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 [...]

Detroit Synergy Supper Club at Detroit Fish Market

[ September 23, 2009; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] For the first time ever, the city of Detroit will be celebrating its fine dining culture with the inaugural Detroit Restaurant Week, and Supper Club will be joining in the festivities!

Detroit Synergy’s Supper Club has partnered up with Detroit Restaurant Week (presented by Paxahau Promotions Group and sponsored by the Greater Downtown Districts) to host [...]

Chicks and Glowsticks at 5E Gallery

[ September 4, 2009; 10:00 pm; ] CHICKS AND GLOWSTICKS
THE ULTIMATE ELECTRO, HOUSE, GHETTO TECH PARTY
Host: DJ FLUFF/ DJ ROW/ DIDDYBOP RICK/$$B~RICH$$
Type: Party – Club Party
Network: Global
Price: $12 Tickets, $15 @ the Door
Start Time: Friday, September 4, 2009 at 10:00pm
End Time: Saturday, September 5, 2009 at 4:00am
Location: Five Elements Art Gallery 2125 Michigan Ave
Street: 2125 [...]

Tour D’etroit Finale at 5E

[ September 5, 2009; 10:00 pm; ] The Tour Reaches it’s last stop this Saturday, Sept. 5th, and for the finale we have asked Detroit resident Monty Luke (Planet E/ Mothership) to be our special Guest. Monty, has also informed us that he will be digging deep and spining a special All Vinyl set!

With us as always are your Tour guides:

Joe Vargas
Steven [...]

The Innaugural Detroit Restaurant Week

Finally, Detroit is poised to compete with other major cities.  With the launch of the first-annual Detroit Restaurant Week, Detroit is really coming into its culinary own.
“We are very pleased to have downtown Detroit’s top tier restaurants involved in this exciting new promotion,” said Sandy Levine, restaurant liaison for Detroit Restaurant Week. “Our roster of [...]

Summer Goes Out With a Bang! The Final Festivals

None of us want to admit it, but we all know it’s true: Labor Day means summer is coming to a close.
Luckily, that’s not all it means.  Labor Day weekend in Detroit also means a lot of great art and music festivals–we like to save the best for last and then cram them all into [...]

Theatre Review: Rent at the Ringwald

The Spirit of Rent: Christine Chemello as Mimi

I hate Rent. Since seeing it performed at the Fox Theatre almost a decade ago, I’ve been pretty outspoken about how over-the-top, hyper-sentimentalized, and over-hyped I thought it was. After all the buzz, I was simply disappointed. I was further perturbed by the fact that this rock opera [...]

Bobby Long with Jarrod Campion and Patrick Davey at Smalls

[ August 30, 2009; 8:00 pm; ] BOBBY LONG (“Twilight” sound track) with Jarrod Champion and Patrick Davey
All ages…

Price: $12 in advance, $15 at the door
Start Time: Sunday, August 30, 2009 at 8:00pm
End Time: Monday, August 31, 2009 at 2:00am
Location: Small’s Bar
Street: 10339 Conant St.
City/Town: Hamtramck, MI

Phone: 3138731117
Email: melody@strangleholdbooking.com

Bobby Long is a British singer/songwriter who rose to fame after his song “Never Think” appeared on the immensely popular sound track [...]

Alyssa Simmons and Robin Horlock at the Hard Rock Cafe

[ August 29, 2009; 8:00 pm; ] Hard Rock Cafe’- Alyssa Simmons wsg. Robin Horlock
Alyssa Simmons & Robin Horlock Live @ The Hard Rock Cafe
Host: Alyssa Simmons

Type: Music/Arts – Concert

Network: Global
Price: free
Start Time: Saturday, August 29, 2009 at 8:00pm
End Time: Sunday, August 30, 2009 at 11:50pm
Location: Hard Rock Cafe
Street: 45 Monroe Rd.
City/Town: Detroit, MI

Phone: 3139647625
Email: musicnews@alyssasimmons.com

Description
Free Show on Saturday August 29th at 8pm full band!
SEE YOUR PRETTY FACES THERE!

Alyssa Simmons [...]

Laith Al-Saadi at the Magic Bag

[ August 29, 2009; 8:00 pm; ] Saturday, August 29 – Doors 8pm – $10
LAITH AL-SAADI
with SAR (Stealing Allan’s Rights)
http://www.myspace.com/laithalsaadi
http://www.myspace.com/stealingallansrights

Guitarist extraordinaire Laith Al-Saadi headlines an unbelievable night of music at the Bag. Laith is one of the hottest guitar pickers around!

Guitar World Magazine even raved that “Al-Saadi sounds like Danny Gatton and Buddy Guy at their best”. [...]