Third Belle Isle Art Fair, August 4-5
The Belle Isle Art Fair returns August 4-5 with some favorites and some new surprises. The fair has grown to over 100 juried artists from twenty states and includes all … Keep Reading…
Art & Culture
Margaret Mayan Glinke – Artist – Painting of Anne Hathaway’s Home Garden
Margaret Mayan Glinke (“muggs”) was born in Merrill, Michigan and graduated from Aquinas College in Grand Rapids. Her painting technique consists of an impasto layer of gauze, sand and modeling … Keep Reading…
37th Annual Allen Park Street Fair
The 37th Annual Allen Park Arts and Crafts Street Fair will be held August 3-4, 2018. This annual community event attracts over 50,000 visitors to downtown Allen Park. The event … Keep Reading…
Longtime WSU professor, director ‘just understood theater’
In nearly a quarter-century leading Wayne State University theater productions, Tony Schmitt loved laboring to awe audiences. “Tony could cover the spectrum,” said Blair Anderson, a former WSU theater department chair. … Keep Reading…
Salute to America – Independence Day Events – The Henry Ford
Red, white and blue-festooned buildings, classic summer tastes, fifes and drums and fireflies are the backdrop for the most robust expression of the Fourth of July — connecting with family, … Keep Reading…
Meadow Brook Theatre finishes the season
Meadow Brook Theatre finishes the season with Burt & Me, May 30-June 24. In this romantic musical comedy featuring the music of Burt Bacharach, Joe and Lacey are high school sweethearts who drifted apart … Keep Reading…
Cinetopia 2018: Detroit Voices Short Film Competition winners…
It’s hard to believe that Cinetopia 2018 has already come and gone (where does the time go?), but that doesn’t mean that the news about some of the films shown at the … Keep Reading…
List of Summer Music Festivals in Michigan
Michigan Music Festivals are often scheduled in the summer, but there are a few here and there that take place in other seasons. While the summer music festivals vary by … Keep Reading…
7 Metro Detroit Father’s Day Events | VisitDetroit.com
Every Saturday and Sunday, including June 18, you can see the Greenfield Village Lah-De-Dahs play by Henry Chadwick’s 1867 Base Ball Book of Reference rules. During these historical games, a … Keep Reading…
Pewabic Pottery – Event
Pewabic Street Team kicks off its 2018 summer season of pop-up raku events today with the first of monthly visits to the Detroit RiverWalk, 1-4 PM near Rivard Plaza, 1340 … Keep Reading…
OLIVER ! – CONSIDER YOURSELF “OUTDOORS”
We were invited to a fun evening last Saturday, to an English workhouse/ orphanage, some of the seedier parts of London, a local pub, a posh townhouse in the city’s … Keep Reading…
A MASTERPIECE REVEALED LECTURE
In 1926, Alfred and Matilda Wilson acquired a special painting to decorate the 110-room home they were constructing on their Meadow Brook Farms estate. ”Infant St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness,” by Bartolome … Keep Reading…
Detroit Links
Downtown Detroit Partnership works collaboratively with businesses, institutions, and key stakeholders in Downtown Detroit. http://downtowndetroit.org/ Detroit Unspun posts some pretty cool stuff. http://blog.thedetroithub.com Detroit Stock Photos is a great site to see pictures … Keep Reading…
Michael Bolton’s Detroit documentary ready to debut
Five years and 100 hours of film footage later, Michael Bolton’s cinematic love letter to Detroit is finally hitting the big screen. “American Dream: Detroit,” which explores the entrepreneurial and cultural … Keep Reading…
Downtown Detroit aquarium idea may be sunk
That aquarium the Detroit Zoo wants to build alongside Hart Plaza? Mayor Mike Duggan says the idea won’t float.He’s not ruling out the aquarium, which zoo director Ron Kagan recently … Keep Reading…
Detroit Symphony Orchestra – Rite of Spring – Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall, Detroit, MI – Tickets, information, reviews
WHY SEE DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – RITE OF SPRING? ClassicalConcerts A SEDITIOUS SUCCESS The ancient rituals and folk-culture of the Russian countryside form the inspiration for Stravinsky’s provocative masterpiece. Infamously … Keep Reading…
CultureSource – Art from the Ground Up
Taylor Mentzer is constantly looking for open calls to further her artistic practice. When she saw the City of Ann Arbor’s open submission to design an otherwise overlooked part of … Keep Reading…
Live! From the Living Room Acoustic Showcase
Located at Unity of Lake Orion, 3070 S. Baldwin Rd., Orion Township, MI Show at 8:00 pm Doors open at 7:30 $10.00 donation Friday, April 27 Live! from the Living Room presents … Keep Reading…
Spirit of Detroit 60th – Marshall M. Fredericks
The Spirit of Detroit 60th Anniversary Celebration, a fundraising event to support the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum, a non-profit organization whose mission is to celebrate the artistic legacy of … Keep Reading…
St. Dunstan’s Theatre – Oliver a musical classic
The award-winning musical adaptation of the classic Dickens’ novel springs to life with some of the most memorable characters and songs ever to hit the stage. Orphaned Oliver Twist goes … Keep Reading…