More vendors than ever before filled out the fairgrounds, where the event returned for its second year. An upbeat and craft-loving crowd stormed the Masonic Temple over Dec. 1-2, to kick off holiday shopping with a DIY bent at the 7th annual Detroit Urban Craft Fair (DUCF) organized by Handmade Detroit. With more than 100 […]

Be advised, Leonard takes the stage promptly at 8. “Sometimes I stumble out of bed at night, and I stand before the mirror,” Leonard Cohen confessed to a packed house at the Fox Theater on Monday, November 26th. “I look at myself and say, ‘Leonard, lighten up.’” In the world of music, Cohen looms large. […]

The main hall, featuring a 100-year timeline of Detroit, highlighting a history of powerhouse franchises. The Detroit Historical Museum held a marathon reopening over Thanksgiving weekend, with free admission and extended hours. The DHM remained open for 60 continuous hours over Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and drew visitors of all stripes. The opening follows a […]

Trash turned treasure at the Lincoln Street Art Park & Sculpture Garden The mission of Recycle Here!—Detroit’s grassroots recycling center, which has evolved since its private inception in 2005 into a fully-funded city program—appears to be transparent. Namely, recycling. But even a brief, business-oriented visit to the main location (1331 Holden Ave Detroit, MI 48202) […]

As an irregular attendee of the wildly popular Moth StorySlam events, which take place the first Thursday of every month at Cliff Bell’s, it seemed to logically follow that the Moth Mainstage Event at the Fillmore on Tuesday, November 13th, would be like Moth, but more so. The Fillmore hosted the Moth Mainstage for the […]

Simone DeSousa (far left) is Re:View’s owner and Gallery Director, as well as an artist in her own right. Saturday, November 10 was the opening for the latest show at the Re:View Contemporary Gallery in Midtown. Re:Collect 2012 runs from November 10-December 22, and is a group show that includes work from artists who participated […]

Since the successful passage of the County Art Institute Authority millage in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb Counties, the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) has extended free general admission to any residents of these counties who present a valid ID. It’s a terrific gift and an afternoon well-spent, but attendees would do well to parlay these savings into […]

The nontraditional layout of “Verses” provided a very real sense of excitement and discovery as the viewers move through the exhibit. Robert Sestok’s exhibit of paintings configured in a 3D environment, Verses, had a triumphant opening on Friday, November 2 at the CCS Center Galleries [Manoogian Visual Resource Center in the College for Creative Studies, […]

Tuesday, October 30th marked the closing event for a collaborative show about locality, “From Here On Out,” featuring work by Toby Millman and “Hamtramck Redact,” a map rendering in charcoal by Andrew Thompson, staged at 2739Edwin in Hamtramck. Steve Panton, operator of 2739Edwin, introducing the evening’s speaker. Hamtramck is both the location and the subject […]

“Verses” will be opening this Friday, November 2 at the Center Galleries in CCS. Robert Sestok is a prominent Cass Corridor artist, whose complex, welded steel sculptures can be found installed in public spaces around Detroit and New York City, among other places. Better known as Bob, Sestok continues to be an unassuming source of […]

I believe in Detroit because there is very strong evidence that it exists. In a city facing a more than 50 percent population deficit, the definition of neighborhood becomes somewhat loose. Really, anywhere in Detroit that you find three square streets hanging together with no rotten apples, you have something beginning to qualify for neighborhood status. But […]