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Marcus

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Marcus is a Contributing Writer at Strait Journal. Primarily covers Detroit music and nightlife, with occasional pieces on the city's working-class neighborhoods, food, and history.

Detroit-born and Detroit-rooted. Has been writing about the city since 2024.

Drawn to stories about institutions that have outlasted everything around them and the people who keep them open. His favorite room in Detroit is the back bar at Marble at 2 a.m. on a Sunday. Will not eat brunch. Has a black-and-white cat named Dilla.

Spent enough time in basement parties before they got cool to know the difference between a real one and a press-friendly one. Tends to find the real one.

Quick hits
Favorite room:
Marble Bar, after midnight
Favorite restaurant:
Supino Pizzeria
One Detroit artist to put on first:
Theo Parrish

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Detroit ranked No. 1 in America for downtown stickiness
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Detroit ranked No. 1 in America for downtown stickinessGensler's City Pulse 2026 names Detroit the stickiest downtown in America, a measure of how often people visit and how long they stay, ranking it first among the 34 U.S. cities studied inside a global survey of 75 cities.By Marcus · Jun 12, 2026 Twenty-five painted drums put American stories across Detroit for the 250th
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Twenty-five painted drums put American stories across Detroit for the 250thThe Stories of Us has installed 25 painted drum sculptures around Detroit, free through July 22 at the main library, Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Centennial Park, and the Warren Gateway. The national project marks the country's 250th anniversary.By Marcus · Jun 11, 2026 Twenty people rescued after seven sailboats capsize near Belle Isle
CityNews
Twenty people rescued after seven sailboats capsize near Belle IsleThunderstorms swept through southeast Michigan on Wednesday evening and capsized seven sailboats near Belle Isle, sending 20 people into the Detroit River in one of the larger water rescues of the season.By Marcus · Jun 11, 2026 Detroit dresses Spirit of Detroit in orange to open a month of action against gun violence
CityNews
Detroit dresses Spirit of Detroit in orange to open a month of action against gun violenceWith homicides at a 60-year low, Detroit opens Gun Violence Awareness Month with the Spirit of Detroit in orange and a 19-year community march.By Marcus · Jun 9, 2026 What does it mean when your parish stops holding Mass? Inside Detroit's historic Catholic church restructuring
CommunityNews
What does it mean when your parish stops holding Mass? Inside Detroit's historic Catholic church restructuringAt least 58 parishes may soon stop hosting weekend Mass, but that's not the same as closing a church. Here's what Detroit's historic restructuring actually means.By Marcus · Jun 9, 2026 Olympic gold medalist Hilary Knight, Team USA's captain at Milan Cortina, is headed to PWHL Detroit
CommunityNews
Olympic gold medalist Hilary Knight, Team USA's captain at Milan Cortina, is headed to PWHL DetroitHilary Knight, who captained Team USA to gold at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics and scored the goal that sent the final to overtime, is coming to PWHL Detroit via sign-and-trade.By Marcus · Jun 8, 2026 Detroit's first new bridge to Canada in nearly a century gets its ribbon cutting on June 12
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Detroit's first new bridge to Canada in nearly a century gets its ribbon cutting on June 12The Gordie Howe International Bridge, Detroit's new cable-stayed crossing to Canada, is set for its ribbon cutting on Friday, June 12, after eight years of construction.By Marcus · Jun 8, 2026 The Freight Yard is now open on weekends all summer along the Dequindre Cut
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The Freight Yard is now open on weekends all summer along the Dequindre CutDetroit Riverfront Conservancy's seasonal beer garden on the Dequindre Cut runs Saturdays and Sundays through September, with lawn games, local food vendors, and free live music every Sunday afternoon.By Marcus · Jun 4, 2026 KPMG is bringing 420 workers to Michigan Central Station
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KPMG is bringing 420 workers to Michigan Central StationKPMG is moving 420 employees into Michigan Central Station next year, the latest major office tenant to take root in the restored Corktown train station.By Marcus · Jun 4, 2026 The Voice' producer comes home to open coffee shop and listening bar in Eastern Market this summer
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The Voice' producer comes home to open coffee shop and listening bar in Eastern Market this summerLamont Leak, who produced NBC's The Voice, is opening Rent Free Coffee and Community in Eastern Market this summer, a combined coffee shop and listening bar.By Marcus · May 30, 2026 Waymo's driverless cars are coming to Detroit in 2026, and the city is figuring out the rules in real time
