5/31/07

2007 DETROIT DANCEHALL QUEEN - Magic Stick - Sat June 2nd



2007 DETROIT DANCEHALL QUEEN
6.2.2007 @ 8:00pm

"It's the Detroit Dancehall Queen Competition & Reggae Showcase, presented by Reggae Gurlz Entertainment & Big Head Promotions. Featuring: Roots Rock, Killa Face, and live & direct from Jamaica, Pure Playazz and the best of Detroit reggae performers."






A Side of Slaw - Rivers Edge Gallery


"A Side of Slaw"

Photos by VATO

Showing on the third floor in the Patricia Izzo Fine Art Photography Gallery are artists Joe Crachiola, Judy Eliyas, Elayne Gross and Robert Stewart.


The Voodoo Organist - Fri/Sat June 1st/2nd - Belmont/Elbow Room


June, 1 2007
The Belmont 10215
joseph campau, Hamtramck
w/ Ether Aura and God Hates Ugly
June, 2 2007
The Elbow Room
6 s washington st, Ypsilanti
saints and sinners fest

5/29/07

5/26/07

16th Annual Belle Isle Botanical Society Plant Sale - Sat May 26th




Saturday, May 26, BIBS Annual Plant Sale, 9:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. at the greenhouses on Belle Isle. We are offering a wide variety of annuals, designer perennials, herbs, heirloom tomatoes, peppers, mini-roses and other plants for your garden's delight!

5/24/07

From the Gut - Eastern Market - Breakcore Party - Sun May 27th - 9pm




Sunday May27th

1551 winder #208

eastern market detroit

5$ byob 9pm

Girls Gone Vinyl - Buzz Bar - Sat May 26th - 10pm


546 E Larned
Detroit
(313) 962-1800
Saturday Night
May 26th 10pm

Spank Rock DJs - Masonic Temple - Sun May 27th








SHAKE IT DOWN! -DEVLIN & DARKO
(SPANK ROCK DJs)w/ TITTSWORTH

SUNDAY 05.27.2007 - MASONIC TEMPLE - DETROIT

Basement Dining Rooms
500 Temple Ave

$10 18+ with ID 11pm - LATE



Phat Kat - Alvin's - Wed May 23rd




Phat Kat
Alvin's

5756 Cass Ave Detroit

Wednesday May 23rd

Detroit Electronic Music Festival - Sat-Mon May 26th-28th




Detroit artists Moodymann, Model 500, and Jeff Mills
Pitch Black City; Model 500 featuring the godfather of Detroit Techno Juan Atkins; and Jeff Mills, the longtime hard hitting "wizard" of Detroit Techno.

Saturday-Monday
May 26th -27th - 28th

4th Fridays with Ford - May 25th 11:30am-1am


4th Fridays with Ford - May 25th


11:30AM - 1:30PM The Loftees
5:30PM - 7:00PM Thornetta Davis
7:30PM - 9:00PM Mitch Ryder & The Detroit
Wheels
9:30PM - 11:00PM The Flask
11:30PM - 1:00AM Cinema D:Detroit Film Festival

The first 2,500 guests in attendance will receive a “4th Fridays with Ford” Detroit People Mover Free Pass, which will be good throughout the series. This very special “invitation” to the events at Campus Martius Park provides day-long train access beginning at noon each day of “4th Fridays with Ford.” The fare card also entitles cardholders to discounts at 50 downtown hotspots. And to keep the party going all around town, live music will be presented at several Detroit People Mover stations.

5/22/07

FREE BEER - Berkley Front - Thurs May 31st 6pm


EARLY POST




Free Beer at the Berkley Front Thursday May 31st from 6pm-9pm or until the tap runs dry in support of mass transit in metro Detroit





Live Music from The Prime Ministers @ 8pm



Berkley Front
3087 12 Mile Rd
Berkley, MI48072-1301
Phone: (248) 547-3331

Crash at Camilo's - Art and Development Studio - Tues May 22nd




A unique exhibit of urban art featuring works by John "Crash" Matos and Camilo Pardo for sale and showing. Proceeds benefit Detroit Central City Community Mental Health. Closing reception will be held June 2, from 7:00 p.m.- 11:00 p.m. For more information visit: www.dcccmh.org/


Tue, May 22


Art and Development Studio
2944 Woodward Ave. Detroit 48201

Exhibit: Free, $15 for Closing Reception


"Hands Around the Table" - APCC - Wed May 23rd - 4:30-8pm




2007 Taste Fest "Hands Around the Table"


6th Annual Taste fest @ American Polish Cultural Center, Dequindre & Maple Roads.

$20 adults, $15 seniors & children 5-12. Under 5 free.

Each ticket receives 15 food coupons. Additional coupons are 50 cents.

