Events

Midtown Detroit 2013 Cultural Happenings

Joy: in the Midst of Transition

LECTURE With safety and blight both real concerns in many areas of Detroit, how can individuals, non-profits, businesses and governments best support, facilitate and encourage activities that use joy as an organizing principle? This public lecture and panel discussion from three national experts will explore...

Jun 18, 2013

6:30 PM

The Community Arts Audito...

Cinderella or It’s Okay To Be Different

THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE Cinderella or It’s Okay To Be Different   The Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance will launch its inaugural Detroit Youth Theatre and Dance Journey with the children’s play Cinderella or It’s Okay to Be Different by Cynthia Mercati on June 4, 2013 and will travel to eleven...

Jun 20, 2013 to Jun 30, 2013

10:30 AM

Hilberry Theatre

Watch Me Move: The Animation Show

Discover animation like never before. Suspend belief and let the magic of animation reveal imaginary worlds and experimental imagery. With Watch Me Move, the Detroit Institute of Arts brings to metro Detroit the most extensive animation show ever mounted, featuring both iconic moments and lesser-known...

Oct 06, 2013 to Jan 05, 2014

9:00 PM4:00 PM

Detroit Institute of Arts

Heels over Head: Mr. Freer, Swami Vivekananda, and the Art of Yoga

Archivist David Hogge and Chinese Art Specialist Daisy Yiyou Wang from the Freer Gallery of Art explore museum founder Charles Lang Freer’s evolving fascination with Chinese Buddhist art through his outstanding collection and his 1910 expedition to the Buddhist Cave Temples at Longmen. David Hogge will present...

Oct 20, 2013

2:00 PM

The Freer House