Wednesday, September 18, 2013

- Mexican pianist - Sunday September 22 2013 - DIA Music Bar -

  • 5200 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI (map)
     
  • Mexican pianist, Leticia Gómez-Tagle. 
    will perform in the Detroit Institute of Arts Rivera Court on September 22 at 1:00 pm.  
    The program is free for residents of Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties.
    Conversation and beverages will follow at 2:00 pm in the DIA Café.
    Learn more at:
    http://www.dia.org/calendar/sunday-music-bar-event.aspx?id=3989&iid=
    http://www.dia.org/about/dining.aspxHer website is:
    http://www.leticiagomeztagle.com/ENG/index.html
    Born in Mexico City, Leticia Gómez-Tagle had her first piano lessons with Prof. Trinidad Ramos.
    By the age of thirteen she began to perform in different cities of Mexico.
    She won several prizes in national competitions in Mexico, on radio, TV, and at the University of Puebla, as well as the Sala Chopin competition, for which she was awarded a scholarship to study at the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in Vienna.
    In June 2001 she received her title of Magistra Atrium at the University of Music in Vienna.

     
     
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- Detroit Design Festival - art exhibits, theater, lectures, more - September 18 - 22 - 2013 -

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A mural by Katie Craig was featured in the 2012 Detroit Design Festival. It was created in conjunction with the Better Blocks Project. This year's festival events will be held at venues all over town and most are free.
A mural by Katie Craig was featured in the 2012 Detroit Design Festival. 
It was created in conjunction with the Better Blocks Project.
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x - John Monaghan  -xDFP

Detroit Design Festival

Tuesday-Sunday at venues across the city, including downtown, Midtown, the Cass Corridor ...
 Most events are free.
Full details: www.detroitdesignfestival.com

The Detroit Design Festival 2013 - 3rd year .
 Detroit -  center of good design and creativity,.
Organized by the Detroit Creative Corridor Center (DC3),
the event will continue its mission of showcasing the city’s  design industry by offering more than 60 events.

Held at venues all over town and most are free.
Pop-ups, are also a big part of this year’s lineup.
The festival celebrates the “gray area where design meets fine art. .”
The event launched Tuesday night with a kickoff party from 6 to 10 p.m.
at the A. Alfred Taubman Center for Design Education
at the College for Creative Studies (485 W. Milwaukee St.).

Exhibit

“Nothingtoseeness: The Visual Art of John Cage”
 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday,
Center Galleries,  College for Creative Center, 301 Frederick Douglass .

Installation

Giant balloon trees that soar high above expected crowds will be the centerpiece of Citypark,
a pop-up park near the site of the old Hudson’s store in downtown Detroit.
Creation of John Skidmore Studio.
Opening reception, 5-7 p.m. Wednesday,
1206 Woodward .

Film

“The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller,”
A film about  architect, inventor and futurist Fuller (1895-1983),
live narration by documentary filmmaker Sam Green (“The Weather Underground”)
and a performance of the film’s score by veteran indie rock band Yo La Tengo.
7 and 9:30 p.m. Thursday,
Detroit Film Theatre,
Detroit Institute of Arts,
5200 Woodward. ???? sold out. ??? 

Nighttime fun

Thirty creative enterprises
restaurants - galleries - ???
Eastern Market After Dark.
Free shuttle - available ???
7-11 p.m. Thursday

For kids

Transportation design students - Center for Creative Studies
fabricated vehicles for Friday’s Cable Car Race.
The cable cars, made of foam rubber, will be raced on cables in a school parking structure.
4:15 p.m. Friday,
Ford Campus Parking Structure,
fourth floor,
201 E. Kirby Road

Shopping

Entrepreneurs, artists and designers 
Light Up Livernois 
hours of art, shopping and entertainment at pop-up storefronts
3-11 p.m Friday,
Livernois Avenue between 7 Mile and 8 Mile

Theater

“String Up the Moon,”
Mashup of absurdist theater and commedia dell’arte - employs music, dance and acrobatics.

The play is based on works by two celebrated Russians:
“Diary of a Madman,” an 1835 story by Nikolai Gogol, and “Mozart and Salieri,”
an 1832 play by Alexander Pushkin.
7:30 p.m. Saturday,
Jam Handy building,
2900 E. Grand Blvd.
$15, $5 for playgoers under 30.
The show will be followed by a Russian tea.

