Last Print Party
May
7
2:00 PM14:00

Last Print Party

For 12 years, our home-base in Eastern Market has been alive with activities: presses running, artists creating, workshops full os enthusiastic participants, school groups visiting, poetry readings, and more. Join us for a celebration of this space that has served us well and our big move to the Lantern!

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Power of the Press Fest
Oct
10
10:00 AM10:00

Power of the Press Fest

For detailed information visit the Power of the Press Fest website

SCHEDULE:

The Quarantine Public Library will be open from 10a to 4p 

ARTIST DEMONSTRATION AREA
SPONSORED BY APPLEBAUM FAMILY PHILANTHROPY

10 am Wood Engraving – Jim Horton
11am Paper Marbling – Heidi Finley
12pm to 2pm – Music by The Boblo Islanders
2 pm Woodcut Prints – Martin Mazorra
2 pm Paper Making – Meg Heeres
3 pm Book Arts – Laura Beyer 
(advance registration for workshop necessary at Welcome Table)

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Motor Signal VI
Nov
5
7:00 PM19:00

Motor Signal VI

The Motor Signal Reading Series jolts the poetry reading out of its conventional form. Motor Signal invites local poets to read their work, but it goes beyond a typical poetry reading by involving the audience in an activity of literary co-creation. Now in it’s seventh season, join us for the fourth and final event of the year featuring readers to be announced!

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Motor Signal III
Oct
1
7:00 PM19:00

Motor Signal III

The Motor Signal Reading Series jolts the poetry reading out of its conventional form. Motor Signal invites local poets to read their work, but it goes beyond a typical poetry reading by involving the audience in an activity of literary co-creation. Now in it’s seventh season, join us for the third event of the year featuring readers to be announced!

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Motor Signal II: Semaj Brown & Sumita Chakrabotry
May
7
7:00 PM19:00

Motor Signal II: Semaj Brown & Sumita Chakrabotry

The Motor Signal Reading Series jolts the poetry reading out of its conventional form. Motor Signal invites local poets to read their work, but it goes beyond a typical poetry reading by involving the audience in an activity of literary co-creation. Now in it’s seventh season, join us for the second event of the year featuring readers Semaj Brown & Sumita Chakrabotry!

Semaj Brown is a Poet. She is a science-driven author, educator, dramatist who evolved playing violin in the Highland Park Chamber and Cass Tech Symphony Orchestras. Semaj flourished spending summers in Stratford, Ontario, studying Shakespeare. She …

Semaj Brown is a Poet. She is a science-driven author, educator, dramatist who evolved playing violin in the Highland Park Chamber and Cass Tech Symphony Orchestras. Semaj flourished spending summers in Stratford, Ontario, studying Shakespeare. She also studied the legacy poets of Broadside Press, dissecting literature with her mother, the late Mrs. Bessie L. James, a classically trained pianist who taught a socio-political appreciation for world cultures through a Pan-African lens, was the crucible that would inform Semaj's aesthetic. In her home science laboratory, explorations expanded the imagination of young Semaj. By college, with a Baccalaureate degree in Biological Sciences, Semaj was comparing patterns in traditionally disparate disciplines—math, science, literature, art, and music. This integration of genres would become Semaj's amalgam that would inform her creative process.

Sumita Chakraborty is a poet, essayist, and scholar whose debut collection of poetry, Arrow, is forthcoming from Alice James Books (U.S.) and Carcanet Press (U.K.) in September. She received a Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship…

Sumita Chakraborty is a poet, essayist, and scholar whose debut collection of poetry, Arrow, is forthcoming from Alice James Books (U.S.) and Carcanet Press (U.K.) in September. She received a Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship in 2017 and, in 2018, was shortlisted for a Forward Prize (U.K.). Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in POETRYAmerican Poetry ReviewThe Best American Poetry 2019, and elsewhere, and she is Helen Zell Visiting Professor in Poetry at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. Find her on Twitter at @chakrabsumita.

