EASTERN MARKET:  
Signal-Return:   Motor Signal: Transmission 1

This month's Motor Signal poetry reading will explore the shifting boundaries of sexuality and gender in our contemporary culture.  Featured readers are Randal Jacobs and Casey Rocheteau, the winner of the first Write A House. The evening will also include live painting by Ashley McFadden as well as a silent auction. Open to the public with a $5 suggested donation.

starts at 7pm / 1345 Division Street #102 (ample street parking) 

HAMTRAMCK:   
9338 Campau: Trevor King's Listener
A contemplative installation, including ceramics, video, and sculpture, Listener encourages sensory consideration of the human being as a vessel. Referencing the ancient relationship between the clay vessel and the human body, the work creates as a space to discover intersections of materiality and the transcendent. 
7-10pm / 9338 Campau

Cafe 1923:  Emily Wood - Come Visit Hamtramck, new paintings
5-9pm / 2287 Holbrook

Hatch Gallery:  Jessica Frelinghauser's Let Me Tell You, a  solo exhibit on the art of  conversation.
6-9pm / 3456 Evaline

Not Open: Popps Packing, Public Pool, Atomic Cafe, 9338 Campau
MIDTOWN:  
Detroit Artists Market:   Annual Scholarship Awards & Exhibition Show - College for Creative Studies
The DAM proudly presents its 2015 DAM Annual Scholarship Awards and Exhibition Program that includes the presentation of the John F. Korachis Scholarship Awards to outstanding College for Creative Studies (CCS) students. Scholarship Finalists: Rachel Bertolini, Austin Brady, Leslie Cislo, Andrea De Rio, Andrea Martucci, Steven Padilla, Autumn Pollock, Hayden Richer, Shannon Schultz and Leah Waldo.
Open 6-9pm / 4719 Woodward Ave. ( Park in rear - $4 for paid parking)

Elaine L. Jacob Gallery:   BLOOD/SPORT

Blood / Sport features works by three contemporary artists who interpret human reaction and adaptation in complex and often predatory environments: Jordan Eagles, Jordan Wayne Long, and Paul Pfeiffer. 

Open 6-9pm / 480 W. Hancock

Fourteen East:  To celebrate Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, who lived here in the Park Shelton, known then as The Wardell, Fourteen East will be doing some special menu features. 
5-8pm  / 15 East Kirby ( Complimentary parking in the adjoining Park Shelton garage.)

 

Gallery Camillie:  Interlude: A Temporary Interruption of the Ordinary World

In collaboration with the Museum of New Art, Galerie Camille presents the photographs of Dutch visual artist Annegien van Doorn. "Whenever I enter a space, I fixate on the objects. Every object has a history. Everything is made by someone and placed somewhere with a certain reason. I'm fascinated by the idea that an object, although made with a clear function, can turn into something else."
Open 6-9pm  / 4130 Cass Ave. 


Great Lakes Coffee:   Enjoy a glass of wine:   10% off French wine in celebration of  abolishing  the Nain Rouge.

5-11pm / 3965 Woodward Ave. 


MOCAD - Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit:  Emerging Arts Leaders Detroit Happy Hour

Join Emerging Arts Leaders Detroit (EALD) for our March Happy Hour at the new Caf� 78 inside MOCAD. Connect with other arts mangers starting at 5:30, and then at 6pm they'll announce the EALD Steering Committee and speak with MOCAD's Amy Corle, Curator of Education and Public Engagement. They'll also let you in on how they are taking stock of emerging arts managers across Detroit. 

 

Orleans + Winder Pop-Up Shopping Reception + Psychological Services

A Detroit based, online purveyor of luxury avant-garde clothing, art and objects. Psychological Services is a program stocked with craft cocktails, music to elevate your mood, and staffed with therapists and artists waiting to talk to you.

6-9pm  / 4454 Woodward Ave. (

 available, Free Wifi)


Moderated by Stephen Henderson of The  Detroit Free Press , this is the second of our three-part panel series on 'Psychological Gentrification' exploring how contemporary gentrification is affecting the arts, businesses and urban development in Detroit.  Panelists: Chris Jackson, Greektown Casino; Lauren Hood, Community Developer, Preservationist, and Founder of Deep Dive Detroit; Ken Cockrel Jr., Detroit Future City; Charlie Beckham, Group Executive for Neighborhoods for Mayor Mike Duggan.
6-9pm / 52 E. Forest 

Ocelot Print Shop:   Visit Ocelot Print Shop and learn about classes, membership opportunities, see prints made at the shop and browse their printed items for sale. Also t alk to the instructor for their spring "Low Tech Classes" coming up, Melissa Dettloff."
6-9pm / 3535 Cass Ave. 

