Makers Best Women’s Wear Designer In the past, Mark Mitchell’s designs have been over-the-top fabulous and flirtatious, borrowing concepts from…
WORKERS Best Chef In an age that’s all about the celebrity chef, Charles Walpole is a chef all about the…
Friday, July 26 Bakelite 78 This five-piece draws from old-timey vaudevillian swing music, led by the theatrical vocals of acoustic…
Bad Rabbits Much of what’s been written about Bad Rabbits inaccurately plays up the group’s R&B tendencies. In reality, the…
Openings & Events • BAM ARTSfair SEE THE WIRE, PAGE 17. Robert Blatt Elements is a sound installation investigating the…
Local & Repertory • American Comedy Classics There’s overacting and there’s over-Acting. John Barrymore provides the latter as a gloriously…
Wednesday, July 24 Dwele R&B music is understood to be sultry, but the songs from this Detroit singer and producer…
Son Volt Wednesday, July 24 Released earlier this year, Jay Farrar and co.’s album Honky Tonk is a slight departure…
Local & Repertory • American Comedy Classics “Don’t be a sucker”—that’s the spirit of Frank Capra’s classic 1934 American comedy…
Shugo Tokumaru crafts elaborate, multifaceted songs that draw from both Western and Japanese pop traditions, and, in the vein of…
Shugo Tokumaru crafts elaborate, multifaceted songs that draw from both Western and Japanese pop traditions, and, in the vein of…
Wednesday, July 17 Gran Rapids These locals’ most recent, self-titled effort, out this past spring, is club-ready rap built around…
On a warm summer night this past June, Jason Ames handed out flyers for an upcoming Queensrÿche gig at the…
Installing fixed cameras to enforce school zone speed limits of 20 mph has proved to be a huge boon to…
Openings & Events • Acclimatized: Heaven and Earth The Center on Contemporary Art mounts its fifth exhibition of temporary artwork…
Wednesday, July 10 • Dark Features keeps, perhaps intentionally, a low online profile, the most telling component of which is…
Local & Repertory The Elegant Clockwork of the Universe Local director Malik Isasis presents his indie suspense film about a…
So it’s, like, pretty fucking hot outside. Maybe you’ve heard the news by now. Dogs are panting. Kids are eating…
Tuesday, July 2 Friends & Family On its recent fussed-over debut album, Happy, Good-Looking, and In Love, this local septet…
Tuesday, July 2 Friends & Family On its recent fussed-over debut album, Happy, Good-Looking, and In Love, this local septet…
