Scarab Club: Patricia Hill Burnett Lecture

Wednesday, September 30th, 6-8 pm
The lecture is free and open to the public
The Scarab Club will host an informal lecture in conjunction with an exhibition by renowned painter, Patricia Hill Burnett. Ms. Burnett has a long association with the Scarab Club, having been one of the first women to hold a studio in [...]

1928 The Roaring Scarab Costume Ball

Saturday, October 10th, 2009, 7:30 pm -12:30 am
The first Scarab Club costume ball, held in 1917, was themed Fashion in the Year 2017. Attendees were asked to ignore traditional costumes such as cowboys, cops & robbers, stay away from costume rental shops, and were encouraged to design their own costumes. Newspapers carried photographs of [...]

Planet Ant: “One Flea Spare”

[ October 2, 2009 8:00 pm to October 24, 2009 8:00 pm. ] Running Fridays and Saturdays October 2nd, 2009-24th 8pm
with one Sunday matinee October 11th 2:00pm

by Naomi Wallace
Directed by Shannon Ferrante

Set in 1665 during London’s Great Plague, One Flea Spare focuses on how the natural order of things, the assumed boundaries of power, class and gender and the expected social roles, are turned upside down by the [...]

Art Detroit Now: Copernicus vs. Al-Tusi Staring Contest

Friday October 10, 2009
Detroit Institute of Art
Twelve Hour Stare Down
10:00AM-10:00PM
Art Detroit Now
Staring Contest, Chido Johnson and collaborator, Robert Andersen, 2009

Two men peer through clusters of trees at each other across the dividing border of Woodward Avenue, to realize an implicit mirror. In the “west,” we have the Polish Roman Catholic astronomer, Nicolas Copernicus, on the [...]

Matthew Crawford: Toyota Lecture Series On Design At CCS

[ October 16, 2009; 7:00 pm; ] Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 6 p.m.
Wendell W. Anderson Jr. Auditorium

Matthew Crawford, photo by Robert AdamoMatthew Crawford’s New York Times best-selling book Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work brings alive an experience that was once quite common, but now seems to be receding from society-the experience of making and [...]

Art Attack at Johanson Charles Gallery

[ September 4, 2009 5:00 pm to October 3, 2009 5:00 pm. ] Friday, September 4, 2009 – 6:00pm – 9:00pm

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Art Attack is the Latest collection of work by
Nivek Monet and Matt Corbin
Through October 3, 2009
Johanson Charles Gallery
1345 Division
Detroit, MI 48207
Eastern Market
Phone: 313-355-0216
Email: jcgallery@gmail.com

Arts Budget Takes 71% Cut

The General Government Conference Committee released its budget for Fiscal Year 2010, making a near $6 million cut to the grant budget of the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, leaving the council with a total grant budget of just under $2.3 million. Additionally, the council’s staff was cut from five full time employees [...]

Detroit Collects, Part 1: The Nature of Art

[ September 25, 2009 3:00 pm to December 18, 2009 3:00 pm. ] September 25 through December 18, 2009
Opening reception – Friday, September 25, 5-8 PM

Wayne State University presents the exhibition Detroit Collects, Part 1: The Nature of Art at its Elaine L. Jacob Gallery from September 25 through December 18, 2009. With forty works, most of which were created after1980, this exhibition illustrates the [...]

Pedal Press: Media coverage of Detroit’s bike culture

Assignment Detroit
Time Magazine recently bought a house in Motown as part of their Assignment Detroit project. Why? In their words, “As a story, Detroit has been misunderstood, under reported, stereotyped, avoided and exploited for decades. To get it right, we decided to become stakeholders.”
Their project includes a blog and one of it’s early entries was [...]

2nd Annual October Blues Fest

Saturday October 3rd 4pm till 2am
Nancy Whiskey’s

Carnegie Hall or Bust Fundraiser

Please help Nancy Whiskey’s raise money to help talented children from our area to achieve a dream and perform at the world famous Carnegie Hall.
Advance tickets just $8.00
$10.00 at the door
(Ticket enters you in cash drawing)
Come hungry and thirsty! Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Chili tasting at [...]