Hundreds of Girl Scouts from across Metro Detroit will embark on an interfaith scavenger hunt Jan. 26 at the Detroit Institute of the Arts as they recognize symbols and stories … Keep Reading…
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra on Wednesday announced the selection of Italian conductor Jader Bignamini as its next music director. The century-old orchestra said it signed a six-year contract with Bignamini, … Keep Reading…
Kresge fellow and multi-medium artist Hubert Massey has been making art in Detroit for nearly 40 years. His interest in art started when he was just six years old, and … Keep Reading…
Happy Martin Luther King Day! Many celebrations across metro Detroit will be held on Martin Luther King Day in honor of the civil rights leader. Woman who marched with MLK … Keep Reading…
St. Dunstan’s Theatre is thrilled to kick off 2020 with the Pulitzer-Prize Nominated Drama, The Dining Room by A.R. Gurney. The Dining Room is a mosaic of interrelated scenes – … Keep Reading…
For more than a century, Madrigal Chorale has served the community and enriched the cultural climate of Southeast Michigan. MC, termed “one of Metro Detroit’s artistic jewels,” is comprised of … Keep Reading…
It’ll be easy being green at the Detroit Institute of Arts for the next three months. The prototype Kermit the Frog puppet — created by Jim Henson from his mother’s … Keep Reading…
Conservators at the Detroit Institute of Arts have spent dozens of hours preparing to move an enormous three-dimensional painting into storage to create space for a new display. Anselm Kiefer’s … Keep Reading…
Detroit will soon have its long-awaited RoboCop statue on display in the city. After nearly 10 years in the making, the giant bronze statue depicting the cyborg law enforcer from … Keep Reading…
America’s Great Migration saw an estimated six million black residents abandon the South for the Northeast, Midwest and West between 1916 and 1970. Detroit served as a popular destination with tens of … Keep Reading…
A former member of the Detoit Youth Choir has released her first EP. The Detroit Youth Choir got the attention of the nation on last season of America’s Got Talent. … Keep Reading…
Metro Detroit is home to the first and only museum in the world dedicated to preserving the culture and heritage of Chaldeans for future generations. The Chaldean Cultural Center and … Keep Reading…
Wendell Harrison sat at his dining room table on Chandler Street in the North End neighborhood on a recent Sunday afternoon, leafing through the pages of old Tribe magazines and dusting off copies of … Keep Reading…
The director of a new program called Shakespeare STEAM is using the stage to give Detroit students the tools they need to succeed — something she said she missed out … Keep Reading…
The entire popular music landscape owes many of its tricks to the city of Detroit during the Motown era. For Detroiters, Motown offers a time-tested model of a thriving … Keep Reading…
The new “Detroit Collects” exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Arts gives local collectors of African-American art center stage in a way few museums have done before. Pulling together 60 … Keep Reading…
Detroit’s art scene last made national headlines in 2013, when the city explored selling the contents of the Detroit Institute of Arts to pay off its crippling municipal debt. The museum’s entire … Keep Reading…
There’s plenty to do in metro Detroit this month. In November, Grammy Award-winning singer Celine Dion comes to Little Caesars Arena, the Detroit Institute of Arts hosts its annual gala, … Keep Reading…
Stately and solid, Phil Dick took the stage Wednesday night in the St. Regis Hotel ballroom, dressed in what he called his “loud Detroit suit”: black pinstripes, black shirt, white … Keep Reading…
To mark the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein,” playwright A.S. Peterson wrote a new adaptation, which was first performed in 2018 at Tennessee’s Studio Tenn Theatre, which had commissioned … Keep Reading…