CityNews
Waymo's driverless cars are coming to Detroit in 2026, and the city is figuring out the rules in real timeWaymo plans a fully driverless ride-hail launch in Detroit later this year, making it the sixth U.S. city on the service — and the first real stress test of Michigan's decade-old AV laws.By Marcus · May 29, 2026 Detroit violence intervention groups launch free flag football league for teens
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Detroit violence intervention groups launch free flag football league for teensTeam Pursuit and FORCE Detroit ran a free flag football league this spring. The sport was the draw. The curriculum was something else.By Marcus · May 23, 2026 Movement picks: Carl Craig twice, Dopplereffekt, Juan Atkins with Berlin
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Movement picks: Carl Craig twice, Dopplereffekt, Juan Atkins with BerlinMovement picks include Carl Craig back-to-back with Chicago's Cajmere, a Borderland collaboration between Juan Atkins and Berlin's Mark Ernestus, and Dopplereffekt closing Monday at the Waterfront Stage.By Marcus · May 22, 2026 JerJuan Howard opens the Howard Family Bookstore at Puritan and Lesure
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JerJuan Howard opens the Howard Family Bookstore at Puritan and LesureJerJuan Howard, 28, spent a year and a half converting a vacant west side building into a bookstore, event space, and 3D printing lab rooted in the Puritan Avenue corridor.By Marcus · May 22, 2026 Gilbert Family Foundation puts $6.4 million more into Venture 313
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Gilbert Family Foundation puts $6.4 million more into Venture 313A new $6.4 million commitment extends the citywide startup initiative that routes capital and coaching to Detroit founders at nearly every stage.By Marcus · May 21, 2026 Pine Knob opens Saturday, Kid Cudi headlines season launch
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Pine Knob opens Saturday, Kid Cudi headlines season launchPine Knob Music Theatre opens its 2026 outdoor season Saturday with Kid Cudi, launching a 45-show summer schedule that includes a rare suburban set from Detroit native Jack White.By Marcus · May 21, 2026 Topa, a rooftop cocktail bar, opens Thursday on the 11th floor of AC Hotel Detroit
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Topa, a rooftop cocktail bar, opens Thursday on the 11th floor of AC Hotel DetroitThe Roxbury Group's new 11th-floor bar at the AC Hotel Detroit at the Bonstelle opens Thursday in Brush Park with Mediterranean small plates, a Basque-named cocktail list, and reclaimed wood from a Michigan resort hotel.By Marcus · May 20, 2026 Concert of Colors to pay tribute to WGPR-TV's 'The Scene' at July festival
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Concert of Colors to pay tribute to WGPR-TV's 'The Scene' at July festivalThe Don Was Detroit All Star Revue brings back Detroit's answer to Soul Train with a tribute to The Scene at the Detroit Film Theatre on July 18, dedicated to Concert of Colors founder Ismael Ahmed.By Marcus · May 15, 2026 Dearborn animal shelter renames fundraiser after Coachella legal threat, gets flooded with donations
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Dearborn animal shelter renames fundraiser after Coachella legal threat, gets flooded with donationsLawyers for Coachella sent a cease-and-desist over the name Pawchella. Friends for Animals of Metro Detroit changed the name to Pawfest, printed nothing twice, and got swamped with out-of-state donations.By Marcus · May 15, 2026 Motor City Cinematheque steps in where Detroit's art theatres left off
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Motor City Cinematheque steps in where Detroit's art theatres left offAfter Main Art Theatre was demolished and Cinema Detroit lost its fixed home, John Monaghan and Kevin Maher launched Motor City Cinematheque to keep independent and art cinema alive in the metro area.By Marcus · May 13, 2026 Danny Brown is always onto the next thing
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Danny Brown is always onto the next thingDetroit rapper Danny Brown returns to Movement for his fourth appearance, bringing 15-plus years of catalog to the Waterfront stage and a new dance track that's become the city's spring anthem.By Marcus · May 14, 2026 Pat Caputo, longtime Detroit sports radio voice, dies at 67 of pancreatic cancer
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Pat Caputo, longtime Detroit sports radio voice, dies at 67 of pancreatic cancerPat Caputo, the longtime Detroit sports radio host and Oakland Press columnist, died this week at 67 from pancreatic cancer.By Marcus · May 8, 2026 The Movement 2026 lineup, decoded: who's playing where
