3:25 am UTC Dec. 27, 2020
From the pandemic to historic flooding to a movement for social justice to an unprecedented election, the year 2020 will go down as a year like none other in recent memory.
Jader Bignamini, Detroit Symphony Orchestra s new music director, poses for a photo onstage at Orchestra Hall in Detroit on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020.Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press
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Dr. Bonnie Perry lays face down at the feet of Episcopal reverends during a service that will ordain her as the eleventh bishop of the.
Dr. Bonnie Perry lays face down at the feet of Episcopal reverends during a service that will ordain her as the eleventh bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan on Feb. 8, 2020, at the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center in Dearborn, Mich. Perry will become the first woman bishop as well as the first lesbian bishop in the diocese since it was formed in 1836.Kimberly P. Mitchell, Detroit Free Press
Inseparable: Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor in Carry on Christmas
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It was no surprise that the first wave of obituaries for Dame Barbara Windsor, who died this week at 83 following a six-year struggle with Alzheimer’s, featured images of scenes she’d shared with Kenneth Williams. They went together like boiled beef and carrots, and were no less London-flavoured than Harry Champion’s song of that name. Williams could hide it well – most of us think of him first in his posh mode – but his birthplace in Barnsbury, Islington was a walkable distance from Barbara’s first address, in Shoreditch. Powerfully different personalities though they were, each saw something local and familiar in the other; an odd-couple friendship that would last 24 years until his death in 1988.
Pepsi has captured attention and imaginations across southeast Michigan with its new Full of Detroit Soul campaign, a celebration of the city s rich music and entertainment heritage, and the relationship the company and this region have shared for nearly a century.
Not just a marketing move but also a social platform, the campaign includes support for community initiatives and charity causes, and elevates local artists. For the first phase, the company partnered with area visual artists on murals promoting local pride. R&B singer Kem has also joined the effort and will give an exclusive virtual performance, including a meet-and-greet for Detroit residents only, on Jan. 7.