Prelude to BravoBravo! at Commune Lounge

[ May 1, 2009; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Join the Young Professionals of the Michigan Opera Theater Volunteer Association for Prelude, the exclusive preview event for the 2009 Bravo Bravo. Make sure you are at Commune Lounge this Friday for this sneek peek. The soundtrack to the evening’s festivities will be provided by DJ Captn 20. Enjoy drink specials and apps courtsey of [...]

Friday Night Live! at the DIA featuring Brasil Duo

[ May 1, 2009; 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] 7 & 8:30 p.m.

João Luiz and Douglas Lora met in São Paulo as teenage guitar students and have been performing together for more than ten years, perfecting a sublime synchronicity and effortless performance style. With a full touring schedule on two continents, critically acclaimed recordings and innovative programming featuring a seamless blend of traditional and [...]

First Fridays at TechTown

[ May 1, 2009 4:00 pm to May 18, 2009 4:00 pm. ] The First Friday at TechTown—come to TechTown the first Friday of each month at 4:00 p.m. for networking with entrepreneurs, great free food, and engaging speakers:
WSU’s TechTown (4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.) and the DIA (6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.) are this Friday.  (Visit TechTown and also receive a discount coupon for the DIA’s Norman Rockwell [...]

Inside Detroit Welcome Center Open House

[ May 1, 2009; 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] RSVP to this FREE event via Eventbrite:
http://detroitopenhouse-fbevent.eventbrite.com

Welcome Center Open House
Friday, May 1 5:00p.m. – 8:00p.m.

Come check out the Downtown Welcome Center you’ve been hearing so much about! You’ll get to peruse our new retail, the Local 1253, which showcases Detroit-made goods, taste local Detroit food from Bucharest Grill, Traffic Jam & Snug, Golden Spice Catering [...]

The 2nd Annual Green Street Fair in Plymouth

[ May 1, 2009 12:00 am to May 3, 2009 12:00 am. ] The world is going green. You coming?
 
Green Street Fair was founded to help educate and inform people of all ages about the benefits of green, organic, and eco-friendly products and services.
 
To promote global interest and personal well-being, the Green Street Fair will blend companies, artisans, entertainers and speakers together in a friendly and family-oriented outdoor [...]

CCS Woodward Lecture Series Concludes With Ed Ruscha

Thursday, May 7 at 7:30 p.m.
Wendell W. Anderson Jr. Auditorium
Ed Ruscha, Photo by Kate Simon
The College for Creative Studies’ Woodward Lecture Series concludes its 10th Anniversary Season with one of the most consistently inventive artists of the contemporary period Ed Ruscha on Thursday, May 7 at 7:30 p.m.
Ruscha has been a pioneer in the [...]

A Visual Adventure Of African Wildlife

[ April 17, 2009 5:00 pm to June 18, 2009 5:00 pm. May 15, 2009; 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] April 17 through June 18, 2009

Grand Opening Friday May 15 from 5PM-8PM

Photographer, William Cowger

Paramount Gallery

International wildlife and travel photographer, William Cowger of Troy, Michigan, announces a photography exhibit that provides a visual adventure of African wildlife that will run from Friday April 17 through June 18, 2009 at the Paramount Gallery at 22635 [...]

(Re)Discover Detroit With Inside Detroit This Weekend

Scavenger Hunt, Open House, Walking Tours, Bar Tour
Inside Detroit wants people to (Re)Discover Detroit this weekend which is the reason they are hosting a scavenger hunt, two walking tours, one bar tour and an open house. It will be three fun-filled days and night of activities for residents from across the region to [...]

Surfing the web…like eating that fourth or fifth chocolate.

What I love about surfing the web is that it’s so absorbing. You type your search or address and before you know it, hours have gone by. What I don’t like about web surfing is that it’s kind of like eating that fourth or fifth chocolate. I glance at the clock, it’s midnight. I know I should go to bed, but continue anyway. I get pulled in, something draws me further and further into the unknown vastness of…

Restaurant Review: Taste of Ethiopia

For months–nay, years–I’ve heard about how great Ethiopian food is. I’ve heard rave reviews of Ferndale’s Blue Nile and Southfield’s Taste of Ethiopia–how different, how healthy, how very ethnic. Despite this, I’ve never done the Ethiopian thing; no particular reason, just haven’t. So finally I decided to expand my gastronomic horizons to include this popular [...]