February 2011
159 posts
“If I move to New York, I have no say in what happens in that city; and that’s a...”
– Phil Cooley (via ederlezi)
January 2011
181 posts
reblog if you think Detroit needs a walking...
OH ME ME ME. I’ll do it.
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Michiganian of the Year Nominations
Every year since 1978, The Detroit News has recognized a roster of Michiganians of the Year, outstanding citizens who have enriched our lives in Michigan in some important way.
Past honorees have included athletes and coaches, politicians, musicians, artists, business leaders and relative unknowns.
Many, if not most, of the nominations have come from our readers. If you would like to...
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Take in a feast of artistic styles
Michael H. Hodges / Detroit News Arts Writer
“Painting Coast to Coast” at Wayne State’s Elaine L. Jacob Gallery is a marvelous survey of works that range from the traditionally beautiful to the abstract-and-disturbing.
One-time Detroiter Mark Sengbusch — now in New York — gives us an acrylic-on-plexiglas work of almost incalculable precision and detail in “Red...
Is anyone going to see Young The Giant at The Crofoot on Sunday?
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Art of The Detroit People Mover: Day Thirteen.
Title: Catching Up
Artist: J. Seward Johnson, Jr.
Station: Grand Circus Park Station
Passengers often pause for a moment and recognize reflections of themselves in this life-size bronze sculpture of a commuter reading a newspaper. Perfectly integrated into his environment, the figure represents Mr. Johnson’s concern with the relationship of his sculpture to its surroundings and...
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Road to 'Oz' may lead Johnny Depp to Michigan
Michigan’s biggest Hollywood movie project yet — a $105-million production at a huge new studio in Pontiac — has won approval for a $40-million tax credit that alone comprises more than 60% of all credits for 26 projects approved in the last six months of 2010.
Many signs hint that the movie is “Oz: The Great and Powerful,” a Disney prequel to the classic...
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Bing prepares case for reshaping Detroit
Christine MacDonald / The Detroit News
Detroit — Mayor Dave Bing is inviting residents to another round of meetings on his plan to reshape Detroit starting Thursday and much of the sessions will be about making the case for change, which could include abandoning whole neighborhoods.
Participants will be given a string of sobering statistics put together by the Detroit Works Project staff,...
jdetroit asked: Just in response to your post about spots to get married around Detroit. I know some family friends that got married inside the butterfly house at the Zoo last year. Most unique and beautiful wedding I had ever been too.
“The rules apply for a city that’s functioning correctly; if it’s not functioning...”
– Detroit artist, Mitch Cope, in an interview with Juxtapoz Magaine. (via robtodd)
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Art of The Detroit People Mover: Day Twelve.
Title: The Blue Nile
Artist: Charles McGee
Station: Broadway Center Station
The People Mover’s only true painting presents McGee’s Noah’s Ark theme executed in an African style. The colorful, unpredictable mural features eclectic configurations of people, animals, and abstract elements with an unusual surface treatment using outdoor enamel paints and other components.
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This is probably impossible, but someday I want to have my wedding reception at the main Detroit Public Library on Woodward. In one of those rooms upstairs. The ones with the murals and textured ceilings. How cool would that be? Or maybe at the Zoo. I read somewhere that you can actually rent out the lobby of the Wildlife Interpretive Gallery and the Polar Bear tunnel for events. OR in the...
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Art of The Detroit People Mover: Day Eleven.
Title: In Honour of Mary Chase Stratton
Artist: Diana Kulisek/Pewabic Pottery
Station: Cadillac Center Station
A profoundly rich green hue emanates from luminous arches, which are surrounded by Pewabic tiles that had been originally fired for the Stroh Brewery in 1955. The mural is interspersed with tiles depicting Detroit workers, which were originally installed in Detroit’s...
Logging Into Detroit (A Teaser)
greatamericanpixel:
LOVELAND is very close to releasing version 1.0 of our map of Detroit, dubbed Living in the Map. Larry’s been hacking on it hard like a drunkard with a broadsword and stitching it up sweetly like a hummingbird after heart surgery (sorry, been drinking coffee). If you’d like to take an early look and let us know what you think, email me at jerry@makeloveland.com and I’ll hit...