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Motor Signal 2020 Kickoff: Tommye Blount & Nandi Comer
Mar
12
7:00 PM19:00

Motor Signal 2020 Kickoff: Tommye Blount & Nandi Comer

The Motor Signal Reading Series jolts the poetry reading out of its conventional form. Motor Signal invites local poets to read their work, but it goes beyond a typical poetry reading by involving the audience in an activity of literary co-creation. Now in it’s seventh season, join us for our 2020 kickoff event featuring readers Tommye Blount & Nandi Comer!

A Cave Canem alumnus, Tommye Blount is the author of Fantasia for the Man in Blue(Four Way Books, 2020) and What Are We Not For (Bull City Press, 2016). A graduatefrom Warren Wilson College’s MFA Program for Writers, he has been the recipient of sch…

A Cave Canem alumnus, Tommye Blount is the author of Fantasia for the Man in Blue(Four Way Books, 2020) and What Are We Not For (Bull City Press, 2016). A graduatefrom Warren Wilson College’s MFA Program for Writers, he has been the recipient of scholarships and fellowships from Kresge Arts in Detroit and Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. His work has been featured in Poetry, Magma, New England Review, Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day, Ecotone, Ninth Letter and elsewhere. Born and raised in Detroit, Tommye now lives in Novi.

Nandi Comer a proud Detroiter and is the author of the American Family: A Syndrome (Finishing Line Press). She is a Cave Canem fellow as well as a Callaloo fellow. She is a 2019 Kresge Artist Fellow. Her first full-length collection, Tapping Out wil…

Nandi Comer a proud Detroiter and is the author of the American Family: A Syndrome (Finishing Line Press). She is a Cave Canem fellow as well as a Callaloo fellow. She is a 2019 Kresge Artist Fellow. Her first full-length collection, Tapping Out will be out on Northwestern University Press, May 15.

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Small Business Saturday & Rose's Antique Prints Pop Up
Nov
30
10:00 AM10:00

Small Business Saturday & Rose's Antique Prints Pop Up

On Saturday, November 30th we celebrate Small Business Saturday, the 10th annual holiday shopping
tradition that helps to bring communities together in support of their favorite small businesses! By shopping at Signal-Return you are supporting us as a local non-profit alongside the numerous independent artists and small presses we carry.

This year we have invited Rose’s Antique Prints to do a pop-up sale in our studio space from 10-3! She will have a selection of prints from her grandmother’s collection, some over 100 years old. Come ready to Shop Small and make a big impact in your community!

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On Press: Print for Nonprofits and Holiday Card Jam
Nov
15
5:30 PM17:30

On Press: Print for Nonprofits and Holiday Card Jam

Join us at Signal-Return for Our Annual Holiday Card Jam and the launch of On Press: Prints for Nonprofits!

 Friday, November 15, 2019
5:30 – 9:30 PM

5:30 Reception
6:00 Remarks
6:30 Holiday Card Jam

 On Press: Prints for Nonprofits invites Detroit artists to create limited edition prints in support of Detroit nonprofit service organizations. Artists receive honoraria and sales proceeds go to the selected nonprofits. We are thrilled to announce the following artists and the prints they’ve created:

Alternatives for Girls/Sue Carman-Vian
The Avalon Village/Tyanna Buie
Build Institute/Ryan Standfest
Detroit Food Academy/Mary Fortuna
Neighborhood Services Organization/Hubert Massey
North Rosedale Park Civic Association/Charles McGee 

We are grateful to the Kresge Foundation for their support of this project.

 At 6:30 our annual Holiday Card Jam begins! For $25 you can print 5 different holiday greeting cards set up on our vintage printing presses. (You will take away 5 printed cards and matching envelopes)

 In Our Shop: The six new On Press prints will be on sale, $80 each along with new products, prints and gift items to get you started on your holiday shopping.

