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5.6.08-5.12.08

Punk blues: The Kills keep it on the mean side for Magic Stick appearance

London-based Anglo-American rocker duo recorded new LP Midnight Boom in famed Benton Harbor studio.
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May 7, 8 p.m.

Magic Stick

Music

Detroit

Graduation day: Cranbrook Academy term closes with showcase of high caliber student art & design

Scholarship presentations part of Here and Now: The 2008 Graduate Degree Exhibition in deSalle Auditorium at 7:30 p.m.
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May 8, 6-10 p.m.

Cranbrook Art Museum

Arts & Culture , Higher Education , Talent

Birmingham

Sonic horror: Detroit electro punks screen film, perform soundtrack live at DIA

Adam Lee Miller and Nicola Kuperus have been innovating and exporting hard-edged electronic dance music since the late 1990s.
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May 9, 7 & 8:30 p.m.

Detroit Institute of Arts

Arts & Culture , Film , Music

Detroit

Funk punk: Disco (not disco) originals Was (Not Was) return for Detroit homecoming

Bumrush the stage and walk the dinosaur with band that brings rock 'n' roll attitude to the dance floor.
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May 9, 8 p.m.

Majestic Theatre

Music

Detroit

Modern art: New show at MOCAD considers Detroit art and architecture past, present and future

Opening party features big band noise funk by NOMO and psychedelic art rock puppeteers Monster Island.
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Opening reception May 10, 7 p.m.

Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit

Architecture , Arts & Culture , Design , Music , Performing Arts

Detroit

Funky folk comedy: New Zealand's influential Flight of the Conchords set down in Ann Arbor

The duo's comedy and music is the basis for the HBO television series, also called Flight of the Conchords. (more >)

May 10, 8 p.m.

Michigan Theater

Music

Ann Arbor

Cuban sizzle: Grammy Award nominees Tiempo Libre bring Latin boy band heat to the Max

Cuban rhythms combine with the virtuosity of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra for special Mother's Day matinee.
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May 11, 3 p.m.

Orchestra Hall

Music

Detroit

Mother's Day brunch: Culinary artists at the Henry Ford prepare feast on day to honor all moms

Brunch at The Henry Ford's historic, elegant Lovett Hall will be grand way to spend Mother's Day. (more >)

May 11, 10:30 a.m - 2:30 p.m.

The Henry Ford

Arts & Culture , Quality Of Life

Dearborn

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Cranbrook

Birmingham

39221 Woodward Avenue

Architecturally rich Cranbrook in Bloomfield Hills is one of the world’s leading centers of education, science and art and has been called "the most enchanting setting in America."

http://www.cranbrook.edu
248-645-3000