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  • Hot Club Women (Detroit Edition)
  • The city is full of multi-talented ladies, and this photo series is dedicated to them all!

    tearyeyed

    December 30, 2024

  • MrSpotless
  • Mr. Spotless is Haunted
  • Mr. Spotless celebrates it's fourth Halloween as Detroit's first haunted car wash. Here, Runner Magazine interviews Fathel Salha, who came up with the idea to start this spooky seasonal attraction at his family's buisness...

    An Interview with Fathel Salha

    October 23, 2024

  • Porcelinen
  • Porcelinen
  • Hamtramck, Michigan is the home of a few different ceramic studios, with the newest one being Porcelinen. Vanessa Beard has been working as a ceramicist for many years, officially starting her business in 2019, and opening a storefront and studio in 2022...

    An interview with Vanessa Beard

    August 26, 2024

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  • A Riveting Revival of Breaking the Waves at the Detroit Opera
  • Powerful emotional and musical undercurrents will draw audiences into this 21st century American opera by composer Missy Mazzoli and librettist Royce Vavrek. The production originated with director Tom Morris in Edinburgh in 2019. The 2024 version is an international co-production of Opera Ventures, Scottish Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Adelaide Festival, and Théatre National de l’Opéra Comique. Diana Wyenn directs this revival, which opened on Saturday, April 6th at the Detroit Opera House...

    Roopa Chauhan

    April 12, 2024

  • JohnCagesEuroperas3and4.RoopaChauhan
  • The Essence of Sound and Form in John Cage’s Europeras 3 & 4: Chance Encounters at the Gem Theater
  • Yuval Sharon directed the Detroit Opera’s production of John Cage’s avant-garde musical concept, Europera’s 3 & 4, which took place on March 8-10, 2024 at the iconic Gem Theater...

    Roopa Chauhan

    March 28, 2024

  • Decolonizing Giacomo Puccini’s Madame Butterfly?
  • The Detroit Opera House opened its season on October 7, 2023 with an original co-production of Giacomo Puccini’s Madame Butterfly bringing fresh voices and viewpoints to a timeless classic...

    Roopa Chauhan

    October 30, 2023

  • RoundMidnight.WillStreet.AshleyCook
  • ‘round midnight // i got it bad (and that ain’t good)
  • August 11 marked the world premiere of ‘round midnight // i got it bad (and that ain’t good) by Detroit-based playwright and poet will street. The production is a semi-autobiographical semi-love-story told eagerly by the main character and narrator whose name is Elijah Eddleman...

    Ashley Cook

    August 23, 2023

  • Florescence.MarissaJezak
  • Florescence
  • A series of photographs taken at Hart Plaza during Movement 2023

    Marissa Jezak

    June 5, 2023

  • FigureClub.HeatherAnger.RichRiquist
  • Figure Club
  • The Figure Club of Detroit provides the opportunity to sculpt from life...

    An interview with Heather Anger and Rich Wiquist

    January 30, 2023

  • HearseFest.NikiWilliams
  • Hearse Fest
  • At Hearse Fest, one of the largest gatherings of funeral car aficionados in the country, one thing is clear, death is coming for us all. When it shows up, with its cold glare and hungry scythe, you might finally get to catch a ride...

    Niki Williams

    October 17, 2022

  • DetroitKiteFestival.DanielRibar
  • Detroit Kite Festival
  • A series of photographs taken on Belle Isle during the Detroit Kite Festival...

    Daniel Ribar

    September 12, 2022

  • Movement.DanielRibar
  • Movement 2022
  • A series of photographs taken at Hart Plaza in Detroit during Movement Electronic Music Festival 2022

    Daniel Ribar

    July 18, 2022