Victor Willis, founding lead singer of the Village People and co‑writer of "Y.M.C.A.", has died at 74 after a brief illness. The band and family have requested privacy.

Grammy winners Tank and the Bangas will headline Portland’s Waterfront Blues Festival on July 4, bringing songs from The Last Balloon and a firm stance against AI in music.

Plymouth’s 46th Art In The Park fills Main Street and Kellogg Park July 10–12 with 400+ juried artists, kids' booths, live art and a Schoolcraft shuttle.

The Leather Archives & Museum is closed for a year for a roughly $2.2M renovation that will expand galleries, add an ADA entrance and modern climate control for archives.

City Council approved a $5M NOF grant to expand the South Side Community Art Center, clearing the way for a three‑story addition and restored galleries at 3831 S. Michigan.

A restored 560‑seat Canon Theatre will open this fall in the former Canonsburg Middle School, anchored by Little Lake Theatre and backed by local grants.

Mickalene Thomas’s Beneath the Moonlight reframes her signature glamour on Black male and nonbinary bodies in a major Detroit presentation.

The First Bank reopens July 1 after a $43M restoration. Free admission, new exhibits and a public ribbon cutting will mark the building’s return to visitors.

Little Island will run a compressed six‑week summer season with about 56 performances — roughly half of last year’s 110 shows.

Nineteen artworks salvaged from the Murrah Federal Building have been moved from UCO to the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum for conservation and future display.

Kirk Whalum's Kafé Kirk returns to Crosstown Concourse with a June 28 show featuring The Baylor Project. Advance tickets start at $59.

The Fleet Science Center reopened June 27–28 after a $5.6M renovation, adding a Community Gallery, a rotunda exhibit and a basement show of award-winning astronomy photos.

A guilty plea in Manhattan ties a repeat offender to the sale of a Gustave Courbet painting that wound up with Jon Landau. The deal has triggered a civil suit and fresh questions about provenance checks.