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The Movement 2026 lineup, decoded: who's playing whereResident Advisor published the full Movement 2026 lineup in March. Six stages, over a hundred artists. Here is what the bookings signal.By Marcus · May 3, 2026 Yungblud sold out Freedom Hill on a cold Friday with Return to Dust opening
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Yungblud sold out Freedom Hill on a cold Friday with Return to Dust openingYungblud sold out the Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill on Friday, May 1, on a cold night with Los Angeles band Return to Dust opening.By Marcus · May 2, 2026 The DSO brings a concert of Detroit composers to Music Hall this season
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The DSO brings a concert of Detroit composers to Music Hall this seasonThe Detroit Symphony Orchestra programs fifteen works by living composers this season, with a dedicated concert at Music Hall rooted in the city's own musical voices.By Marcus · Apr 30, 2026 Crossing the Lines: Highland Park resident wants to save the Highland Appliance sign
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Crossing the Lines: Highland Park resident wants to save the Highland Appliance signA Highland Park resident is working to preserve the vintage Highland Appliance sign, a neighborhood landmark that has sat unused for decades.By Marcus · Apr 28, 2026 Pig & Whiskey moves from Ferndale to Corktown for its 2026 edition
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Pig & Whiskey moves from Ferndale to Corktown for its 2026 editionPig & Whiskey announced Thursday that the 2026 edition of the music-and-barbecue festival is moving from downtown Ferndale to Corktown, July 31 to August 2.By Marcus · Apr 30, 2026 Jeff Mills announced another album before the last one was cold
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Jeff Mills announced another album before the last one was coldJeff Mills and Jean-Phi Dary announced a new Tomorrow Comes The Harvest album in February 2026. It is called Forbidden Planet.By Marcus · Feb 15, 2026 Tec-Troit is moving to June
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Tec-Troit is moving to JuneTec-Troit announced in early 2026 that the festival is moving from August to June for the 2026 edition.By Marcus · Feb 1, 2026 Jeff Mills put out the Liquid Room record again for its 30th anniversary
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Jeff Mills put out the Liquid Room record again for its 30th anniversaryJeff Mills released i9 (2025 Version) on July 18, 2025, marking 30 years since his Live at Liquid Room Tokyo session.By Marcus · Dec 3, 2025 Kyle Hall dropped four albums in nine months
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Kyle Hall dropped four albums in nine monthsKyle Hall released four full-length records between May 2025 and January 2026, all on his label Forget The Clock.By Marcus · Dec 1, 2025 An $80 million Brush Park development will bring 211 affordable units, including the Sanctuary
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An $80 million Brush Park development will bring 211 affordable units, including the SanctuaryThe City of Detroit broke ground on a $80 million Brush Park development on Friday, November 14, 2025.By Marcus · Nov 14, 2025 Castalia announced its closing on October 27 and called the timing a chance to go out on top
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Castalia announced its closing on October 27 and called the timing a chance to go out on topOn Monday, October 27, 2025, Castalia posted on social media that it would close on New Year's Eve.By Marcus · Oct 27, 2025 Joe Louis Greenway adds two miles and a statue
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Joe Louis Greenway adds two miles and a statueA new two-mile section of the Joe Louis Greenway opened on October 7, 2025, between Joy Road and Intervale Street on Detroit's west side.By Marcus · Oct 7, 2025 DJ Stingray brought the Echogenesis Tour to Lincoln Factory
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DJ Stingray brought the Echogenesis Tour to Lincoln FactoryDJ Stingray 313 played Lincoln Factory on September 27, 2025, as part of his Echogenesis Tour. Akua and 1morning were on the bill.By Marcus · Sep 27, 2025 Tec-Troit went off in August
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Tec-Troit went off in AugustTec-Troit ran August 15 to 17, 2025, at The Container Globe. Free, three days, a lineup that leaned hard into Detroit's own catalog.By Marcus · Aug 15, 2025 Charivari stopped being one festival and became five
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Charivari stopped being one festival and became fiveCharivari Detroit ran August 14 to 17, 2025, across multiple venues instead of one. The festival dropped its single-site Fort Wayne model.By Marcus · Aug 13, 2025 Capitol Park reopens after a $3.5 million reset
