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Soft Target is a new play by Emily Kaczmarek that tackles gun violence in schools through the story of 9-year-old Amanda and her bedroom toys.

Poignant play takes aim at America’s out-of-control gun violence

In Detroit Public Theatre’s ’Soft Target,’ a girl’s toys help her process a school shooting

By Randiah Camille Green

Todd Strange plays President Donald Trump in The Central Park Five.

Fear and loathing at the opera

By Randiah Camille Green

The House of Tarot exhibit gives us major Silent Hill vibes (in a good way). Matt Rozensky’s Judgment installation.

Detroit’s former Herman Kiefer Hospital has been transformed into ‘The House of Tarot’

By Randiah Camille Green

Mr. Climax (Jim McCarty Plays the Blues in Pere-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris). Acrylic on vinyl.

Johnny “Bee” Badanjek to debut new paintings Saturday night at the River’s Edge

French neoclassical ballet company Malandain Ballet Biarritz returned to the Detroit Opera House.

‘Four Seasons’ beckons spring

Luminosity: A Detroit Arts Gathering is on view at the Charles H. Wright Museum through March 31, 2026.

Charles H. Wright’s ‘Luminosity’ is a Black Detroit arts gathering for the ages

By Randiah Camille Green

Carol Teegardin, left, wrote Strawberry — What Party?, a stage play about ex-Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.

A play about the rise and fall of a Midwest mayor is back in the spotlight

By Jim McFarlin

Female Gaze is on view at Playground Detroit through April 19.

Playground Detroit centers the ‘Female Gaze’ in women-only exhibition

By Randiah Camille Green

Artwork by Julianna Sanroman, one of the artists featured in GIRLHOOD presented by DAM and MOCAD.

MOCAD to host Detroit Artists Market exhibition due to flood damage

Image: ‘Living Frequency’ follows the mycelial threads of Black Detroit art from past to present

‘Living Frequency’ follows the mycelial threads of Black Detroit art from past to present

By Randiah Camille Green

Now celebrating its 25th anniversary, Detroit’s Dirty Show offers plenty to look at.

The Dirty Show celebrates 25th anniversary with some of its greatest hits

Flooding damage at the Detroit Artists Market.

Detroit Artists Market closes due to flooding from burst pipe

Lay of the Land is on display at M Contemporary Art.

‘Lay of the Land’ explores the wisdom of our plantcestors

By Randiah Camille Green

Image: ‘Warp & Weft’ weaves history and culture at The Shepherd (2)

‘Warp & Weft’ weaves history and culture at The Shepherd

By Chris Handyside

Levon Kafafian spins a yarn through the weaving of cloth.

Levon Kafafian weaves their story of a post-digital collapse in thread

By Randiah Camille Green

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