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SURVIVE: TRAVELING EXHIBITION & DOCUMENTARY CELEBRATE RESURRECTION IN DETROIT

Traveling art exhibition SURVIVE has taken its one-night event to Eastern Market in Detroit this June with help from Inner State Gallery. The collection of work, curated by James W. Riley, consists of Los Angeles ‘ rising street artists DREYE, FISHE, SINER, NATHAN SMITH, and KYLE THOMAS of the LTS KOG crews. Riley purposefully chose the “Legacy […]

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KYLE HALL DJ SET FOR THE BOAT PARTY ALBUM RELEASE SATURDAY AT PANTHER ROOM IN WILLIAMSBURG

Kyle Hall, part of the new generation of Detroit techno, has just released The Boat Party, which is his debut full-length on his own Wild Oats record label. The record release party is this Saturday in Williamsburg, Brooklyn at The Panther Room. Tickets are only $15, buy them here! Hall has been touring internationally since he was 18 [now […]

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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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GO SEE: KEVIN BEASLEY PERFORMANCE AT INTERSTATE PROJECTS IN BUSHWICK

Kevin Beasley Curated by Cleopatra’s Interstate Projects Performance: June 22, 7:30pm On display: June 14 – 30, 2013 More information and RSVP here “When one strikes a bell there are several tones that prevail, yet the hum tone is one that lies an octave below the strike tone, the resonance being that of multiple tones […]

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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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LOCAL PORTION DONATES TO DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Detroit Symphony Orchestra played New York’s prestigious famous Carnegie Hall for the first time in 17 years on May 10, 2013. Detroit Nation, a New York-based organization whose goal is to bring together former and current Detroiters across the country in order to “stay involved in the city’s revitalization,” hosted the after-party. PLAYGROUND DETROIT was asked […]

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JESSICA HERNANDEZ & THE DELTAS, JEREMY FREER PERFORM IN NYC

Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas are performing in NYC tonight at Cake Shop in the LES, and tomorrow night at Spike Hill in Williamsburg. Opening for them is Detroit-native and recently-turned Brooklynite, Jeremy Freer (frontman of  Detroit band The Juliets) who has just launched his own solo project.  With two shows back to back in NYC, there is […]

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DETROIT DOCUMENTARY THE SEAMS PREMIERE FROM GOLDHOUSE MEDIA

Detroit-based production company, Gold House Media premiered a short documentary at Southwest Detroit’s Matrix Theater Company on March 30th. The Seams features Metro Detroit Ice Carver Jeff Prather, chronicling his attempt at completing and hopefully winning a national ice carving competition at the Bay Harbor Ice & Spice Festival in Northern Michigan. “I’ve always liked sculpture. I’ve actually been trying to get into […]

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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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FLINT PUBLIC ART PROJECT SOON TO PRESENT ART FESTIVAL AT CHEVY-IN-THE-HOLE

PLAYGROUND DETROIT is pleased to announce a special call for proposals for the Free City Public Art Festival. The presenting organization, Flint Public Art Project, is particularly interested in receiving proposals from the PLAYGROUND DETROIT community and has extended the deadline. This is a special extension which closes by Monday, March 11th at midnight. See […]

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MOTOWN LOWDOWN MUSIC SHOWCASE TAKING DETROIT TO SXSW

Are you going to be at South by Southwest®?…Detroit is too! Motown Lowdown: SXSW Detroit Showcase is bringing Phantasmagoria, Passalacqua, The Sights, Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas, and more to rep the D. This showcase is being put on by Grand Circus Media and Bedrock Ventures, among many other sponsors. Check out some of these […]

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