Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit | Detroit Performs Full Episode
Air date: 2/25/14. In this edition of Detroit Performs host DJ Oliver explores the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) and Critic-Car Detroit shares with us the curator's interpretation of the MOCAD exhibit (In)Habitation; Detroit artist Adnan Charara takes us to his vast Midtown studio where he creates Picasso-like paintings and attention-grabbing sculptures; Actress and Michigan native Vanessa Sawson shares her inner-thoughts when she steps on stage; And we showcase the nominees in the running for the prize of $20,000 in The Knight Foundation's People's Choice Awards. Episode 108. Original air date: 8/6/13.
Detroit Performs 108: Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
Air Date: 8/06/13 In this episode of Detroit Performs: Artist Adnan Charara expresses his identity through his art; CritcCar reviews the new exhibit, In-Habitation; Actress Vanessa Sawson shares her insight into the world of acting; and the Knight Foundation encourages you to vote on their People's Choice Awards Challenge. Plus, host DJ Oliver interviews MOCAD Curator of Education Katie McGrowen. Detroit Performs 108
Detroit City
Detroit is and always has been a destination for people across the nation and around the world. Throughout the 20th century it held legendary status for its music scene, its architecture, and its troubled but also mythologized history. DETROIT CITY, a new initiative by the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, is a multiyear research, education, publishing, and exhibition program that investigates the city’s current artistic, political, cultural, and economic realities, and what Detroit now shares with cities and places elsewhere.
The program regards exhibitions and public programs not as the final outcomes of artistic or intellectual undertakings, but rather as starting points for ongoing research. Thus, instead of presenting a single exhibition or conference, DETROIT CITY examines the city over a period of a few years, engaging with its large variety of cultural production, in order to adequately represent its highly diverse voices.
Recently, Detroit has become a symbol of urban decay, dysfunctional city politics, racial segregation, poverty, and inner-city crime, all of which have been seen as the final stages in the evolution of postindustrial cities in the United States. While this desolate and harsh reality has created austerity in many respects, it has also created an unusually open playing field for creative freedom in which artists enjoy low rents and inexpensive real estate, not to mention numerous uninhabited spaces ready for creative development.
Unlike cities such as New York, Los Angeles, or Chicago, Detroit is perceived as a place shaped by genuine artistic concerns, cultural transgressions, and bohemian lifestyles, rather than commerce or the market. Within this climate, DETROIT CITY also interrogates the significance of location, and a location’s particular social, economic, and political realities, as factors influencing artistic production. What does “lives and works in Detroit” on an artist’s CV signal to an increasingly globalized art world? What currency does it hold and create?
DETROIT CITY is comprised of three concurrent series: Detroit Affinities (exhibition), Detroit Speaks (education), and Detroit Stages (performance).
Further exhibitions, conferences, talks, and publications will investigate the history of the American working class though the labor and union archive at Wayne State University and new art commissions; the development of other art scenes that have been similarly mythologized, such as those of Berlin, San Juan, Beirut, and Vancouver; the coevolution of art and music in cities such as Detroit or Berlin; as well as exhibitions featuring works by artists who were born, raised, or educated in Detroit who have since moved elsewhere and are now being invited to return.
Detroit Speaks: What is a Detroit Artist?
Moderated by Jens Hoffmann, and featuring Jeffrey Abt, Rebecca Mazzei, Laura Mott and Michael Stone-Richards
Detroit Speaks is a panel discussion and a series of free public talks organized by MOCAD, will explore the significance and influence of local art schools and art education, museums and institutions, galleries and artist-run spaces, as well as the careers of individual Detroit artists, laying out the foundation upon which DETROIT CITY will develop. Each individual talk will focus on one of the above mentioned areas. The speakers will include artists, academics, curators and educators based in Detroit.
Detroit Speaks is sponsored in part by a grant from the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan.
Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Detroit, Michigan, United States, North America
The Henry Ford is a large indoor and outdoor history museum complex and a National Historic Landmark in the Metro Detroit suburb of Dearborn, Michigan, USA. Named for its founder, the noted automobile industrialist Henry Ford, and based on his desire to preserve items of historical significance and portray the Industrial Revolution, the property houses a vast array of famous homes, machinery, exhibits, and Americana. The collection contains many rare exhibits including John F. Kennedy's presidential limousine, Abraham Lincoln's chair from Ford's Theatre, Thomas Edison's laboratory, the Wright Brothers' bicycle shop, and the Rosa Parks bus. The Edison Institute was dedicated by President Herbert Hoover to Ford's longtime friend Thomas Edison on October 21, 1929 the 50th anniversary of the first successful incandescent light bulb. Of the 260 people in attendance, some of the more famous were Marie Curie, George Eastman, John D. Rockefeller, Will Rogers, and Orville Wright. The dedication was broadcast on radio with listeners encouraged to turn off their electric lights until the switch was flipped at the Museum. The Edison Institute was originally composed of the Henry Ford Museum, Greenfield Village, and the Greenfield Village Schools (an experimental learning facility). Initially, Greenfield Village and the Henry Ford Museum were owned by the Ford Motor Company which cooperates with the Henry Ford to provide the Ford Rouge Factory Tour and is a sponsor of the school. The Henry Ford is sited between the Ford Dearborn test track and several Ford engineering buildings with which it shares the same style gates and brick fences. In 1970, the museum purchased what it believed to be a 17th-century Brewster Chair, created for one of the Pilgrim settlers in the Plymouth Colony, for $9,000. In September 1977, the chair was determined to be a modern forgery created in 1969 by Rhode Island sculptor Armand LaMontagne. The museum retains the piece as an educational tool on forgeries. Henry Ford Museum began as Henry Ford's personal collection of historic objects, which he began collecting as far back as 1906. Today, the 12 acre (49,000 m²) site is primarily a collection of antique machinery, pop culture items, automobiles, locomotives, aircraft, and other items. The Henry Ford is the largest indoor-outdoor museum complex in America. Patrons enter at the gate, passing by the Josephine Ford Memorial Fountain and Benson Ford Research Center. Nearly one hundred historical buildings were moved to the property from their original locations and arranged in a village setting. The museum's intent is to show how Americans lived and worked since the founding of the country. The Village includes buildings from the 17th century to the present, many of which are staffed by costumed interpreters who conduct period tasks like farming, sewing and cooking. A collection of craft buildings such as pottery, glass-blowing, and tin shops provide demonstrations while producing materials used in the Village and for sale. Greenfield Village has 240 acres (970,000 m²) of land of which only 90 acres (360,000 m²) are used for the attraction, the rest being forest, river and extra pasture for the sheep and horses. The transportation system provides rides by horse-drawn omnibus, steam locomotive, a 1931 Model AA bus (one of about 15 known to exist), and authentic Ford Model Ts. The Weiser Railroad is a standard gauge passenger train that travels around Greenfield Village and has four stations. Steam locomotives in operation include the Torch Lake, an 1873 0-6-4 Mason Bogie which is one of the oldest operating steam locomotives in the U.S., and the Edison, a Davenport 0-4-0 rebuilt into a 4-4-0 by Ford. The railroad, unusually for a heritage railway, has a direct connection to Amtrak.
The Architectural Imagination - Detroit in the Venice Biennale
Cynthia Davidson and Monica Ponce de Leon
Thursday, February 25
Cynthia Davidson and Monica Ponce de Leon, the co-curators of the US Pavilion at the 2016 Venice Biennale, introduce a conversation designed to establish dialogue, discussion, and debate. The exhibition for the US Pavilion, entitled 'The Architectural Imagination,' will speculate possible architecture projects for four sites in Detroit with an eye for application internationally. MOCAD will present 'The Architectural Imagination' in Detroit in 2017.
'The Architectural Imagination' is an exhibition of new speculative architectural projects designed for specific sites in Detroit but with far-reaching applications for cities around the world. It will open to the public in the US Pavilion at the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale.
The exhibition will emphasize the importance and value of the architectural imagination in shaping forms and spaces into exciting future possibilities. The birthplace of the automobile industry, the free-span factory floor, the concrete paved road, and Motown and techno music, Detroit was once a center of American imagination, not only for the products it made but also for its modern architecture and modern lifestyle, which captivated audiences worldwide. Like many postindustrial cities, Detroit is coping with a changed urban core that for decades has generated much thinking in urban planning. As advocates of the power of architecture to construct culture and catalyze cities, curators Cynthia Davidson and Monica Ponce de Leon have selected twelve visionary American architectural practices to produce new work that demonstrates the creativity and resourcefulness of architecture to address the social and environmental issues of the 21st century.
