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BUSHWICK OPEN STUDIOS 2012: HOLYBOS!, WET WET GROUP SHOW, & SPREAD ART

This past weekend the Bushwick Open Studios and Arts Festival 2012 took place in over 200 locations around Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY. According to the program guide, “Bushwick Open Studios is a self-organized, collaborative festival produced by Arts in Bushwick, an all-volunteer community organization. Now in its sixth year, BOS is an exciting oppurtunity for artists to experiment outside […]

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SLUFTER PLAYS THE ADULT CONTEMPORARY AFTERPARTY WITH SUPRISE GUEST

While a lot of Detroiters (and a lot more non-Detroiters) were at The Movement this past weekend, another downtown scene was busy creating some serious dance moves of its own. There were countless after-parties around the city hosted at bars, clubs, and lofts/warehouses. The ADULT CONTEMPORARY AFTERPARTY was at held at a loft downtown in Capital Park, there were six acts on […]

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GOOD WOOD DETROIT SKATEBOARD ART EXHIBIT DONATES 100% OF FUNDS TO UPCOMING SKATE PARK

The Good Wood Exhibit  features custom works from 80+ artists on crusier decks priced at a reasonable starting bid of $50. Most works are by local Detroit creatives with a few international artists and skateboard pros sprinkled in the mix. 100 decks adorning the walls at 10-22-9. Each one is unique from the next, and it will be […]

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MICHIGAN F.A.S.H. FEST: A NEW PLATFORM CELEBRATING THE BUSINESS OF CREATIVITY

Debuting in September is the first annual Michigan F.A.S.H. Fest, an exciting new event created to celebrate and support Michigan-based talent. This three-day event has been created by Presence II Productions, which is a Michigan-based and woman-owned company, founded by CEO, Leslie Ann Pilling. Her passion is to outreach to her community, both through her partnership with […]

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CAMP DETROIT PROGRAM ANNOUNCES PARTICIPANTS FOR DEMF PUBLIC ART DISPLAYS

CAMP Detroit  has announced the six chosen artists/teams to participate in this year’s 2012 group display at Detroit’s world famous Movement Electronic Music Festival (aka DEMF). This is the second year the CAMP program is bringing public art to Movement. This art will be placed and used within different communities where people gather and celebrate the future of […]

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CAN YOU FEEL “DLECTRICITY” IN DETROIT?

Once again Detroit is proving its international artistic relevance with the addition of a new exciting visual art and lighting festival set for Fall 2012. DLECTRICITY will bring artists, lighting designers, and architects to Woodward in Midtown to create installations of light, sound, performance and video projection.” -VIA  The HuffingtonPost The festival is slated for October 5th and 6th […]

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ALEX WINSTON TO PERFORM AT THE KNITTING FACTORY TONIGHT

Alex Winston will be performing tonight at The Knitting Factory– doors open at 7:30pm and she is set to perform at 9:30pm. The singer/song-writer grew up in metro Detroit, with a background singing opera and now currently resides in Brooklyn, NY.  Her UK label Island Records, also represents heavy hitters like Cut Copy, Florence & The Machine, Nicki Minaj and Tom Tom Club, to […]

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BURN: ONE YEAR ON THE FRONTLINES, DETROIT DOCUMENTARY WORLD PREMIERES AT TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL

  The WORLD PREMIERE of BURN: One Year on the Frontlines of the Battle to Save Detroit opened yesterday at the Tribeca Film Festival in NYC. The documentary was directed by Tom Putnam and Brenna Sanchez and features footage from a year documenting the lives of the crew from Fire Station #50 in Detroit, MI. Dennis Leary […]

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MITTEN MOVIE PROJECT: A MONTHLY FILM SHOWCASE SPOTLIGHTS DETROIT

This past week at the Royal Oak Main Theatre, the Mitten Movie Project held DETROIT NIGHT – “a night dedicated to screening shorts about Detroit or those filmed prominently in the city.”  The event was curated by Connie Magilin, who oversees the monthly movie night. Magilin was recently interviewed by Metro Mode Media and explained more about the regular […]

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PASSENGER PROJECT SPACE PROVIDES A PLATFORM FOR EXPOSURE

  College for Creative Studies alum, Brian Barr is spreading his energy beyond the canvas and the classroom to build the Passenger Project Space, currently located in the Lofts at Merchant Row.  Here artists will find room for residencies, temporary exhibitions, lectures, and workshops. The first of his curated shows is Lost and Found: Belief and Doubt in […]

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FRONT ROW PHOTOS & NEW VIDEO FROM DALE EARNHARDT JR. JR.S SHOW AT BROOKLYN BOWL

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. played a killer show at Brooklyn Bowl this past Saturday and played another show at Bowery Ballroom the next evening. It turns out these two shows were their last of a two-year tour, as they told the audience. Actually, they shared that their first show ever was in Brooklyn- at the Knitting […]

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