Arts and culture — including the local museum, music, arts and food scenes — help give a specific spirit to Detroit and other cities.
Hoodline analyzed the city's past week on Twitter, paying the greatest attention to accounts that are devoted to arts and culture issues. Our goal? To uncover and report on the ideas that inspired your social media conversations around those topics.
Music
If you want to keep up with the city's music community, Hoodline has you covered.
Detroit witnessed little change in Twitter conversations on the subject of music last week compared to the previous week.
Despite that, some local tweets did get attention locally. For example, this tweet from @elclubdetroit:
Chicago’s drill king @ChiefKeef comes to Detroit at El Club on 6/14. Tickets on sale now! https://t.co/m66APiQhit https://t.co/Wid95qC11r
— El Club Detroit (@elclubdetroit)
All told, the tweet received eight local retweets, six local quotes and 41 total retweets, quotes and favorites.
On Wednesday, @swdetkaveman tweeted:
Our biggest fans this week: @bynsny, @JohnEdwards33, and @truthglow. Thank you! via https://t.co/WyFizyOJTu https://t.co/KVI7BehQqB
— Jayre Kayre (@swdetkaveman)
As of this publication, the tweet amassed two local retweets, two local quotes and 14 total retweets, quotes and favorites.
Museums
The city's museums offer a place to learn and discover. See what you might have missed from local museums on Twitter.
Detroit had approximately the same volume of Twitter conversations on the subject of museums last week compared to the previous week.
Some tweets got some popularity locally, like this from @TheWrightMuseum:
In 1965, Vivian Malone became the 1st Black student to graduate from @UofAlabama in its 134-year history, and earning a degree in business management with a B+ average. More via @WklyChllnger: https://t.co/N15ZVa1GHV #BlackHistoryIsAmericanHistory https://t.co/DooMHDllDy
— The Wright Museum (@TheWrightMuseum)
Twitter users rewarded that with six local retweets and 17 total retweets, quotes and favorites.
There was also this Monday tweet from @DHSDetroit:
Take a look into the scrapbook of Elizabeth O'Sullivan, a devoted @tigers fan from Wyandotte, that chronicles the team's 1935 championship season, and new on our collections blog! https://t.co/sEDLFg2uiE
— Detroit Hist Society (@DHSDetroit)
The tweet got some attention, with four local retweets, eight local quotes and 66 total retweets, quotes and favorites.
Food and dining
Running the gamut from restaurants and sustainability to producers and security, tweets about food were a fixture of the city's Twitter timelines last week.
Detroit witnessed little change in Twitter conversations regarding food last week compared with the previous week.
Despite that, some local tweets did get attention locally. One was this tweet by @MobileCuisine Tuesday:
Today's top mobile #foodtruck industry news stories * Ice cream truck catches fire on National Mall * Army sergeant who sold stolen brass to buy a food truck gets nearly three years in federal prison https://t.co/xSYzFBwO7L
— Mobile Cuisine (@MobileCuisine)
Twitter users gave it three local retweets and nine total retweets, quotes and favorites.
This story was created automatically using data from Twitter, then reviewed by an editor before publication. Click here for more about how and why Hoodline is automating local news. Got thoughts about what we're doing? Go here to share your feedback.
