Monday Roundup –12/12

DSO via Dearborn

What you should be doing this December (having fun)

MSU’s Broad Museum (opens in April) names Alison Gass (SFMoMA) Curator

The comeback of Detroit’s art venues

Nice article about young artists re-imagining Detroit, including Kobie Solomon (that huge mural at The Russell)

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Monday Roundup — 11/21

Rembrandt’s Jesus
Cranbrook Art Museum re-opens on 11/11/11 (and HuffPost Detroit launches on 11/17)
Kunthalle Detroit’s second exhibition opens
Detroit artists invade Plymouth
Poetry Slam in Dearborn
Praise for Mosaic Youth Theatre
DSO Director Leonard Slatkin signs new 3 year deal
More National Endowment for the Arts Grants to Michigan Organizations

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Legendary Jazz Saxophonist Sonny Rollins Debuts at Orchestra Hall

April 6, 2010 at 8 p.m.

Sonny Rollins
American Jazz tenor saxophonist and improviser Sonny Rollins will make his solo debut at Orchestra Hall on Apr., 6, 2010 at 8 p.m. Rollins is one of the few surviving icons of the golden era of jazz, having collaborated with such legendary jazz contemporaries as John Coltrane, Miles [...]

Detroit Passport to the Arts Launch Party at Centaur

[ August 20, 2009; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Join us for the DP2A Launch Party on Thursday, August 20 at Centaur Bar in Detroit.

Come check out the latest information on our newest program: DP2A!  Appetizers are on us, and will include a cheese spread, pizzas, thai chicken & red pepper canapes.

From 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Centaur will donate $1 per alcoholic drink sold back to DP2A.

Admission to [...]

Detroit Passport to the Arts

Prominent metro Detroit arts organizations are collaborating to introduce a new audience development program entitled “Detroit Passport to the Arts” (“DP2A”). For only $89, DP2A will offer a cultural “Passport” that entitles the holder to six varied performances produced by seven different arts organizations over the course of the 2009-10 season. A limited number of [...]

Summer Nights At Meadowbrook with the DSO

[ July 25, 2009 12:00 am to August 2, 2009 12:00 am. ] SUMMER NIGHTS with the DSO
MEADOW BROOK MUSIC FESTIVAL

July 25, 26, 31 & August 1 & 2
Music Director Leonard Slatkin kicks-off Summer Nights with the DSO at Meadow Brook Music Fesival with two concerts featuring the hits of Tchaikovsky and Gershwin. Hear some of your favorite music; including the 1812 Overture, music from Swan [...]

DSO on the Riverfront

[ July 11, 2009; 11:00 am; ] The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) teams up with the Detroit RiverFront Conservancy and the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) to bring music, art and summer fun to three, free outdoor events at Rivard Plaza on the Detroit riverfront with 2nd Saturdays on the Riverfront. Each event will take place between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. [...]

DSO Salute to America at Greenfield Village

[ July 1, 2009 12:00 am to July 4, 2009 12:00 am. ] July 1st-4th

What could be more American than celebrating Independence Day at America’s greatest history museum, feasting on sumptuous all-American favorites and listening to America’s finest orchestra?

Join the DSO and The Henry Ford for the 17th annual Salute to America July 1-4 at Greenfield Village.

The red, white and blue will be flying high in the historic [...]

Midsummer Nights in Midtown

[ June 19, 2009 12:00 am to June 21, 2009 12:00 am. ] Thursday, June 18
7. Detroit Public Library
5201 Woodward – detroitpubliclibrary.org
Thornetta Davis
7:30pm – R&B | Soul
Local singing sensation, Thornetta Davis, has a rich, soulful voice that reaches through the microphone to both soothe and excite.

Linton Kwesi Johnson
9:00pm – Poetry
Reading from his third book of poetry, Jamaican-born and London-based dub poet, Linton Kwesi Johnson, shares his award-winning style of [...]

Final Fantasy Comes to the DSO

[ June 18, 2009; 8:00 pm; ] To commemorate the 20th anniversary of Final Fantasy and the music from this best-selling, world-wide video game franchise, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) and conductor Arnie Roth will feature a one-night special concert titled Distant Worlds: music from Final Fantasy on June 18 at 8 p.m. in Orchestra Hall. 

The program features the orchestrated music of [...]