The Detroit-Berlin Connection is proud to present its 7th Annual Detroit Conference, The Potential, on May 26th, 2023. This exciting event will bring together city stakeholders for public conversations about the night economy initiatives in Detroit and beyond. Join us at Tuxedo Bar as we discuss and exchange ideas about creating a vibrant 24-hour economy.
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Nightlife and Covid 19
Dear Artists, Venues, Promoters, and Supporters
of the Creative Economy:
We recognize that these are hectic times. But even in the most hectic of times, our creative community has risen to the opportunity to support and protect eachother.
Now is the time to support your local artists, venues, and production companies in CREATIVE ways while practicing the crucial exercise of social distancing.
We are urging you all to cancel your events and social plans, stay out of public scenarios if possible, be responsible with heightened sanitation methods, and most importantly, act in the best interest of your neighbors.
While some individuals possess a strong immune system, studies have proven that even the strongest immune systems can act as carriers. It is NOT worth potentially harming the most vulnerable citizens of our community.
The art will still be hanging, the music will still be playing. And after this is better contained we will be able to look back and truly celebrate how resilient we were!
So please, explore creative ways to engage with your audiences and each other in the coming weeks. Let’s demonstrate how the creative community can responsibly and proactively stand together in the face of uncertainty!
Well wishes and best regards,
Detroit-Berlin Connection
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Join the global giving movement by making a donation to the Detroit-Berlin Connection for Giving Tuesday! Your tax-deductible donation will be used to help us send an up-and-coming Detroit artist to Berlin for a 6-week creative residency abroad. This life-changing opportunity will help expand their mind while enhancing their craft and their professional network. Change a life and donate here. #GivingTuesday #SupportDetroitArtists #DetroitBerlin
The Time is HERE!
Dear creatives, poets, visionaries, bloggers, speakers, entrepreneurs, thinkers and tinkerers,
re:publica Detroit is taking place this week and we hope you are just as excited as we are!
#rpDetroit offers a full diversity of speakers, subject matters, perspectives and formats thanks to the many inspiring submissions from the Call for Participation and the support of our amazing co-curators.
We invite you to explore the topic of ACCESS across three tracks: “arts & culture”, “work & new economy” and “mobility & urban space”. We want to raise discussions on complex issues in order to challenge ourselves and ask questions on who receives access to creative expression, economic opportunity and urban mobility in an age of digitalization. Look forward to sessions covering “Surveillance in the Urban Space”, a techno choreopoem set in the year 3071, discussions around Water as a Human Right and talks on the future of mobility. Speakers include Monica Lewis-Patrick, Ingrid LaFleur, Armen Avanessian, Janice Gates, Katie Hearn, Lauren Hood, Tiff Massey, Saskia Sassen, Hossein Derakhshan, Devita Davison, Mark de la Vergne, Katie Hearn, Piper Carter and many more.
Registration is free, and to keep you up to date, we will be reporting via our social media channels on twitter and facebook! Doors open at 10am on both days, Friday, September 27 and Saturday, September 28.
We’re looking forward to welcoming you to two exciting days full of creative ideas, open minds and intense discussions. Enjoy the conference, and make sure to join our evening program including a live performance by Jessica Care Moore, and the closing party at Electric Studio on Saturday night!
Best,
The rpDetroit Team