Performance
Ian Swanson’s “BRB/Total Id Pigs” : One night only, Saturday July 30th @ Re:View Contemporary
Ian Swanson’s one night site-specific performance, BRB/Total Id Pigs, explores the relationship between ordinary objects and the ideas, people, places and events attached to them. Borrowing elements of various ritual paradigms, the performance is designed to remind us how commerce and ephemera shape our reality, asking us to consider how we define ourselves, and how [...]
Eisenhower Dance Ensemble Celebrates 20 Years of Visionary Dance with 20/20 Dance
[ December 10, 2010; 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Eisenhower Dance Ensemble (EDE) will celebrate 20 years of visionary dance with the concert 20/20 Dance on Friday, December 10, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. at Seligman Performing Arts Center. The concert will present revivals of audience favorites and a new work by EDE Choreography Competition winner Daniel Gwirtzman.
Notes EDE Artistic Director Laurie Eisenhower, “I love [...]
Detroit Dance Collective 30th Anniversary Gala Concert
Ford Community & Performing Arts Center
Friday, April 30, 2010. 8 PM
Photo by John Sobczak
Dance has historically been part of all cultures and all people. Detroit Dance Collective’s 30th Concert celebrates the company’s rich dance history with the Detroit area premiere performance of “Dances for Isadora” choreographed in 1971 by José Limón, one of [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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