Mise en Place Dance: Detroit City Conduit

Friday and Saturday December 18th & 19th, 2009 at 7:30pm
Starbrite Studios at The Russell Industrial Center

Detroit City Conduit is a collaborative event striving to bring energy and art, light and performance to Detroit. The movement acts as a conduit, or means of communication between diverse people of the greater Detroit community. In a shared evening [...]

The Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker at the Fox Theatre

[ December 3, 2009; 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] The Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker
Saturday, Dec. 12, 3:00 pm
Fox Theatre, Detroit

From encoremichigan.com:
It’s just about that time to begin pulling your gloves out of the closet, dusting off your favorite wrapping paper and preparing to warm up with a glass of hot cocoa. Yes, the winter is here, and Christmas looks even better with [...]

New McCree Theatre Celebrates Red Hat Society Day

[ December 19, 2009; 3:00 pm; 3:00 pm; ] Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 3:00 p.m.

is Red Hat Society Day at the New McCree Theatre. For this performance, all Red Hat Society members will be admitted for only $5.00 per person.  The New McCree Theatre is presenting its Holiday Musical, “A Soulful Christmas,” an exciting, foot-stomping, Christmas celebration, set to music [...]

Keith Terry and Slammin All-Body Band

Saturday, November 7, 2009, 7:30pm
at the Marlene Boll Theatre
Keith Terry
Using any surface for its rhythmic possibilities, Keith Terry “claps his hands, rubs his palms, finger-pops, stamps his feet, brushes his soles, slaps his butt and belly, pops his cheek, whomps his chest, skips and slides, sings and babbles and coughs, building his music out of [...]

Arts Budget Takes 71% Cut

The General Government Conference Committee released its budget for Fiscal Year 2010, making a near $6 million cut to the grant budget of the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, leaving the council with a total grant budget of just under $2.3 million. Additionally, the council’s staff was cut from five full time employees [...]

National City Stars of Ballet and Broadway

[ October 9, 2009 8:00 pm to October 10, 2009 10:45 pm. ] Only for Detroit!

Friday, October 9 & 10, 2009 at 8:00pm
Music Hall Main Stage

It’s a brand new Stars of Ballet and Broadway! On one stage for two spectacular nights, ballet royalty and Broadway greats unite to create an unforgettable extravaganza, world premiers and excerpts from Tony award-winning Broadway shows and famous ballet repertoire. This year’s theme [...]

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 [...]

Photo Blog: The weekend of art openings before the official start of summer

When Detroit warms up it seems like all of the best artwork comes out to introduce itself at the same time.
I scramble to try and collect and compile as many postcards and photographs I can to put into a reference book for later when I need inspiration.
This is my first contribution of letting the public [...]

Juneteenth Alive

Detroit’s Juneteenth Celebration
Saturday June 20th 2009 10am-6pm
Belle Isle Park, Detroit MI
Music Shell Area & Shelter 3
Featuring: Young Adults Reclaiming Detroit Committee of Detroit (YARD), City
Councilwoman JoAnn Watson,The Michigan NAACP Adult/ Youth
& College Division, General Population Community & Music Group,
Urban Guerilla Entertainment,The Intellectual Divas, The Pioneers for Peace
“Juneteenth”, Painting by G. Rose
Juneteenth refers [...]

Detroit Windsor Dance Academy 25th Annual Spring Concert at the Opera House

[ June 13, 2009; 6:00 pm; ] Presenting “Golden Moments in Silver Times.”
 
Where: Detroit Opera House, Detroit
When: 6:00PM
Tix: $11.00-$50.00
http://detroitwindsordance.org