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Capitol Park reopens after a $3.5 million resetThe triangle of grass behind the Westin Book Cadillac is the first thing in Capitol Park that catches the eye after a six-month shutdown.By Marcus · Jul 23, 2025 DJ Holographic and the new wave of Detroit DJs
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DJ Holographic and the new wave of Detroit DJsAriel Corley has been DJing in Detroit as DJ Holographic for most of the last decade. She is one of the names that the next-wave question lands on first, and the touring schedule explains why.By Marcus · Jun 12, 2025 The Underground Stage at Movement 2025: where the deepest sets lived
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The Underground Stage at Movement 2025: where the deepest sets livedThe Underground Stage at Movement 2025 sits in the amphitheater bowl Noguchi cut into the slope. The 2025 booking confirmed it as the festival's harder, more architecturally precise corner.By Marcus · May 28, 2025 Movement 2025: the sets that defined the weekend
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Movement 2025: the sets that defined the weekendBy the end of Monday night, several Movement 2025 sets had separated from the rest of the lineup and become the weekend's reference points.By Marcus · May 27, 2025 Monday at Movement 2025: closing day under the Detroit sky
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Monday at Movement 2025: closing day under the Detroit skyMovement 2025 closed Monday night, May 26, 2025, under a clear Detroit sky and a crowd that had thinned only slightly from Sunday's peak.By Marcus · May 26, 2025 The three godfathers played Hart Plaza together
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The three godfathers played Hart Plaza togetherCarl Craig went back to back with Moodymann on the Stargate stage on Saturday night of Movement 2025. Mike Banks was in the booth with them.By Marcus · May 25, 2025 Theo Parrish and Moodymann played Lincoln Factory for 12 hours
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Theo Parrish and Moodymann played Lincoln Factory for 12 hoursThe Nothing Is Strange party at Lincoln Factory on Sunday of Movement weekend 2025 had one lineup: Theo Parrish and Moodymann.By Marcus · May 25, 2025 No Way Back turned 30 and nobody left before dawn
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No Way Back turned 30 and nobody left before dawnInterdimensional Transmissions ran No Way Back 2025 on Sunday night at Tangent Gallery, billed as a 14-hour Techno Thanksgiving.By Marcus · May 25, 2025 Sunday at Movement 2025: Day Two delivered the deepest sets
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Sunday at Movement 2025: Day Two delivered the deepest setsSunday, May 25, 2025, was the second day of Movement 2025. The crowd at Hart Plaza ran heavier than Saturday by 6 p.m. and the deepest Detroit programming was concentrated in the afternoon.By Marcus · May 25, 2025 Saturday at Movement 2025: opening day at Hart Plaza
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Saturday at Movement 2025: opening day at Hart PlazaMovement 2025 opened on Hart Plaza at noon on Saturday, May 24, 2025. The 25th anniversary edition ran a full slate across all six stages from the first hour.By Marcus · May 24, 2025 Movement 2025 kickoff: parties opened Friday before Hart Plaza
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Movement 2025 kickoff: parties opened Friday before Hart PlazaThe Movement 2025 afterparty circuit opened Friday night, May 23, twelve hours before the festival's first set on Hart Plaza.By Marcus · May 23, 2025 HiTech had the year
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HiTech had the yearHiTech released HONEYPAQQ Vol. 1 on May 23, 2025, and spent the rest of the year doing everything else. Coachella. Berghain. Primavera. Roskilde.By Marcus · May 22, 2025 Kevin Saunderson put his son on the first e-dancer album in 25 years
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Kevin Saunderson put his son on the first e-dancer album in 25 yearsKevin Saunderson released a new e-Dancer album on May 21, 2025, the first under that alias in more than two decades. His son Dantiez produced it with him.By Marcus · May 21, 2025 Movement 2025 by the numbers: 25 years, six stages, 115 artists
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Movement 2025 by the numbers: 25 years, six stages, 115 artistsTwenty-five years. Six stages. One hundred fifteen artists. Three days. The numbers behind the 25th edition of Detroit's flagship electronic music festival.By Marcus · May 20, 2025 The Movement 2025 lineup, decoded: who's playing each stage, why it matters
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The Movement 2025 lineup, decoded: who's playing each stage, why it mattersThe Movement 2025 lineup runs to 115 artists across six stages over three days. The bookings break into roughly four bands and each stage is built around one or two.By Marcus · May 19, 2025 Inside Paxahau: how Detroit's festival institution programs Movement
