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Walter Wasacz

Walter Wasacz is a writer and the former managing editor of Model D. You can find more of his writings here.

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Your guide to Movement 2015

Is this really the 16th edition of Detroit's Memorial Day weekend techno festival? Time flies when you're having too much fun. This year's Movement Electronic Music Festival is bigger and better than ever, spanning three days and six stages.

Waiel Shalall, Rocky Hanosh, and Lahib Shallal at Ali Baba
One block in Hamtramck: A little bit of everything on Caniff

From live music to chai tea to Middle Eastern cuisine, one block of Caniff in Hamtramck has got it all.

Cricket lesson and match on Carpenter Street
The Porous Borders Festival to bring attention to Hamtramck’s boundaries through art and activity

From May 16-19, over 50 performances and events will take place along Hamtramck's borders with Detroit and Highland Park as a part of the Porous Borders Festival. "The idea is to make the border visible with art and activity that brings neighbors together," says organizer Liza Bielby.

Tod Machover
Tod Machover to capture sounds of the city with ‘Symphony in D’ project

"This is a place where the past, present and future are all mixed up," says Machover. "There are ghosts here, audio artifacts everywhere, rhythms that are alive. Nowhere I've been is really like Detroit."

Uncool in all the right ways: Five years of Public Pool, Hamtramck’s storefront art space

This Saturday, Hamtramck art space Public Pool is celebrating five years of solo and group shows, music and dance performances, panel discussions, and readings. The anniversary show is called "I Only Want to See You Underneath" and features the work of Public Pool co-founder Tim Hailey.

How Motor City Mapping became a template for citywide collaboration

The Motor City Mapping project captured vital information on the condition of each of Detroit's 375,000+ parcels. It may have also created a template for citywide collaboration.

After two-year fellowship, dedication to improving the city keeps three fellows in Detroit

Three members of the Detroit Revitalization Fellows inaugural cohort are committed to continuing their work to improve the city well beyond their fellowship term.

Fellowship helps Detroiters find their way home

They say you can't go home again, but three Detroit Revitalization Fellows have used their fellowship to get back to Michigan and do meaningful work in the city.

The Detroit hustle: When love for the city goes beyond the 9-to-5

Plenty of people work to better Detroit at their day jobs, but some don't call it quits at 5 p.m. A pair of Detroit Revitalization Fellows finds fulfillment both at work and while moonlighting as a distillery owner and a hip hop artist respectively.

‘More than just a place for a party,’ Berliner Dimitri Hegemann sees Detroit as place for new ideas

"I see the club as more than just a place for a party. I want the music to stimulate discussion and new ideas," says Hegemann, who was recently in Detroit to discuss the potential of bringing new cultural spaces to the city.

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