Entertainment by Lamphere High School Jazz Band and the Madison H.S. Chamber Group. Silent auction. Proceeds to hospital nurse-enhanced response system and Madison Hts. youth programs. Call St. John Oakland Hospital 248-967-7772.


Sample Detroit's Best Restaurants for a great cause.

"Flags of our Fathers" - Ford Community & Performing Arts Center - Fri May 25th -5:30pm



Free Public Screening to celebrate Memorial Day

"Flags of our Fathers"

Ford Community & Performing Arts Center-Dearborn
Friday May 25th - 5:30pm

Call 313-791-2707

1st Annual New Day Festival - Clark Park - Sat May 19th



Clark Park in Southwest Detroit


Giant puppet plays, music and Parade

11:00 am : Parade from Holy Redeemer to Clark Park
12:00 PM: Performance of our Giant Puppet Play
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM: Festival in Clark Park

5/17/07

"Firebird" - Detroit Puppet Theater - Sat May 19th



Detroit Puppet Theater


25 East Grand River Ave. - Detroit


313.961.7777


Saturday 2:00pm May 19th 2007.


"Firebird"


"Based on a folk tale of old Russia, in which the traditional Hero, Ivan, goes in search of his true love, who has been captured by dark forces. Along the way he rescues a beautiful Firebird caught in a chain beneath a golden apple tree, meets Baba Yaga, the traditional Russian witch, who reveals to him that the Firebird he freed is none other than his true love, Vasilisa, and helps him, despite her nature, by showing him the way to the realm of the Black Dragon. His adventure comes to an end when, by using his wit rather than his strength, Ivan triumphs over the Dragon, and, united with his true love, returns to his homeland.This lush and elaborate production, with rod puppets created in the tradition of Russian folklore; the vivid and colorful scenery of the first Act contrasted with the dark and mysterious underworld of the second Act; the spellbinding music of Stravinsky's Firebird as well as folk songs of old Russia"


5/16/07

Brew & View - "If I had a hammer" - Thur May 17th



May 17

THURSDAY NIGHT

BREW & VIEW

"IF I HAD A HAMMER"

Doors 8 p.m.

Film 9:30

21+$2.00


Hamtramck Clean Sweep - Sat May 19th



The 2nd Annual
Hamtramck Clean Sweep

Saturday May 19, 2007
9:00 a.m.
Volunteers are asked to meet at SOUTH
END:People’s Community Services
8625 Jos. Campau
(across from vets park)
North end: Corinthian Baptist
church 1725 caniff
(just west of –75)

For additional information or to donate equipment
contact Sean Kowalski 313-319-8635

Koffin Kats - Smalls Bar - Thur May 17th




Koffin Kats
Thursday May, 17 2007

Smalls Bar (ALL AGES)

Hamtramck


w/ 3 Bad Jacks and Gas Hog

5/15/07

Motor City Comic Con - Rock Financial Showplace - Fri-Sun May 18th-20th



May 18 - 20, 2007

FRI. 1:30pm - 8pm / SAT. 10:30am - 6pm / SUN. 10:30am - 5pm
Check out some of the locals


Bike to Work Day - Friday May 18th - Woodward Ave.

Bike to Work Day - Woodward Ave.
Friday May 18th

"Join the Detroit Bikes! "workforce" on a ride to and from your workplace! We welcome all who want to get to work on 2 wheels rather than 4!
Free Cool Detroit Bikes t-shirts for the first fifty.
Woodward Ave to Detroit
Join the ride at: Royal Oak Ferndale Avenue of Fashion Palmer Park New Center Cultural Center - Detroit Historic Musuem Midtown - Max Fisher Music Center
Finish: Downtown Detroit - Campus Martius Park

5/11/07

Fashion Show - Dance Party / Re-Opening Severence Gallery - Eastern Market

Grand Re-Opening

Friday Night Fashion Show
Saturday Night Dance Party
Severance Gallery
2714 Riopelle St.

Eastern Market

Iris Dement - The Ark - Sat May 12th 8pm


Iris Dement
Saturday, May 12, 2007 8:00 PM

The Ark
316 S Main Street Ann Arbor


5/10/07

Electric 6 - St Andrews Hall - Sat May 12th


Electric Six with Test Your Reflex, Night Kills the Day & We Are The Fury

Saturday, May 12, 2007
Saint Andrews Hall
Doors: 8:00 Show: 10:00 pm

431 East Congress
Detroit, MI 48226

To Live and Shave in LA - MOCAD - Thur May 10th

Thursday, May 10 at 9

PMTO LIVE AND SHAVE IN LAw/AARON DILLOWAY (OF HANSON RECORDS & WOLF EYES, SOLO) & LAMBSBREAD

$6

CITY IN A STRAIT - Detroit Film Theatre May 11–20


Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit
CITY IN A STRAIT marks the 40th anniversary of the 1967 riot/rebellion tackling Detroit’s racially divided past and how it impacts the region today.

