[The new UMA building has quite a history. Not only was it the NAACP Detroit Branch for decades, it was originally built by a politician who then became governor -- Alexander Groesbeck. It, along with the Submerge building and many others, is now part of the Jam Handy - North End/East Grand Boulevard Historic District:
https://detroitmi.gov/sites/detroitmi.localhost/files/2018-08/Jam%20Handy%20North% 20End%20East%20Grand%20Blvd_Final%20Report.pdf The Jam Handy Organization is a whole story all by itself. Go to Youtube and put that in. -- fh ------ mail forwarded, original message follows ------ From: i...@undergroundmusicacademy.com <Waajeed> Subject: Underground Music Academy - Movement Weekend Detroit Date: Wed, 25 May 2022 14:00:56 +0000 UMA Pop Up Record Shop Memorial Day Weekend For the first time, Underground Music Academy will be hosting an open house for our community and friends this Memorial Day Weekend, Thursday, May 26th till Tuesday, May 31st. Our doors will be open 10am - 6pm. Join us for our first annual pop up record shop in collaboration with our neighbors Submerge (SID). Weâll have exclusive tee shirts, totes and over 3000 hand selected vinyl for sale. All proceeds from sales will go towards completing Phase Two of construction. We welcome people of all ages! Bring your kids, bring your parents, bring your grandparents! Accessibility Info for UMA Memorial Weekend Pop-upâ Please note that our space is still under some construction and only some rooms will be used for the event. We will have an all gender restroom and some seating available. While we will make sure that it is safe for us to host visitors, we ask that young kids come with an adult. Our only other request is that guests wear masks in our space to make sure that visitors who need this to feel safe can attend too. Please feel free to DM us on instagram @undergroundmusicacademy or send us an email at i...@undergroundmusicacademy.com (mailto:i...@undergroundmusicacademy.com) if you have any questions about being able to attend. Getting Here: Our space is located on the second floor of the former NAACP building at 2990 E. Grand Blvd. We are on the corner of the Blvd & Brush St in the North End neighborhood. Please be aware that our front entrance has 9 steps, and there are another 21 steps to reach the second floor entrance to our space. At this time, we do not have lift access. Bus: We are off of the Dexter (16) bus and two blocks from the Woodward (4) bus. Bike: At this time there is no designated bike parking. You can secure your bike to any part of the fence surrounding our space. Please be mindful to keep sidewalks clear for pedestrians and not to block access from the accessible parking space. Parking: There are a number of on-street parking and off-street spots available in our lot. There is one off-street accessible parking space in our lot nearest to the building entrance. You can get into the lot from Brush street heading South before you get to the Blvd. Vehicles left over a four hour period will be towed. MIND POWER MIND CONTROL⨠If you're in town for Movement weekend in Detroit you must reserve a seat to see Jeff Mills MPMC Screening Detroit, MIND POWER MIND CONTROLâ¨. It's a collection of conceptual films extracted from the Universe of the Iconic musician and artist Jeff Mills. Consisting of various styles of segments that relate to the idea and theme behind his newest and forthcoming album Mind Power Mind Control. MPMC Screening Detroit When: Sunday May 29th, 2022 Location: Cinema Detroit 4125 Third Street, Detroit MI, 48201 Showings: 1st Showing: 17:00 hrs (5pm) 2nd Showing: 19:00 hrs (7pm) 3rd Showing: 21:00 hrs (9pm) Jeff Mills will introduce the film at the beginning of each screening. Charitable Proceeds: All ticket sale proceeds will be donated to the Detroit Public School System Music Education and the Underground Music Academy. RSVP â¨at www.axisrecords.com Acts of Love Mixtape: Act Three It's been almost two years since a release from Waajeed. His Acts of Love Mixtape series is back and will drop on June 10th. All proceeds from this project goes to Phase 2 of Underground Music Academy's construction. Our mailing address is: Underground Music Academy 2990 E Grand Blvd Detroit, MI 48202-3134 USA
