ZANA SMITH : SPECTACLES Four Decades of Style, Culture, and Detroit Soul In 1984, when downtown Detroit was quiet enough that you could “roll a bowling ball and not hit a thing,” Zana Smith opened the doors to a new kind of boutique. Her shop, Spectacles, was never meant to be just a retail space…
THE FUNKY PEOPLE’S FORGE Adriel Fantastique and Detroit’s Underground Legacy Long before the world caught on, Detroit’s underground was already alive with the future. For Adriel Thornton—known to many as Adriel Fantastique—techno wasn’t a genre, it was backyard barbecue music. As a kid in late-80s Detroit, he heard Cybertron and Kraftwerk not in nightclubs, but floating through…
GARRISON XR Introduce yourself in your favorite way possible. My name is Garrison — Detroit’s gender fluid DJ, promoter, designer, model and self proclaimed It Girl. Song requests, or no? Depends on who is asking but more times than not, no. What are you focusing on most these days? The XOXR Parties — I constantly…
Why do we love Detroit? Hey there, My name is DJ Samsara. I was recently out in Detroit for one of the first times since I graduated Wayne State in 2018. I’ve moved across the country multiple times trying to find my “spot” — a beautiful place with positive dance floors. Turns out, 35 seconds into…
The Spirit of Detroit Making the intangible, tangible. I wrestled with what to write about during Movement this year, when it finally hit me. I want to make the intangible, tangible. To encapsulate the massive love and respect I have for Detroit. Because it’s such a visceral feeling, talking about it on the spot sometimes…