The U.S. Department of State has selected the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan to organize the exhibition of the United States Pavilion in the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale. Cynthia Davidson and Monica Ponce de Leon are Co-Curators of the U.S. Pavilion.
Detroit Institute of Arts
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Founded in 1885, the museum covers 658,000 square feet and includes more than 100 galleries. It's collection is among the top six in the United States, the second largest municipally owned museum in the United States, with an art collection valued at more than one billion dollars.
A few notable pieces: Vincent van Gogh's Self Portrait, Pieter Bruegel the Elder's The Wedding Dance,
Tintoretto's The Dreams of Men, Rembrandt's The Visitation, Henri Matisse's The Window,
Frederic Church's Cotopaxi, Nicolas Poussin's Selene and Endymion, Andy Warhol's Double Self Portrait.
A successful county millage now makes visiting the museum free for Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb county residents!
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Ara Topouzian performs at MOCAD
Ara Topouzian is an Armenian-American musician whose proficiency at the KANUN (Middle Eastern harp) has made him a nationally-recognized artist. He has performed in concert, at music festivals and many celebrated venues across the United States, with the top musicians in Middle Eastern music.
Topouzian's traditional musical style keeps to his Armenian heritage but has expanded to include music from around the Middle East, as well as jazz, fusion, new age and blues.
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DEPE Space: Natural Life, a film by Tirtza Even
Natural Life, an experimental video installation, will immerse visitors in the experience of over 2,500 prisoners in the United States who are serving mandatory life sentences for crimes committed when they were minors. Focusing on the extreme case of Michigan's legal system, Natural Life portrays the ripple effect that the juvenile justice system's imbalance has had on the lives not only of the incarcerated youth and the victims of their crime, but on family members, law enforcement, legal officials and the community at large.
DEPE Space Panel Discussions
Thursday, February 26, 7pm
Saturday, March 28, 7pm
Despite a global consensus that children cannot be held to the same standards of responsibility as adults and recognition that children are entitled to special protection and treatment, the United States is the only country in the world that allows life without parole sentencing for youth. A panel of experts will explore the juvenile life without parole issue and consider current reform legislation in Michigan.
DEPE Space is the Department of Education and Public Engagement’s residency program for creative and spirited individuals of any discipline who are interested in a project which focuses on learning and visitor engagement. Launched in 2012, the residency length ranges from one week to one month and ties conceptually to MOCAD’s exhibition programming. Six to nine residencies are offered each year. DEPE Space residents produce an installation, public performance, talk, workshop, Family Day event, and often visit local K-12 schools, colleges and universities.
DEPE Space Residency Natural Life is organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit and curated by Curator of Education and Public Engagement Amy Corle
Hindu God Statue in USA - Detroit Institute of Art Museum -
Vishnu, 10th century
sandstone
This sculpture is an exceptional example of the Rajasthani school of Hindu sculpture in northwestern India. It is related to the sculptures from the important Lakshman Hindu temple at Khajuraho in north central India. The four-armed Vishnu, the preserver of the universe and protector of all living creatures, appears in a classic frontal stance atop a lotus base supported by a tortoise. He is surrounded by kneeling devotees at his feet, Brahma the Creator on the pillar to his right, and Shiva the Destroyer to his left. Above his head are ten of his avatars or manifestations: the fish, the tortoise, the boar, the half-man/half-lion, the dwarf, Rama with an axe, Rama, Krishna, the Buddha, and Kalki. The sculpture was made to be placed on the external wall of a temple.
Detroit Institute of Art Museum
The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), located in Midtown Detroit, Michigan, has one of the largest and most significant art collections in the United States. With over 100 galleries, it covers 658,000 square feet (61,100 m2) with a major renovation and expansion project completed in 2007 that added 58,000 square feet (5,400 m2). The DIA collection is regarded as among the top six museums in the United States with an encyclopedic collection which spans the globe from ancient Egyptian and European works to contemporary art. Its art collection is valued in billions of dollars, up to $8.1 billion according to a 2014 appraisal. The DIA campus is located in Detroit's Cultural Center Historic District, about two miles (3 km) north of the downtown area, across from the Detroit Public Library near Wayne State University.
