Media Alert: John Sinclair to perform from “Mobile Homeland” at Detroit Institute of Arts Live music from Detroit musicians part of program
Updated Jul 6, 2017
WHAT:
John Sinclair performs from his recording “Mobile Homeland,” with musical accompaniment by Detroit musicians.
WHEN:
Friday, July 28, 7 p.m.
WHERE:
Detroit Film Theatre in the Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Ave.
WHO: John Sinclair, poet, writer political activist and founding member of White Panther Party.
The Blues Scholars: Dave McMurray and Johnny Evans on saxophones, Phil Hale on keyboards, James Simonson on bass, Jeff Grand on guitar and Skeeto Valdez on drums.
COST:
Free with museum admission, which is free for residents of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties.
OTHER:
Sinclair was a young poet in the mid-1960s and managed the Detroit rock band MC5. The band’s politically charged music fit well with Sinclair’s own radical development. In 1968 he became a founding member of the White Panther Party, a militantly anti-racist socialist group.
Sinclair’s style is jazz poetry and most of his work is in audio formats with music by a varying group of musicians dubbed the Blues Scholars. He left the U.S. and now lives in Amsterdam where he continues to write and record.
Museum Hours and Admission
9 a.m.–4 p.m. Tuesdays–Thursdays, 9 a.m.–10 p.m. Fridays, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. General admission (excludes ticketed exhibitions) is free for Wayne, Oakland and Macomb county residents and DIA members. For all others, $14 for adults, $9 for seniors ages 62+, $8 for college students, $6 for ages 6–17. For membership information, call 313.83337971.
WHAT:
John Sinclair performs from his recording “Mobile Homeland,” with musical accompaniment by Detroit musicians.
WHEN:
Friday, July 28, 7 p.m.
WHERE:
Detroit Film Theatre in the Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Ave.
WHO: John Sinclair, poet, writer political activist and founding member of White Panther Party.
The Blues Scholars: Dave McMurray and Johnny Evans on saxophones, Phil Hale on keyboards, James Simonson on bass, Jeff Grand on guitar and Skeeto Valdez on drums.
COST:
Free with museum admission, which is free for residents of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties.
OTHER:
Sinclair was a young poet in the mid-1960s and managed the Detroit rock band MC5. The band’s politically charged music fit well with Sinclair’s own radical development. In 1968 he became a founding member of the White Panther Party, a militantly anti-racist socialist group.
Sinclair’s style is jazz poetry and most of his work is in audio formats with music by a varying group of musicians dubbed the Blues Scholars. He left the U.S. and now lives in Amsterdam where he continues to write and record.
Museum Hours and Admission
9 a.m.–4 p.m. Tuesdays–Thursdays, 9 a.m.–10 p.m. Fridays, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. General admission (excludes ticketed exhibitions) is free for Wayne, Oakland and Macomb county residents and DIA members. For all others, $14 for adults, $9 for seniors ages 62+, $8 for college students, $6 for ages 6–17. For membership information, call 313.83337971.