Living Loop: Outdoor Film Screening

Saturday, September 5 | 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Living Loop Opening Kickoff Guided walking tour, community paint-by-numbers alley activation, and Living Loop launch. * 

Wednesday, September 9 | 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Outdoor Film Screening Community documentary screening and conversation at Bagley Vision. *

Sunday, September 13 | 4:30 PM – 7:00 PM  Immersive Dance Performance + Public Conversation Site-responsive performance by Biba Bell and Wayne State University Dance, followed by a one-hour conversation exploring art, ecology, science, health, and the future of nature-forward cities. *

Wednesday, September 23 | 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM Station Meadow Closing Activation Site-responsive dance performance and community gathering celebrating the establishment of Station Meadow and Detroit’s growing living landscape movement.

Living Loop Detroit is a month-long public experience exploring Detroit’s emerging nature-forward urbanism movement through a self-guided trail of ecological landscapes, public art, performances, and community conversations.

Centered in Corktown, Hubbard Richard, and North Corktown, the Living Loop connects meadows, pocket forests, pollinator habitats, and regenerative landscapes into a shared experience that explores how design creates access—to nature, movement, health, knowledge, and community.

Curated by Brightside Collective in collaboration with partners including Swissnex, Wayne State University, Kintsugi Village, Bagley Vision, and others, the Living Loop brings together artists, scientists, designers, neighborhood organizations, and ecological practitioners to explore new ways of designing cities for both people and ecological life.

Throughout September, visitors can follow the Loop at their own pace using maps, site signage, and QR-enabled stories while discovering immersive dance performances, public conversations, community art, and ecological installations across multiple locations.

More than a tour, the Living Loop reveals a growing design movement already taking shape across Detroit—one that sees cities as living systems where people and nature flourish together.