DIY Destinations - Detroit Budget Travel Show | Full Episode
DIY Destinations - Detroit featuring the best of what it has to offer. The episodes showcase all the must-see free and many off the beaten path attractions including: GM Renaissance Center, Lincoln Street Art Park, Detroit International Riverfront, Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD), Detroit Historical Museum, African Bead Museum, and more. It also feature many of the homegrown activities such as the sport of fowling and Slow Roll, and checking out the homegrown hip pop scene and New Dodge Lounge, many of the DIY projects like Michigan Urban Farming Initiative (MUFI). Not to mention, amazing original Detroit food the Coney Islands and vegetarian dining at Seva Detroit.
Produced by Charles Huang and Kai Mathias, camera by Stan Trac and co-hosted by Sarah S. and Sara Love.
New Music Detroit performs in Joshua White and Gary Panter's Light Show live at MOCAD
New Music Detroit's founding members all hold permanent positions or close affiliations with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and have orchestral experience with the Boston, Milwaukee, and New World Symphonies in the United States as well as the UBS Verbier and Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestras in Europe. Appearances include the Carnegie Hall Prospectives, the University Musical Society, and the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings 'Nightnotes' Series. Members have received formal training from distinguished institutions such as the Juilliard School of Music, the Cleveland Institute of Music, and the University of Michigan. The versatility of New Music Detroit is best understood by noticing the distinguished composers and musicians with whom its founding members have collaborated. This innovative ensemble will be presenting a special afternoon program of progressive, contemporary chamber music to go along with Joshua White and Gary Panter's Light Show for one day only at MOCAD.
The Architectural Imagination with Curator Cynthia Davidson
THE ARCHITECTURAL IMAGINATION
February 11 through April 16, 2017
Organized for the US Pavillion at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice, Italy, The Architectural Imagination presents drawings, models, and videos of 12 speculative architecture projects designed for specific sites in Detroit but with far-reaching applications for cities around the world.
As the home of the automobile industry, the free-span concrete factory, Motown, and techno, Detroit was once a center of American imagination, not only for the products it made but also for its modern architecture and modern lifestyle, which captivated audiences worldwide. Today, like many postindustrial cities, it is coping with the effects of a declining population. Nonetheless, having emerged from bankruptcy, there is new excitement in Detroit to imagine the city’s possible futures, both in the downtown core and in its many neighborhoods. Believing in the potential of architecture to catalyze change, the curators selected visionary American architecture practices to address these futures.
The projects not only demonstrate the value and diversity of the architectural imagination, but also have the potential to spark the collective imagination, and thus launch new conversations about the importance of architecture in Detroit and cities everywhere.
This exhibition is curated by Cynthia Davidson and Mónica Ponce de León.
THE ARCHITECTS
With the help of an 11-member Detroit advisory board, they also selected four sites for the projects: a lot in Mexicantown, a riverfront post office, parcels along the Dequindre Cut, and the Packard Plant. The architects worked with Detroit residents to understand neighborhood aspirations before devising the programs and forms exhibited here.
The 12 teams of architects were selected from more than 250 submissions.
A(n) Office, Detroit, Michigan
V. Mitch McEwen; Marcelo López-Dinardi
BairBalliet, Columbus, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois
Kristy Balliet; Kelly Bair
Greg Lynn FORM, Los Angeles, California
Greg Lynn
Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects, Atlanta, Georgia
Mack Scogin; Merrill Elam
Marshall Brown Projects, Chicago, Illinois
Marshall Brown
MOS, New York, New York
Hilary Sample; Michael Meredith
Pita & Bloom, Los Angeles, California
Florencia Pita; Jackilin Hah Bloom
Present Future, Houston, Texas
Albert Pope; Jesús Vassallo
Preston Scott Cohen Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts
Preston Scott Cohen
SAA/Stan Allen Architect, New York, New York
Stan Allen
T+E+A+M, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Thom Moran; Ellie Abrons; Adam Fure; Meredith Miller
Zago Architecture, Los Angeles, California
Andrew Zago; Laura Bouwman
More Information: thearchitecturalimagination.org
Architectural Imagination is supported by the US Department of State, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Log, Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope, Princeton University School of Architecture, The Graham Foundation, Dassault Systèmes, AIA, Architectural Record, Knight Foundation, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Shinola, Deshler, GS3, Global Transportation Management, Aperol, Microsoft HoloLens, The Westin, SCI-Arc, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, and the University of Michigan Museum of Art.
