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, [...]

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 [...]

Anton Art Center and MCACA to Award Minigrants Up To $4,000 Each

The Anton Art Center is now accepting applications for Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA) Minigrants. The Anton Art Center, MCACA’s Region 3 Re-granting Agency, administers grants in Macomb and St. Clair Counties.
All nonprofit organizations are welcome to apply, including schools, municipalities, churches, civic cultural & art groups and libraries.
Applicants [...]

Audition Notice: “Detroit a-go-go” at Planet Ant Theatre

Tuesday, January, 12, 2010, 7-10pm

Seeking experienced actor/singers, able to do drama and comedy, both scripted and improvised. MUST BE A STRONG SINGER. contact Shawn Handlon for an audition time slot.
“Detroit a-go-go” is An all new original, multi-media comedy that follows one family through 300 years of Detroit history.
Written by Shawn Handlon & [...]

Metro Times Is Looking For Hot Local Musical Talent

As Detroiters were looking to choose their future political leaders yesterday, Metro Times began their search for the next generation of Eminems, Hard Lessons and White Stripes. Metro Times announced that band applications are available for Blowout 13, Detroit’s longest-running local music festival.
The Metro Times Blowout is the largest local music festival in [...]

How Can a “Music of the Spirit” Die?

Amiri Baraka – “Whether African Song, Work Song, Spiritual, Hollers, Blues, Jazz,
Gospel, etc., no matter the genre, the ideas contained in Afro-American art, in the
main, oppose slavery and desire freedom.”
Jazz is dead! Here we go again. The recent Wall Street Journal article by Terry Teachout, (the journal’s drama critic? Why is he writing about [...]

Detroit Trumpeter Marcus Belgrave Is 2009 Eminent Artist

Detroit’s premier jazz musician and educator receives $50,000 prize from The Kresge Foundation
Marcus Belgrave, Photo by John M. Galloway/Special to The Detroit News
Master jazz trumpet player Marcus Belgrave — who has enthralled audiences world-wide with his musical virtuosity and mentored scores of aspiring young musicians — has been named the 2009 Kresge Eminent Artist by [...]

Registration for artsJAM Detroit! Now Open

VSA arts of Michigan (VSAMI) announces open registration for the after school program artsJAM Detroit! This program is open to teens 14-26 with an IEP designation, an interest in the arts and a willingness to attend the program on a regular and consistent basis. Interested individuals should contact Alana Barter, Program Coordinator for [...]

Over 350,000 Expected At The 2009 African World Festival

African World Festival & Caribbean Festival and Parade
FRI-SUN, AUGUST 14-16, FREE and OPEN to the public
Philip Hart Plaza
The African Diaspora is varied and dynamic, but on the third weekend in
August the commonalities converge in Detroit. Presented by the Charles H.
Wright Museum of African American History, the African World Festival will
unite with the International Caribbean [...]