The Muggs – Alvins Grand Re-Opening-Free Concert

Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 8:00pm – 2: 00 AM
A Special Gift For You
* FREE SHOW * THE MUGGS * FREE SHOW *
Grand Re-Opening Event
Alvins Resurrection Concert Series with
The Muggs
With Special Guest Super Dollar
12/12/09 – 9:00pm

Pamela Wise trio featuring Jason Gaddis and Pathe Jassi

[ December 12, 2009 9:00 pm to December 13, 2009 1:30 am. ] Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 9:30pm – 12:30am
At Cliff Bells

Pamela Wise
Pamela Wise trio featuring drummer Jason Gaddis and bassist Pathe Jassi at Cliff Bells
Cliff Bells located at 2030 Park Ave. Detroit, MI

Andy-licious Matthew Sandwich at Cass Cafe

[ December 12, 2009 7:00 pm to February 6, 2010 7:00 pm. ] Matthew Lewis, Andrew Krieger, Matthew Hanna
December 5, 2009-February 6, 2010
Opening Reception: Saturday, December 12 7-10PM

Matthew Lewis, August, 2008 34″x44″Home grown Detroit artists have a way of commanding your attention, be it intentionally, completely inadvertently or out of the desperation of after thought. Sometimes you’re just overwhelmed by ten or more names [...]

Sedaris Holiday Hilarity returns to the Ringwald

[ December 11, 2009 8:00 pm to December 21, 2009 8:00 pm. ]  

David Sedaris’ The SantaLand Diaries and Season’s Greetings

December 11-21, 2009; Thurs-Sat & Mon, 8 pm; Sun, 3pm 

Ringwald Theatre, 22742 Woodward, Ferndale

Tickets: $20 Thurs-Sat; $15 Sun; $10 Mon.

Who Wants Cake? Theatre at the Ringwald offers up its traditional December treat: a double-header of sharply funny holiday tales by satirist David Sedaris.

www.WhoWantsCakeTheatre.com; 248-545-5545

Palmer Woods Music in Homes Series

[ December 26, 2009 8:00 pm to June 27, 2010 8:00 pm. December 26, 2009 8:00 pm to June 27, 2010 8:00 pm. ] Mansions, Castles, Cool Homes Great Music

Thornetta DavisDetroit’s historic neighborhood Palmer Woods toots its horn, strums its strings, and draws sellout crowds to its jazz, classical and world music concerts held in its historic homes. The first concert of the Palmer Woods Music in Homes featuring Blues queen Thornetta Davis on Saturday, December 26 (day after [...]

Lifton Institute for Media Skills Open House

Open House this Friday, December 11th., 2009
At Unity Studios
You’ll have a chance to tour the school, meet with the instructors and find out more about all that LIMS has to offer.
Each prospective LIMS student will be able to make 2 initial choices.
The Career Path
The Track Choice within the chosen Career
A more detailed explanation [...]

Open Audition: “Anything Goes” (Bloomfield Players)

Bloomfield Players Community Theatre Announces:
Open Auditions For: “Anything Goes”
(Please Read All information and CHECK LIST Below)
Audition Dates And Times
Monday December 7th
6:00pm Registration (or use the Online Form to save time)
Auditions 6:30 to 10:00PM – Leads and adult chorus strongly encouraged to audition this day. Also open for Children’s Chorus
Tuesday December 8th 6:00pm Registration (or use [...]

This week In Art at Motor City Brewing Works

[ December 2, 2009 7:00 pm to December 3, 2009 10:00 pm. December 9, 2009 7:00 pm to December 10, 2009 10:00 pm. December 16, 2009; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Three one Night Shows In An Ongoing Series

This is a rare opportunity to savor four prominent Detroit artists during the holiday season.

December 2, 2009
Christine Hagedorn, Jack Summers

December 9, 2009
Lois Teicher
Sculpture & drawings all pieces under $40.00.
Lois Teicher, Cloud with Lightening bolt
December 16, 2009
Dolores Slowinski
Presents Thread Lines, a new series of hand-stitched [...]

“Vestiges”: New Works by Lauren Rice:

[ December 11, 2009 7:00 pm to January 8, 2010 9:00 pm. ] org contemporary
Friday, December 11, 2009 at 7:00pm
Through Friday, January 8, 2010 at 9:00pm

Using both collage and installation, Lauren Rice transforms ordinary materials into curious forms. Her recent works on paper combine collaged magazine elements, ink, graphite, gouache, spray paint and paper pulp to create abstractions that exist in the liminal space between sexy and strange, [...]

The Prinzhorn Prize Exhibition for Christo and Jeanne-Claude

[ December 11, 2009; 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. December 11, 2009 6:00 pm to January 16, 2010 6:00 pm. ] Prinzhorn Winners Announced

As a creative community, Detroit is both vibrant and fertile. New galleries breed excitement here. As CCS Professor of Fine Art Gilda Snowden exclaimed as she pushed into the packed inaugural show at The Butchers Daughter “Detroit is rockin’, we open galleries when other places close galleries.” Re:View Contemporary has become an [...]