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Inside Paxahau: how Detroit's festival institution programs MovementPaxahau Event Production has produced Movement since 2006. The company started in 1998 as a Detroit promotion crew and has run the festival under five different mayors.By Marcus · May 18, 2025 What to know about Movement 2025: a guide to Memorial Day weekend at Hart Plaza
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What to know about Movement 2025: a guide to Memorial Day weekend at Hart PlazaThe 25th annual Movement Music Festival runs May 24 through 26, 2025, at Hart Plaza. Three days, six stages, 115 artists across the weekend.By Marcus · May 15, 2025 DJ Minx: Detroit house's matriarchy
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DJ Minx: Detroit house's matriarchyJennifer Witcher founded Women on Wax Recordings in 1996. Twenty-nine years later DJ Minx is one of the most established Detroit house DJs touring, and the only one of her cohort who built a label specifically to amplify women in dance music.By Marcus · May 6, 2025 Mister Joshooa played Panorama Bar
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Mister Joshooa played Panorama BarMister Joshooa played his first Panorama Bar set on April 26, 2025, as part of a Klubnacht lineup.By Marcus · Apr 26, 2025 Kyle Hall: the Detroit prodigy who never left the city
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Kyle Hall: the Detroit prodigy who never left the cityKyle Hall founded Wild Oats Records in 2009 when he was seventeen. Sixteen years later he is still in Detroit, still releasing records, and one of the most consistent house and techno producers the city has produced since.By Marcus · Apr 8, 2025 Kerri Chandler's recurring Detroit work
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Kerri Chandler's recurring Detroit workKerri Chandler is from East Orange, New Jersey. He has played Detroit house rooms with enough consistency over three decades that the city treats him as something close to family.By Marcus · Apr 2, 2025 Roar Brewing turns Nain Rouge into the city's first black-owned brewery
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Roar Brewing turns Nain Rouge into the city's first black-owned breweryEvan Fay learned to like craft beer in Wyoming. He was Air Force, and he kept driving down to Fort Collins because the breweries there worked like community centers.By Marcus · Mar 23, 2025 Theo Parrish at Sound Signature: 28 years of Detroit deep house
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Theo Parrish at Sound Signature: 28 years of Detroit deep houseTheo Parrish founded Sound Signature in 1997. The Detroit deep house label has run for 28 years on a consistent aesthetic, a tight catalog, and a refusal to release at major-label pace.By Marcus · Mar 22, 2025 Hamtramck Blowout 2025 expanded to 220 acts and 25 venues, but the wristband price went up
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Hamtramck Blowout 2025 expanded to 220 acts and 25 venues, but the wristband price went upThe 2024 Blowout reboot had 17 venues, 150 bands, and a twenty-dollar wristband.By Marcus · Mar 20, 2025 Jeff Mills and his jazz band released a new album in March
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Jeff Mills and his jazz band released a new album in MarchJeff Mills released a new Spiral Deluxe album on March 14, 2025. It is called The Love Pretender.By Marcus · Mar 14, 2025 DJ Stingray and the steady Detroit DJ work
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DJ Stingray and the steady Detroit DJ workSherard Ingram has been the steady DJ in Detroit electro and techno since the late 1990s. The DJ Stingray work is what he has done in the years since Drexciya stopped touring.By Marcus · Mar 12, 2025 How Detroit clubs survived 2020 to 2022 and what came after
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How Detroit clubs survived 2020 to 2022 and what came afterMovement was cancelled in 2020 and 2021. Detroit's club rooms closed in mid-March 2020 and most did not reopen at full capacity until summer 2021. The story of how the rooms came back is about which ones did.By Marcus · Feb 22, 2025 A 909, a Saturday night, and Jeff Mills walking back into Detroit
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A 909, a Saturday night, and Jeff Mills walking back into DetroitCarl Cox pulled out of Movement three months before the festival. Jeff Mills is taking his slot.By Marcus · Feb 20, 2025 Omar-S: Detroit's most prolific solo techno project
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Omar-S: Detroit's most prolific solo techno projectAlex O. Smith has been releasing as Omar-S on his own FXHE Recordings since the early 2000s. The catalog is among the most prolific in active Detroit techno, and Smith does it almost entirely solo.By Marcus · Feb 5, 2025 Detroit house: where it diverged from Chicago
