Hauntingly beautiful music will fill the DIA's Diego Rivera Court this Friday when Christen Lien performs original compositions with her viola, which she plays through a looping machine and other electronic effects. Call it sonic art moderne in one of the world's most distinctive settings. Get all the lovely details inside FilterD, where you'll find lots more to do in the week ahead in metro Detroit.
On the eve of the culinary event of the year -- Detroit Restaurant Week -- foodie and wine connoisseur Putnam Weekly of Southwest Detroit talks about the state of good eats in the city.
Indian Villager Diane Van Buren's handsome home and lush gardens made the perfect backdrop for a 37 minute chat about her neighborhood and all the many projects she has on her hands in and around Detroit.
Summer's here in the city. We're taking some time off to get out there in the heat and play in Detroit. Check in with FilterD for hot tips on what to do in the D during the next two weeks. We'll be back refreshed and ready to roll July 14. See you then.
The timeless face behind many of Detroit's best anything goes dance parties since the early 1990s, Adriel Fantastique is the master of ceremonies for Skintight, Fierce Hot Mess and Family.
She's rocked in Argentina, Scandinavia and Serbia with several Detroit-based bands, writes for the News and now is an owner of Small's Bar in Hamtramck. Musical multitasker Melody Baetens does it all at a rapid pace and non-stop. Zoom! We caught up to her for a quick Q&A.
Phones are ringing off the hook. ABC and NPR want the scoop. Artists the world over want in. The hub-bub over what Mitch Cope and Gina Reichert are doing is over a few property purchases that totaled little over $5,000 -- including a house for a hundred bucks -- but you can't put a price tag on their ideas and the potential impact on their corner of Detroit.
Torch With a Twist turns two this week and the red hot celebration is at Cliff Bell's. Songs, fire breathing, dancing (belly and burlesque) -- it's a show like no other.
Just building it isn't good enough for architect Andrew Zago. Detroit's spaces should reflect 'rigorous and progressive architecture,' says the guy whose stamp is seen at two cool spaces: Mercury Coffee Bar and MOCAD.
Does a visitor to the D have misery awaiting her, as some would suggest? Are we all wallowing in self-pity? Is it possible to live in Detroit and be ... dare we suggest it ... OK with that? Walter Wasacz seeks answers in the city.
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