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DONATE NOW: THE HEIDELBERG PROJECT NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT TO FIGHT AGAINST STRING OF ARSON ATTACKS

World-famous Heidelberg Project needs your help.  Over the past six months, multiple arson fires have attacked the 27-year old public art initiative from Detroit artist and activist, Tyree Guyton. The buildings that remain now of the three-block neighborhood are the “Party Animal House,” covered with stuffed animals; the “People’s House,” a home covered with polka dots, and […]

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LISTEN UP: HUMONS DEBUT ALBUM ENTITLED BEING PAYS TRIBUTE TO DETROITS MANY SOUNDS

Humons is the solo project of Detroit musician Alan Sedghi, who just released his first EP entitled Being. The album artwork was done by Michigan artist and illustrator Ellen Rutt. The collaboration between the two young creatives result is complete synesthesia. Throughout the 10-track album his soothing vocals fade in and out, while sounds transform between tracks from […]

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PARTY ON: MOTOR CITY DANCE PARTY FUNDRAISER AT CAMEO GALLERY IN WILLIAMSBURG

What can your average, fun-loving New Yorker do to help Detroit? What if it involved dancing and door prizes? What if it was an excuse to have some fun on an otherwise boring after-work Monday evening? Our friends are throwing the Motor City Dance Party fundraiser at Cameo Gallery in Williamsburg on Monday Dec. 9th at 7 p.m. RSVP on Facebook […]

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LISTEN UP: OG TRIBE MEMBER MIKE MELINOE BREAKS ONTO THE SCENE AS UP-AND-COMER

21-year old Detroit emcee Mike Melinoe has been writing music since he was about nine years old. Member of OG Tribe, which stands for “Organic Geniuses” crew, a diverse hip-hop collective which includes producers, artists, graphic designers & entrepreneurs, he also produces under the alias Og $lick. Melinoe is based in Detroit, while other members are spread […]

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GO SEE: NYC SCREENING OF INDEPENDENT FILM DETROIT UNLEADED AT CINEMA VILLAGE

Detroit  Unleaded, an award-winning new film out of Detroit, will have it’s official New York theatrical release presented by Gas Afterhours Productions & First Pond Entertainment beginning November 22~28th, 2013 at Cinema Village in Manhattan. 100% made and cast in Detroit, it is the debut feature of Director Rola Nashef and stars first-time feature actors EJ Assi and Nada Shouhayib, along […]

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GO SEE: “AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY” GRACE LEE BOGGS DOCUMENTARY AND Q&A IN NYC

Grace Lee Boggs is a 98-year-old Chinese American woman in Detroit whose vision of revolution will surprise you. A writer, activist, and philosopher rooted for more than 70 years in the African American movement, she has devoted her life to an evolving revolution that encompasses the contradictions of America’s past and its potentially radical future. […]

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LIBRARY STREET COLLECTIVE CURATES INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS FOR NEW DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT

Library Street Collective, a Detroit-based fine art gallery specializing in modern + contemporary art, is excited to announce a global arts project in the heart of downtown Detroit.  Over the course of the next few months, Library Street Collective will host more than two dozen artists from around the world to participate in this exciting […]

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HEIDELBERG PROJECT ARTIST TYREE GUYTON HAS SOLO SHOW AT CUE GALLERY IN NEW YORK CITY

CUE Art Foundation Gallery is presenting visionary Detroit artist, Tyree Guyton’s first New York City solo exhibition, Faces of God on Fire. October 17 – November 22, 2013 Opening reception: Thursday, October 17, 5-7pm FACEBOOK EVENT From CUE’s website: In 1986, Guyton founded The Heidelberg Project on an abandoned street on Detroit’s East Side. The artist […]

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GO SEE: TUNDE OLANIRAN, JAMAICAN QUEENS & MORE PERFORM AT CMJ MUSIC FESTIVAL 2013

CMJ 2013 happens in New York City October 15th-19th, a music showcase that features hundreds of rising artists from around the world. Among them, is Michigan [& Detroit natives], Tunde Olaniran, Jamaican Queens, Chrome Sparks, and SHIGETO. Tunde Olaniran  [performs 10/16 @ Webster Hall & Cake Shop] “As a child of an American social-activist mother and Nigerian Christian […]

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WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS HEADING TO DETROIT TO DISCUSS AIDING CITY’S REVITALIZATION

Obama administration officials have just announced that they will be heading to Detroit to discuss the city’s bankruptcy and how they can support and assist the city’s revitalization to restore it to a new modern-day Renaissance City. They are set to travel to Detroit on Sept. 27 to meet with community leaders, nonprofit executives and elected officials. […]

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WATCH NOW: JADE LATHAN DEBUTS MUSIC VIDEO, ‘IN THE MIX’

Jade Lathan just dropped her music video for her single, “In the Mix” produced by Detroit-based RoweShotMe and production company FreshFlix.tv.  The video features local rapper and artist, Sheefy McFly as well as the local ‘venue’, The Imagination Station. When did you first start making music?  I have been singing my entire life; I was, without a doubt, […]

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DETROIT HIP HOP INVADES NYC AT MERCURY LOUNGE IN LOWER EAST SIDE

Detroit will be invading NYC on Sunday September 15th with a full line-up featuring the finest in Detroit’s hip-hop community.  Doors are at 8:30pm. BUY TICKETS NOW LINE UP Audible Doctor Nick Speed Dopehead Sheefy McFly Count Mack Zelooperz TRPLBLK CrackKillz Da God A La $ole (Of Pro Era) Dusty McFly & more. Check out the latest […]

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