Biking

Detroit Bike City,
group that sponsors weekly bike rides through Detroit that it calls Slow Rolls,
Saturday evening’s Slow Roll: Special Edition - tour of key festival locations.
Stops include Midtown, Corktown and Grand River Avenue.
6:30 p.m. Saturday,
Downtown Detroit Bike Shop,
1420 Fisher Fwy. Helmet,
extra bike tube and lights required.

Hanging out

Recharge your creative batteries - enjoy free coffee, snacks and WiFi in a speakeasy-like atmosphere.
8 a.m.-9 p.m.
Wednesday-Friday,
719 Griswold)

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- The Detroit New Orleans Band - Saturday, September 21, 2013 -








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Saturday, September 21, 2013

The Detroit New Orleans Band

 featuring 
Ibrahim Jones on bass, 
Butter Hawkins on drums, 
David Greene on trumpet, 
BILL MEYER on piano, 
and 
special guest vocalists:
Michelle McKinney 
and 
Augustus Williamson.

In addition to their regular repertoire of the various New Orleans styles, 
they  will be performing some of the songs from Dave Brubeck's jazz musical, 
The Real Ambassadors, that was a hit at this years Detroit Jazz Festival.

BAND: BILL MEYER & THE DETROIT NEW ORLEANS BAND
DATE: Saturday, SEPTEMBER 21, 2013
TIME:  1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
COST: $10, great food! Cash bar!
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FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT 
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Saturday, September 7, 2013

- Dally In The Alley - 2013 -

Music Schedule


FOREST STAGE
12:30pm Grass Canyon
1:30pm La Shaun Phoenix Moore
2:30pm Blaire Alise & The Bombshells
3:30pm Eleanora
4:30pm Laura Finlay
5:30pm James Linck
6:30pm Of Mice and Musicians
7:30pm The Beggars
8:30pm BreeZee One
9:30pm Atoms and Ease
10:30pm Invincible with Special Guests 


ALLEY STAGE
12pm Rogue Satellites
1pm Dame Mariatchi
2pm George Morris
3pm Casual Sweetheart
4pm Touch of North America
5pm Violets
6pm Kickstand Band
7pm Doc Waffles & Eddie Logix
8pm Reverend
9pm Pretty Ghouls
10pm Liquid Monk
11pm Richie Wohlfiel Soul Party





GARDEN STAGE                         

12:15pm Great Aunt Ida
1:15pm Stef Chura
2:15pm Mystics
3:15pm Pewter Cub
4:15pm Rebel Kind
5:15pm Whatever
6:15pm Collapse
7:15pm Characteristics
8:15pm Mexican Knives
9:15pm Voyag3r
10:15pm Secret Twins

ELECTRONIC STAGE
12pm Pastel Arsenal
12:45pm Mother Cyborg
1:30pm Lt. Bad
2:30pm Stan Sommerson
3:15pm Tony Ollivierra
4:15pm Little Animal
4:45pm T&A
5:45pm Monty Luke
6:30pm Dru Ruiz
7:30pm Stacey Hale
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- 48th Annual Art & Apples Festival September 6-8, 2013 - - Presented by Paint Creek Center for the Arts -




 
WHAT: 
The Art & Apples Festival is the second largest juried fine arts festival in Michigan with over 285 artists, family activities, live entertainment, and great food.


WHEN: 
Friday, September 6:  4:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Saturday, September 7: 9:00 am – 7:30 pm
Sunday, September 8: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm


WHERE: 
Rochester Park, Rochester, Michigan
(West of Main Street, north of University)

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS:
  • Artists – Over 285 artists will showcase their fine art in a variety of mediums – textiles, watercolor, woodworking, glass, pottery, jewelry and more. This year, 25% of the artists are new to the Art & Apples Festival.
  • Food - Three food courts will feed hungry festival-goers. New fare this year includes polish cuisine and barbeque goodies along with all of the familiar favorites and of course, apple pies.
  • Entertainment- Entertainment will feature both local and national acts including Rochester-area high school bands. The event also features the Oakland University Acoustic Stage.
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2013 Art & Apples Performance Schedule
 
