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Dust off those dancing shoes and come decked out in your best vintage attire for the ultimate swing dance party at The Cube in Midtown Detroit. Arrive early for a dance lesson and your favorite classic cocktail and stay for the open dance floor and live music performed by Civic...
Young ladies ages 2 to 14, along with their dad (or other family member) are welcome to the Daddy Daughter Dance at Best Western Premier. The event was originally scheduled for January 16, 2022. Guests will enjoy a DJ, dancing and refreshments. Each girl will receive a special gift. You...
Catch a screening of Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time at the library. Rated PG
Music comes alive at KinderConcert, a 30-minute concert designed especially for children ages five and under. No worries about wiggly tots sitting still for a concert as they’ll dance and move to the music - and be mesmerized by a story, too.
Members of the A2SO join movement specialist Gari...
You've no doubt heard about the outer space adventures of John Glenn and Neil Armstrong, but do you know how they got there? It was a group of women, including very talented African-American women, known as the "human computers" that did the math that eventually put these men into...
Experience a collection of African tales in a ton of different artistic mediums like story telling, acting, dancing and drumming. Tickets sell out fast. Be sure to get your ticket ASAP. Times are as follows:
Thursday: 10 a.m.
Friday: 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
Saturday: 11 a.m.
Experience this annual celebration of musical diversity at Orchestra Hall in Detroit.
This West African folktale tells the story of what happens when the sky god, who owns all the stories in the world, gives Ananse the chance to tell these stories to people, but only if he passes three challenging tests.
Bertrand Tavernier’s 1986 American-French musical drama film Round Midnight stars legendary jazz saxophonist Dexter Gordon, François Cluzet and Herbie Hancock and captures the Paris jazz scene of the1950s. Martin Scorsese, Philippe Noiret, and Wayne Shorter appear in cameos. Following the film screening, jazz archivist and Dexter Gordon's widow Maxine Gordon will...
Silent French films come to life with live music performed by the Andrew Alden Ensemble. From 1920's Avant-Garde horror to famous shorts by French Filmmaker Georges Méliès, AAE’s textual scores will transform your film experience with original music and fresh new sounds!
Vocal Duo Les Nubians, comprised of sisters Hélène and Célia Faussart from Paris, France, brings their distinctive Afropean, Urban, R&B sound to The Cube for an evening not to be missed.
Hailed by Performance Today’s Fred Child as “one of the groups that has really helped to shape the future of classical music,” yMusic is a group of six New York City instrumentalists flourishing in the overlap between the pop and classical worlds. Their virtuosic execution and unique configuration has...
