Art: Lecture and Book Signing with Ari Marcopoulos @ DIA

[ January 22, 2009; 7:00 pm; ] Please join us in the DIA’s Lecture Hall, Thursday evening, Jan. 22, 2009, at 7 p.m. for a special presentation entitled, Making the Familiar Art, by photographer Ari Marcopoulos. The DIA will have Ari’s recent publications available and a book signing will follow his lecture, which is free and open to the public.

Years ago, Marcopoulos visited Detroit with [...]

Theatre: A Streetcar Named Desire @ The Purple Rose

[ January 22, 2009 8:00 pm to January 25, 2009 2:00 pm. ] The Purple Rose Theatre Company is proud to announce their production of the American classic A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams this winter. The production will enjoy a limited nine-week engagement from Thursday, January 22 through Saturday, March 21, 2009.

Eight low-price previews of A Streetcar Named Desire will be performed from Thursday, January 22, [...]

Event: HAVEN Awards @ The Reserve in Birmingham

[ January 22, 2009; 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ] On January 22, HAVEN will honor members of our community who have used their courage and their voices to speak out and make a difference. The HAVEN Awards, from 4 – 6 p.m. at the Reserve in Birmingham, will honor Gerry Barrons, recipient of the Heart of HAVEN award. Linda Lacina will receive the Voice [...]

Deadline: Pecha Kucha Volume 3 Submissions @ Hard Rock Cafe

[ January 22, 2009; ] Don’t miss your chance to present your work! The next installment of Pecha-Kucha Night is on February 19th at the Hard Rock Cafe. This one is not to be missed! If you want to present, you have until January 22nd to submit your work. See below for more details.

What is Pecha Kucha Night?

Pecha Kucha Night, [...]

Theatre: Radio Golf @ Detroit Rep

[ January 22, 2009 8:30 pm to January 25, 2009 8:30 pm. ] Through March 22

Curtain Times:
8:30 P.M. Thursdays and Fridays
3 P.M. & 8:30 P.M Saturdays
2 P.M. & 7:30 P.M. Sundays

The Michigan Premiere of acclaimed playwright August Wilson’s Radio Golf, the tenth and final [...]

Review: Radio Golf at Detroit Repertory Theatre

Detroit Repertory Theatre, Detroit
http://www.detroitreptheatre.com
Through March 22, 2009
Radio Golf: Harmond (Lucas, right) watches helplessly as Roosevelt
(Joseph, left) loses his patience with Old Joe (Cargle, center).
An intense, strongly acted, and often comical show about African American life in the 1990s, the Detroit Repertory Theatre’s Radio Golf by August Wilson, directed by Harold Hogan, is it. Their [...]

Call for Entries: 2009 Silver Medal Exhibition

The Scarab Club Annual Silver Medal Exhibition is an unthemed, all-media exhibition and is open to all artists. Students and SC members receive discounted entry fees.
Juror Rebecca Mazzei is a published author and award-winning arts journalist. She currently works as assistant dean of The College for Creative Studies in Detroit. She received a Master’s Degree [...]

Family Friendly Half Price Saturday Matinees at Detroit Reperatory Theatre

The Detroit Repertory Theatre is in a partnership with Target to provide Family Friendly Ticket Programs for Repertory Productions. Target’s generosity allows the Rep to offer half price tickets to all Saturday matinees during the ten week run of August Wilson’s Radio Golf. The production runs until March 22, 2009.
The long-standing partnership between Target and [...]

Laminat, Re:View Contemporary Gallery

[ February 14, 2009; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] laminat
Functional Art by Andy Kem
Re:View Contemporary Gallery  

Feb. 14 – Mar 28, 2009

Opening Reception, Feb. 14, Saturday, 7 pm – 10 pm 

Detroit artist and designer Andy Kem creates functional art from wood and man-made wood products, predominantly derived from the layering, or lamination, of these materials. While influenced by the “no flat surfaces” principle of [...]

Wayne State University MA in Art Exhibition

[ January 16, 2009; ] January 16 through February 13, 2009
Tuesdays – Thursdays 10AM-6PM and Fridays 10AM-7PM 

Wayne State University’s Art Department Gallery will present the 2009 MA in Art Exhibition from Friday, January 16 through Friday, February 13, 2009.   Works of art on view are by students  working toward a Master of Arts (MA) degrees, with a major in [...]