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, [...]

Detroit Dance Collective’s “Collage” with Mack Avenue Dance Company

February, 6, 2010 – 8 PM & February 7, 2010 – 3 PM
Collage is DDC most popular annual concert. This year the company presents a sneak preview of José Limón’s Dances for Isadora and In the Moment, choreographed by Barbara Selinger, DDC Artistic Director, both of which will be premiered in the company’s 30th Anniversary [...]

Drop-In Classes: Detroit Dance Collective

Beginning January 12
INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED BALLET
Saturday 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
POLYNESIAN AEROBICS
Thursday 7:30 – 8:30 AM
ADVANCED MODERN DANCE TECHNIQUE
with Barbara Selinger, DDC artistic director
Mon & Fri 10:00 – 11:30 AM
DDC’s modern technique classes are designed to encourage articulation and versatility, and prepare dancers for the infinite demands of contemporary choreography. Based on the Humphrey-Limón tradition, the classes [...]

10th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Monday, January 18, 2010, 7:30am – 7:00pm
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History invites you to its 10th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of celebration, service, activities, screenings, workshops & performances:
• Breakfast Celebration 7:30 – 9am; $35 Non-members/$30 Members
Keynote speaker: Pastor J. Drew Sheard, [...]

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 [...]

A dozen Things I Want To Do On Stage

[ January 19, 2010; 8:00 pm; ] With Special Guests: Tzarinas of the Plane
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 8:00pm – 11:00pm
Abreact Performance Space

Tzarinas of the PlaneA Dozen Things I want to do on stage is a new one-woman cabaret by Rebecca Nagle. Of the dozen things, Nagle will undress to “Wenn Ich Mir Was Wünschen Dürfte”, fit in a small box, tell your [...]

Dancing With The Star

A special opportunity to train with one of Detroit’s finest dance professionals, Michael Woodberry Means, is being offered at the YMCA. Mr. Means will lead weekly classes for teens and adults in ballet and modern dance beginning on Saturday, January 9 and running through Saturday, February 20. The classes take place at the Boll Family [...]

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 & [...]

Two More Nights In Wonderland at Hastings Street Ballroom

January 8th and 9th, 2010 at 9:00PM

“We’re all mad here. I’m mad, you’re mad…,” said The Cat.
“How do you know I’m mad?” said Alice.
“You must be,” said The Cat.
“Or you wouldn’t have come here.”

In April 2009, the Motor City Movie House was taken over by the White Rabbit, the Queen of Hearts, and Miss [...]

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 [...]