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This is the time you see everyone happinesses and there smile 😊 on the face thank you love for bringing the good people those who make sure that we get better life #jesuslovesyou #freedom #salvation #godislove #jesusiscalling

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🎬 Closing out the Detroit Black Film Festival!

I had the opportunity to catch up with Jonathan Jones during the Closing Ceremony of the Detroit Black Film Festival!

After several days of celebrating Black filmmakers, actors, writers, producers, and creatives, the Closing Ceremony was the perfect way to wrap up an incredible festival. We talked about their experience, their work, and what’s next.

Check out my conversation with @manofstandardoo7 and keep supporting independent Black film and the talented creatives bringing these stories to life.

🎤 Covered by Tam Telling Tales
📚 Read A Book.

#TamTellingTales #DetroitBlackFilmFestival #DBFF #BlackFilm #BlackFilmmakers

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Listen maaaaaan… you just had to be there 🥰 @hiphoptheatrefest was EVERYTHING and MORE!!! 🫶🏾 Still riding on a high, and I have yet to catch my breath! 😄

I’m super grateful to have been apart of such a monumental moment. All of the talented artists I got to connect with, reconnect with and just have the opportunity to share space. Just WOW. There literally are no words.

Shout out to @realmahoganyjones for her words, to @alesyn.mccall @shawnbscribe for allowing us to be vessels, @yo_the_jack for seeing the vision and guiding us to hold it with conviction, to my costar @manofstandardoo7 for being dope AF and helping us hold it down AND lift it up! And to EVERYONE who was apart of this PHENOMENAL EXPERIENCE 🌸

Grateful for my family for continuously showing up and pouring into me 🥹 I’m so BLESSED.

Thank you God!!! 🙏🏾🥰

“I used to pray for nights like this” 💖✨🌸🌙

#hiphoptheatrefest #blackexcellence #detroittheatre #blessed #divinelyfavored

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Detroit Black Film Festival Announces Exclusive Season 2 Watch Party for the hit series "Diarra from Detroit".

The event will take place on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, at Preva Night Club. Watch the Finale on the BIG SCREEN.

Event Highlights:

Date: September 9, 2026

Time: 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM

Screening: 8:30 PM

Location: Preva Night Club 13090 Inkster Rd, Redford Township, MI 48239.

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Scenes from opening night of BHHTF 2026 🎭🎤🔥
Our ACT N’ OUT teams TORE THE STAGE UP and looked great doing it thanks to @cypt313 💯‼️ You see these custom shirts 👀 Tap in with CAN YOU PICTURE THIS for all your custom printing needs 💪🏾🫡

📸 @devonwritesthescript 🔥🔥

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The team has been hard at work over the past 12 days and as of today, 🗣️THERE ARE JUST 3️⃣ DAYS UNTIL BRED HIP-HOP THEATRE FEST 2026❕

Get a FESTIVAL PASS and get access to EVERYTHING the weekend has to offer including:
• ACT N’ OUT (A Hip-Hop improv and networking event)
• 16 BARS (New plays inspired by hip-hop stories & culture)
• HIP-HOP FAMILY HOURS (All age appropriate play and activities, Sat. @ 11 am - 2pm)
• and THE AFTER PARTY (Asaka The Renegade, headliner) 😎🤌🏾

#HipHopTheatre #BlackTheatre

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Day 1 of the BRED HIP-HOP THEATRE FESTIVAL opens with an evening of laughter 😂 and networking 🔌 . A pre-show mixer gets us warmed up for ACT N’ OUT and a post-show mingle at The Griot Music Lounge will close out day 1 of the fest.

ACT N’ OUT is a hip-hop improv competition between two teams to see who can win over the audience with their skills, creativity and style! Which team will be crowned champion? 🥇🎭🎤🔥

Hosted by Al Wu & King Kvll (Beats Rhymes Everything Detroit)

Early bird tickets end Aug 23!!

#DetroitImprov #DetroitComedy #HipHopTheatre

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Had one of those moments today where I looked around and thought… I can't believe I get to work at a museum. 💚

Today @thewrightmuseum and @detroithistorical kicked off the Yes to Our Story millage campaign. www.yestoourstory.com/

And standing there with George Hamilton, Council member Scott Benson, @detroitculturalcenter, colleagues, friends, and so many people who care about these cultural institutions made me think about how much this place has taught me.

