Dirty Needle tattoo art show opens tonight in Detroit

Mark Frauenfelder 5:51 pm Thu Feb 12, 2015

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Mitch O'Connell is curating the the "M.O'C" Dirty Needle, an erotic tattoo art show, that opens tonight in Detroit.

Right smack dab inside the beloved giant annual Detroit den of depravity, The Dirty Show, will be a freestanding lil' "tattoo shop" displaying the hottest in nude, naughty and nasty tattoo flash.

Why is it named the "M.O'C" Dirty Needle?

Because I, Mitch O'Connell, author/artist of the bestselling book, Mitch O'Connell Tattoos and Mitch O'Connell the World's Best Artist by Mitch O'Connell (and master of working my name as many times as possible into a sentence) will be responsible for filling it up with the sexiest risque tattoo designs from the sexiest artists.

Dirty Show how dates are February 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 20th, 21st, 2015, 7pm to 2am (except the 15th noon to 5pm).

Where? Russell Industrial Center Exhibition Hall, 1600 clay ave., Detroit, MI

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