Fall Arts Guide 2012 Listings

City Slang: New Black Dahlia Murder album lands at number 32 on Billboard charts
Everblack, the new album from local metal heads Black Dahlia Murder, released on Metal Blade Records, entered the Billboard top 200 at number 32. According to a statement, “The album also landed at #3 on the Billboard Current Hard Music Albums chart (behind Black Sabbath and Queens of the Stone Age). Additional chart debuts include #3 on the Billboard Hard Music Albums, #9 on the Billboard Independent Albums, and #30 on the Hits Albums Chart. Additionally, the album peaked at #15 on the iTunes album chart, and #2 on the iTunes Metal chart, second only to living legends Black Sabbath.” BDM’s Trevor Strnad reacts to the success of the album: “We are thrilled that “Everblack” is being so well received by the fans and we thank them truly from the heart for picking the album up. It’s been an amazing ride so far and the new album is our proudest moment yet. THANKS!!” Click here to join the City Slang Turntable community!!! Follow @City_Slang
Urinal Cake Records – “UrineFested” 6/21-6/22
Profile: Urinal Cake Records (on Metro Times Music Blahg – “Urinal Cake Records’ First Year + New Gardens (Grows)”) “Urinefested” Local Label Showcase -2 day Fest in Detroit June 21-22nd at P.J.’s Lager House (1254 Michigan Ave), Friday: The Clone Defects, Terrible Twos, Moonhairy, Obnox, Ritual Howls, Mountains and Rainbows – - Saturday: Johnny Ill Band, Protomartyr, Growwing Pains, Drugs Dragons, K9 Sniffles, Feelings, Guinea Worms, and the Keep On Trash DJs. — Visual artwork displays by Jeff Arcel, Thelonious Bone, Davin Brainard, Zak Bratto, Joe Casey, Luke Chapelle, Jimbo Easter, Andy Gabrysiak, Ben Lyon, Johnny Lzr, Kara Meister, Nai Sammon, Timmy Vulgar, and Matt 7 http://urinalcakerecords.com – pjslagerhouse.com ~ There seems to be a lot of local DIY record labels, lately. But Johnny Ill nonchalantly shrugs that into perspective: “Shit, there could be no one to put out your music. I’m not dong it, so I’m glad guys like Eric are doing it…” It’s still a rarity, says Ill (a.k.a. John Garcia of The Johnny Ill Band,) for someone (like Eric Love of Urinal Cake Records) willingly financing and spending time resources for local songwriters to produce, package and distribute their works. “The worst thing that could happen [...]
City Slang: Battlecross post-Orion news
Following their triumphant appearance at OrionFest, local metal heads Battlecross has announced that drummer Kevin Talley (formerly of Six Feet Under, Chimaira and Dying Fetus) will be staying on with the band for its forthcoming tour. See Battlecross performing Slayer’s “War Ensemble” at OrionFest here. The new album, War of Will, will be released via Metal Blade on July 9, and the first single will be “Force Fed Lies”. Battlecross will be on the Mayhem Festival with Rob Zombie throughout the summer. Follow @City_Slang
DIA ‘Courts’ New Diners
Who says the Detroit Institute of Arts is only for art admirers? The addition of a Friday night music schedule has found some new converts. And now food lovers can rejoice as the museum unveils a new go-to place for visitors to eat, drink, relax and socialize. It’s the newly revamped Kresge Court. Combining an elegant atmosphere with competitive prices, visitors can enjoy an array of gourmet snacks, sandwiches, salads and desserts that use regional ingredients. Befitting a hip hangout, the dishes skew creative. If you’re stopping by for a quick lunch, you’ve got to try the fine ficelle salad. The stars of this show are prosciutto, black mission fig jam, wild arugula and European-style thin sourdough baguette. The green goddess salad features local greens, carrot ribbons, marinated summer squash, sunflower seeds and currants. Other offerings include DIA deviled eggs and wasabi tobiko caviar; artichokes, radish, black olive aioli and flatbread; toasted farro salad with shaved fennel; surryano dry-cured ham with hot pepper pickles and more. Desserts include Italian pudding with bittersweet chocolate, seasonal fruit croustade, and an alcoholic spin on a Detroit classic, a Boston rum cooler with Vernor’s ginger ale, French vanilla ice cream, Captain Morgan spiced rum, [...]
The 1943 Detroit Race Riot, 70 years later
Mention “Detroit” and “riot” to most metro Detroiters today, and most people will think of the year 1967. Some will call it a “riot” and some will call it a “rebellion,” but chances are that nobody will talk about Detroit’s forgotten riot, the 1943 Detroit race riot. Most likely, that’s because the events of 1943 don’t neatly dovetail with our conventional narratives about the Greatest Generation, and they provide ugly examples of white racism that most area residents, if they remember them, would rather forget. And that’s a shame, because the 1943 riot offers a chance to look beyond simplistic sociological assumptions about ’60s civil disorder and the ensuing urban disintegration. This is especially interesting at a time when historians such as Thomas Sugrue are re-examining Detroit and the roles played by whites and their institutions, often uncovering sweeping antecedents that transcend a passive white exodus. And for those whites who think the ramifications of institutional racism are overstated, those old photographs of white mobs rampaging up and down Woodward Avenue, beating and stabbing black Detroiters, might change a mind or two. And 1943 is also worth another look because it helps define the early civil rights movement. It saw African-Americans effectively [...]
Oh Criminals, Where Art Thou?
I would be lying if I said I wasn’t a little disappointed with my Detroit experience so far. In the past 8 months, I have no gunshot wounds, stabbing scars, or even a stolen vehicle to show for it. I don’t even have a lower credit score! When I told everyone I was moving here, I got a wave of backlash and pleas to reconsider. It reminded me of the time I traveled to the Middle East and, as I was boarding my flight, received a hundred text messages and calls saying, “If you go, you are going to DIE!” Well, my time in the Middle East was just as disappointing and uneventful as my time here in Motown. Where have all the criminals gone? With a nice bout of insomnia, I used to walk to the YMCA at 5 a.m. to work out in total darkness. My Dad freaked out when I told him. What my father can’t understand is that, unless you live right downtown, and once the sun sets, the streets of Detroit are deserted. No cars. No homeless people. Even the pimps seem to take the night off. I could streak down Woodward (my apologies for the [...]

