The Motor City Revue 2010: “Michigan Gallery’s Farewell Blast”

January 27 – March 5, 2010
Sisson Gallery, MacKenzie Fine Arts Center, Henry Ford Community College
FAREWELL BLAST (CLOSING RECEPTION): Friday, March 5, 2010…6:00-8:00pm
AFTER PARTY: Friday, March 5, 2010…9:00pm – ???
Alvin’s, 5756 Cass Ave., Detroit

The Howling Diablos perform at The Michigan Gallery’s after party at Alvin’s.
Photo by CKreationz
Incorporating the grit of local industry with the [...]

Saturday Night Blowout – Bakers Streetcar!

Friday, March 5, 2010 at 9:40pm -2:40am
12:40 AM DIVINE COMEDIANS (Doll Faces / The Decks)
11:40 PM ELECTRIC FIREBABIES (Carjack / Hi Speed Dubbing)
10:40 PM BIG MESS (Thunderbirds Are Now)
09:40 PM BEVERLY FRE$H (Dial 81)
Dance party!
9817 JOS CAMPAU
Hamtramck, MI
Bakers Streetcar is located just 1 block south of the Belmont.

FREE SHOW with the Zoos of Berlin *

Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 8:00pm -2:00am
Alvins Resurecion Concert Series
* FREE SHOW *
The Zoos of Berlin
with special guests
Silverghost
and Aran Ruth
Alvins – Detroit
5756 Cass Ave
Detroit, MI

And Still They Prospered: Lorenzo Cultural Center Examines the 1930s

[ February 27, 2010 12:00 pm to May 8, 2010 12:00 pm. ] February 27-May 8, 2010

Gil Rinke hands up a poster to Bob Tarnacki as part of the preparation for the
And Still They Prospered: Living Through the Great Depression series. What did it take to not only survive the greatest economic challenge this country has ever faced but to rise up from that challenge and create [...]

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 [...]

On the Rocks Detroit Hosts Two Nights of Autorama After-Parties

Hot Cars and Rock and Roll
at Detroit’s Hard Rock Café
February 26 – 27, 2010

60 Second Crush
On the Rocks Detroit will host a weekend of official Autorama After-Parties at Detroit’s Hard Rock Café (45 Monroe St.) on Friday, February 26 and Saturday, February 27 from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. to celebrate Autorama – a [...]

Dance Aid For Haiti!

Music to move your head, heart, and dancing feet!
Friday, February 26, 8:00 pm
Musical Offerings by a variety of Detroit’s Finest Artists
a soulful concert for your listening pleasure
Rock, R&B, Latin Swing and Funk by the
BILL MEYER GROUP
for your dancing pleasure

Your tax-deductible donation at the door is the price of admission. Proceeds will support Doctors Without Borders, [...]

Bernice Johnson Reagon & Toshi Reagon at The Museum of African American History

Thursday, February 25, 2010, 6:00pm – 9:00pm

Bernice Johnson Reagon (mother) and Toshi Reagon (daughter) come together to create a collaborative, live presentation of music and talk that celebrates the African American musical tradition and the role of art in the struggle for what is just and right. Independently these women have broken new ground charting [...]

The 23rd Erotic Poetry and Music Festival

“An eclectic celebration of the erotic arts!”
Saturday February 27th, 2010 – 9:00pm
At Corktown Tavern

Chinonye Goddess
The infamous event known as the “Erotic Poetry & Music Festival” is one of the oldest community arts festivals in Detroit. The festival is an “eclectic celebration of the erotic arts!” It features provocative poetry, dirty spoken word, erotic [...]

The HUB of Detroit Benefit Concert w/ The Hentchmen and Wheatpaste

Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 9:10pm- 2:00am
The Park Bar

Wheatpaste>
The Hentchmen and Wheatpaste provide a night of musical entertainment for the benefit of the HUB of Detroit!
Doors at 9pm
Regretfully this show is for people 21 years old and older only.
$5 gets you in with part of the door and bar take going to the HUB of [...]