Source Booksellers:   Book/Author Talk - Sheila McCauley Keys
Sheila McCauley Keys is the niece of Civil Rights' icon Rosa Parks, she shares her family's memories of the legendary woman as written in the newly released "Our Aunt Rosa: The Family of Rosa Parks Remembers her Life and Lessons."
begins at 6pm / 4240 Cass Ave. 

Scarab Club:   The Artwork of Michael Reedy

View the artist work and learn about his influences. Also serving specialty coffee, minted hot cocoa and ginger tea with the option of alcoholic add ins for members 21 and older. http://www.michaelreedy.gallery/

5-9:30pm / 217 Farnsworth St


WSU Art Department Gallery:   2015 Graduate Student Exhibition

This exhibition features works by current WSU graduate students pursuing degrees in Art, Art History, and Design. Graduate students from various disciplines in the Department of Art and Art History showcase their works for audiences ranging from students to instructors, visiting artists to curators, and local collectors and community supporters. It's your last chance to see the show!

6-9pm / 5400 Gullen Mall, Community Arts Building

Stop by Dell Pryor Gallery in the Spiral Collective Building (open until 6pm), City Bird + Nest (open until 7pm), Nora (open until 7pm)
 
Not Open:  Center Galleries, Thick Air Studios, Re:View Contemporary
NORTH END:  
Russell Industrial Center::   Creative Women [Music] Incubator
WASH features 3 solo exhibitions : Below Shepherd's Hill by Joshua Nierodzinski, The House on Four Waters by Natasa Prljevic, and Wake the Town and Tell the People by Cosmo Whyte. The artists work in a range of disciplines including painting, drawing, collage, sound and video installation that address personal narrative and identity.
6-9pm / 6100 Clay Street 

SOUTHWEST / CORKTOWN:  
Corktown Studios:   3rd Anniversary Show 

Works by all of their studio members: Christopher Anderson, Jake Chidester, Alisyn Malek, Lisa Poszywak, Jaye Thomas, and Paula Zammit. 

6-9pm / 2707 14th St. 

 

DittoDitto:  DTW>LAX.LAX>DTW 

A collection of ephemera curated by Chanel Von Habsburg-Lothringen, this beautiful unbound publication contains works from Detroit & LA based artists and aims to unite and circulate work from these seemingly disparate places. Artists include; Biba Bell, Ryan Debolski, Gold Spike Press, Alice Konitz, Max Maslansky, Fredrik Nelson, Ariana Papademetropoulos, Sofia Arreguin, Jonathan Rajewski, Ben Saginaw, Corine Vermeulen, and Chanel Von Habsburg-Lothringen. The viewing will take place concurrently at DittoDitto in Detroit and the Los Angeles Museum of Art.

6-8pm / 1548 Trumbull St. 

 

Whitdel Arts:   Virtual Insanity 

This exhibition explores social media and how it manifests itself in our identities, relationships, and culture in ways that both bolster and separate us from one another and ourselves. Featuring the work of Austen Brantley in the WA Emergence Gallery, an artist working in ceramic sculpture. 

Artist talk 7pm / 1250 Hubbard St. 


Our/Detroit:   Our/Vodka is a micro-distilled vodka made by local entrepreneurs in cities throughout the world. The first U.S. micro-distil lery, which also doubles as a tasting room, is Our/Detroit.

4-11pm / 2545 Bagley St 


Not Open:  555 Gallery, Corktown Studios, What Pipeline
WOODBRIDGE / GRAND RIVER:  
Spread Art @detroit contemporary:   Creative Women [Music] Incubator
Every "Third Thursday" from October through July, The Creative [ ] Incubator invites creatives to experiment with the low and the hi tech while exploring new possibilities in an improvised, collaborative performance. Each month has a different [focus] discipline, with [music] happening every other month. This month's Creative [ ] Incubator is hosted by Seraphine Collective.

On display @Spread Art- Women Exhibition 
Curated by Myett Risker, is an annual exhibition that honors and celebrates women. Expressed through the vision of female artists, the exhibition commemorates women through various mediums and themes displaying their gifts, strengths and talents. Show runs through March 28.
doors at 8:30pm / 5141 Rosa Parks Blvd. 
 
Not Open: Live Coal Gallery