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Detroit house: where it diverged from ChicagoChicago house and Detroit house are usually filed as the same lineage. They are not. The two cities share a starting decade and a roster of mutual influences, then diverge sharply around 1990 in ways that still define both scenes.By Marcus · Jan 30, 2025 Stacey Pullen and the Detroit techno middle generation
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Stacey Pullen and the Detroit techno middle generationStacey Pullen has been touring as a Detroit techno DJ for more than thirty years. The middle-generation status is partly a function of when he started and partly a function of staying in the city.By Marcus · Jan 18, 2025 Transmat: Derrick May's lasting Detroit imprint
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Transmat: Derrick May's lasting Detroit imprintDerrick May founded Transmat in 1986. The catalog is small, the influence is not.By Marcus · Jan 10, 2025 Robert Hood and the minimal Detroit techno tradition
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Robert Hood and the minimal Detroit techno traditionRobert Hood co-founded Underground Resistance with Jeff Mills and Mike Banks. He left in 1994 to start M-Plant and put out Minimal Nation, the record that named a subgenre.By Marcus · Dec 22, 2024 Metroplex Records: Juan Atkins's foundation
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Metroplex Records: Juan Atkins's foundationJuan Atkins founded Metroplex in 1985 out of his mother's house. The catalog is the foundation document for a genre.By Marcus · Dec 5, 2024 Moodymann: the Detroit producer who keeps the underground underground
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Moodymann: the Detroit producer who keeps the underground undergroundKenny Dixon Jr. has been releasing as Moodymann since the early 1990s. The Detroit house producer has done it through one label, his own KDJ, and a refusal to leave the city or the catalog.By Marcus · Nov 8, 2024 Jeff Mills: the second-by-second precision of a Detroit master
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Jeff Mills: the second-by-second precision of a Detroit masterJeff Mills has been DJing professionally since the early 1980s. The Detroit techno producer's catalog runs across more than three decades and roughly 60 releases on Axis Records, the label he founded in 1992.By Marcus · Sep 30, 2024 Hamtramck Disneyland gets the New York Times treatment
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Hamtramck Disneyland gets the New York Times treatmentOn September 27, 2024, the New York Times Style Magazine ran a feature by Rachel Corbett titled \"Some of America's Best Art Is in the Yard.\" Hamtramck Disneyland, the folk-art installation a Ukrainian retired General Motors machinist named Dmytro Szylak built across two garages in his backyard on Klinger Street, was one of the pieces.By Marcus · Sep 27, 2024 Detroit Jazz Festival opens with Alice Coltrane's harp on stage
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Detroit Jazz Festival opens with Alice Coltrane's harp on stageThe 45th annual Detroit Jazz Festival ran Labor Day weekend, August 30 to September 2, 2024. Hart Plaza, Campus Martius, and the new Gretchen C.By Marcus · Aug 30, 2024 Mike Huckaby's lasting Detroit house legacy
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Mike Huckaby's lasting Detroit house legacyMike Huckaby died in April 2020 of COVID-19 complications. Four years later the Detroit house producer's records are still circulating, his teaching is still cited by Detroit DJs, and the catalog he left has not aged.By Marcus · Aug 18, 2024 From Detroit to Berlin: how the city's sound went global
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From Detroit to Berlin: how the city's sound went globalDetroit techno was a UK and German phenomenon before it was a Detroit one. The Berlin half of that story runs through one club and one record label, both founded inside two years of the Wall coming down.By Marcus · Aug 10, 2024 Paramita Sound earned national bar honors and Andrey Douthard kept the menu the same
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Paramita Sound earned national bar honors and Andrey Douthard kept the menu the sameWhen USA Today named its first 27 Bars of the Year in July 2024, the only Michigan entry was Paramita Sound, the Black-owned wine bar and record shop on Broadway.By Marcus · Jul 29, 2024 African World festival returns to Hart Plaza for its 41st year
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African World festival returns to Hart Plaza for its 41st yearThe 41st annual African World Festival ran July 12 to 14, 2024, at Hart Plaza. The Wright Three days of music, vendors, food, dance, and panels organized by the Charles H.By Marcus · Jul 12, 2024 Supino pizzeria reopens in Eastern Market after fire
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Supino pizzeria reopens in Eastern Market after fireSupino Pizzeria reopened its dining room in Eastern Market on July 9, 2024, fourteen months after a two-alarm fire in the residential loft above the restaurant.By Marcus · Jul 9, 2024 The Music Institute and the room where Detroit techno became a scene
