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WATCH NOW: JAMAICAN QUEENS DEBUTS MUSIC VIDEO, CAN’T SAY NO TO ANNIE

SPIN Magazine debuts the new music video, “Can’t Say No to Annie,” from Detroit darlings, Jamaican Queens. Detroit pop usurpers Jamaican Queens are very much on their own trip. Openly influenced by the southern production prowess of Three Six Mafia and Gucci Mane and evidently inspired by David Bowie and Islands alike, main man Ryan […]

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DETROIT-BASED GLASS STUDIO, THE JUICEBOX DEBUTS AT MICHIGAN GLASS PROJECT EVENT

Detroit’s newest glass studio, The Juicebox, run by founding artists Adam Thomas and Marc VandenBerg, participated in it’s first large glass event this month. The duo exhibited their hot shop demos for the second installation of the non-profit Michigan Glass Project’s collaborative glassblowing event benefiting the Belle Isle Aquarium. The fundraising, from which, brought in […]

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WATCH NOW: NEW WEB SERIES DEBUT OF DETROIT (BLANK) CITY

Detroit (Blank) City is a new web series produced by Oren Goldenberg and  Cass Corridor Films. Basically, this is a perfect five-minute synopsis of life in Detroit in the middle of 2013. Producing a one-off short video is no great trick. However, based on writing and acting this first episode, Detroit (Blank) City has the potential to be Yacht Rock good.” […]

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NYC GUNS + BUTTER RESTAURANT POPS UP IN DETROIT AT PONYRIDE

Guns + Butter is a pop-up restaurant and dining experience with an edge, it’s name is derived from the economic theory. Craig Lieckfelt is the man behind the what some might call a ‘Foodie dream.’  All last month, Guns + Butter offered a prix fixe meal that harmonized fresh and local ingredients; everything including the paper […]

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BUSHWICK OPEN STUDIOS: BROOKLYN-DETROIT DON’T BOX ME IN, POP-UP INSTALLATION WITH SPREAD ART

Bushwick Open Studios 2013 Spread Art and PLAYGROUND DETROIT  presented Summer Group Show VI – “Brooklyn – Detroit, Don’t Box Me In”, a two day outdoor performance/video installation in and around a 10’ box truck located outside of Roberta’s off of the Morgan L Train stop in Brooklyn, New York. Bushwick Daily has featured the event in […]

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ARTIST PROFILE: PHOTOGRAPHER JUSTIN ‘MILLZ’ IS FRESH COOL DOPE

Justin ‘Millz’ Milhouse is an urban photographer, videographer, and blogger based in Detroit, MI. His website Fresh-Cool-Dope showcases his broad talent, an apparel line, and profiles of other Detroit artists through his own camera lens, spotlighting young people he works with in the city. JMillz, as he’s also known as, also directs and shoots countless music videos […]

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DETROIT-BASED FEMALE MC BREEZEE ONE RELEASES DEBUT LP CRÉME DE LA FEMME

Breezee One, Detroit-based female MC, singer, and writer just released her new LP album, Crème de la Femme this week, which was produced by Freddy Todd AKA DieNasty, Drummer B [Bruiser Brigade] and Sheefy McFly. The album also features Drummer B and The Boulevard Booty Boys on two tracks. “Another Dutch” is the latest track released from […]

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ART X DETROIT SHOWCASES GROWING ART SCENE AND LOCAL ARTISTS

Art X Detroit: Kresge Arts Experience will take over Midtown this spring as the free, five-day arts experience celebrates Detroit’s arts scene April 10-14, 2013. Throughout more than a dozen venues in the vibrant Midtown district, the public is invited to experience an exciting collection of visual art installations, dance, musical and theatrical performances, literary readings, and much more […]

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THE KNIGHT ARTS CHALLENGE OFFERING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR TRANSFORMATIVE VISION

The Knight Arts Challenge is offering up millions of dollars to winners who have a vision to enrich Detroit. The Knight Arts Challenge Detroit is a $9 million initiative to draw the best and most innovative ideas out of local organizations and individuals seeking to engage and enrich the community through the arts. Whether you’re an independent […]

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ARTIST PROFILE: JOHN SAUVE IS THE MAN IN THE CITY

John Sauve knows how to keep himself very busy.  He is at heart an artist; a sculptor, but he is also the non-profit leader of his own Sauvé Art Foundation, community activist, and teacher to inner-city children through his art programs.  His sculpture work was recently shown at the Chicago Sculpture International Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition in […]

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ART DETROIT NOW HOSTS ‘3RD THURSDAY’ TO ENCOURAGE GALLERY VISITS

Art Detroit Now is hosting 3rd Thursday, a new monthly art gallery ‘crawl’ in Detroit which as the name implies, takes place the third Thursday of every month. There are 30 galleries participating for this exciting new addition to the art scene. Hour Detroit Magazine recently interviewed Milana Duthie, who is the managing director of […]

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