The Detroit Institute of Arts holds a special place in our hearts (we're not just saying that because it rhymes), and while there's trouble in Motor City, the DIA is moving ahead. In the wake of widespread cost cutting that included laying off 20 percent of its staff, the museum has just appointed a new chief curator (Kenneth J. Myers, the former curator of American art and head of the American art department), recently reinstalled its permanent galleries, and opened a new education wing. Now the DIA is really getting down to business (and just plain getting down) with a funk karaoke contest.

This Saturday night, between screenings of Jeffrey Levy-Hinte's documentary Soul Power (the story of the three-day music festival that accompanied the "Rumble in the Jungle" back in 1974), the museum will host the Soul Power Funk-Karaoke Contest. "Contestants are asked to perform soul or funk songs for a chance to win a season pass for two to the Detroit Film Theatre's fall season," notes the website, which also promises a Soul Power poster giveaway. We call dibs on the whole of George Clinton's T.A.P.O.A.F.O.M. album—either that or this (ahem) timeless masterpiece by DJ Kool...