Performing Arts

Adventures close to home: Summer’s greatest hits

Before the shorter, cooler days of fall set in, our guides Blatz and Wymer take you on a little stroll back through their best adventures of summer 2011. It was filled with new traditions, excursions to familiar spots, long bike rides, serious trash-talk on the soccer pitch and meeting lots of new faces around town. 

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Model D special event: The Next Big Thing

Imagine a million little things making a big difference in Detroit. We like to think of ourselves as advocates for making that happen. Tickets are moving fast. Get yours now. 

Motor City pathos alive on Danny Brown mixtape release
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Detroit music in review: Highlights from our passionate panel discussion at Magic Stick

This month's Model D Speaker Series took on the topic of Detroit music and, for a solid two hours, the conversation was turned up to 11. Audrey Armitage reports from the dance floor.

Gatekeepers of Detroit Jazz: Lars Bjorn and Jim Gallert talk about festival and the music they love

We whet your appetite for festival weekend with a Q&A with two of the city's leading experts on the historical and current Detroit jazz scenes. Veronica Grandison asks the swinging questions.

Remembering Esther Gordy Edwards, the mother of Motown
Shimmer on the River to benefit Detroit Riverfront Conservancy
Children of the moon: Time Stereo gets back to nature

Davin Brainard, Warren Defever and Dion Fisher have been living life loud since the early 1990s, when they combined art, music and boyish (and girlish) fun to create an annual summer night of controlled chaos called Noise Camp. The happening is happening this Saturday, says Chris Handyside. Don't miss this.

TEDxDetroit announces 2011 conference

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