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Traditional Japanese Papermaking Demonstration and Talk
Nov
1
12:00 PM12:00

Traditional Japanese Papermaking Demonstration and Talk

Presented by Visiting Artists Masters Tomomi and Hisashi Kano, known as Tomomihisahi Kano, who work together as a unit in the traditional Japanese methods of paper making at Obara of Toyota City, Aichi, Japan.

This event is generously sponsored by Japanese Cultural Development and Japan Business Society in Detroit. Free to the public.

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Ann Arbor Wayzgoose Print Festival: Vendor Fair
Oct
12
12:00 PM12:00

Ann Arbor Wayzgoose Print Festival: Vendor Fair

Traditionally, a wayzgoose was an annual celebration put on by a master printer for his workmen. Nowadays, it’s a festival that celebrates the art and practice of printing by hand. The 2019 Ann Arbor Wayzgoose & Printing Festival will feature some of the most exciting artists working in the field of printing today. 

Join Signal-Return at the Vendor Fair portion where we will have a table featuring our very own letterpress printed posters and cards for sale. Also shop other artists featuring all hand-printed goods in the mediums of letterpress, screen printing, and block printing. Pick up some handmade wood type, lead ornaments, various printers tools, or even your very own letterpress.

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Visiting Artist Workshop: "Sketching" on Press & Notebook Binding with Lindsay Schmittle of Gingerly Press
Oct
5
to Oct 6

Visiting Artist Workshop: "Sketching" on Press & Notebook Binding with Lindsay Schmittle of Gingerly Press

OCTOBER 5 + 6 [10-4 PM] • $225 • All Materials Included

Always find yourself looking for your next notebook to fill with fresh ideas, lists, scribbles or sketches? Come print and bind your own in this two-day workshop with visiting artist, Lindsay Schmittle of Gingerly Press!

On Saturday, we'll use a curated selection of large metal type, wood type and ornaments from the Signal Return collection and an array of ink colors to print one-off notebook covers. We'll print with a playful proofing technique used by Lindsay in the Gingerly Press studio as a way to "sketch" ideas on press. Then on Sunday, we'll bind those covers into 6x9" notebooks with plenty of pages for recording all your freshest ideas. Each participant will create 3 hand-printed & hand-bound notebooks by the end of the weekend.

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Eastern Market After Dark
Sep
19
7:00 PM19:00

Eastern Market After Dark

Detroit Design Festival presents Eastern Market After Dark, an annual open house for creative venues to open their doors to the public. Celebrate Detroit design as one of the nation’s oldest public markets transforms into a creative district by night. More than 30 studios and galleries will open late throughout the district. Sheds 2, 3, 4, and 5 will be open with interactive experiences, brand activations with Detroit’s up-and-coming designers, designer spotlights, installations, and parties.

Signal-Return will be open for extended hours (7 - 11pm) to celebrate Eastern Market After Dark. Come shop and check out our studio!

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Visiting Artist Workshop: Make A Dent with Ben Blount
Jul
13
10:00 AM10:00

Visiting Artist Workshop: Make A Dent with Ben Blount

Saturday, JULY 13 [10-4 PM] • $125 • All Materials Included

Since the early 1500s the printing press has been used to share important information with the public. Whether proclamation or promotion, propaganda or praise, the power of the press has been used for centuries to tell important stories. What story do you have to tell?

 American author and storyteller Studs Terkel said the purpose of life is “To make a dent.” In this workshop, we’ll work with wood type to create posters with bite. We will make a literal and figurative impression (without damaging the type) by printing bold messages on paper. Do you have something important to say? A message that needs to be shared? Come to this workshop and put it down on paper.

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Ben Blount was born and raised in Detroit. He is a designer and letterpress printer that loves books, type, and putting ink on paper. His work often explores questions of race and identity and the stories we tell ourselves about living in America. He is a believer in the power of the printed word and has taught workshops at places like The Cleveland Institute of Art, Florida Atlantic University, and Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum. Ben learned a lot about design at Washington University in St. Louis, a lot about printing at Columbia College Chicago, and filled in the gaps with mentors and lots of practice. He currently prints out of his storefront studio in Evanston, IL.

