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American Studies

• The American Studies Crossroads Project: This is the definitive American Studies online source. Crossroads contains information on the American Studies Associations, American Studies programs across the country, online resources, and conferences, and so forth.

Visual Culture

• Illustrations for John Berger's Ways of Seeing

 

Detroit Culture

• Detroit News Rearview Mirror: Articles about Detroit History
• Detroit News Millennium Series: Articles and Information about Detroit's evolution in the 20th Century
• Detroit Historical Society: The official site of the Detroit Historical Museums
• The Fabulous Ruins of Detroit: Tour of Detroit's buildings
• The Heidelberg Project: Tyree Guyton's outdoor art installation
• Historic Places in Detroit A National Park Service guide to local landmarks
• Senior Memories Essays about Detroit History from the perspective of Detroit Seniors

 

MetroTimes Articles (Detroiters Writing about Detroit and Other Cultural Stuff)
(in chronological order from most recent to oldest)

Architecture

• Laughing on the Outside (on Comerica Park) by Jerry Herron (5/31/00)
• Downtown time capsule: Fading echoes fill Detroit's Capitol Park by Jerry Herron (7/28/99)
• New jail city: Downtown Detroit's new holding tank sets the tone for a whole culture by Jerry Herron (3/1/99)
• Inventing a past: Old-town nostalgia inspires a "new" look in suburban planning by Jerry Herron (10/8/98)
• Welcome to my garage:Wiping away Birmingham's old-town flavor like a stubborn stain by Jerry Herron (9/23/98)
• Before the gold rush: This is a crossroads year of architectural choices (Casino Proposal) by Jerry Herron (3/18/98)
• How Architects Can Create a Sense of Security by Desiree Cooper (7/2/97)

 

Art

• Painted places: Take another look at Detroit's street-side art--Written & photographed by Yu-Ru Lee (6/9/99)
• The long march to Disneyland: Pseudo-Maoist postcards from North America at the Art Gallery of Windsor (arts exhibition) by Timothy Dugdale (1/6/99)

Articles

• Adventures in trespassing (urban explorers article)by Erick Trickey (2/09/00)
• Feeling the heat: The auto industry meets global warming by Curt Guyette (1/12/00)
• Cool by design (article on Target) by Jerry Herron (12/01/99)
• Past perfect(ed) (article on Restoration Hardware) by Jerry Herron (4/14/99)
• Going public: Into the (water) closet to commune with your neighbors by Jerry Herron (10/27/99)
• Make the ad guys pay (article on advertising) by Barbara Ehrenreich (8/18/99)
• Outsides in (article on malls) by Jerry Herron (8/11/99)
• Strange places (alternative visitors' guide to Detroit) by Alisa Gordaneer
• Rainbow retrospective (article on Stonewall) by Alisa Gordaneer (6/23/99)
• Peterman's passing (article on J. Peterman's closing) by Jerry Herron (3/10/99)
• City of dreams (article on the Detroit auto show) by Jerry Herron (1/13/99)
• The life & death of a gay bar (article on Ann Arbor bar): by Hasan Jafri (8/12/98)

Book Reviews

• Morris Berman's The Twilight of American Culture by Timothy Dugdale (11/21/00)
• Sallie Tisdale's The Best Thing I Ever Tasted: The Secret of Food by Jerry Herron (8/22/00)
• Maureen Hart Hennessey' and Anne Knutson 's Norman Rockwell: Pictures for the American People by Jerry Herron (5/17/00)
• John Hartigan, Jr.'s Racial Situations by Marc Christensen (5/17/00)
• Alison J. Clarke's Tupperware by Jerry Herron (3/22/00)
• Camilo Jose Vergara's American Ruins byMichael Haggerty (2/09/00)
• Dennis Alan Nawrocki's and David Clements' Art in Detroit Public Places by Liz DiDonna (12/22/99)
• Dan Ouellete's The Volkswagen Bug Book by Jerry Herron (9/29/99)
• Nan Goldin's Couples and Loneliness by Jerry Herron (8/11/99)
• Ron van der Meer's and Deyan Sudjic's The Architecture Pack by Jerry Herron (5/27/98)
• John R. Stilgoe's Outside Lies Magic by Jerry Herron (11/18/98)
• Ann Cline's A Hut of One's Own by Jerry Herron (11/11/98)
• Emily Jenkins' Tongue First: Adventures in Physical Culture by Miranda K. Anderson (9/23/98)

 

Interviews

• Radical history meets Hollywood (interview with historian Howard Zinn) by Peter Werbe (9/01/99)
• Online NewsHour: The Chain Gang- April 6, 2000 An interview with author Walter Mosely
• Interview with Architect Gunnar Bikerts by Jerry Herron (8/20/97)