fields across the city. Besides...
There are a lot of interesting people attracted to Detroit lately. But how do you meet these kind of people and form a connection with them? Kicking off its inaugural year, Professional’s Night Out (PNO) will provide a semi-formal networking and dining experience for the entrepreneur, the working professional,...
With great spirit, Friends of the Alger Theater are hosting a movie showing inside the Alger Theater for the first time in over 25 years. Classic horror/humor flick, Young Frankenstein will be shown, and brews will be served, sponsored by Motor City Brewing Works this Sunday, June 14 at...
In West Village, Detroit on Saturday, June 6, Townhouse Gallery will open it’s third exhibit titled Art Farm: A Farmers Daughter Exhibit, featuring high quality works from art educator Courtney Kurncz , her students, and her children. New to Detroit from Grand Rapids, Courtney has recently accepted the 6th, 7th...
Mickey Lyons has been crawling through all of the hidden Detroit speakeasies that survived Prohibition as a bartender and as a writer. Every Tuesday I travel to Nancy Whiskey’s to hunker down with the Daily Detroit team to write stories, eat, and drink… whiskey. I’ve known that I...
Prestigious cities to art, Washington D.C., London, England, New York City, and Los Angeles house work by one of today’s most influential street artists, Shepard Fairey. Detroit is now one of those artful cities added to his list. Along with the largely talked about mural on the back...
A local coffee shop with a passionate following in the Southwest and New Center neighborhoods of the city, Cafe con Leche, is hosting a showcase created by local Detroit artists, “Windows on Frida.” Cafe con Leche is a Detroit-based cafe serving Latin inspired food and beverages. They are teaming up...
Thousands of dollars in scholarships support Detroit high school students by simply playing the game of golf. Golf teaches the students college preparation, business acumen, and important life skills. The Midnight Golf program was founded in 2001 to improve under-served young adults’ personal and professional development, college success, and appreciation...
This weekend officially kicks off PUBLIC WORK’s rendition of Shakespeare’s, “The Tempest” performed by the Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit. The first show will open tonight, Friday, May 8, at 8 p.m. at the Detroit Institute of Arts and run through this and next weekend. This is...
Returning to the Redford Township District Library again this year, the 4th annual ‘Wellness Through Art’ Exhibition will present a public showing of this year’s creations on Tuesday, May 19 from 12:00 to 7:00 p.m. The Wellness Through Art initiative is offered each spring to Development...
The forecast for this weekend looks bright and inspiring for this free event for everyone in Detroit. This Saturday, May 2 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday, May 3 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., 75 professional artists, 12 emerging high school artists, food,...
Art is an essential part of a child’s education, and art is an essential part of Detroit’s emergence. Pewabic, founded in Detroit in 1903, is a community of makers, educators, and innovators devoted to progressing ceramics. They are a non-profit organization that creates ceramics relevant and accessible to...
On Saturday, May 2, bookstores across the country will be having parties to celebrate independent bookstores. Pages Bookshop will celebrate its grand opening in conjunction starting at 10 a.m. through 10 p.m. with author readings, book giveaways, introduction of Blind Date with Books, music, food, and drinks. Susan...
Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit has been chosen as the first theatre company to produce The Public Theater of New York’s PUBLIC WORKS musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest.” The production will take place at the Detroit Institute of Arts, May 7-May 17. “Partnering with The Public, which...
The Gallery at Marygrove College presents “Identify” as their senior art exhibition for 2015. At the opening reception this Saturday, April 18, it is to be a show that not only represents what people are creating in our city, Detroit, but what our city, Detroit, can create in its people....