  Main Stage

Friday
4:00pm - 5:00pm            Stoney Creek High School Cougar Marching Band
5:15pm - 6:00 pm           MDM Dance Project
6:30pm - 7:30pm            Jennifer Kincer
 
Saturday  
9:00am - 10:00am   Rochester Adams High School Highlander Marching Band
10:15am - 11am             Chiladogs
11:30am - 12:30pm       Deborah’s Stage Door
12:30pm - 12:45pm      Pie & Dessert Contest
1:30pm - 2:30pm            Hubbell Street Jazz
3:15pm - 4:00pm            School of Rock
4:45pm - 5:30pm            Second Street Studio of Dance
6:00pm - 7:15pm            Swing Shift Orchestra
 
Sunday  
9:30am - 10:30am          Adagio Dance Company
10:45am - 11:30am       Flint Jubilee Chorale
12:00pm - 12:45pm      Deborah’s Stage Door
12:45pm – 1:00pm        Artist Awards
1:15pm - 2:15pm            Rochester High School Falcon Marching Band
2:45pm - 3:45pm            Dymond Harding 



OAKLAND UNIVERSITY ACOUSTIC CAFE

Saturday
12:00pm - 1:00pm         Keynote Sisters
1:15pm – 1:30pm          Guardians of Harmony Barbershop Chorus
1:45pm 3:30pm              Open Mic hosted by Dessert Oasis
3:45pm - 4:45pm            Cindy Young
5:00pm - 6:00pm            Tritone Paradox
 
Sunday  
11:00am - 12:00pm       We 3 & She
12:15pm - 1:15pm         Acoustic Madness
1:30pm - 2:30pm            Drew Hill
2:45pm – 3:30pm          Motor City Saxophone Quartet





- NOVI - Ethnic Taste and Tune Fest -

 

Ethnic Taste and Tune Fest
Saturday, September 7

Ethinic Taste & Tune Fest logoFuerst Park
11am-2pm

Celebrate the diversity of the Novi community!  Tasty treats, unique gifts, family activities. 
 Food available for purchase
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Cultural diversity isa strength of the Novi community. 

Novi’s Asian population increased to nearly 16% of the population between 2000 and 2010.
The City of Novi engages the Japanese community through cultural programming, government exchanges,  

The Indian population is also actively engaged in Novi through programs and services .

Fuerst Park will play host to the annual event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. 
Now in its fourth year, a pairof stages will run continuous entertainment

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- Plymouth Community Fall Festival -


 
Plymouth Community
Fall Festival
 
Saturday, September 7, 2013  -  7:00 AM to 11:00 PM
Sunday, September 8, 2013 -  10:00 AM to 6:00 PM

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The annual Plymouth Community Fall Festival is Friday through Sunday in downtown Plymouth Some of the major events scheduled for the weekend:



Music: 
On Saturday:  Royal Blackbirds, 6:30-8:30 p.m.; Howling Diablos, 9-10:30 p.m.
On Sunday: Serious Jack, 4-6 p.m.
All free, at the festival stage at Kellogg Park.

Exhibitions:
On Saturday:  Dance Beat and Forever After Productions, 2-3 p.m.; Chiefettes, Saberettes and Rockets pompon squads, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
On Sunday: Midwest Tae Kwan Do, 11 a.m.-noon; Synergy Dance Academy 1-2 p.m.; O'Hare School of Dance. 2-3 p.m.
Car show:
Antiques and classics, during festival hours Saturday and Sunday. Area of Main and Penniman. Awards 2 p.m. Sunday.
Sponsored by Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 528 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6695.
Carnival:
Main Street and Ann Arbor Trail area, - 11 a.m.-closing Saturday and Sunday.
Craft show: 
9 a.m.-dusk Saturday and 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday
Rotary Club of Plymouth A.M. spaghetti dinner :
 4-8 p.m. Saturday behind E.G. Nick’s on Forest. Advance tickets, $7.50, at the festival ticket booth,
or $9 at the door. Children 12 and under free when accompanied by an adult.
Plymouth Rotary Club chicken barbecue:
11 a.m.-5 p.m. (or until sold out) Sunday at Kellogg Park, with a takeout location at West Middle School. Tickets $10 in advance, $12 at the gate. Advance tickets available at Horton Plumbing on Main Street or at the festival ticket booth.

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