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Reginald Hawkins Releases Debut EP “Black Popstar” + Upcoming Performances Announced

Reginald Hawkins is one to watch. As a non-binary queer artist based in Detroit, Michigan, Hawkins, 21, has released their highly anticipated debut EP Black Popstar, now available on all streaming platforms. The genre bending project takes influence from their Detroit roots with house and techno inspired pop-dance tracks. The self-proclaimed pop star uses their […]

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Detroit Month of Design returns September 2021 to Celebrate 11th Year featuring 150+ Participants

Design Core, the stewards of Detroit’s designation as the first and only UNESCO City of Design in the United States, announced their lineup of cultural programming for the 2021 edition of Detroit Month of Design. Spanning the entire month of September, more than 150+ participants will present over 80 events and special projects – the largest number for the […]

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Hamtramck Music Fest Returns August 5th-8th for Special Summer Edition featuring 150+ Performances

HMF & LIVE MUSIC IS BACK! Typically held the first weekend in March, the largest local music festival of its kind, Hamtramck Music Fest (HMF), a 501(c)3 non-profit, is making an eleventh hour, belated 2021 appearance with a special Summer Edition, Thursday, August 5 – Sunday, August 8th, 2021. Your $15 wristband gives you access […]

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FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS: Public Art Protest Signs Campaign Hit the Streets in Detroit, Michigan by Adeshola Makinde

Alongside Adeshola Makinde’s solo exhibition RELEVANT, an outdoor public art wheat-paste campaign is now on view throughout Detroit. FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS. RELEVANT is Chicago-based artist Adeshola Makinde’s debut solo exhibition curated by Juana Williams, highlighting the fervor of the Civil Rights Movement, a significant moment in African Americans’ long-held fight for the same constitutional […]

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MetroTimes // Adeshola Makinde’s ‘Relevant’ highlights civil rights protest signs of past and present at Playground Detroit

Posted By Jerilyn Jordan on Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 3:37 pm Art by Adeshola Makinde, courtesy of Playground Detroit “WE DEMAND AN END TO POLICE BRUTALITY NOW!”, 2019 // 22″ X 11″ feet, Billboard, W Warren Ave & Wesson St, Detroit, Michigan‬. Black Power! Police Brutality Must Go! Education For All! What has been made very clear in recent years […]

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ADESHOLA MAKINDE TO DEBUT SOLO EXHIBITION “RELEVANT” HIGHLIGHTING CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN

RELEVANT is Chicago-based artist Adeshola Makinde’s debut solo exhibition curated by Juana Williams, highlighting the fervor of the Civil Rights Movement, a significant moment in African Americans’ long-held fight for the same constitutional and legal rights other Americans benefited from. He is particularly referencing protest signs from the Civil Rights era to encourage a discussion […]

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SEEN Magazine // Virtual Insanity: Frank Lepkowski’s Perspective on the Digital World

Frank Lepkowski grapples with the effects of living in a digital world July 1, 2021 By Patrick Dunn for SEEN MAGAZINE Photography by Darrel Ellis  Scrolling through the endless entertainment of the internet can feel like a pleasantly passive pastime, but Frank Lepkowski wants people to remember that it takes a certain mental toll.“When you […]

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Patrick Ethen’s Two-Day Exhibition DREAM SEQUENCE Opens June 25-26th at Eightfold

DREAM SEQUENCE is a light installation of an ever-changing projection of interactive color shadows in space by Patrick Ethen. From the artist: To remember is to experience a past aesthetic, like the touch of a distant star, long faded, but whose light carries onward. DREAM SEQUENCE Founded in 2021 and enshrined with a mission to […]

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20 Black Detroit Creatives To Follow and $upport to Honor Juneteenth

“Juneteenth,” which takes place annually on June 19th, commemorates the same date in 1865 when in Galveston, Texas, enslaved Black people received the news that all US slaves were considered free. Although that date set forth a theoretical freedom and many of the celebratory Juneteenth traditions that Black people participate in today, many Black people […]

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Depth of Field: Group Exhibition ft. 20/20 Emerging Artists Fellow Sheila Nicolin + Jackson E. Joyce, Michael Polakowski opens July 11th

PLAYGROUND DETROIT presents Depth of Field, a group exhibition that explores the interaction between physical and mental space, opening to the public on Friday, June 11th from 7-10pm with RSVP. Featuring new works by Sheila Nicolin, Jackson E. Joyce and Michael Polakowski, this show challenges the nature of reality versus full-color experiences through a surrealist […]

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NOW:FUTURE ARTIST SUMMIT: UNPACKING MUTUAL AID AND ALTERNATIVE ECONOMIES FOR DETROIT ARTISTS ON JUNE 15-17TH

Kresge Arts in Detroit and Sidewalk Detroit have partnered to present a public, 3-day, interactive summit that will explore existing opportunities and new possibilities related to alternative economies and community-based resource creation and sharing within Detroit’s artist community. Participants will engage with presenters and peers with knowledge and experience spanning mutual aid, intentional communities and […]

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Memorial Day Weekend 2021 Event Guide

This week every year, we release guide to one of our favorite events in Detroit, Movement Electronic Music Festival. While the festival has been cancelled once again for 2021, this weekend we are excited about venues, musicians and organizers across the city taking their first steps at bringing the “new normal” to Detroit’s dance music […]

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