Mise en Place Dance: Detroit City Conduit

Friday and Saturday December 18th & 19th, 2009 at 7:30pm
Starbrite Studios at The Russell Industrial Center

Detroit City Conduit is a collaborative event striving to bring energy and art, light and performance to Detroit. The movement acts as a conduit, or means of communication between diverse people of the greater Detroit community. In a shared evening [...]

Local Film to Screen at Sundance

Bilal’s Stand by Sultan Sharrief The “NEXT” category
Sultan Sharrief
Bilal’s Stand, a feature film written and directed by local filmmaker Sultan Sharrief, has been accepted to the Sundance Film Festival’s NEXT category. It tells the story of Bilal, a Detroit high school student and his struggle to pursue his dream of higher education.
The film was [...]

Poetic Travelers in Ferndale – Fri 12/18

[ December 18, 2009; 6:30 pm to 8:45 pm. ] Friday, Dec. 18
6:30-8:45 PM
Lawrence Street Gallery, Ferndale

You are cordially invited to attend a celebration with Poetic Travelers, a poetry series hosted by poet/author, Tonja Dudley Bagwell (Sunrise of Revelations and Grace in a Garland, Jafansta, Inc.). Co-host, Ron “Cat Listening” Lavigna, is a multi-talented performer who has been featured as a poet and musician [...]

Self-Published Authors at River’s Edge Gallery – Sun 12/20

[ December 20, 2009; 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Sunday, Dec. 20
12:00-4:00 PM
River’s Edge Gallery, Wyandotte

River’s Edge Gallery owner, Pat Slack, is presenting a showcase of self-starting local authors and illustrators who have put their own work into print rather than waiting for the elusive Yes from a publishing company.

On Sunday, December 20th, the gallery will present a signing event attended by [...]

Poets Follies Reading Series at Ewald Library – Thurs 12/17

[ December 17, 2009; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Thurs, Dec. 17, 2009
6:30 pm
Ewald Branch Library, Grosse Pointe Park

Poets Follies Reading Series introduces local writers Mary Sanders Smith, Vievee Francis, and Judith Kerman.

Mary Sanders Smith divides her time among Grosse Pointe, Michigan, New York City, and northern Wisconsin; she is the author of two previous collections of fiction. Her work has received many [...]

Maria Constantini at A Gathering of Writers – Thurs 12/17

[ December 17, 2009; 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ] Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009
7:30 P.M.
Plymouth Coffee Bean Co., 884 Penniman Ave., Plymouth, MI 48170

A Gathering of Writers presents:
Feature: Maria Constantini
Presenter: Olga Klekner

Maria Costantini, formerly a Bilingual/ESL teacher in the Utica Community Schools, lives in Rochester, Michigan. She was born near Rome, Italy, and came to the [...]

The Woodward Line Poetry Series – Weds, 12/16

[ December 16, 2009; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Wednesday, December 16, 7:00 PM
The Scarab Club, 217 E. Farnsworth
FREE

Anita Schmaltz is an artist, writer, photographer, musician and teacher with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the College for Creative Studies and a Masters of Creative Writing degree from Wayne State University. She’s written hundreds of articles and reviews about the arts [...]

Jingle Bell Bash at The Detroit Artists Market

Wednesday, December 16, 2009, 5:30 p.m. to 8: 00 p.m.
The Woodward Avenue Action Association
Presents The 2nd Annual Jingle Bell Bash
Guests must be 21 and years of age and up
Tis the season to celebrate with great food, fun and friends on the Byway!
Join in a great of night of networking and volunteer [...]

“Mode Detroit” Jazz at Virgil H. Carr Cultural Arts Center

Friday December 18, 2009 – 

8:00 pm

Presented by The Jazz Network Foundation & The Arts League of Michigan
Featuring Kamau Kenyetta

with Vincent Bowens – Reeds

George Davidson – Drums

Dwight Adams – Trumpet
Donation $15 (refreshments available)
We’ll validate your Detroit Opera House parking ticket for your discount
For more details call:  313-965-8430 or 313-715-0170
Virgil H. Carr Cultural Arts Center


311 E. [...]

Andrew Alexander Solo Exhibition at 323East

December 18th, 2009 – 6pm – 11pm

If you want a definition of the word “wunderkind” go to a dictionary. If you want to see what a wunderkind is capable of, go to 323 East on December 18 when Andrew Alexander unveils the art he’s been busily creating in recent months.
Eclectic to an almost frightening degree, [...]