The Michigan Opera Theatre provided highlight performances during the opening reception of the 2013 Design Aria, an exhibition which will run at the Detroit Artists Market (DAM) through February 16. The design show itself features an array of disciplines, including jewelry, furniture and lighting fixtures, as well as more conventional wall-hanging or sculptural art pieces, […]

Detroit SOUP has found a home for the foreseeable future at the Jam Handy building on W. Grand Blvd. By a show of hands, the recent coverage that Detroit SOUP received on NBC’s Nightly News didn’t have much to do the over-capacity crowd at last night’s special SOUP event, co-hosted with Kiva Detroit. The event featured […]

Gregory Crewdson, whose life and work is the subject of the documentary Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters. On my short list of personality traits that are typical of a successful artist, obsessive perfectionism and a penchant for melancholy are contenders for first place. Possessed of both these traits in spades is photographer Gregory Crewdson, whose creative […]

“Motor City Muse: Detroit Photographs, Then and Now.” While much of the world is preoccupied with the future, Detroit seems to look back as often as it looks forward. Former city denizens often speak of Detroit in a tone of bewilderment and barest understanding, trying to grasp at exactly what happened to bring such a […]

Let’s be honest, ladies. There are women out there who are just so cute that when you meet them, you sort of wish they would die. Lise Chemla is not one of those women. Lise Chemla is one of those women who is so cute, charming, and above all, talented — not to mention, so […]

Tonight, January 4th, PJ’s Lager House  will be kick-starting 2013 with a show featuring four bands: Lawnmower, Pistolbrides, Young Squares and New Centaur. “Team Spirit” is the lead single off of the new Lawnmower album, released in November 2012. Lawnmower, hailing from a number of Metro Detroit enclaves, is upbeat indie rock, and their set […]

This Saturday, December 22, from 1-6 p.m. will be the “Going out of business sale” for J.C. Hudsears, Andy Krieger’s current installation at the Public Pool art space in Hamtramck (3309 Caniff St., Hamtramck; 313.405.7665; apublicpool.com). The show’s closing will be, “A one time opportunity to pick up some amazing art, action figures, puzzles, bobble […]

Santa hailing true believers by name from the balcony of the Robert Frost house. A sold-out crowd of holiday-lovers and history buffs were on hand over the weekend at Holiday Nights, the special wintertime celebration that takes place within the historical Greenfield Village installation at the Henry Ford Museum. Greenfield Village keeps regular hours seven […]

Detroit artists working assembly line-style. On Friday, December 7th, the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (a Knight Arts Grantee) held the Monster Drawing Rally, which acted as a fundraiser for annual MOCAD programming. Artists were given one hour to produce one or multiple pieces for the rally. The event was a smash success, with a […]

Above, a short movie, “Mr. Gracie,” based on a character from the upcoming independent film, “Happy Baby,” which will be shooting in early 2013 in Detroit. Stephen Elliott: writer, activist, and filmmaker. Stephen Elliott is a writer and movie-maker with an online following that grows daily. In addition to seven published works of fiction, including […]

Whether the coming holidays have you up or down, it’s always a good idea to take some time for yourself. If you’re like me, art-based adventures recharge the spirit, so here are a few suggestions for the coming weekend. The Monster Drawing rally is your chance to see some of your favorite Detroit artists at work! […]