For those who want to learn more about the venue Funk Night is held at... Russell Industrial Center...
www.RICDetroit.com www.RCCADetroit.org www.RussellBazaar.com I am now the Events & Promotions Director for the RIC (since end of Sept), so if you have any questions or interests in doing event bookings or gallery showings at the Russell... feel free to ask... The company that owns the complex also owns a lot of other buildings in the city and a number of them will be turned into event rental spaces for DEMF weekend. All the best, Jodie On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 2:45 PM, David Powers <cybo...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> >
