Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup
Post Number: 3162 Registered: 06-2004
| Posted on Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 1:42 am: | |
What are this year's not to be missed sights or performances? My niece's choir is singing just after 5:00, then we're free to roam. There are a few DIA galleries we haven't seen yet and I know Thornetta Davis will be around, but what or who, aside from the major venues, should we check out? |
Gannon Member Username: Gannon
Post Number: 11020 Registered: 12-2003
| Posted on Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 2:29 am: | |
Audra Kubat posted this on her myspace page:
quote:Avalon International Breads 422 W. Willis 313.832.0008 5:00 - 9:00 -- Open house with samples of Avalon's famous Cherry Ferry cookies, Stollen rolls, freshly baked bread and spirits. Performances by: 5:00 -- Audra Kubat 6:00 -- Nigel John 7:00 -- Matt Watroba 8:00 -- Blair Barnes & Noble College Bookstore 82 W. Warren 313.577.2436 barnesandnoble.com Enjoy a variety of Detroit artists while sipping on a coffee, Godiva hot cocoa, or grabbing a sandwich or soup in our Starbucks Cafe. Make-and-take crafts for children. Performances by: 5:00 & 6:00 -- Spirit of Detroit Choir 5:20 -- Blair 6:20 -- Blackman & Arnold 7:15 -- Audra Kubat 8:15 -- Nadir 35th Annual Noel Night Saturday, December 1st, 2007 5:00 - 9:30pm Featuring over 90 performances including Thornetta Davis, Tartan Terrors, and Tom Chapin & The Chapin Sisters The 35th Annual Noel Night will take place on Saturday, December 1st from 5:00pm to 9:30pm in Midtown Detroit's University Cultural Center Area. Over 30 institutions, including the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Detroit Science Center, and the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History open their doors to the public free of charge during this Cultural Center-wide holiday "open house." Activities include horse-drawn carriage rides, holiday shopping, family craft activities and performances by over 90 area music and dance groups. The evening's festivities culminate with a community sing-along on Woodward Avenue led by the Salvation Army Band -- a long-standing Noel Night tradition. Noel Night activities take place in and around Midtown Detroit's University Cultural Center institutions, primarily between Cass and John R and Kirby and Willis. Free shuttle services is offered between participating venues. Convenient parking is available in area lots. If anyone hasn't yet seen Blackman & Arnold...and you have ANY interest in virtuoso guitar...you owe it to yourself to soak in these musical geniuses. I cannot contain myself when Blackman comes down to Bert's Marketplace...he is smokin' on that axe. I adore Audra, too. Missed a performance she did at Cliff Bells recently, so I have to get out for these shows. Cannot handle the withdrawals... |
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen
Post Number: 2604 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 6:58 am: | |
Thornetta Davis appears at 8pm in the DPL Friends Auditorium. The Grillmaster is on this gig! (But I won't be around to watch :{ as I have tix to see Hall & Oates :} at the Fox Theatre.) Hot Club of Detroit is playing at 6:15, 7:15, and 8:15 at the Detroit Artists Market. The Tartan Terrors (whom I saw at the 2006 Festival of the Arts and last year's Noel Night) present Irish and folk music in a very humorous fashion! DPL Friends Auditorium at 6:15 and the Woodward Ave. stage at 8:00. Full schedule at: http://www.detroitmidtown.com/ 05/noelnight_schedule.php?msub =77 Go and enjoy! This is one of the best nights of the year in Detroit!! |
Gravitymachine Member Username: Gravitymachine
Post Number: 1882 Registered: 05-2005
| Posted on Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 9:00 am: | |
feel free to come to the russell industrial center afterwards for our holiday open house and sale* http://www.geocities.com/russe llfreefest/STUDIO_INVITE.jpg *i am not mark arminski, he made the flyer, consider me one of the "other artists" (Message edited by gravitymachine on November 29, 2007) |
Mdoyle Member Username: Mdoyle
Post Number: 263 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 10:09 am: | |
Wayne State University's Undergraduate Art League will be having a event in the hallway adjacent to the Elaine Jacobs Gallery. "Presence" will activate the artists existence as a gift giver in a literal and figurative way. Artists will be giving away various works throughout the evening. 480 W. Hancock 6-9pm |
Gannon Member Username: Gannon
Post Number: 11024 Registered: 12-2003
| Posted on Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 10:14 am: | |
Gravity, I already told my friends from Royal Oak about your open house, we'll definitely drop in for a quickie visit. I'm pretty eager to see your shop. I guess smell it, too, huh?! heh This is going to be one kick ass busy Saturday night. Cheers, all! |
Smogboy Member Username: Smogboy
Post Number: 6584 Registered: 11-2004
| Posted on Sunday, December 02, 2007 - 12:38 am: | |
What an amazing night! That snowfall made it so festive, it totally felt like a Jimmy Stewart/ Frank Capra movie! Noel Night was gorgeous! |
Rugbyman Member Username: Rugbyman
Post Number: 162 Registered: 06-2005
| Posted on Sunday, December 02, 2007 - 11:04 am: | |
It really was- big turnout, which surprised me given the weather warnings. The Tartan Tenors were very entertaining! |
Irish_mafia Member Username: Irish_mafia
Post Number: 1125 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Sunday, December 02, 2007 - 11:41 am: | |
Best night of the year downtown (midtown) again! Only was able to get a taste of the new DIA before the kids dragged me on from there. Once again, a cold drink, good music, art and people watching at the Scarab Club and I felt like I was in a Sundance film. The snow made it perfect. |
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen
Post Number: 2612 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Sunday, December 02, 2007 - 11:46 am: | |
Noel Night is the perfect way to kick off the holiday season!! Hot Club of Detroit was a great choice for the Detroit Artists Market, which was lively and fun!! Thornetta at the DPL was SRO!! The band had a great time!! The snow was perfect, at least for a time. |
Rocket_city Member Username: Rocket_city
Post Number: 486 Registered: 04-2006
| Posted on Sunday, December 02, 2007 - 4:13 pm: | |
The snow came at the perfect time. I walked to my apt from WSU before the evening and it was freezing and windy. When I walked out next to go to Noel Night, it felt like it warmed up, the wind stopped, and the snow started falling. It was great! But attendance seemed down to me. I have to say my favorite performance was at the Charles Wright Mus of African American History near the end where a group of dancers and drummers came to perform. The audience then had a chance to cut a rug and it was great! |