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On Press: Gallery Exhibition at The Scarab Club
Jul
10
to Aug 10

On Press: Gallery Exhibition at The Scarab Club

A Scarab Club/Signal-Return Partnership
On Press: Making Visible an Unseen Detroit
Reception: Friday, July 19, 5-8 pm
Gallery Talk: Thursday, July 25, 6 pm

People are watching, visiting and writing about Detroit, too often putting a superficial spin on a complex city. A more textured story exists and it is critical that Detroiters do the telling.  Not all artists are activists and not all nonprofit organizations are connected to the world of art. Signal-Return, a traditional letterpress print shop and community arts center, paired twelve Detroit artists with twelve Detroit nonprofit organizations, which resulted in powerful creative collaborations. As part this On Press project, artists received honoraria for their time and talent, and proceeds from poster sales benefit partner organizations. This collaboration created a creatively rich opportunity for engagement for both groups, for Detroit and for those looking at us from the outside.  The project was directed by Lynne Avadenka and the artists were guided by Lee Marchalonis.

This exhibition includes the twelve relief printed editions created by the artists to celebrate the nonprofits, along with original works by each artist, and information about the selected nonprofits.

The artists and nonprofits are:

Mark Arminski/Georgia St. Community Collective
WC Bevan/WNUC
Olayami Dabls/Mariners Inn
Louise Jones/Detroit Hives
Andy Krieger/The Children’s Center
Nicole Macdonald/Wild Indigo Detroit Nature Explorations
Sabrina Nelson/Black Family Development
Renata Palubinskas/Keep Growing Detroit
Pat Perry/Freedom House
Renee Rials/Cots
Azucena Nava-Moreno/Detroit Horse Power
Vito Valdez/Last Day Dog Rescue

On Press was made possible with the support of The Windgate Foundation and The John S. and James. L. Knight Foundation.

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Visiting Artist Workshop: Experimental Letterpress with Brad Vetter
Jun
8
to Jun 9

Visiting Artist Workshop: Experimental Letterpress with Brad Vetter

Saturday, JUNE 8 & Sunday, JUNE 9 [10-4 PM] • $225 • All Materials Included

While printing a multitude of letterpress show posters, Louisville, Kentucky based artist/printer Brad Vetter has incorporated many alternative methods into his aesthetic. Pressure printing, a non-traditional letterpress technique that uses stencils to creates unique and spontaneous images, stands out as one of his favorites. During this two-day workshop we will learn Brad’s secrets to perfecting this technique and how to incorporate it into your next letterpress print project. Working with presses, hand-set type and laser cut elements, we will create our own stencils and corresponding prints! No experience necessary.

During this two-day workshop we will:
- Marvel at Brad’s beautiful posters and process examples
- Discuss and Explore the good the bad and the ugly of “Pressure Printing”, and other fun alternative printing techniques
- Cut and Print your own pressure printed designs in the letterpress studio

Eventbrite - Experimental Letterpress with Brad Vetter

Brad Vetter is a designer, artist, educator and letterpress printer currently based in Louisville, KY. After studying graphic design at Western Kentucky University, Brad spent eight years honing his craft and printing posters at the legendary Hatch Show Print in Nashville, TN. During his tenure at Hatch he was able to merge his love of the handmade and graphic design in printing projects for his favorite bands (Arcade Fire, My Morning Jacket and Wilco) and the coolest clients (Nike and Anthropologie).

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After Hatch, Brad became an independent printer and designer under the mantle Brad Vetter Design. Bouncing between antique letterpress equipment and contemporary technologies, he continues to hand print rock-and-roll posters while also adding some digital design to his repertoire. Recent poster clients include Mumford & Sons, Van Morrison and Chris Stapleton just to name a few. His letterpress inspired labels also adore every bottle of Signal Ridge Vineyard wine. Brad frequently lectures and hosts workshops throughout the US on his unique techniques and processes. His print work has been shown in such notable venues as the San Francisco MoMA, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, Columbia College Center for Book and Paper, and the Danish Museum of Media.