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The Music Institute and the room where Detroit techno became a sceneThe Music Institute opened on Broadway in late 1988 and closed in late 1989. Less than 18 months. Long enough.By Marcus · Jul 4, 2024 How techno started in Detroit: the Belleville Three story
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How techno started in Detroit: the Belleville Three storyThree Black teenagers from a Detroit suburb — Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson — built the foundation of techno between 1981 and 1988. The story is shorter and stranger than the genre suggests.By Marcus · Jun 12, 2024 Michigan Central comes back, with Diana Ross opening and Eminem closing
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Michigan Central comes back, with Diana Ross opening and Eminem closingSix years of restoration, $300 million in tax incentives, and a lineup deeper than any single Detroit show in decades.By Marcus · Jun 6, 2024 Stacey Hotwaxx Hale: the Detroit DJ who never stopped working
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Stacey Hotwaxx Hale: the Detroit DJ who never stopped workingStacey Hale has been DJing in Detroit since the 1970s. The 'Godmother of House' framing is not a marketing line; it is what people in the city have called her for decades.By Marcus · May 30, 2024 Movement 2024 by the numbers
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Movement 2024 by the numbersPaxahau released attendance and operating figures Tuesday from the 24th edition of Movement. The numbers, in plain terms: the festival held.By Marcus · May 30, 2024 Monday at Movement 2024: Memorial Day closes hard
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Monday at Movement 2024: Memorial Day closes hardMovement 2024 closed Memorial Day, May 27, with the day-three lineup that runs Detroit harder than the rest of the weekend. DJ Stingray, Robert Hood, Octave One, and the Carl Craig closing set.By Marcus · May 27, 2024 Sunday at Movement 2024: a night the crowd didn't leave
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Sunday at Movement 2024: a night the crowd didn't leaveDay two of Movement 2024 was the day the festival had been arguing about for three months. Skrillex closed the Movement Stage. The crowd that showed up for him stayed.By Marcus · May 26, 2024 Saturday at Movement 2024: the festival came back full
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Saturday at Movement 2024: the festival came back fullMovement 2024 opened Saturday, May 25, with a Hart Plaza crowd that was the largest on a festival opening day since the pre-pandemic editions.By Marcus · May 25, 2024 What to know about Movement 2024: 24 years on Hart Plaza
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What to know about Movement 2024: 24 years on Hart PlazaMovement Music Festival runs May 25 through 27, 2024, at Hart Plaza. The 24th edition. Six stages, 115 artists across the weekend, three days for a Memorial Day weekend pass that starts at $225.By Marcus · May 22, 2024 Charles McGee opens the shepherd
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Charles McGee opens the shepherdThe Shepherd's first show is a Charles McGee retrospective. It is appropriate.By Marcus · May 18, 2024 Leña fires up Spain in Brush Park
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Leña fires up Spain in Brush ParkThe hearth is the room. Walk into Leña, look left, and the kitchen opens out around a wood-fire hearth burning Michigan oak, cherry, and applewood.By Marcus · May 8, 2024 Detroit People's Food Co-op opens after 14 years of organizing
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Detroit People's Food Co-op opens after 14 years of organizingAfter 14 years of organizing, Detroit's first Black-led, community-owned grocery store opened at Woodward and Euclid on May 1, 2024.By Marcus · May 1, 2024 The 2024 NFL Draft pulled 775,000 people to downtown Detroit
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The 2024 NFL Draft pulled 775,000 people to downtown DetroitThe 2024 NFL Draft ran in downtown Detroit from April 25 to 27 and pulled an estimated 775,000 people across three days, the largest crowd in the history of the event.By Marcus · Apr 25, 2024 Black opens at the Carr Center
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Black opens at the Carr CenterThe Carr Center's BLACK group exhibition opened Friday and runs through February 29. The full title is BLACK: A Built Language Across Culture and Knowledge.By Marcus · Jan 19, 2024 Movement 2023 was the festival's full return: a recap
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Movement 2023 was the festival's full return: a recapMovement Music Festival ran May 27 through 29, 2023, at Hart Plaza, the 23rd edition and the first Memorial Day weekend that ran without pandemic-era operational constraints. Total attendance roughly 109,000.By Marcus · May 30, 2023