Theatre: Night Blooming @ BoarsHead Theater

[ April 21, 2009; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Night Blooming
April 21, 2009 at 7 p.m.
BoarsHead Theater
425 S. Grand Avenue, Lansing

Michigan playwright Joseph Zettelmaier’s newest work “Night Blooming” will come to life at BoarsHead Theater during a staged reading on April 21, 2009, at 7 p.m. This drama follows the life of three generations of Arapaho women in the American Southwest [...]

Mother’s Day Celebration: An Evening of Poetry, Spoken Word & Rap

[ May 10, 2009; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Mother’s Day Celebration
Poetry, Spoken Word & Rap
May 10, 2009, from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
51 West Hancock—The Arc Building

Detroit Coalition Against Police Brutality presents A Mother’s Day Celebration: An Evening of Poetry, Spoken Word & Rap and special birthday celebration for Ron Scott, Sunday, May 10, 2009, from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. at [...]

Neal Shusterman @ Oak Park Library

[ April 30, 2009; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Neal Shusterman
April 30, 2009 at 7 p.m.
Oak Park Library

Young adult author and film writer Neal Shusterman will be at the Oak Park Library on Thursday, April 30, 2009, at 7 p.m. Shusterman’s book Everlost is currently being adapted for a feature film by Universal Studios. His bestseller Unwind has been optioned for production [...]

Photography Opening with Robert Mosher

[ April 26, 2009; 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] Robert Mosher Photography Opening
State Street Chicago: 1971-1974, The Photography of Robert Mosher
April 26, 2009, 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
26010 Greenfield in Oak Park

State Street Chicago: 1971-1974, The Photography of Robert Mosher will open on Sunday, April 26, 2009, from 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. at the Book Beat gallery in Oak Park. It [...]

Author Janice Lynne Lundy @ Oak Park Library

[ April 23, 2009; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Janice Lynne Lundy
April 23, 2009 at 7 p.m.
Oak Park Library
14200 Oak Park Boulevard

Inspirational, spiritual and feminist author Jan Lundy, will speak Thursday, April 23, 2009, at 7 p.m. at the Oak Park Library. Jan is a former educator in the area of religious studies, a nationally recognized speaker, and the author of Coming Home [...]

La Diada de Sant Jordi Celebration @ Book Beat

[ April 19, 2009; 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] La Diada de Sant Jordi Celebration
April 19, 2009 from 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Book Beat

Celebrate Sant Jordi Day at Book Beat on Sunday, April 19, 2009, from 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. This Catalonian tradition is filled with wine, books, music, poetry, roses, love and joy! The annual Barcelona & Spanish tradition has [...]

Children’s Author Linda Urban @ Baldwin Library

[ April 13, 2009; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Children’s Author Linda Urban
April 13, 2009 at 7 p.m.
Baldwin Public Library
300 W. Merrill St., Birmingham

Linda Urban will be at the Baldwin Public Library on Monday, April 13, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. Linda is a Michigan native and the 2008 Mitten Award Winner for her book A Crooked Kind of Perfect, a novel for [...]

Poetry Boot Camp: Grades Three & Up @ Baldwin Library

[ April 9, 2009; 11:00 am to 3:30 pm. ] Poetry Boot Camp: Grades Three & Up
Featuring “The Poetry Lady” Denise Rodgers
April 9, 2009 from 11 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Baldwin Public Library
300 W. Merrill St., Birmingham

Like to play with words? The Baldwin Public Library is hosting an all-day poetry camp on April 9, 2009, from 11 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Training will include [...]

Bill McKibben @ Grosse Point War Memorial

[ April 9, 2009; 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ] Bill McKibben
April 9, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.
Grosse Point War Memorial

Leading American environmentalist and author Bill McKibben will give a presentation called “The Most Important Number in the World: Saving the Planet and Maybe Even the Auto Industry,” on Thursday, April 9, 2009, at 7:30 p.m. at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial.

A bestselling author and scholar [...]

Review: The Pendergrass Fortune or Liars and Moneygrubbers

“The Pendergrass Fortune or Liars and Moneygrubbers”
Meadow Brook Theatre, Rochester
Through April 7, 2009
The cast of “The Pendergrass Fortune or Liars and Moneygrubbers” duke it out
with their flashlights as they try to decide which one of them will star in the theater’s
one-man show. (From left to right: Ryan Falcheck, Jamie Kolacki, Savannah Lee
and [...]