Funk Night by the way, is uberfun and that Russell Industrial Center is a dope spot. Worth checking if you're in the D. ~David
On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 12:25 AM, U&I Design <uandidesigndetr...@gmail.com> wrote: > BACKGROUND about Paxahau's new partner on the DEMF Design Contest. > > The 323 East group is owned by Mike McKool, who's a really progressive > person in the city. He's done some incredible things over the past > year in the city, including opening a very cool gallery, running > successful local artist booths at various festivals, and also > partnering with Detroit's favorite Funk Night (recently rated best > party in America). Funk night has been running for 8 years, started > by People's Records, and I'm not sure if their new partnership with > McKool is to credit or its their new venue (the Russell Industrial > Center), but in the past 4 months, they have exploded in size. Going > from an average of 300-600 people per event to 1400 paid through the > door this month. > > I've been pleasantly and continuously surprised with the innovative > and steady work McKool has been doing in this city, and I'm really > happy he's partnered with Paxahau for the new branding of DEMF. It'll > bring in a very diverse new blood of artists into the DEMF arena. > > Jodie >
