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LISTEN UP: ZELOOPERZ DROPS HELP MIXTAPE ALONGSIDE MUSIC VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE PLATEAU

ZelooperZ, the 20-year-old Detroit lyricist and member of Danny Brown’s Bruiser Brigade crew, is the youngest of the bunch to tear up the internet with his latest mixtape release, HELP. The 17-track mixtape was released earlier this week with much internet anticipation on LiveMixtapes. Complex premiered the video for the album’s first single, “Plateau,” [watch below] featuring Danny Brown, shot in Detroit. The internet has been […]

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June 17, 2014

PUBLIC ART: LEAN PEAKS INSTALLATION STANDS OUT AT CAMP DETROIT DURING MOVEMENT ELECTRONIC FESTIVAL

In its fourth year, CAMP Detroit [Community Arts Moving Projects] has once again challenged “creators to make pieces that reflect the heart & future of Detroit” during Memorial Day weekend, AKA Movement weekend. CAMP chose seven large-scale installations to be featured during the internationally-known music festival providing a huge audience to the inspiring and playful works. PLAYGROUND DETROIT spoke to artist Ellen Rutt and […]

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June 10, 2014

SPARK INITIATIVE PAIRS LONG-TIME DETROITERS WITH NEWCOMERS ENCOURAGING FRIENDSHIPS & COMMUNITY

Collision Works has partnered with WDET & the Detroit Public Library to match veteran Detroiters with newcomers to see the city with a new set of eyes while making new friends through the Spark program. This is a really amazing opportunity to make personal connections for Detroiters new and old to share experiences and information with one another. Why didn’t we think of this ourselves? When a flint […]

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May 20, 2014

WATCH NOW: JIM JARMUSCH BRINGS DETROIT TO THE BIG SCREEN WITH “ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE”

Jim Jarmusch’s latest film release, Only Lovers Left Alive casts Detroit as a main character in the film, which centers around two vampires who have been in love for centuries. The film is set against the romantic desolation of the cities of Detroit and Tangiers, where we find an underground musician, deeply depressed by the direction of […]

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May 10, 2014

LOWER EAST SIDE ABC NO RIO COLLECTIVE ART CENTER PREPARES FOR CHANGES FOR THE BETTER

ABC No Rio is a ‘social center‘ located at 156 Rivington Street on New York City‘s Lower East Side, founded in 1980. It’s the kind of place that once inspired people to move to the LES, but now it’s facade sticks out as a lone reminder of ‘the good old days’ in a neighborhood filled with boutiques and Zagat-rated restaurants. Inside it features […]

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April 21, 2014

READ NOW: ∞ MILE ONLINE ART JOURNAL RELEASES ISSUE #5 EXPLORING ARTISTS & THE CITY

∞ mile (infinite mile) is a recently launched monthly online Detroit-based art journal. Through reviews, interviews, articles, writings and photo essays, ∞ mile fosters critical discourse in support of art and culture in Detroit. Inflecting on Detroit and its nuanced, experimental and diverse art scene, ∞ mile seeks to proliferate and formalize discussions and critique. The release of issue #5 contains contributions by […]

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April 17, 2014

PARTY ON: BORN & RAISED DETROIT FOUNDATION HOLDS NYC BENEFIT TO SHOW LOVE FOR THE CITY

On Saturday April 5th, The Born & Raised Detroit Foundation is throwing a benefit to “Show Your Love For Detroit” at The Bowery Hotel in Manhattan. The evening is sponsored by Shinola and will include an open bar and a silent auction. The Born & Raised Detroit Foundation supports initiatives that contribute to building a stronger community […]

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April 04, 2014

GO SEE: THE PLEASURE OF SOUND DOCUMENTARY MOVIE PREMIERE AT THE WYTHE HOTEL IN BROOKLYN

The Pleasure of Sound is an independent film WDET produced in partnership with Ghostly International and The Work. The film captures two days with Jad Abumrad & Matthew Dear as they make music and explore the creativity that fuels their work. The film is premiering tonight at the Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, one screening at 7 p.m. and […]

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April 04, 2014

PD PRESENTS: TUNDE OLANIRAN LIVE AT UNION POOL IN BROOKLYN WITH QUINCY VIDAL AND OLIVER DUNCAN

PLAYGROUND DETROIT PRESENTS: Tunde Olaniran, Oliver Duncan, Quincy Vidal at Union Pool this Thursday night, April 3rd, at 9pm. We are pleased to showcase Tunde Olaniran, repping Detroit and his hometown of Flint, Michigan in Brooklyn this week. We are not the only one’s excited about this up-and-coming musician, The New York Times recently profiled Olaniran: Tunde Olaniran, […]

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April 02, 2014

WATCH NOW: DETROIT’S NAIN ROUGE INSPIRES PASSALACQUA MUSIC VIDEO FOR POWER

Passalacqua, Detroit’s most notorious and celebrated hip-hop duo, has just released a new music video for the single “Power,” directed by Benjamin Friedman with additional camera work by Andrew Miller [The Right Brothers]. The video was shot at Nain Rouge, in Detroit- a “do-it-yourself Mardi Gras style march, full of inside jokes and absurdity unlike anything […]

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April 01, 2014

GLYNN THORTON

Community & Sponsorship Outreach: Glynn Thorton is a born and raised Detroiter with an extensive background in the Non-Profit sector and Private sector of fundraising. His previous fundraising work includes organizations such as Americorp, City Year Detroit, Red Cross Bone Marrow Registry, Clean Water Action. He has also done community Outreach work for various local […]

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March 31, 2014

LISTEN UP: WDET INTERVIEWS HAUTE TO DEATH, TAKEAWAYS FROM A DETROIT ART SHOW IN MANHATTAN

WDET interviews Detroit artists and deejays Ash Nowak and Jon Dones, best known for their monthly Haute to Death party at the Temple Bar in Detroit. But the duo spent the last several weeks in New York City, where they curated an exhibition presented by PLAYGROUND DETROIT at the CultureFix gallery in Manhattan. Titled Emergency Nothing, the show featured a handful of established Detroit artists. Nowak and Dones spoke […]

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March 17, 2014