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Flower Day in Eastern Market
May
19
9:00 AM09:00

Flower Day in Eastern Market

Flower Day takes place every year in Eastern Market on the Sunday after Mother’s Day and has been a time-honored tradition of Eastern Market since 1967. Growers offer a wide variety of flowers, and here at Signal-Return we have flower themed posters, prints, cards, and gifts. Come on in to see our studio and shop, open special hours for the festivities from 9am - 4 pm!

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Motor Signal: Imani Mixon & Aisha Sabatini Sloan
May
9
7:00 PM19:00

Motor Signal: Imani Mixon & Aisha Sabatini Sloan

The Motor Signal Reading Series jolts the poetry reading out of its conventional form. Motor Signal invites local poets to read their work, but it goes beyond a typical poetry reading by involving the audience in an activity of literary co-creation. Join us for our final reading of 2019 with Imani Mixon and Aisha Sabatini Sloan.

Imani Mixon is a Detroit-based and embraced writer who explores stories of acquiring and returning, necessity and desire, and the overwhelming coolness of all things Black. She is becoming the writer, poet, and person she has needed all along.

Imani Mixon is a Detroit-based and embraced writer who explores stories of acquiring and returning, necessity and desire, and the overwhelming coolness of all things Black. She is becoming the writer, poet, and person she has needed all along.

Aisha Sabatini Sloan is the author of The Fluency of Light (2013) and Dreaming of Ramadi in Detroit (2017). Her most recent book of essays was nominated for the University of Iowa's Essay Prize and won th…

Aisha Sabatini Sloan is the author of The Fluency of Light (2013) and Dreaming of Ramadi in Detroit (2017)Her most recent book of essays was nominated for the University of Iowa's Essay Prize and won the CLMP Firecracker award for nonfictionShe is the Helen Zell Visiting Professor of Creative Nonfiction at the University of Michigan.

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Visting Artist Workshop: Flashy Fleurons & Luxurious Letterforms with Jen Farrell
Apr
13
to Apr 14

Visting Artist Workshop: Flashy Fleurons & Luxurious Letterforms with Jen Farrell

SATURDAY, April 13 & SUNDAY April 14 [10–4 PM] • $225 All Materials Included

Working with the Signal Return type collection over two days, participants will set and print one or two (depending on personal choice) pieces. We’ll first approach the idea of creating something decorative and symmetrical and purely ornamental. The second project will be to create a non-symmetrical letterform from the ornaments on hand.

At the height of its popularity in the 1800s, letterpress printing presented printers with incredible options for creating everything from simple flower embellishments to elaborate systems of illustrations built with ornament. What can we learn from looking at examples of historical designs, how they survived (or didn’t) and their role in design and print vernacular over the century to follow? In this workshop, we’ll examine the quirks of old ornaments, how to keep them vital and allow them to influence and inform modern design practices.

During the course of the weekend workshop we will study specimen books that show the type/ornament at its zenith, start to ‘see’ how ornament can be used to accent or illustrate, look at good practices for printing metal type, examine ornament for visual positive/negative space, usefulness and condition, and get tips and tricks for getting the best out of old metal type

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Since 1999, Jennifer Farrell has operated Starshaped Press in Chicago, focusing on printing everything from business cards to posters, as well as custom commissions, wholesale ephemera and limited edition prints & books. All work in the studio is done with metal and wood type, making Starshaped one of the few presses in the country producing commercial work while preserving antique type and related print materials. Jennifer’s work has been repeatedly recognized both in print and design blogs, and has appeared in poster shows throughout the USA and Europe.

