Culture

Detroit artist Carole Morisseau’s journey to create ‘The Healing Wall’

Carole Morisseau's colorful installation, honoring victims of police brutality and inspired by travels in Brazil, is featured in the Scarab…

4 years ago

Getting through Detroit winter is tough — but music makes it better

Here's a playlist for surviving Detroit winter, full of songs we love and music to keep us warm until spring.

4 years ago

13 Detroit podcasts to binge right now

Be inspired, learn something, or simply enjoy the voices in these Detroit podcasts, whether you're into history, cooking, science or…

4 years ago

10 rising Detroit artists who should be on your radar in 2021

Follow these Black artists -- from sculptors to photographers -- to stay tapped into the city’s art scene.

4 years ago

Curl up with these 25 notable Detroit and Michigan books from 2020

Detroit’s proprietors of independent bookstores and writing centers know our city and region as well as they know their customers.…

4 years ago

A revelatory new photography exhibition illustrates the dignity of Detroiters at work and rest

In the exhibition “Russ Marshall: Detroit Photographs, 1958-2008,” now on view at the Detroit Institute of Arts, the artist’s life-long…

4 years ago

Stay busy with Get Busy, your source for Detroit culture and things to do

Stay busy with Get Busy, the essential guide to Detroit culture, entertainment and things to do. Sign up for the…

4 years ago

At Detroit’s Coup D’etat boutique, ‘style isn’t just what you’re wearing.’ It’s what you stand for

For those who know Angela Wisniewski, owner of the Coup D’etat boutique in New Center, there’s no question that she…

4 years ago

In ‘Posters on Politics,’ international artists confront social justice with design

Posters are "this very simple, very accessible tool to get a message out," said Donna Jackson, artist, designer and curator…

4 years ago

At this theatrical carnival, Detroiters can process election anxiety with art

Welcome to The Electoral Chaotic, where you can reflect on the role of community leaders -- or, rage-smash a cupcake.

4 years ago