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Frances Stroh presents BEER MONEY with Toby Barlow + Reading
Frances Stroh shares from and discusses her new memoir, BEER MONEY: A MEMOIR OF PRIVILEGE AND LOSS, with Toby Barlow, novelist and a co-founder of Write A House.
A portion of the proceeds from BEER MONEY were donated to 826michigan in support of their new tutoring center in Detroit for children in under-served schools.
In this candid debut, Stroh reveals the complexities of her childhood and what it was like to come of age as a member of Detroit’s Stroh’s Beer family, once in possession of the largest private beer fortune in America. The Stroh Brewery Company suffered a rapid and precipitous loss of market share during the 1980s and 1990s, declining from a Forbes 400 company to become near penniless. Stroh writes about the painful unraveling of her family as well as her struggle to find her own identity and way forward as an artist.
Stroh also addresses the process of writing her first book and her experiences navigating the publishing world as a new author. The reading and conversation will be followed by a book signing in the MOCAD store.
Frances Stroh was born in Detroit and raised in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. She received her B.A. from Duke University and her M.A. from Chelsea College of Art in London as a Fulbright Scholar. She practiced as an installation artist, exhibiting in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and London before turning to writing. Frances is a member of the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto, and her work across all media explores issues of identity, point of view, and the mythologies that define us.
Toby Barlow is the author of Babayaga and Sharp Teeth. He lives in Detroit.
Lecture: Milton Curry, Urban Thought in the Films of Anri Sala
Milton S. F. Curry is associate dean and associate professor of architecture at the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Professor Curry's teaching and current research explores urbanization in the United States, Latin/South America within the theoretical context of modernity. Recent travel to Cuba, Mexico City and Brazil forms the basis of comparative scholarship that explores the implications of architectural modernity on the American inner-cities and urban spatial geographies of the Global South. His affiliation with allied disciplines such as Afro-American studies, cultural geography, urban design and real estate, underscore his interest in connecting architecture to the everyday. Professor Curry's creative work and writings cut across disciplinary areas of race and cultural studies, architecture and urbanism, and contemporary art.
Detroit (USA) : Itinéraire de visite touristique et culturelle par vue aérienne de la ville en 3D
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Visite virtuelle de la ville de Detroit (USA), par vue aérienne en 3D, à partir du logiciel Google Earth.
Détail de la visite par lieux :
- The Uniroyal Tire
- The Henry Ford
- Ford Rouge Factory Tour
- Fair Lane
- Historic Fort Wayne
- Pont Ambassadeur
- Odette Sculpture Park
- Hart Plaza
- Monument to Joe Louis
- The Spirit of Detroit
- Guardian Building
- Renaissance Center
- Detroit Riverwalk & Cullen Plaza
- William G. Milliken State Park and Harbor
- Belle Isle
- James Scott Memorial Fountain
- Dossin Great Lakes Museum
- Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory
- Belle Isle Aquarium
- Dequindre Cut
- Greektown Historic District
- Greektown Casino Hotel
- Campus Martius Park & Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument
- Capitol Park
- Grand Circus Park
- Fox Theatre
- Beacon Park
- MGM Grand Detroit
- Temple maçonnique de Détroit
- MotorCity Casino Hotel
- Corktown, Detroit
- Woodbridge, Detroit
- Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
- Detroit Institute of Arts
- Michigan Science Center
- Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
- Detroit Historical Society
- Hitsville U.S.A.
- New Center
- Cadillac Place
- Usine Ford de l'avenue Piquette
- Heidelberg Project
- Pewabic Pottery
- Rouge Park
- Palmer Park
- Zoo de Détroit
- Edsel and Eleanor Ford House
Places to see in ( Grand Rapids - USA )
Places to see in ( Grand Rapids - USA )
Grand Rapids is a Michigan city on the Grand River, east of Lake Michigan. On the outskirts, the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park has a tropical conservatory and multiple gardens. Its art collection includes works by Auguste Rodin, Henry Moore and Ai Weiwei. Downtown, the Grand Rapids Art Museum spotlights Michigan artists in its rotating shows. Grand Rapids is known for many breweries dotted around town.
A historic furniture-manufacturing center, Grand Rapids is home to five of the world's leading office furniture companies, and is nicknamed Furniture City. Its more common modern nickname of River City refers to the landmark river for which it was named. The city and surrounding communities are economically diverse, based in the health care, information technology, automotive, aviation, and consumer goods manufacturing industries, among others. Grand Rapids is the childhood home of U.S. President Gerald Ford, who is buried with his wife Betty on the grounds of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in the city. The city's main airport is also named after him.
