1526 Broadway St
Detroit, MI 48226
(313) 237-7464
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The Gem Theatre in Detroit houses a two level theatre with traditional row and aisle seating and intimate stage-level seating at cabaret tables. It shares a lobby with the cabaret style Century Theatre . The theatre has stylings of Spanish Revival architecture. The structure was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.HistoryIn 1902, the Twentieth Century Club, a group of cultural, socially prominent women, built a Mission-style building to house their club. The building, now the Century Theatre, is built of red brick trimmed with white sandstone. The first floor originally housed a dining room, while the second floor housed a 400-seat auditorium.In 1928, the member of the Century club contracted George D. Mason to design a theater addition to the Century Club building. The resulting Spanish Revival-style building was leased to the Little Theatre chain, which showed foreign films, and the building was known as the Little Theatre.In 1933, due to the Depression, the Twentieth Century Club disbanded. The Little Theatre, however, continued, suffering through several name changes, becoming The Rivoli in 1932, Drury Lane (and then the Europa in 1935, the Cinema in 1936, and the Vanguard Playhouse in 1960. The Vanguard offered live theater rather than movies.Finally, in 1967, the theatre was named the Gem. The building was used as an adult movie house until it closed in 1978. Soon afterward, developer Charles Forbes purchased the combined Gem/Century building, and began a complete restoration of the Gem Theatre in 1990. The refurbished Gem opened in 1991.
All of our programs are for musicians and entrepreneurs who wish to excel and maximize their musical ability, while learning how the industry works. At DIME, we never forget the importance of earning a living from music. Navigating your way around the music industry is a complicated business, and learning from experience is the best way. DIME’s founders and instructors have that experience. You will discover how to build your musical career from people who have enjoyed sustained success. At DIME, we will help you direct all your energy towards the areas of your ability that will help you reach your personal and professional goals. Performance students take classes such as Live Performance, Technical Development, Improvisation, Theory of Music and Ear Training and Music Business Studies; you will be playing in bands, meeting industry professionals, mastering technique, promoting your own shows, developing your voice, arranging your songs and many other exciting aspects of career development. Songwriters enroll in classes like: Creating Subject Matter and Lyrics, Songwriting Methodology, and Live Songwriting Workshop, along with relevant industry-focused classes such as Publishing & Copyright, and the Domestic Music Market. If on the Music Industry Studies degree, you will study Artist Discovery, Artist Deal Suite, Self-Employment Skills, Tour Managing, Breaking an Artist, and more! Most of all, you will be part of a musical community of like-minded musicians and budding entrepreneurs.
A major fundraiser for the Detroit Opera House, BravoBravo! is a yearly celebration of the tastes, sights and sounds of Detroit, encompassing food and spirits from the area’s trendiest bars and restaurants, as well as music from the city’s hottest talent. Join the young professionals of the Michigan Opera Theatre Volunteers Association (MOTVA) as we truly party for a purpose!!!
"Because beats and donuts are made best before sunrise"
The Y: We're for youth development, healthy living and social responsibility.
Y Arts is the arts and humanities branch of the YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit. We offer a wide variety of arts programs to youth and adults all over Metro Detroit. Programming is made possible by support from The Kresge Foundation, The Erb Family Foundation, MCACA, and NEA.
When the 20 year old Arts League of Michigan (ALM) moved into its new home in July of 2009, it was a victory after a 4-year effort. The ALM no longer had to hold arts activities in scattered Metro Detroit venues-it had its own. The new home is a 19th century building formerly known as the Harmonie Club, in what is now, Paradise Valley. It was re-named the Virgil H. Carr Cultural Arts Center. The public was welcomed to a fall gala. By that time, the ALM programs were up and running. At the heart of ALM are the arts classes for youngsters ages 7 to 18 in creative writing, dance, theater, photography and especially jazz and visual arts. They have been identifiers of the ALM community-focused arts mission since 1991. That recently expanded with the addition of arts classes for adults. To date, add a succession of art exhibitions, celebrity concerts and master classes, art fairs, artists who use free space in which to create, literary and musical entertainment in Beatrice Buck Park, the new gift shop, plus rentals by the public for private affairs ranging from baby showers to fashion shows to corporate parties, seminars/workshops, weddings and more, and you have the active, stimulating, community-friendly center of arts and culture that the Carr Center is today.
There is free, secured parking next to Comerica Park.
Every year, Program Director and co-founder Joel "fluent" Greene along with Detroit based Poets, MC's, Writers, and DJ's visit schools and deliver unique outreach and performance opportunities to students in the city. After the outreach ends, select students receive the opportunity to perform at the Music Hall immediately before a National/International act takes the stage. Past years saw students open for SAUL WILLIAMS, TALIB KWELI, JESSICA CARE MOORE, PAC DIV, CURREN$Y, BIG SEAN, DJ DON CANNON and more...
Our project is to provide lawn and curb side maintenance for 50 acres of City of Detroit parks and surrounding vacant properties. This task will be performed every 10 days, this work has been performed at the following seven (7) Detroit Parks; Arthur, Hope, Marx, Messmer, Reid, Riordan, and Williams. Our lawn cutting schedule is posted on our website at www.mcgroungscrew.org. Our work ethic is first class. Our standard is top notch. Our working model requires that we at least double cut every lawn, clean up all debris cut that day, empty all trash receptacles, and sweep the walkways, curb side and street areas clean.
Detroit Cares Mentoring is a call to action to every able and caring Black adult to help end the crisis in our community by mentoring our young people who are at risk and by recruiting other caring adults to mentor. NCMM does not offer mentoring services; instead, we encourage local leaders to raise awareness of the need and benefits of mentoring, as well as recruit mentors for organizations that provide mentoring and other youth-support services. We target the needs of Black youngsters, who are greatly overrepresented on long waiting lists for mentors. Unfortunately, Black adult mentors are grossly underrepresented as volunteers for the youngsters in the Black community. NCMM works to fill the pipelines of local organizations with caring Black men and women. Due to the unfortunate underrepresentation of Black adults who volunteer as mentors for the youth in their communities, Black youth are grossly overrepresented on long waiting lists for mentors. NCMM targets the needs of these youth and works to fill the pipelines of local organizations with caring men and women. NCMM is devoted to closing the huge gap between the relatively few Black adult mentors and the millions of vulnerable Black children on mentoring organizations’ waiting lists throughout the nation. It is imperative that we raise awareness of the critical need for mentors and role models among Black adults. We are dedicated to recruiting and connecting mentors with local youth-serving organizations to help guide our struggling children to academic and social success. Research proves that mentoring is a low-cost, high-results solution to a deepening crisis. Mentoring has the power to transform even the most challenged children’s lives.
Detroit based. Semi-Professional theatre company.
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