February 1, 2008 – 9:17 am
The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) will host an exhibition of portraits by Russian-born American painter Alexander Melamid in Holy Hip-Hop! New Paintings by Alex Melamid.
The life-size portraits of twelve icons of hip-hop culture capture the larger than life personas embodied by these men, who are among the wealthiest and most influential [...]
January 22, 2008 – 9:57 am
Ben Folds by jaywestphotography
Tickets are already sold out for Saturday night at The Ark's Annual Ann Arbor Folk Festival at the Hill Auditorium, but there are still a few remaining for Friday night (Jan 25) featuring headliner Ben Folds, Toad The Wet Sprocket, Shemekia Copeland, Trina Hamlin, Brian Vander Ark and others.
Originally founded in 1965, [...]
December 20, 2007 – 8:52 am
Here's a few highlights of the many events being held around Michigan for the month of January. A lot of them are out in the snow for snowmobiles, skates, skis and sled dogs, but there's also a chance to heat up with the Ann Arbor Folk Fest, Ferndale Blues and the Detroit Auto Show. The [...]
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December 17, 2007 – 9:31 am
We have assembled a list of some of the best New Year's Eve events from across the state. Did we get them all? Not likely!! Be sure to add the ones we missed to the comments and safely enjoy ringing in 2008!
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August 27, 2007 – 8:01 am
This photo of the Noguchi Fountain by Dave Hogg is one of a set of photos from the 2006 Detroit Jazzfest (slideshow).
The Detroit International Jazz Festival is held every year on Labor Day weekend. With 6 stages, 100+ acts, it's one of the premier free jazz festivals in the nation.
They have a spectacular lineup including [...]
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August 16, 2007 – 8:20 am
Tiger Stadium 1987 vs. Toronto Blue Jays by 1ManWithACamera
I have apparently been hanging with Rip van Winkle, and so missed the news that Ernie Harwell has come forward with an 11th hour plan to save Tiger Stadium from demolition. Michigan Radio's Jack Lessenberry spoke with Ernie Harwell about his plans and just hearing Ernie talk [...]
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The Traverse City Film Festival opens tonight, and I thought it would be nice to feature the blog Absolute Michigan is hosting for them called (appropriately) the Traverse City Film Festival Blog. The TCFF wrote:
To keep you up-to-date on the latest news and developments, we are launching the official TCFF blog today, packed full of [...]
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April 20, 2007 – 12:01 pm
Bob Dylan - Oslo Spektrum 2007 by Ketil Blom
The Traverse City Record-Eagle reports...
Bob Dylan is the headliner for the 2007 Interlochen Arts Festival summer concert series, while just about every decade of rock since he helped change the world of music in the 1960s is represented.
Other shows include Trace Adkins, Lyle Lovett & k.d. lang, [...]
Film Fest Frenzy in metromode offered an excellent tour of Michigan's film festival scene from niche fests like Hamtramck’s Planet Ant Film & Video Festival and the Mitten Movie Project all the way up to the premier Michigan film fests. Somehow they missed the East Lansing Film Festival. We can't imagine how an Ann [...]
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Orchestra Hall, Detroit by kelliekp
The Detroit News has a cool audio slideshow featuring playwright Beatrice Buck talking about Detroit's "Paradise Valley" area that triggered about an hour of surfing from link to cool link. Since someone may audit my time, I figured it would be best to share all this stuff with you. If you [...]
