On Jan. 25, the Library Street Collective debuted its newest exhibition at The Shepherd Art Center in Detroit’s East Side nieghborhood. “Warp and Weft: Technologies within Textiles” was curated by Allison Glenn, the artistic director of The Shepherd.

Dealing with complicated, painful emotions within the embrace of a supportive community is exactly what stage director Vanessa El-Zein is capturing in her debut musical showcase that she has written and directed.

I was born and raised in a small city in southwest Michigan. Though I spent my childhood camping as a Girl Scout, I never considered myself much of an outdoors person.

In my garage live three boxes of what most would call trash—faded receipts, old birthday cards, deflated balloons, and a paper crane folded from a school musical program.

“Ink Master” is a well-known reality show which follows different tattoo artists through different rounds of challenges to determine who is the “master.” Season Two featured Cee Jay Jones, also known as “Inky,” which comes from her roller derby name, I

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About half-way through my freshman year of high school I decided to pick up knitting.