Category archives: Film and Arts
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12 days ago
- CHICAGO LOVES DETROIT:
Recent Short Film & Video Work from Chicago
Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 7:00pm, Free
Trinosophes (1464 Gratiot, Detroit, MI)
Chicago and Detroit are in love. So much so that they have a foreign exchange program for their short films. Christy LeMaster, director of The Nightingale (a microcinema in Chicago) is curating about an hour of Chicago's finest influential and expe[...]
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74 days ago
- Gold House is putting out a new short documentary, with a Saturday premiere March 30th. The documentary follows Jeff Prather as he molds 2,400 pounds of ice into a sculpture. We're big fans of the things Tasha and Kevin are doing with their Gold House projects...the two have a natural cinematic aesthetic that shines in all their projects. Kevin has also made some bad-ass handcrafted stamps for the[...]
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82 days ago
- The genius that is the Ringwald crew first dusted off Making Porn for a one-night only special premiere during the Gay Play Series and now our benign Gods of Theatre have seen fit to do a full run of Ronnie Larsen's smash--with performances running through March 22.
The story is a sort of rags to riches scenario...it's San Francisco, 1980, and an out of work actor ventures into the world of po[...]
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300 days ago
- There will be a rally tomorrow in New Center Park from 5:30-7:30 in order to raise awareness regarding the proposed millage to allocate funds to the Detroit Institute of Arts. The rally will be emceed by Spike from Mojo in the Morning and there will be a performance by Urban Stringz. This is a great way to show your support and help a vital Detroit landmark keep its doors open. For more informa[...]
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320 days ago
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Thanks to Metro for the find. This looks very compelling and I am looking forward to catching the majority of these on the big screen. Check it and here's the Main Art's Website.
Jul 13 & 14: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai, expect the unexpected. He does!
Jul 20 & 21: Ghostbusters, they ain't afraid of no ghost!
Jul 27 & 28: Drive, starring Ryan Gosling.
Aug 3 & 4: Serenity, Joss Whed[...]
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333 days ago
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Columbus, Ohio’s Watershed plays Small’s this Thursday. Bassist Joe Oestreich has a new book out--a memoir of his life on the road with the band. This is more than just another band passing through Detroit on tour, though. A good chunk of the band’s history and subsequent content of Oestreich’s book take place in the area.
They’ve come a long way since they contributed a track to A Fist F[...]
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398 days ago
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Sure The Kickstarter was successful forever ago, but it's finally coalescing. Changing the project name from "Urgh: A Detroit Music Way" to "Everyone I Know" seemed odd but as the project evolved it quickly spread from on show at PJ's Lager House to blanketing roughly 6 months of shows throughout our fair metropolis. Check out the preview and see your internet dollars at work.
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458 days ago
- Motown legend and former Detroit councilwoman Martha Reeves will be appearing at the Emagine Royal Oak on Thursday, February 23 to cast her hands and her signature for the Detroit Historical Society’s "Detroit Legends Plaza," an outdoor tribute to some of Detroit’s top athletes, broadcasters, writers, entertainers and more.
According to Martha's people, "Detroit Legends Plaza is part of the Det[...]
