May is a good time for being outside

A collection of my videos taken in May documenting art, my neighbors, how other people deal with their neighbors, an art installation I am working on, and the fun times that have just begun because summer is here.

Untitled from Cedric Tai on Vimeo.
Featuring:
Weeds, Dmytro Szylak, The Hoodcat, Blake Carroll, Bangladeshi kids playing cricket, Dan Demaggio, [...]

The May Show: An Evening of Performances to Benefit YMCA Summer Camp

A diverse line-up of Detroit artists including blues and gospel legend Rev. Robert B. Jones will perform a benefit concert for YMCA summer camp. The concert will take place on Friday, May 7 at 7:00 p.m. in the Marlene Boll Theatre of the Boll Family YMCA, 1401 Broadway, Detroit. A donation of $10 supports the YMCA Strong Kids Campaign supporting YMCA camp experiences.

Ralph Koziarski Returns To Alvins With The Luddites

Unpredictable and unplugged, The loudest acoustic band on earth.
Saturday May 1, 2010, 9:00 pm -1:00 am

The Luddites are an 11 piece folk orchestra that redefines the image of acoustic music. The Luddites take their name from a rabble of desperate English textile workers who, in the earliest days of the Industrial Revolution, took to smashing [...]

Free Monthly Jazz Concerts at Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church

The Ron English Quartet
Sunday, April 25, 2010, 4:00pm – Free Admission
Ron English, with his Washburn guitar, 2007. Photo by Derek English.
This month “Jazz at JAPC” presents the Ron English Quartet. Jazz guitarist Ron English has enjoyed a long and varied music career, with roots wide and deep in blues, Broadway, bebop, avant-garde, funk, Motown, [...]

A Speakeasy-Themed Evening At Cliff Bell’s!

Magenta Giraffe Theatre Company teams with Kuhnhenn Brewing Company
April 24, 2010, from 8:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m.

(left to right): Yana Levovna, Leah Darany, Jessalyn Brooks, Anne Marie Damman,
Jaye Stellini, Kirsten Knisel. Photo by Charles Nowak
In celebration of the 77th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition, Magenta Giraffe Theatre Company of Detroit joins forces [...]

Lettuce Rock! at Royal Oak Farmers Market

Presented By The Royal Oak Community Farm
Saturday, April 17, 2010 at 5:00pm
Sunday, April 18, 2010 at 12:00am
This community-wide event will be held at the Royal Oak Farmers Market on Saturday, April 17th from 5pm-12am.
Admission is $5 (children under 5 years old are free.)
Live entertainment, food, beer, wine, kid’s activities and raffles!
Scheduled to perform:
The Candy [...]

Great Lakes Songwriting Contest Winner’s Showcase at Trinity House

Saturday, April 10, 2010, 8:00pm – 10:00pm
First Place winner Julianne, Second Place winner Dennis G. Donoho, and Third Place winner Ralston will perform at the Trinity House Theatre. Come hear these wonderful songwriters and performers in the best small concert venue in the Detroit area. For more information and reservations, go to www.TrinityHouse.org or call [...]

Detroit Writer’s Guild Entertainment Writing Seminar at WSU

Saturday, April 10, 2010, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m
The seminar is for all who wish to write movies and songs that complement scenes for movies. Learn what’s happening in Detroit’s world of opportunities in film, how to write movies and develop theme music. Be enlightened by Ms. Erica Hill, Film Detroit; Zelmer Bothic III, [...]

The Chris Canas Blues Revolution at Memphis Smoke

April 3rd, 2010 at 9:30pm.
Chris Canas just released a new cd – “She’s Breaking Me”. The Chris Canas Blues Revolution will be celebrating with a big party and performance this Saturday, April 3rd, 2010 at 9:30pm. 
Memphis Smoke, 100 S. Main, (at 11 Mile Rd, Royal Oak, MI. 
Spring has sprung and the Blues is [...]

Book Release: Blair’s “Moonwalking” and The Boyfriends at The Park Bar

Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 9:00pm – 12:00am

A new book being released on Penmanship Books of New York. The book is called “Moonwalking.” It’s a collection of poems regarding the life, career and influences of Michael Jackson, The King of Pop. Blair will be reading poems from the manuscript and then his band Blair [...]