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Learn the story of funk music, from its roots to the explosion of '70s urban funk and beyond in WE WANT THE FUNK! - premiering Tuesday, April 8 at 9pm. 💥🎶
Get excited & get FUNKY with our funk Spotify playlist! CHECK IT OUT ➡️ open.spotify.com/playlist/05…
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Move and groove your way to @IndependentLens’ latest film! 🕺
Come together for a screening + panel discussion of WE WANT THE FUNK! on Thursday, April 3 at 6pm at @TheWrightMuseum!
RSVP & learn more here: eventbrite.com/e/we-want-the… #IndieLensPBS
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Happy #313Day!🚗🌭🎶 We love you, Detroit!
Celebrate our city's legacy with some nostalgic docs about our art, music, culture, and more: video.detroitpbs.org/show/de… #WhatUpDoe
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We are proud to partner with the @SphinxOrg to present its 28th annual competition and conference in downtown Detroit, with the support of the DTE Foundation.
Learn more: detroitpbs.org/about/media-r…
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PLEASE NOTE: @detroitjazzfest has moved to the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center tonight due to the weather and high winds. Festival will resume normally tomorrow!
The @detroitjazzfest kicks off TODAY!!🎊🎶🎷
Come on down to Hart Plaza & Campus Martius for a weekend full of free jazz, and be sure to come say hi at the @909WRCJ booth!!
We hope to see you there!🤩 If you can't make it in person, stream it live at live.detroitjazzfest.org!
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It's no secret Detroit's #jazz scene has influenced the genre nationwide.
As we gear up for the 44th annual @detroitjazzfest, take a trip through history to learn about the history of Detroit jazz and those who have made contributions to the genre.
dptv.org/programs/detroit-ja…
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.@KarriemRiggins is the festival's 2023 artist in residence presented by @RocketMortgage, and he's coming to #Detroit with reinforcements. Special guests who'll be joining him onstage for his three shows include @common, @JRocc, @NickGrantmusic, @T3sv and more!
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SCHEDULE ADJUSTMENT: We’re revising the schedule for all artists/stages for this year’s festival. The smaller Pyramid Stage in Hart Plaza will not be used. The change allows for larger audiences and increased access to all of our artist performances.
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Check out this powerful profile on longtime DPTV arts partner @SphinxOrg, featured on @PBS @NewsHour, highlighting their groundbreaking work in building diversity in classical music: artscanvas.org/music/sphinx-… – at Novi, MI
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The new season of @DetroitPerforms is almost here! Season 12 premieres this WEDNESDAY, April 5 at 7:30p ET.
The first episode kicks off with @AudraKubat performing her song "Oh Mother" with the @SingDWC. Check out our preview!
Learn more about season 12: detroitperforms.org/detroit-…
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LIVESTREAM this @UMPennyStamps event with @CheechMarin and @UM_Stamps this FRIDAY 8p ET at dptv.org/penny-stamps-distin…
CHEECH MARIN
03/09/23 - 5:30 PM
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Join us at the @michigantheater in #AnnArbor this Thursday, featuring Cheech Marin in conversation with the @UM_Stamps Dean, Carlos Francisco Jackson!
Cheech is recognized today as a preeminent advocate for Chicano art.
Hope to see you there!
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Check out this #video from @PBS: #DetroitPerforms , Curated by: @JitMasters on @detroitpublictv
Our friends and partners in BLUE from September 2021
pbs.org/video/curated-by-jit…
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Stream the next @UMPennyStamps event featuring designer @Tracy_Reese this Friday, Dec. 2 at 8p ET on @DetroitPerforms Facebook or at dptv.org/penny-stamps-distin…
Tracy Reese
12/1/22
5:30 PM ET
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Tracy Reese is a designer whose rich, daring colors and unique prints are crafted into joyful, feminine clothing for women. Reese’s design philosophy is rooted in a commitment to bringing out the beauty in women of all shapes, sizes, & colors.
ALT Woman stands in front of a door smiling, holding buckets of flowers. Another woman stands in a garden in an orange dress. The text reads, "Tracy Reese, Hope for Flowers" and "when: Thursday, December 1, 2022 5:30 PM ET" and "where: Michigan theater, 603 E. Liberty St. Ann Arbor MI"
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Some behind the scenes photos for tomorrow's Alternative Miss World 50th Anniversary celebration at Shakespeare's Globe Theater!
Don't miss out on the fun, join us at 2:00 PM ET ONLINE to watch. Visit pennystampsevents.org for more info!
#alternativemissworld #AMW
ALT Photo of the Shakespeare's Globe Theater in London, which will feature the Alternative Miss World Even on 10/28/22
ALT Photo from inside the Shakespeare's Globe Theater, as people set up for the Alternative Miss World 50th Anniversary Event.
ALT Photo from inside the Shakespeare's Globe Theater, as people set up for the Alternative Miss World 50th Anniversary Event.
ALT Photo from backstage at the Shakespeare's Globe Theater, as people set up for the Alternative Miss World 50th Anniversary Event.
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LIVESTREAM @UMPennyStamps coverage of Alternative Miss World this Friday, Oct. 28 at 2p ET: dptv.org/penny-stamps-distin…
Join us on Friday at 2 PM ET ONLINE live from London at Shakespeare’s iconic Globe Theatre for the 50th Anniversary of Alternative Miss World, renowned sculptor Andrew Logan’s celebration of transformation, creativity and beauty that goes beyond gender, age, race and sexuality.
ALT Colorful Photo of Andrew Logan with the text reading, "Alternative Miss World, GOLD" advertising the Penny Stamps Speaker Series online event on Friday, October 28th, 2022 at 2 PM ET. For more information visit pennystampsevents.org
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Catch the LIVESTREAM TONIGHT 8p ET Ojibwe artist Andrea Carlson joins @UMPennyStamps.
WATCH on @DetroitPerforms Facebook or dptv.org/penny-stamps-distin…
ANDREA CARLSON
10/20/22 - 5:30
Andrea Carlson is an Ojibwe visual artist whose commission, Future Cache, is on display at @ummamuseum. It combines text & imagery to bring attention to the history of violent displacement of the Cheboiganing (Burt Lake) Band from northern Michigan
ALT Banner featuring various artworks by Andrea Carlson, and Ojibwe painter and drawer, whose current commission, "Future Cashe" is on display the the University of Michigan Museum of Art. The banner is advertising for an in person event featuring Carlson, at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor at 5:30 PM ET, for her Penny Stamps Speaker Series event.
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Livestream "Legendary Drag Queens" from @UMPennyStamps TONIGHT 8p ET on @DetroitPerforms digital platforms.
WATCH: dptv.org/penny-stamps-distin…
LEGENDARY DRAG QUEENS
9/29/22 - 5:30 PM ET
MICHIGAN THEATER
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Legendary Drag Queens discuss the history of their legacies and artform, the role of lineage and queer community building, and how drag has changed the world through activism, glamour and celebratory inclusion. #drag
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Join us at 5:30 PM at the @michigantheater for a fabulous night of celebration featuring glamour, glitz, queer community building, artform and legacy, with five Legendary Drag Queens!
For more info please visit:
stamps.umich.edu/events/lege…
#dragqueens #drag #legendarydragqueens
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Who was Shakespeare’s “Dark Lady”?
Get to know the story of Black Lucy with the @NashvilleBallet in @GPerfPBS "Black Lucy and the Bard," premiering TONIGHT at 10pm ET!
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Come to downtown Detroit for the first night of the @detroitjazzfest with Dr. Valade’s Brass Band, @chuchovaldes and @SoulRebels!! 🎺
