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Tim Horton’s + Detroit = Dream Come True
Well, the weather outside is frightful to say the least. The river is moving at a snail’s pace, hampered by the sheets of ice that have formed on top of it. The thought of venturing out is scary, but there is a bigger incentive at hand. A dream of mine has finally come true, with no doing of mine. Detroit has its first Tim Horton’s and it is so conveniently located at the Millender Center on the People Mover route. I had been writhing with jealously for the past few years as locations had popped up all around the city but not yet in the city. Thank you former Detroit Piston Derrick Coleman and his business partner Walter Bender for opening Tim Hortons’ 500th restaurant here in Detroit city. This particular location took over a space that was abandoned by a Starbucks. I am now getting greedy, and it would be great if Tim Horton’s could take over the other location abandoned by Starbucks, at the Belle Isle bridge, on Jefferson. I am about to walk out the door and get myself a cup of deliciousness.
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This is your last chance to catch Holy Hip-Hop and ReFusing Fashion at the MOCAD
Holy Hip-Hop and ReFusing Fashion, two excellent exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Arts-Detroit, will close this Sunday, so this weekend is your last chance to see them. Here’s Metroblogging’s review of the exhibition.
MOCAD is offering two final events to celebrate the exhibitions: Sarah Lewis, Art Historian at Yale, will talk about the Holy Hip-Hop paintings, and several experts will hold a discussion titled The Relevance of Fashion. In addition, the Black History 101 Mobile Museum will be parked outside (or maybe inside?) the museum on Sunday, April 20.
All this is free: the exhibitions, the discussions, the vagabonding black history museum. All free. The MOCAD is a great place for Detroit, doing great things. Feel free to donate a few dollars while you’re there and let’s keep enjoying and supporting this institution.
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MOCAD Gold is a first annual fundraiser for the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit and will feature a broad survey of Detroit bands to play “pop cover songs spanning the last 30 years in their band’s own distinctive style.”
Here’s the line-up:
9:30 - Rabid Eye (ex-Lee Marvin & Genders)
9:45 - Dark Red (ex-Paik, current Chris Turner)
10pm - Esquire
10:15 - Bad Party (ex-White Devil & Tamion 12 Inch)
10:30 - the Silent Years
10:45 - Deastro
11pm - Tyvek
11:15 - the Sisters Lucas
11:30 - the Go
11:45 - T-3 presents
all night - Dee Jay Frankie Banks
MOCAD Gold will include the current Holy Hip-Hop and Re-Fusing Fashion Exhibits. See my review of these exhibits here.
Tickets are $15 for the music part of the evening, with a ritzier early program for $75.
The Go, Lee Marvin, Tyvek, Silent Years, Deastro and others to play MOCAD Fundraiser on March 29
MOCAD Gold is a first annual fundraiser for the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit and will feature a broad survey of Detroit bands to play “pop cover songs spanning the last 30 years in their band’s own distinctive style.”
Last 30 years? Does that leave out early Motown?
Bands on the bill are T3, The Go, Lee Marvin Computer Arm (really? I thought they’re breaking up?), Tyvek (heard great things about these guys), Bad Party, Dark Red, EsQuire, Deastro, The Sisters Lucas, The Silent Years, and Dee Jay Frankie Banks.
MOCAD Gold will include the current Holy Hip-Hop and Re-Fusing Fashion Exhibits. See my review of these exhibits here.
Tickets are $15 for the music part of the evening, with a ritzier early program for $75.
MOCAD-Holy Hip-Hop! and ReFusing Fashion Opening Reception
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Anyone who thinks a Friday night at an art museum sounds like a staid and snooty affair missed out Friday night on the kind of dynamic cultural event that Detroit can deliver. To celebrate the opening of two new exhibits, Holy Hip-Hop! New Paintings by Alex Melamid and ReFusing Fashion: Rei Kawakubo, the Museum of Contemporary Arts-Detroit (MOCAD) threw an all-night dance party featuring home-grown Hip Hop artists Mike-E Ellison and James “Suburban Knight” Pennington.
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Bureau of Urban Living - Shop. Donate. Impress your Valentine.
Valentine’s Day is coming up and some of you are rolling your eyes. However, many of you are expected to pull out the stops come February 14th for fear of repercussion. I think Detroit is an utterly romantic place to be with dimly lit restaurants, the River-Walk, and even though it is not quite in season, you long walks on the beach at sunset on Belle Isle is unbeatable. If you are looking for something to give your favourite Detroiter, hit up the Bureau of Urban Living tomorrow. Not only is everything in there tempting, but the First Thursday program will be donating a portion of sales to a Detroit charity. Impress your Valentine with your impeccable taste and philanthropy.
Comments are off for this posti’m so tough i vacation in Detroit
most of you have probably seen that lame t-shirt around town, i’m sure…but i really did it,and i live here! now, here’s my story: i work a lot of hours, usually between sixty five and seventy five hours each week. i have never called in sick and i haven’t taken any non-work related trips in well over a decade but i decided that enough was enough and recently took a long weekend off. since it’s been so long since i’ve been out around town during business hours i took my vacation and didn’t leave the area.
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Let it snow
Outside MOCAD on Noel Night
Poet Laureate at MOCAD
I had the great pleasure of being part of an intimate - this means embarrassingly small - audience at MOCAD for Naomi Long Madgett - Poet Laureate of Detroit. Ms. Madgett read excerpts from “Pilgrim Journey” of her exceptional life during the war, during the civil rights movement, and her experiences as a black woman. The MOCAD has some great programming showcasing local literary talent that deserves much more support.
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