Museums are messy and complicated and wonderful. 😂

I've learned so much working at a museum. Mostly that keeping a cultural institution going takes an incredible amount of work that most people will never see.

I've also learned that places like this don't just magically stay here.

People have to care for them.

People before us cared enough to build them, collect the stories, save the objects, raise the money, fight for the buildings, and keep the doors open.

And now, for a little while, it's our turn.

Over the years, I’ve learned so many lessons I'd like to share in how special our third public spaces are in our society. Behind every exhibition, school visit, public program, preserved artifact, community conversation—and every gallery—is an extraordinary ecosystem of people caring for something larger than themselves.

That has changed how I think about sustainability, architecture, visitor-vendor-volunteer-staff experiences, too.

Sustainability isn't only about energy, carbon, water, or buildings. It is also about continuity: creating the conditions for our institutions, our histories, and our communities.

That part has been on my mind a lot lately—what we inherit, what we take care of, and what we leave for whoever comes next. How we can for the planet, our family legacies and ancestry and how we find our place and purpose.

There are some BIG things coming at The Wright over the next few years, and I'm so excited to finally start seeing pieces we've been dreaming about and working on begin to come together.

Today I'm feeling really grateful.

For everything I've learned here.
And for whatever comes next. 💚

#Detroit #Museums #CulturalHeritage #Sustainability #FutureAncestors

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Can you hear the “Beep” 👀
And what’s inside that cookie container?

Third Thursday returns to The Wright Museum on September 17th with complementary hors’ duerves, hot food, cash bar, late night networking, and an incredible line up of curated talent!

For more information on our Third Thursday series, visit thewright.org/third-thursdays or hit the link in our bio to see our schedule through the end of the year.

Looking to see what benefits are offered to our members? Check out thewright.org/membership.

Special shout out to our interns, Amer and Aylin, who helped to write this script and grab some behind the scenes.

#thewrightmuseum #sewingkitincookiecan #smokedetectorbattery

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New date for Third Thursday’s event coming shortly!

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Celebrate Juneteenth at the Wright with a full day of joy, culture, and community for all ages! Starting a day early with Third Thursday hosted by @detroitphoenix. With the day of featuring a treasure hunt, bike ride, horseback riding, chalk art, and family activities to live performances, rhythm and dance, food experience, quilting workshops, and a concert to close out the day, there’s something for everyone. Bring your family, bring your friends, and experience a day filled with freedom, fun, history, and celebration. Join us Friday, June 19 from 9 AM–5 PM at the Wright!

Then keep the celebration going at African World Festival, July 10–12 at Hart Plaza! Experience live music, spoken word, cultural performances, delicious African, Caribbean, and soul food, a vibrant marketplace, family activities, storytelling, and powerful moments celebrating the beauty and spirit of the African Diaspora. Whether you’re coming for the vibes, the food, the shopping, or the culture, there’s something for everyone at one of Detroit’s biggest summer celebrations.

#Juneteenth #TheWrightMusuem #AfricanWorldFestival

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HAPPY EARTH MONTH!

Here are a few tips on growing your garden! 😉
BUT in case you need more practical tips, this Saturday we’re having an event called Grow Your Garden: Living Sustainably In Your “Backyard.”

Date: Saturday, April 18, 2026
Doors open: 12:30pm
Program starts: 1:00PM – 5:00PM (EST)
Location: Wright Community Room (Lower Level)

PRESENTATIONS:
1PM – Gardening 101 – for urban dwellers and more
2PM – Backyard Gardening
3PM – Community Gardens
4PM – Vacant Lot / Plot Farming – learn to be a land steward

PROGRAM:
Garden Swap – Bring your non GMO- Seeds, plants, gardening tools, and books
Garden Craft Corner – Recycled arts & crafts station
Info Tables – Local orgs on composting, chickens, native plants, pollinators, food sovereinty, and more.
Community Partners – include - Keep Growing Detroit, Greening of Detroit, City of Detroit, Blacks to the Land, and more

Also, stay tuned for our Bloom Collection designed by Shelton! And if you like the coffee mug Yolanda was drinking from, check the link in our bio.

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