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Motor Signal: Elizabeth Schmuhl & Jelly Fordon
Apr
11
7:00 PM19:00

Motor Signal: Elizabeth Schmuhl & Jelly Fordon

The Motor Signal Reading Series jolts the poetry reading out of its conventional form. Motor Signal invites local poets to read their work, but it goes beyond a typical poetry reading by involving the audience in an activity of literary co-creation. Join us on April 11th for part 3 of our season 6 series with Elizabeth Schmuhl.

Elizabeth Schmuhl is a multidisciplinary artist –writer, dancer, and painter– and the author of Premonitions (Wayne State University Press). She illustrates essays for The Rumpus, has taught writing at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and work…

Elizabeth Schmuhl is a multidisciplinary artist –writer, dancer, and painter– and the author of Premonitions (Wayne State University Press). She illustrates essays for The Rumpus, has taught writing at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and worked in digital development at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. She is currently Shamel Pitts’ Marketing and Campaign Manager and works at the University of Michigan.

Kelly Fordon’s work has appeared in The Florida Review, The Kenyon Review (KRO), Rattle and various other journals. Her novel-in-stories, Garden for the Blind, was chosen as a 2016 Michigan Notable Book among other awards. On the Street Wh…

Kelly Fordon’s work has appeared in The Florida Review, The Kenyon Review (KRO), Rattle and various other journals. Her novel-in-stories, Garden for the Blind, was chosen as a 2016 Michigan Notable Book among other awards. On the Street Where We Live, a one-act play adapted from her poetry was chosen for the 2018 Dream Up Festival in New York. She is the author of three award-winning poetry chapbooks and a full-length poetry collection, Goodbye Toothless House (Kattywompus Press 2019). www.kellyfordon.com

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Motor Signal: Akil Kumarasamy &
Mar
14
7:00 PM19:00

Motor Signal: Akil Kumarasamy &

The Motor Signal Reading Series jolts the poetry reading out of its conventional form. Motor Signal invites local poets to read their work, but it goes beyond a typical poetry reading by involving the audience in an activity of literary co-creation. Join us on March 14th for part 2 of our season 6 series with readers Amy Elliott Bragg and Akil Kumarasamy.

Amy Elliott Bragg is a writer, editor and history lover. For Atlas Obscura, Detroit's Model D, and on her own blog (nighttraintodetroit.com) and newsletter, she has explored how Detroit became a city of trees, the origins of cremation in the United …

Amy Elliott Bragg is a writer, editor and history lover. For Atlas Obscura, Detroit's Model D, and on her own blog (nighttraintodetroit.com) and newsletter, she has explored how Detroit became a city of trees, the origins of cremation in the United States, the story of the woman who launched Detroit's historic preservation movement and why Michigan is on Eastern Time. She is immediate past president of the board of directors of Preservation Detroit, the city's largest historic preservation advocacy organization, and a co-founder of Brick + Beam Detroit, a Knight Cities Challenge-winning project to bring together Detroit's building rehab community. When she's not working at old books or old buildings, she is special projects editor for Crain's Detroit Business. She is a Beloit College graduate and the author of Hidden History of Detroit, published by the History Press in 2011.

Akil Kumarasamy is the author of Half Gods. Her work has appeared in Harper's Magazine, American Short Fiction, Boston Review, among others. She has received fellowships from the University of East Anglia, the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, and…

Akil Kumarasamy is the author of Half Gods. Her work has appeared in Harper's Magazine, American Short Fiction, Boston Review, among others. She has received fellowships from the University of East Anglia, the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, and the Schomburg Center. She is a visiting professor in fiction at the Helen Zell Writers' Program.

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Motor Signal 2019 Kickoff: Oneita Jackson and Ber-Henda Williams
Feb
21
7:00 PM19:00

Motor Signal 2019 Kickoff: Oneita Jackson and Ber-Henda Williams

The Motor Signal Reading Series jolts the poetry reading out of its conventional form. Motor Signal invites local poets to read their work, but it goes beyond a typical poetry reading by involving the audience in an activity of literary co-creation. Kick off our SIXTH season of Motor Signal on February 21, with Oneita Jackson and Ber-Henda Williams!