CITY IN A STRAIT is presented at the Detroit Film Theatre in the DIA May 11–20, Friday and Saturday performances at 8pm, Sunday matinees at 4pm. Purchase your tickets in advance by calling the DIA box office at (313) 833-4005 or visit www.mosaicdetroit.org/tickets-may.htm.

General admission is $18, senior and student tickets are $12. Group discounts for 10+ by calling (313) 872-6910 ext 4005. Children 5 and under not admitted.

mamapaZOOza - Mydols - Detroit Zoo - Sat May 12th




"Come join the hippest pre-Mother's Day party around! On Saturday, May 12, local rocker mom bands The Mydols, Candy Band, McCabe's Ladies and Jo Serrapere will be performing in the Zoo's Main Picnic Grove.
The concert is free with regular Zoo admission and goes from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m."

Mamapalooza Schedule:
2:00 Jo Serrapere
2:30 McCabe's Ladies
3:00 The Mydols
3:30 Candy Band
Please visit www.mamapaZOOza.com for more information.

5/9/07

The Arson's Blazin' Carnival - Huron Valley Humane Society Fundraiser - Ypsilanti - Fri May 11th



WHEN: May 11, 2007 6pm-1am
WHERE: 2857 Packard St. (west of Platt, east of Easy) ANN ARBOR
WHAT: A Carnivale-themed event, with traditional games, concessions, prizes, sideshows and performances.
WHO: The Arson's Blazin' Carnival
The Fire Fabulon
Daniel Kahn and The Painted Bird
The Gepetto Files
Urban Cowgirls
HermAphrodite
Hoopin'Liv
Jen Koppin
Scotty Karate
...more TBA
WHY: 100% of profits will be donated to the Huron Valley Humane Society.
HOW: Special thanks to our locally owned & operated sponsors...
Vault of Midnight
The generous donations of our sponsors will be raffled off during the Carnivale event.
HOW MUCH: $12 at the gate

5/8/07

Velvet Revolver - ROMT - Sat May 12th


Velvet Revolver
Saturday May 12th

Royal Oak Music Theatre
318 W. Fourth Street
Royal Oak, MI 48067
248.399.2980

Elvis Costello - State Theatre - Fri May 11th


Elvis Costello and the Imposters

Friday, May 11, 2007
6:30 PM

State Theatre, Detroit
2115 Woodward



College For Creative Studies Annual Student Art Expo - Fri May 11th - Sat May 25th

CCS Student Art Show
Friday Night Opening - $50

Saturday and Beyond
Free & Open to the Public
May 12-25
Saturday – Wednesday
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Thursday – Friday
10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.

5/7/07

ONCE - The Magic Bag - Mon May 7th

ONCE

The Magic Bag
22920 Woodward Avenue Ferndale 4248.544.3030

Brew & View Cover is $2
Doors open at 8pm
Show begins at 9:30pm

22920 Woodward Ave
Ferndale
248.544.3030

5/5/07

Ypsi Street Rod Show - Sun May 6th - Riverside Park




"The Annual Show & Shine Street Rod Show, sponsored by the Ypsilanti Area Street Rods, will rumble into Riverside Park. Roaring mufflers and classic tunes will rock Depot Town all day long. Beautifully restored Street Rods of Hot Pink, Lime Green and Lipstick Red will rattle your bones and put a smile on your face. If you've never seen a flame throwing contest, or a hydraulics exhibition, then pony on down to Depot Town. For more information, call the Ypsilanti Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, call 734-483-4444 "

5/4/07

First Annual Detroit Mexican Town Cinco de Mayo Fun Run 8K Run & One-Mile Run/Walk - Sun May 6th



Detroit Mexican Town Cinco de Mayo Fun Run
Sunday, May 6, 2007 10:30 AM
Detroit Mexican Town Clark Park
1500 Scotten
Detroit , MI

Meet your Best Friend at the Zoo - Largest Off Site Pet Adoption Event - Sat/Sun May 5th-6th - Detroit Zoo



Meet Your Best Friend at the Zoo

Saturday, May 5 2007 - 10:00am To Sunday, May 6 2007 - 5:00pm


Join the Detroit Zoo and the Michigan Humane Society on May 5 & 6, 2007 for Meet Your Best Friend at the Zoo. This is the largest off-site adoption event in the country and is held in the Zoo's small parking lot, underneath the landmark water tower. Hundreds of dogs, cats, puppies and kittens will be available for adoption.
Parking and admission for the event are free.