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Michigan-based Kevin's Song suicide awareness conference goes virtual with a focus on equity and equality

By Jerilyn Jordan on January 19, 2021 at 10:23AM

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'Jurassic Park' to kick-off opening of temporary drive-in theater at downtown Detroit's stalled Monroe Block site

By Jerilyn Jordan on January 12, 2021 at 10:55AM

If you're into a leather-clad Jeff Goldblum, late-stage capitalism, and dino DNA, you're in luck, metro Detroit. Emagine Entertainment has partnered with Bedrock to bring a temporary drive-in movie theater to the site of downtown Detroit's delayed Monroe Blocks project at 32 Monroe Street.

You can reserve the entire Cranbrook Art Museum starting this month

by Lee DeVito on January 7, 2021 at 12:20PM

Starting this month, Cranbrook Art Musuem is allowing visitors to reserve the entire museum for themselves. Every Wednesday, the museum is offering three, one-hour time slots for individuals or private groups of up to six to reserve the museum.

Detroit-based beauty giant The Lip Bar rebrands as TLB as it expands catalog and reach

by Biba Adams on January 6, 2021 at 11:39AM

As a Black-owned beauty brand, Butler has been deliberate in creating inclusive products. The company offers 26 shades of foundation with buildable, skincare-infused serum.

Beloved arcade Pinball Pete's launches GoFundMe, raises $90k in over a week

by Jerilyn Jordan on January 4, 2021 at 10:50AM

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Metro Detroit native Kristen Bell tells Oakland County to mask up in Instagram post

by Jerilyn Jordan on December 22, 2020 at 12:13PM

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Menorah in the D will illuminate Campus Martius for 10th year, but asks people to watch from home

by Jerilyn Jordan on December 9, 2020 at 10:53AM

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Detroit's Autorama rescheduled for the spring

by Lee DeVito on December 8, 2020 at 4:54PM

Autorama, Detroit's long-running hot rod car show, hasn't missed a date in its 69-year history. And by rescheduling this year's show, organizers are hoping to keep that perfect streak.

MOCAD's new interim director says she wants to help make a 'roadmap' for her successor

by Lee DeVito on December 7, 2020 at 2:10PM

Last week, the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit announced that board member Laura Hughes will serve as its interim executive director while it continues its search for a new leader following toxic workplace allegations that rocked the gallery this summer. Hughes, who has served on MOCAD's board for two years, was also previously executive director of Detroit's Ruth Ellis Center, a home for runaway LGBTQ+ youth.

Michigan illuminated forest updates for trippy winter strolls

by Lee DeVito on December 4, 2020 at 3:08PM

Glenlore Trails — an interactive, family friendly hiking trail in Commerce Township outfitted with trippy lights — is now open with a new winter edition. "Glenlore Trails: Aurora" opened to the public on Friday, Dec. 4.

There's a new Christmas movie drive-in theater posted up at Lakeside Mall

by Jerilyn Jordan on December 1, 2020 at 11:11AM

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Detroit's Thanksgiving Day parade plans gobbled up by COVID-19, scrambles as virtual event

by Jerilyn Jordan on November 20, 2020 at 10:33AM

Detroit doesn't need rain to spoil its annual Thanksgiving Day parade, which, as of Thursday, has been officially gobbled up by the state's amended restrictions on outdoor gathering sizes to curb the rising coronavirus cases statewide. In September, parade organizers announced a new televised-only, gawker-less format for the 94th annual Thanksgiving Day parade.

Grosse Pointe Antifa is real

by Lee DeVito on November 19, 2020 at 11:36AM

The thing is, Antifa of Grosse Pointe is really real. We have proof.

Zendaya channels Detroit supermodel Donyale Luna for 'Essence' cover

by Lee DeVito on November 18, 2020 at 2:54PM

At the age of 33 Luna's drug habit caught up with her, leading her to an accidental heroin overdose on May 17, 1979 in Rome. You can learn more about her life here.

New Major Magic's shutters and sells off everything — including the Rock n' Roll Rebellion animatronic band

by Jerilyn Jordan on November 18, 2020 at 10:08AM

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New Red Order: Crimes Against Reality, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, exhibition view, 2020.

MOCAD to screen New Red Order film on Friday with discussion on dismantling settler colonialism

by Lee DeVito on November 17, 2020 at 11:48AM

to take action to dismantle the ongoing effects of settler colonialism and to serve Detroit's Indigenous communities, as well as implement substantial changes in museum staffing, board, and labor practices brought forward by former MOCAD employees and current staff," according to the museum. "The work of NRO and this exhibition has been instrumental in setting forth institutional change," MOCAD said in a statement.

DIA exhibition is a love letter to the automobile and the Motor City

by Lee DeVito on November 13, 2020 at 5:00PM

The exhibition is augmented with paintings and sculptures that are inspired or influenced by automotive design and American car culture — by artists who "help to shape the way we understand the automotive landscape and our relationships to these machines that are such a part of daily life," Colman says. That includes a sculpture by John Chamberlain, the only work that comes from the museum's permanent collection, which calls to mind the twisted metal of a car wreck, staged among a pair of muscle cars.

Local rock star Ko Melina has been taking photos of Detroiters every day during the pandemic

by Lee DeVito on November 13, 2020 at 12:07PM

It's a low-tech setup. Melina just uses her iPhone to take the photos, and doesn't do the interviews in person anymore out of concern for safety — the longer people are outside, the more dangerous it is. Sometimes, she calls back for another interview just to check in.

AMC Theatres now offering private theater rentals for $99 due to the financial impact of COVID-19

by Jerilyn Jordan on November 10, 2020 at 4:03PM

Sometimes a nightmare is masked as a dream, and no, we're not referring to the 2019 CGI musical disaster Cats, which was more fever dream than dream-dream. What we are referring to is AMC Theatre's new pandemic plan, which involves offering private theaters for rentals for as low as $99.

Performance anxiety, anyone? Michigan's porn-watching took a dive on election day

by Jerilyn Jordan on November 9, 2020 at 1:38PM

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The Scene

Michigan-based Kevin's Song suicide awareness conference goes virtual with a focus on equity and equality

'Jurassic Park' to kick-off opening of temporary drive-in theater at downtown Detroit's stalled Monroe Block site

You can reserve the entire Cranbrook Art Museum starting this month

Detroit-based beauty giant The Lip Bar rebrands as TLB as it expands catalog and reach

Beloved arcade Pinball Pete's launches GoFundMe, raises $90k in over a week

Metro Detroit native Kristen Bell tells Oakland County to mask up in Instagram post

Menorah in the D will illuminate Campus Martius for 10th year, but asks people to watch from home

Detroit's Autorama rescheduled for the spring

MOCAD's new interim director says she wants to help make a 'roadmap' for her successor

Michigan illuminated forest updates for trippy winter strolls

There's a new Christmas movie drive-in theater posted up at Lakeside Mall

Detroit's Thanksgiving Day parade plans gobbled up by COVID-19, scrambles as virtual event

Grosse Pointe Antifa is real

Zendaya channels Detroit supermodel Donyale Luna for 'Essence' cover

New Major Magic's shutters and sells off everything — including the Rock n' Roll Rebellion animatronic band

MOCAD to screen New Red Order film on Friday with discussion on dismantling settler colonialism

DIA exhibition is a love letter to the automobile and the Motor City

Local rock star Ko Melina has been taking photos of Detroiters every day during the pandemic

AMC Theatres now offering private theater rentals for $99 due to the financial impact of COVID-19

Performance anxiety, anyone? Michigan's porn-watching took a dive on election day

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