Model D’s guide to shopping local this holiday season
Thanks to this handy guide, you have no excuse not to do all of your holiday shopping in Detroit this year.
Walter Wasacz's Latest Articles
Celebrated solo electronic artist Shigeto experiments with musical collaboration
Electronic musician and producer Shigeto has been making his music in isolation -- until now.
There’s a thin line between art and life at the Hamtramck Neighborhood Arts Festival
On Saturday, Oct. 11, the fifth annual Hamtramck Neighborhood Arts Festival pops up in galleries, storefronts, and lots across the 2.1-square-mile city and adjacent Detroit neighborhoods.
Winners of 2014 Knight Arts Challenge revealed
In its second year, the Knight Arts Challenge awards 58 winners a total of $2.48 million for their ideas for moving Detroit forward through the arts.
Thirteen doable ideas for cities from first ever Urban Innovation Exchange
Last week, a group of innovators behind small scale, place-based projects around the country convened in Detroit and talked about what works in their cities.
Detroit techno saved Berliners from boredom. Now it’s time we take a few lessons from Berlin.
Walter Wasacz recently traveled to Berlin, where many hold Detroit and its music in high esteem. He brought back these reflections on what we can learn from our friends across the pond.
Detroit’s Passalacqua mix hip hop with community
Passalacqua may be Detroit's hottest hip hop group, but that doesn't stop its members from remaining community-focused.
Not just a fancy art project: Artists create long-term community vision for Detroit/Hamtramck border
In 2009, Model D reported on the early work of Power House Productions in an article entitled "Detroit House: $100. Bold New Ideas for the City: Priceless." In five short years, those bold ideas are taking shape along the Detroit/Hamtramck border.
Making performance art accessible: Ryan Myers-Johnson and Sidewalk Festival for the Performing Arts
Detroit's emerging experimental and alternative artists will showcase their work at the Sidewalk Festival of Performing Arts happening August 2 at Old Redford's Artist Village. Urban Innovation Exchange shares this profile of Ryan Myers-Johnson, the festival's founder.
Popps Packing: An old meat packing plant becomes a driving force in Hamtramck’s creative community
When Graem Whyte and Faina Lerman bought a former Hamtramck meat packing plant in 2007, they didn't anticipate it becoming a catalyst for neighborhood growth and redevelopment.
