Video: Once-venerable Eastown Theatre comes crashing down
The video includes music from a Grateful Dead performance at the theater in 1971.
Video: Demo crews raze Eastown Theatre’s legendary stage
A demolition crew toppled the stage and interior of the once-elegant Eastown Theatre on Detroit’s east side on Tuesday, bringing down power lines with it.
Photos: Demolition begins on legendary, crumbling Eastown Theatre
A large claw poked through the stage of the once-celebrated theater on Detroit’s east side today.
City of Detroit to demolish once-venerable Eastown Theatre as early as today
The Eastown Theatre was one of Detroit’s most elegant movie palaces and later a premier rock venue during the psychedelic era.
Once considered a lost cause, deteriorating Vanity Ballroom may get new life
Once billed as “Detroit’s most beautiful dance rendezvous,” the ornate venue attracted musical acts as diverse as Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, MC5, Velvet Underground and The Stooges.
These 17 metro Detroit artists won $25,000 fellowships from Kresge Foundation
The 2014 Detroit Artist Fellowship was for artists working in film, music, theater and dance.
Scrappers cause collapse of ornamental ceiling in storied Eastown Theatre in Detroit
The 2,500-seat theater once hosted the Kinks, the Who, Jefferson Airplane, Cream, Yes, Fleetwood Mac, Steppenwolf, King Crimson, MC5 and the Stooges.
Video: Beyonce released touching tribute to Detroit
The beautifully arranged video shows images of Detroit and its heroes while Beyonce belted out Sam Cooke’s classic, “A Change is Gonna Come.”
Historic Masonic Temple at risk of closing? Unpaid bills stack up; demand low
The world’s largest Masonic temple is in danger of closing because of money troubles and plummeting membership, sources familiar with the situation said. DTE has threatened to shut off electricity this weekend to the 1,000-plus-room Masonic Temple along the Cass Corridor. With theaters, ballrooms and bars, the massive, 14-story Masonic Temple sometimes racks up energy […]