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Dayton, Ohio, native and Howard University graduate Oneita Jackson spent her summers in New York City and lived in Washington, D.C., 14 years before moving to Detroit in 2001 to take a job as a copy editor at the Free Press, where she would eventually write the controversial and award-winning, observations-based O Street column.  

The World’s Proudest English Major escaped from journalism in 2012 and went on new adventures, becoming what she would call the “baddest little” everything:  cab driver and professional fixer, restaurant hostess, satirist; her books “Nappy-Headed Negro Syndrome” and “Letters from Mrs. Grundy”—nonfiction satires about identity, judgment, and assumptions (unconscious bias) and bad customer service—are endorsed by international bestseller and Dayton Literary Peace Prize and TED Prize recipient Dave Eggers.

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Ber-Henda Williams lives according to her name’s Germanic-Greek origin, “The Bear Hearted Protector” of multiculturalism, art and womanhood. She focuses her energy as a femolutionary, poet, teacher, author, television and film producer, youth advocate and public speaker. A Wayne State University graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and minor in International Marketing, Ber-Henda Williams lives her life in color.

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Lives Laid Away by Stephen Mack Jones Book Launch
Jan
17
6:00 PM18:00

Lives Laid Away by Stephen Mack Jones Book Launch

Thursday January 17, 6-8 PM

Join us for the Detroit launch of Lives Laid Away!, the second novel in the August Snow series, by acclaimed writer Stephen Mack Jones. Stephen is a poet, award-winning playwright and recipient of a Kresge Arts in Detroit Literary Fellowship.

Copies of the book will be available for purchase from The Book Beat and Stephen will be present to sign your book! 

Stephen's first novel, August Snow received rave reviews and the following awards:
Winner of the Hammett Prize for Crime Fiction
A 2018 Michigan Notable Book
A Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Best Book of 2017 
Strand Magazine Critics Awards Best First Novel Nominee
Finalist for the 2018 Shamus Award
Finalist for the 2018 Nero Award

Author Stephen Mack Jones

Author Stephen Mack Jones

 
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On Press: Making Visible An Unseen Detroit Celebration
Dec
20
5:30 PM17:30

On Press: Making Visible An Unseen Detroit Celebration

Thursday December 20, 5:30 - 8 PM

We're celebrating the release of 6 new original print editions, created by the second cohort of artists invited to participate in this project. Please join us, celebrate the artists, and buy the prints to support the nonprofits they are championing!

New Prints by:
W.C. Bevan/WNUC
Olayami Dabls/Mariners Inn
Andy Krieger/The Children's Center 
Nicole McDonald/Wild Indigo
Azucena Nava-Moreno/Detroit Horse Power
Renee Rials/COTS

Prints also available from:
Mark Arminski/Georgia Street Community Colllective
Louise Jones/Detroit Hives
Sabrina Nelson/Black Family Development
Renata Palubinskas/Keep Growing Detroit
Pat Perry/Freedom House
Vito Valdez/Last Day Dog Rescue

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Flashing Lights and Neon Trees
Dec
1
to Dec 19

Flashing Lights and Neon Trees

December 1 - 19
University of Michigan Detroit Center, Midtown Detroit

Holiday Trees, organized by the Carr Center, is a unique celebration of the holiday season that brings together different artists and organizations to decorate trees and present them in a community exhibition. Come check out our tree!

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Holiday Card Jam
Nov
9
6:00 PM18:00

Holiday Card Jam

Join us for our annual Holiday Card Jam fundraiser! We will have 5 presses set up for you to print your own holiday cards with a DJ to get you in the holiday spirit and refreshments provided. Register in advance or pay at the door.

Entry Ticket: $25 includes 5 print your own holiday cards with envelopes

Patron Ticket: $60 includes 5 print your own holiday cards with envelopes, Signal-Return t-shirt and Signal-Return Individual Membership (10% off all purchases). Limited quantity available!

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