Empty Bowls: Alleviate Hunger in Detroit

Inaugural Empty Bowls Charity Event
Friday September 25, 2009, 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Presentation at 7:00 PM
At the Boll Family YMCA

Cost: $10
Includes: Soup, bread, beverage, and a handmade bowl
(All donations accepted)
Bowls were handmade by students from Ace Academy in Highland Park. Proceeds will benefit a local Detroit hunger agency chosen by the students of Ace Academy.
Bowls are [...]

Access Arts Exhibition: Open Call

Performance, Installation, Earthworks
Deadline for Submission October 1, 2009
Access Arts Exhibition is a multidisciplinary arts collaboration. Our goal is to engage Detroit’s communities through the work of local artists in out of doors spaces. Our event is hosted at Belle Isle Park by the Parks & Recreation Department. Graciously, they agreed to our inaugural exhibition and [...]

Expedition:Funky, Jazzy, Rockin, R & B

[ September 22, 2009; 1:00 pm; September 25, 2009; 8:00 pm; ] Friday September 25th, 2009, 8:00 – 12:00
At Mario’s in Troy (On the Patio weather permitting)
No cover

Featuring
Ralph Koziarski – saxes, flutes, vocals & percussion
Chip Kipps – guitar & vocals
Kito Pardo – drums
Max Koster – bass

Mario’s in Troy is located at
1477 John R just south of Maple
248 – 588 – 6000

It’s Not Over Yet, the Music of the Night: The Phantom of the Opera at the Detroit Opera House

The Phantom of the Opera is the most popular and successful musical of all time. It has played in 125 cities in 25 countries to over 100 million people and has grossed over $5 billion in its lifetime. It has firmly situated itself as an emblem of Western popular culture, with songs and melodies more [...]

Concert: ‘Beatles’ for Peace, Peace Action of Michigan

The Backbeats @ Majestic Theatre: “It was 40 years ago today”
Saturday, September 26, 2009, 8:00pm – 11:00pm
Majestic Theatre
On its 40th Anniversary Release Date, Imagine ‘Abbey Road’ Live Starring Michigan’s Premier Beatles Tribute Band The BackBeats. Benefit concert for Peace Action of Michigan.
Plus: A short video presentation “Peace Action at 50: Our Long and Winding Road” [...]

The Ambassador Poetry Project Launch Party

[ September 25, 2009; 7:00 pm; ] Friday, September 25, 2009, 7pm Free
Grosse Pointe Art Center

MC: Suzanne Schneider Ross from Marick Press
Music: Singer/songwriter Carly Keyes

Featured Readings: ML Liebler, John Jeffire, Laurence W. Thomas, Olga Klekner, Amy Stilgenbauer, Eric Torgersen, Ken Meisel, Dan Ames, Lori A. May, and Mariela Griffor

Thanks to Marick Press, Wayne State University Press, and Grosse Pointe Art Center for [...]

Free Film: “Poletown Lives!”

[ September 27, 2009; 6:30 pm; ] A 1983 documentary by George Corsetti, Rich Wieske and Jeanie Wylie
7pm, Sunday September 27th (doors open at 6:30pm)

Presented by Rich Wieske
Running time ~52 minutes
Location, 2739 Edwin, Hamtramck, Mi 48212

The classic “Poletown Lives!” documents a community’s resistance to the city of Detroit’s decision to destroy the Poletown neighborhood in order to provide General Motors with tax-free [...]

Seven Acts Do Battle In The Detroit Blues Challenge Finals

[ October 18, 2009 8:30 pm to November 7, 2009 8:09 pm. ] Sunday, October 18, 2009 Doors at 8:30PM – Show Begins at 9:00PM
Callahan’s Music Hall
Tickets: $10 at the door – General Admission

The 6 preliminary rounds are now complete for the 2009 Detroit Blues Challenge and the seven (7) finalists are prepared to do battle on Sunday, October 18, 2009. The 6 preliminary rounds leading [...]

Cass Collective XXIII

[ September 27, 2009 8:00 pm to September 28, 2009 2:00 am. ] Sunday, September 27, 2009 at 8:00pm -2:00am
Cass Cafe

The Cass Collective is a loose group of community people who organize monthly benefit shows at the Cass Cafe on the last Sunday of each month. It is also connected to the Alley Cats, a group of cyclists that end their city excursions at the Cass Cafe [...]

Gallery Project: “Landscape And Memory”

[ September 23, 2009 12:00 am to November 1, 2009 12:00 am. ] September 23 through 4pm on Sunday, November 1, 2009
Opening Reception: Friday, September 25, from 6-9pm

Nebraska by Jennilie BrewsterGallery Project presents Landscape and Memory, an exhibition examining how the memory of the land itself shapes us. The exhibit opens at noon on Wednesday, September 23, and runs until 4pm on Sunday, November 1st. The [...]