Grand Rapids is the home of John Ball Zoological Garden, Belknap Hill, and the Gerald R. Ford Museum. He and former First Lady Betty Ford were buried on the site. Significant buildings in the downtown include the DeVos Place Convention Center, Van Andel Arena, the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel, and the JW Marriott Hotel. The Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts is located downtown, and houses art exhibits, a movie theater, and the urban clay studio. Along the Grand River are reconstructed earthwork burial mounds, which were constructed by the prehistoric Hopewell tribe; a fish ladder, and a riverwalk.
Grand Rapids is home to the Van Andel Museum Center. Founded in 1854, it is among the oldest history museums in the United States. The museum's sites currently include its main building, constructed in 1994 on the west bank of the Grand River (home to the Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium); the Voigt House Victorian Museum, and the City Archives and Records Center. The latter held the museum and planetarium prior to 1994. Since the late 20th century, the museum has hosted notable exhibitions, including one on the Dead Sea Scrolls, and The Quest for Immortality: the Treasures of Ancient Egypt. A non-profit institution, it is owned and managed by the Public Museum of Grand Rapids Foundation.
Heritage Hill, a neighborhood directly east of downtown, is one of the largest urban historic districts in the country. The first neighborhood of Grand Rapids, its 1,300 homes date from 1848 and represent more than 60 architectural styles. Of particular significance is the Meyer May House, a Prairie-style home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1908.[48] It was commissioned by local merchant Meyer May, who operated a men's clothing store (May's of Michigan).
The house is now owned and operated by Steelcase Corporation. Steelcase manufactured the furniture for the Johnson Wax Building in Racine, Wisconsin, which was also designed by Wright and is recognized as a landmark building. Because of those ties, Steelcase purchased and restored the property in the 1980s. The restoration has been heralded as one of the most accurate and complete of any Wright restoration. The home is used by Steelcase for special events and is open to the public for tours.
Grand Rapids is home to many theaters and stages, including the newly reconstructed Civic Theatre (also known as the Meijer Majestic), the city's largest theater; DeVos Hall, and the convertible Van Andel Arena. In Grand Rapids Township, the Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park combine 125 acres (1 km2) of world-class botanical gardens and artwork from such American sculptors as Mark di Suvero and Alexander Calder, and French artists Edgar Degas and Auguste Rodin. The Gardens' amphitheater plays host to numerous concerts each summer, featuring such acts as Jonny Lang, The Pointer Sisters, Lyle Lovett, Cowboy Junkies, and B.B. King.
( Grand Rapids - USA ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting Grand Rapids . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Grand Rapids - USA
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Rodriguez - Sugar Man live at MOCAD
Rodriguez, born Sixto Diaz Rodriguez, rose out of Detroit with his 1969 debut LP Cold Fact. A trippy, folksy exploration of inner city life in Detroit, backed by renowned Detroit musician Dennis Coffey on guitar and production, the album has recently been rereleased, hailed as a genuine lost classic. Songs like I Wonder, Sugar Man and Inner City Blues had, in the meantime, become a call to arms for generations in South Africa, Australia, Zimbabwe and New Zealand, where Rodriguez's openness about taboo topics like the sadness of a life of poverty, his songs about drugs and the damage they could do, held profound meaning and became a rallying point for people without a vehicle for personal expression. His poetic handling of these topics coupled with his frankness about sex and sexuality, led him to become a folk hero of sorts, though the most of the world had long-since thought the artist to be dead.
Meanwhile, in Detroit's Cass Corridor, Rodriguez continued on in relative obscurity, singing songs to friends in the neighborhood, his fame in South Africa unknown to him until 1998 when his eldest daughter found a website dedicated to him on the Internet. Through a series of entertainment industry contacts, his two albums, the aforementioned Cold Fact and its follow up Coming from Reality, have been rereleased in the US and abroad to critical acclaim. He has subsequently had short films and an upcoming feature-length documentary made about his journey and has toured Africa, Europe and the United States to sold-out stadium audiences.
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Mapping Slavery in Detroit
Professor Tiya Miles and a team of students spent two years researching the history of slavery in pre-Civil War Detroit, mapping the lives of slaves and former slaves and reclaiming an essential part of the city's history.