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Published: September 12, 2012

Paint Creek Center for the Arts, 407 Pine St., Rochester, 248-651-4110. Davin Brainard, Solo showing of nature-themed stencil works. Closing reception is September 21 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. (Ends 9/21) Graphic Playground, a four-person group show that features drawings, paintings and prints that share a bold graphic design sensibility. (Ends 9/21)

River's Edge Gallery, 3024 Biddle Ave., Wyandotte, 734-246-9880. NOW & NOT, Work by Amy Chenier, Jeremy Hansen, Ryan Weiss and the late Jim Slack. (Ends 9/30)

Robert Kidd Gallery, 107 Townsend St., Birmingham, 248-642-3909. Sweet Spot, this group exhibition features a collection of paintings and sculpture by an array of Detroit-based artists and others from around the country on a theme of enticement, the exhibition abounds with the artists' personal interpretations of seductive sweetness. From high photo-realism in oil to elegant abstractions in bronze, (Ends 10/20)

Scarab Club, 217 Farnsworth, Detroit, 313-831-1250. The Emerging Artist Showcase, a solo exhibit the third Thursday of every month. Start Gallery, 206 E. Grand River Ave., Detroit, 313-909-2854. Jump in the Fire, 2nd annual Halloween season exhibit. photography, installation, sculpture, painting/illustration, digital, video, mixed media. themes: fun, gruesome, dark, grim, weird, twisted and more. (Ends 11/10)

UM School of Art & Design, 2000 Bonisteel Blvd., Ann Arbor. Fay Kleinman Retrospective, This exhibit at the Slusser Gallery includes the broad range of work by Fay Kleinman (1912-2012): abstracts, portraits, landscapes and imagined worlds. This may be the last time to see all of Kleinman's work in Southeast Michigan before many of her paintings are sent to galleries in New York. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday; noon-7 p.m. Saturday. (Ends 9/14)

University of Michigan Museum of Art, 525 S. State St., Ann Arbor, 734-764-0395. African Art and the Shape of Time, This exhibit explores how African art gives material form to the diverse concepts of temporality, history and memory. (Ends 2/3) Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries, This Seoul-based art collective is known for innovative video works that exist at the nexus of visual art and digital literature. (Ends 12/30)

Work • Detroit, 3663 Woodward Ave., Detroit, 313-593-0940. STAMINA, An exhibition that embodies endurance in the physicality of art making. September 7- October 5, 2012 CLOSING RECEPTION, October 5, 6-9pm *Performance by Anna Helgeson, October 5, 5:30-7:30pm. (Ends 10/5)

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323 East Gallery and Boutique. 323 E. Fourth St., Royal Oak, 866-756-6538. Bethany Shorb Solo Exhibition. As a designer of witty hand printed neckwear, Shorb has applied her experience as a sculptor, couture, costume and graphic designer. (10/13) Glass, Cinder & Thorns II, all-women, fairy-tale inspired group exhibition. (11/17) The Mayan Calendar, Curated by Robert De Valle and Dan Armand (12/21)

Ann Arbor Art Center. 117 W. Liberty, Ann Arbor, 734-994-8004. IMPRESSIONS, Selections from Stewart & Stewart, Printer/ Publisher of Fine Prints, 1980 to present. Show opens Friday, Nov 30th, 2012 and runs thru Sunday, Jan 6th, 2013 (11/30)

Arab American National Museum. 13624 Michigan Ave., Dearborn, 313-582-2266. 12th SURA Student Exhibition, The exhibit, running from October 13th through February 3rd, 2013. (10/13, noon-2 p.m.) Little Syria, NY: An Immigrant Community's Life & Legacy, documenting a lower Manhattan neighborhood in the late 1800s. (11/16, 6 p.m.)

Artcite. 109 University W., Windsor, 519-977-6564. "A is for..." Amin Rehman, Amin Rehman's large text-based installations explore neo-colonialism. Alternating between oil/ encaustic and digitally generated vinyl and neon signs, Rehman uses short, quixotic texts to evoke both current global realities and his own experience living in Pakistan and Canada. (10/19, 7:30 p.m.)

Brown and Juanita C. Ford Art Gallery. 1001 W. Fort St., Detroit, 313-496-2634. ABSTRACTICA, Icons of Faith and Objects of inspiration found in artists Anita Bates' and Jocelyn Rainey's latest works. (9/29)

The Butcher's Daughter. 22747 Woodward Ave., Ferndale, 248-808-6536. Jordan Eagles: Blood Work, In this exhibition, the artist presents a new series based on the various elemental qualities of blood. Through October 3. (9/22, 6-9 p.m.) Donald Kilpatrick: Wish Diamonds, Donald Kilpatrick, College for Creative Studies faculty member in traditional and digital illustration, department chair since 2010. Through December 22. (11/10, 6-8 p.m.)

David Klein Gallery. 163 Townsend, Birmingham, 248-433-3700. Kim McCarty & Asya Reznikov. Kim McCarty's watercolors hover between presence and absence. McCarty's portraits evoke the sense of uncertainty, ambivalence, anxiety, and loss with which we view today's generation. (9/14, 5-7 p.m.)

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