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| Arts and Culture |
| Detroit is sometimes called D-Town or The D by
locals, notably those within the hip-hop community. |
| Within the entertainment industry, Detroit is
widely regarded as one the country's strongest markets—perhaps
the strongest in per capita terms—particularly in live
music and theater. In 2004, as in most previous years, DTE Energy
Music Theater in nearby Clarkston, Michigan was the No. 1 summer
concert venue in the United States in both attendance and box
office gross, according to Pollstar and Billboard magazines.
Sister arena The Palace of Auburn Hills typically ranks in the
top three, often ahead of such high-profile venues as New York's
Madison Square Garden. Music has been the dominant feature of
Detroit's nightlife since the late 1940s, and both city and
suburbs teem with live music venues. |
| One of the highlights of Detroit's musical history
was the success of Motown Records during the 1960s and early
1970s. The label, founded in Detroit by Berry Gordy, Jr., and
housed at the "Hitsville U.S.A." building on West
Grand Ave. until 1972, was home to some of the most popular
recording acts in the world, including Marvin Gaye, The Temptations,
and Detroit area natives Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross & the
Supremes, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, The Four Tops,
and Martha Reeves & the Vandellas. The city is also regarded
as the quintessential Rock 'n Roll town, due to its receptive
and enthusiastic rock music audiences. Notable 1970s and 1980s
rock music performers hailing from the Detroit area include
the Stooges, the MC5, and the Romantics. |
| In recent years, Detroit has assumed a kind of
gritty, hip cachet around the world, thanks largely to such
modern ambassadors as the White Stripes, Eminem, the Electric
Six, and Kid Rock. Detroit is also considered the birthplace
of techno music, and hosts a large electronic music festival
in Hart Plaza each Spring. |
Downtown
Detroit contains an eclectic combination of architectural
styles: buildings from the 1920s are intermixed with
more modern structures.
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| The Detroit Institute of Arts houses what is considered
to be one of the most prominent American collections outside
New York City, and features showcase pieces by Diego Rivera,
Picasso and Van Gogh along with such hometown artists as Charles
McGee. |
| The city is home to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
and the Detroit Opera House. Major theaters include the Fox
Theatre, Masonic Temple Theatre, Fisher Theatre, State Theatre,
Music Hall, and the Detroit Repertory Theatre. |
| Major parks include Belle Isle, Palmer Park, River
Rouge Park, Chene Park and Campus Martius Park. Other city recreational
facilities include municipal golf courses (William Rogell, Rouge,
Belle Isle, Palmer Park), Northwest Activities Center, Detroit
Zoo and the Belle Isle Aquarium (though unfortunately, the Belle
Isle Aquarium and Zoo are closed as of April 2005, though there
is a movement to reopen them). |
| Other cultural centers include the Motown Historical
Museum, Detroit Historical Museum, Museum of African American
History, Detroit Science Center, Tuskegee Airmen Museum, Historic
Fort Wayne, Dossin Great Lakes Museum and the Belle Isle Conservatory. |
| A memorial to Joe Louis at the intersection of
Jefferson and Woodward Avenues was dedicated on October 16,
1986. The sculpture, commissioned by Sports Illustrated magazine
and executed by Robert Graham, is a 24-foot-long arm with a
fisted hand suspended by a 24-foot-high pyramidal framework. |
| Founded in 1907 by two Russian immigrant brothers
in Detroit, Faygo soda remains a Detroit tradition, and is sold
internationally. |
| On the festival of Fat Tuesday (also known as
Paczki Day, though traditionally celebrated by Poles on Fat
Thursday), occurring on the last Tuesday before Lent, many metro
Detroiters join in the festivity by indulging in jelly-filled
donuts called paczkis. The nearby city of Hamtramck is noted
for its paczkis. |
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