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Today, a new law to minimize distracted driving. Then, Wayne County's improvements to conditions at its juvenile detention center. Also, the finale of the Detroit incinerator. Plus, a new MSU art exhibit exploring work and home.
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There's a lot to think about when you're at the grocery store: your meal plans, your taste, your budget. But what about your plastic bag consumption?
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Detroit-based artist Mother Cyborg, AKA Diana Nucera, is a musician, technologist, organizer, and educator. This past summer she had a quilt exhibition, called Crafting Our Digital Legacy, at the University of Michigan’s Penny Stamps Gallery. We talked to her about the digital world, community organizing, and her artistic practice.
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Artist Tatyana Fazlalizadeh is bringing multiple art installations to the University of Michigan throughout this fall, including a gallery exhibition, and a series of murals that will be on display across campus.
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Detroit-based creative, Sterling Toles, is best known for his deep catalogue of sounds, beats, and pieces. But he is also an accomplished visual artist. His first solo exhibition at Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit is called s(h)elves, and it's on view now through June 12.
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Detroit writer and activist Adrienne Maree Brown pointed out that the experience of Black Americans, is by definition, a story of science fiction.…
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Today on Stateside, the Michigan Republican Party meets this weekend to select a new chair. Two reporters discuss the candidates, as well as the latest…
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The artist and architect Maya Lin is best known for her work designing the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. Lin designed that monument in 1981…
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In “Sambo Princess,” Detroit artist challenges African-American stereotypes in anime and other mediaDetroit artist Paul Johnson has produced a lot of work that explores the female form — a curvy, tiny-waisted, large-and-drooping-eyed figure. His newest…
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Turning shame into pride.That’s the idea behind an exhibit of black velvet paintings. It’s called “Black Velvet: A Rasquache Aesthetic,” and it’s…