November 2009 JAZZ CAFÉ DATES

At Music Hall Center
The Jazz Café is the most significant contribution to music in southeastern Michigan in recent memory and “Jazzpolice.com” calls it the most important jazz club to open in America this year.
Mary Stallings with special guest
Eric Reed
October 31 Jazz Café Halloween Party 9pm
November 2 Ain’t Misbehavin’ Auditions 7pm
November 3 Discovery Series 7pm / [...]

Photo Blog: The beginning of Fall, the beginning of new art venues

There was so much art in Grand Rapids and Detroit put together in October that it’s taken me a while to figure out what to put into the next photo blog, but as much as there was quantity, there was also that other q word, which I can’t remember right now. This mental lapse reminds [...]

Lisa Marie Thalhammer at The Butchers Daughter

[ October 24, 2009 6:00 pm to November 25, 2009 9:00 pm. ] Lizards Live
October 24 – November 25, 2009
Artist Talk October 24, 2009 at 5:00 PM
Reception from 6:00 – 9:00 PM

Lizard with Stars and Striped Leg Warmer, 2009
9.5″ x 12.5″, color pencil and collage on handmade Korean paperBorn in the eighties, Thalhammer’s family owned a truck plaza off the banks of the Mississippi River. Her exhibition, [...]

Help Save The Michigan Film Tax Incentive

A Public rally in support of the “Help Michigan Get Back To Work” campaign and to stop legislation from cutting the Michigan Film Incentive.
Keep movie making here in Michigan
Monday, October 26 at 7:00p.m.
Crofoot Ballroom in Pontiac
Big Screen Michigan along with members and supporters of Michigan’s film, television and video game industry rally together to preserve [...]

Class: Stunt Person Training

Monday, October 26, 2009, 9:00am – 9:00pm
Lifton Institute for Media Studies
Lifton Institute for Media Skills seeking students for October 26th Stunt Person Training

Stunt persons are the people who stand in for an actor or actress in a movie when the script calls for a scene that is fraught with physical danger. Potential candidates should be [...]

NEW CASTINGS: WORK BY Robert Bielat at Ellen Kayrod Gallery

[ October 16, 2009 5:00 pm to November 27, 2009 8:00 pm. October 16, 2009 5:00 pm to November 27, 2009 8:00 pm. ] October 16 – November 27, 2009

Robert Bielat is exhibiting his new castings at the Ellen Kayrod Gallery at Hannan House from October 16 – November 27, 2009. Opening reception is Friday, October 16, from 5-8 PM.

TotemUrban Cave DwellingRobert Bielat has been creating sculpture for more than forty years, and has exhibited widely in the Detroit [...]

Metrotimes Debuts Sloshed Beer

The official Metro Times beer will make its debut at the inaugural
Harvest Fest in Eastern Market this Saturday, October 24, 2009. The
beer’s official title, Sloshed, is a tribute to the Metro Times
Sloshed July special issue which featured coverage of local and
statewide breweries. Along with Sloshed beer, 200 Michigan beers from
40 microbreweries will be available [...]

Detroit: Breeding Ground – A discussion on sculpture

Sunday November 1st, 2009 at 4pm
within the social landscape at the Museum of New Art
Abigail Newbold
On Sunday November 1st at 4pm the Museum of New Art (MONA) will host a panel discussion and the release of the exhibition catalogue for its current show – Detroit: Breeding Ground.
This panel focuses on the state of [...]

The Pharmacy, The Ruggs (formerly Oatmeal) at Trumbullplex

Friday October 23rd, 2009, 9pm
Formerly of Seattle, now of NOLA, DIY darlings the Pharmacy play dance punk with
sugary melodies, drawing from 60s pop such as the Kinks. Always crowd
favorites at Trumbullplex, this is their first visit from Bayou
country. The Ruggs (formerly Oatmeal) are a young Detroit band with a
mature sound. They were capturing ears for [...]

“Capturing Motion” at the Gallery Project

[ November 4, 2009 12:00 pm to December 6, 2009 12:00 pm. ] November 4, 2009 at 12:00 PM – Sunday, December 6th
Reception Friday November 6th from 6-9PM

Krysti Spence, LookGallery Project presents Capturing Motion, a multi-media exhibition featuring 20 local, regional and national artists including two of America’s leading creators of kinetic art–Arthur Ganson from Cambridge (MIT) and TRIMPIN from Seattle. Capturing Motion brings together [...]