Charles McGee: Boundless Energy In “Virgin Territory” After 85 Years

Charles McGee “Energy” Exhibition at Eastern Michigan University
Charles McGee in 2008 framed by a section of his sculpture, “United We
Stand,” at the Buckham Gallery in Flint, MI.
Photo by Jeana-Dee Allen of The Flint Journal
In the late 80s and early 90s, Charles McGee had a number of significant retrospectives. However, he wouldn’t [...]

Moving On…

“It’s time to move on, it’s time to get goin’.” – Tom Petty

Six years ago, my brother John had the notion for a virtual magazine about theater and art, and as we started discussing and dreaming up what it could be, it soon blossomed into a publication on arts and culture to serve Detroiters. [...]

Distracted

It seems for the last few months, I’ve been checking and rechecking the Free Press website, curious to see what’s new with the mayor that hour. For a while there, I was also back and forth between the freep.com and the New York Times online, seeing what was up with New York’s now-departed governor.

I’ve [...]

Green Spaces – Central Parks

I’m running through the streets of New York and its Central Park in a pretty steady downpour. Dodging puddles, soaked through, I can’t help but reflect upon Detroit.
No, no, I’m not contemplating the eerie similarity between newspaper headlines in the two cities about sex scandals of major political figures that have bookended my leaving Detroit [...]