Culture Convo: Will Calling My Mom Make Me a Better Person?
I miss my mom.She isn’t dead, so it’s a little weird to write.But I miss her in the way I miss a close friend...
Culture Convo: Defining Detroiter
If you don't feel confident as a Detroit sports fan, I don’t blame you.It’s been a while since we’ve been world champions ... since...
Last Chance to See Andre Smith’s Exhibit at the Downtown Art Gallery
In an assuming gallery just outside of downtown Detroit, a major exhibit documenting the past 50 years of hip-hop is a show you shouldn’t...
Leaps and Bounds
Genevieve Penn-Nabity has always loved pushing the limits of ballet. From a daredevil 11-year-old sliding across the stage en pointe at local youth dance...
Culture Convo: All The Lonely People
As the rest of the world gets lonelier are we suffering the same fate here in Metro Detroit?An increasingly isolated world isn’t just a...
2025 Arts & Culture Preview
Six the Musical
The six wives of King Henry VIII unite as a pop band in this hilarious musical comedy by Toby Marlow and Lucy...
Fall 2024 Arts & Entertainment Preview
Music
Usher
Hot on the heels of an electrifying two-year Las Vegas residency, the Grammy Award-winning R&B superstar will perform two consecutive shows at Little Caesars...
New DIA Exhibition Celebrates Black Identity and Culture
Influenced by her parents' stylish flair — her father’s love for Cadillacs and custom jewelry, her mother’s impeccable grooming — Tiff Massey, who at...
Culture Convo: The Kids Are Alright
You don't make a lot of money in journalism. That goes for public radio, too.Anyone I’ve ever met working in either field is genuinely...
Culture Convo: Belle Isle Beauty
It took me a long time to see the beauty in Belle Isle.Detroit’s island gem always felt like too much car congestion, not enough...
Meet the Man Who is Sharing a Detroit-Born Dance With the World
As a kid, Michael Manson Jr. danced in his bedroom, trying to imitate Michael Jackson’s moves, or Usher’s.“My mom would put me on punishment,”...
Metro Detroit Culture Calendar for June 2024
Another summer concert season is here. And it’s a stacked one. You’ll notice a vast array of shows in Hour Detroit’s listings this month....
Metro Detroit Culture Calendar for May 2024
I spend a lot of my time trying to convince friends, family, and strangers of all shapes and sizes to dive into Detroit’s cultural...
April 2024 Culture Calendar
Metro Detroit is always so full of events and other fun things to do that it can be tough keeping track of it all....
Review: Europeras 3 & 4 at Detroit Opera
Regarding his five-cycle Europeras, John Cage, the visionary American avant-garde composer, is alleged to have said, “For two hundred years the Europeans have been sending us...
March 2024 Culture Calendar
Metro Detroit is always so full of events and other fun things to do that it can be tough keeping track of it all....
February 2024 Culture Calendar
Metro Detroit is always so full of events and other fun things to do that it can be tough keeping track of it all....
January 2024 Culture Calendar
Looking for something fun to do this month? Ryan Patrick Hooper, the host of CultureShift on 101.9 WDET, Detroit's NPR station, offers his top...
Editor’s Letter: 2023 Fall Arts and Entertainment Preview
Sometimes I go to the library for fun. It’s a habit I’ve had my whole life, from taking part in story times as a child...
2023 Fall Arts & Entertainment Preview
Fall is coming, and now is the perfect time to get in some fun before the snow flies. Get details on the hottest concerts,...