Singer/Actress Delloreese Patricia Early, better known as Della Reese, was born in the historic Black Bottom neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan in 1931. Reese, who is of Native American (Cherokee) and African American decent, started singing in church at the age of 5 performing and acting in various groups throughout Detroit. By the age of 13 [...]
Lasers, lights and projectors filled the streets of the midtown area near downtown Detroit last Friday and Saturday as the DLECTRICITY Fest electrified the city. Brought to us by the DLECTRICITY Curatorial Committee, DLECTRICITY highlighted nearly 35 local, national and international artists whose work was lined up all along Woodward Ave displayed with the help of [...]
Last night The Detroit Fly was lucky enough to attend an early screening of the upcoming movie Middle of Nowhere. The gorgeous cast and intriguing preview sparked curiosity of what Writer & Director Ava Duvernay was about to share. From beginning to end, there wasn’t a moment where I didn’t find myself entertained, thinking [...]
Don’t call it a comeback… Detroit, MI rang in as a primary point in this year’s Democratic National Convention. Politicians from all walks of life, surrogates, and news correspondents have all recognized Detroit, MI as one of the most influential cities in our country’s future. Serving as the heartbeat of industry, the importance of Detroit’s [...]
(Photo Credited to: Crainsdetroit.com/Detroit Institute of Arts) A “Cultural Living Room”. Well, that’s how the organizers from Detroit Institute of Arts are describing their new project which will be set up in the Midtown district near Downtown Detroit. Through grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and other organizations; the D.I.A plans on bringing new life to [...]
Reports from all over the world are coming in about the sucess of The Electronic Music Festival that happened this Memorial holiday Weekend in Downtown Detroit. It’s estimated that nearly 100,000 electronic music fans packed Hart Plaza on the RiverFront for the Movement Festivities. Stages were set high with a beautiful view of downtown, the Detroit [...]
Today I came across an inspiring article Written by Carlton S. Gholz, of Modeldmedia.com, about a great organization that wants to preserve Detroit’s musical history. I wanted to repost my own version of the article but thought it would be a slap to the face of the writer. So, below I have placed a link [...]
There are really only two annual events in Detroit that I really look forward to. One; the Fireworks show over the Detroit river and two, Detroit’s Restaurant week. Detroit finest restaurants not only offer the most exquisite entrees at a fair discounted price, but the city becomes overwhelmed with the foot traffic of diversity that [...]
A little over a month ago, Detroit’s Mayor, Dave Bing announced that he would allow for the sale of abandoned city lots for as little as $200 a pop. This past week, Michigan’s Governor, Rick Snyder, Signed a bill that would allow the selling and redevolpment of the historic Michigan State Fairgrounds. To many Detroiter’s [...]
February honors Black history month and March women’s month but what month honors a black women. There isn’t one technically but if there was one, Toni Stone would definitely be one of the honorees for all she’s done in the world of sports. A feat that would be difficult for any woman of any race [...]
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