URGENT CASTING: Male/ late 30’s to 50’s /Ann Arbor / Rehearsals Underway!

Searching for an actor for Sir Willful Witwoud in The Way of the World
It’s The Way of the World by William Congreve, the classic Restoration comedy. I’m the director. I’m tackling it as the story of Mirabell and Millamant, two arch-libertines of a society of libertines who decide to find a way out of that [...]

Free Film: Point of Least Resistance by Fischli and Weiss at MOCAD

Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD)
Thursday, March 11, 2010, 7:00pm – 8:00pm
The Point of Least Resistance (1981, 29 min.)
Dir. by Fischli and Weiss (courtesy of Matthew Marks Gallery, New York)
This short film, the first collaboration by the playful Swiss duo of Fischli and Weiss , presents an offset, noir-ish Los Angeles, in which two animal [...]

Film Training Available for Detroit Residents

Federal Funds support hands-on education in film production
Governor Jennifer M. Granholm and Detroit Mayor Dave Bing announced that city residents are now eligible to apply for training to work in Michigan’s growing film industry thanks to a $438,000 U.S. Department of Labor Community-Based Job Training Grant that will be administered by the Detroit Workforce Development [...]

Detroit Independent Film 6 Day Festival and Awards

March 2nd through Sunday, March 7th, 2010
“The 8th Samurai”, a behind-the-scenes retelling of Akira Kurosawa’s Samurai
masterpiece “The Seventh Samurai”.
Celebrating Michigan’s finest, the 1st Annual Detroit Independent Film Festival (DIFF) presents its line-up for 2010.
The first year festival includes over 80 films including the U.S. Premiere of George A. Romero’s newest Survival of [...]

The Strategies, Pitfalls and Politics of Film Festivals

A Panel Discussion
Sunday March 7 2010, 2:00-3:00 PM
Hosted by Connie Mangilin
Mitten Movie Project Curator
Panelists include: Mike Madigan, Robert Joseph Butler, Chuck Grady & Suzanne Janik
Connie Mangilin hosts a panel on the strategies, pitfalls and politics of film festivals. This film festival panel will take place at the Burton Theatre (3420 Cass [...]

Memorial For Arts Advocate E. Ray Scott at The Gem Theatre

Saturday, February 27th, 11am

E. Ray Scott
It was Saturday, Feb. 6, when the cheerful, tuxedoed members of Detroit’s Players Club gathered for their monthly show of plays at their historic Playhouse. The mood quickly sobered when they heard that Player E. Ray Scott had died at 86. As Executive Director of the Michigan Council for [...]

Boondock Saints 10th Anniversary Party

at The Crofoot Ballroom
Wednesday Feb. 24, 2010
Director, Stars and Soundtrack Artists Celebrate with Fans

The Crofoot Ballroom and On the Rocks Detroit are proud to present the 10th Anniversary of The Boondock Saints: a VIP Fan Party on Wednesday, February 24, at The Crofoot Ballroom (Pontiac, Michigan). Join creator/writer/director Troy Duffy, actors David [...]

Kresge Artist Fellowships Deadline February 26th

Literary and performing artists can apply for one of 18 $25,000 fellowships
DEADLINE FEBRUARY 26, 2010
There is one month remaining for emerging and established metropolitan Detroit literary and performing artists to apply for one of 18 $25,000 Kresge Artist Fellowships. Applications are only available online at www.kresgeartsindetroit.org and must be completed by Friday, February 26, [...]

Casting Call for “A Tribute to Motown: An American Dream Story”  

The New McCree Theatre, 5005 Cloverlawn Drive, will be holding auditions for the climax of its 2009/2010 production season, the original musical revue, A Tribute to Motown: An American Dream Story, March 8 and 9, 2010 at 7:00 p.m sharp.  The theatre is seeking young men and ladies, between the ages of 15 – [...]

Climate Change and Darwin’s Birthday at Cranbrook Institute of Science

February events at Cranbrook Institute of Science include a lecture by University of Michigan Professor Henry Pollack and a Celebration of Darwin’s Birthday.
Henry Pollack Ph. D., U of M Professor and co-winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize will discuss his most current research on climate change and his book, A World Without Ice, [...]