Vodka Vodka Anyone?
Posted by Eric Brown | Filed under Apartments Birmingham MI, Apartments Clawson MI, Apartments Ferndale MI, Apartments Troy MI
Save the date for metro Detroit’s newest winter party, Vodka Vodka. Metro Times presents their first-ever Vodka Vodka event!
Where?
Royal Oak Farmer’s Market
Fri., Jan. 29, 2010 at 7 p.m
A portion of the ticket sales and a silent auction will help raise funds for Forgotten Harvest of Royal Oak.
Who Is Going to be There?
Participating vodkas at the time of this release include Svedka Vodka, Vodka 360, Finlandia Vodka, Valentine Vodka, Traverse City Vodka, Grey Goose Vodka, Three Olives Vodka, Zodiac Vodka and Effen Vodka. Vitamin Water and Red Bull will also sponsor. Local restaurants will serve Vodka-infused cuisine, including Bastone, Memphis Smoke, Toast, D’Amato’s, Inn Season, Great Lakes Coffee and Party Cakes of Berkley. Paxahau Event Productions will provide live entertainment.
How Much?
Ticket prices include food and drink samples, making Vodka Vodka one of metro Detroit’s most affordable upscale events. Tickets will be $25 in advance and $30 at the door and this event is expected to reach capacity.
Forgotten Harvest was formed in 1990 to fight hunger and waste. Forgotten Harvest “rescued” more than 12.5 million pounds of food last year by collecting surplus prepared and perishable food from more than 400 sources, including grocery stores, fruit and vegetable markets, restaurants, caterers, dairies, farmers, wholesale food distributors and other Health Department-approved sources. This donated food, which would otherwise go to waste, is delivered free-of-charge to 155 emergency food providers in the Metro Detroit area.
Metro Times is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2010 and Vodka Vodka is their first big event of the year. Metro Times is Michigan’s largest weekly alternative newspaper for news, nightlife, arts, culture, music, film, food, fashion and more. Over 700,000 loyal readers pick up Metro Times every week to find out who to see, what to do, and where to go.
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Stuff to Do: Tour the Ren Cen
Posted by Brandon | Filed under Detroit MI
The GM Renaissance Center in Detroit
The holiday season is here, friends and fam are coming to visit, but you’ve already spent a mint on gifts (and, let’s be honest, some assorted Black Friday and Cyber Monday purchases that you’ve made for yourself). And your eager visitors want to do something. It would be cool to take them to Coach Insignia for dinner, but it’s super-pricey (though a great value at the bar during happy hour, from 5:00 to 7:00 pm). Here’s an idea — take them to the Ren Cen for a tour.
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Stuff to do: Cranbrook Institute of Science
Posted by Brandon | Filed under Birmingham MI, art, design
Cranbrook Institute of Science (Credit Ekachai Pattamasattayasonthi)
This is a guest post by Ekachai Pattamasattayasonthi. Chai is a regular visitor to Michigan and is currently studying architecture as a graduate student at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
This fall, when thinking about one of the best ways to hang out with children — either your own or the ones of your family and best friends — what is a better way than a place all of you can learn about science in a fun/ well-design environment? Designed by New York-based architect Steven Holl, the Cranbrook Institute of Science has received a lot of attention from architecture magazines around the world.
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Local Michigan Movie Site
Posted by Eric Brown | Filed under Urbane, UrbaneApts, movies
For everyone who loves a good movie, this is a pretty cool site, and is a local Michigan Project, which is uber cool.
mergemovies.com is a project based in Michigan and born out of a love for the moviegoing experience. Whether it is watching the latest blockbuster with throngs of people on an IMAX screen or thoughtfully pondering a foreign film at a more eclectic cinema venue, watching a film is more than simply staring at a screen. The experience of watching a movie is influenced by many factors—the individual, the people around you, the food and most of all, the place.
From theaters in booming metropolises to small town cinemas, the Midwest has a film culture all its own—a unique mix of do-it-yourself screenings, festivals, art house theaters and local and national chains. The main focus of this site then is to examine these places not only to better understand the connection between film and place, but to look at the past, present and future Midwestern cinema.
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Stuff to do: Chilling & Learning @ Detroit Waterfront
Posted by Brandon | Filed under Detroit MI, Urbane, UrbaneApts
Credit: Random Flickr Photo
This is a guest post by Ekachai Pattamasattayasonthi. Chai is a regular visitor to Michigan and is currently studying architecture as a graduate student at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Credit: Apichart Sinlertkajon
Last weekend Brandon and I had a visitor who happened to be an architecture student from Boston, so we were looking for a cool place where we can show him the architecture and some history of Detroit. What came to my mind first was the Phillip A. Hart Civic Center Plaza, located at Jefferson and Woodward Avenue. The 11-acre riverfront park is definitely a cool place for an afternoon of hanging out and learning a little bit about the history of our beloved Detroit City.
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Stuff To Do: Cooking Class at Simply Good Kitchen
Posted by Hubert | Filed under Birmingham MI, food, people
Picture by Hubert Sawyers III with permission of Simply Good Kitchen
Recently, my wife and I had our first official “date” as newlyweds. This was our first real date in a long time as we were quite busy preparing for our big day. It went swimmingly by the way, thanks for thinking the question in your mind. Our wedding, rather. I mean, our recent date was awesome too, but I know you really wondered how awesome our wedding was. I know you [reader]. *wink*
This was not your ordinary date though. We decided to get our “learn on” in the area of gourmet cooking; the place - Simply Good Kitchen in Birmingham, MI. Simply Good was started back in 2002 by Shanny Apodaca to fuse the two loves of her life - cooking and teaching. Her husband, Bill, also a culinary artiste joined her operation about a year later as the business was expanding in an organic fashion. On Tuesday through Fridays, Shanny and Bill give cooking classes that revolve around the 5 basic cooking techniques that they deem, if mastered, will ensure that every dish you make will be great. Those techniques being sauté, grill, roast, braise and poach.
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Stuff to Do: Sunset at the Zoo on June 19th
Posted by Brandon | Filed under drinks, eco, events, food, music
Cr: Maia C via Flickr
The Detroit Zoo’s creative fundraising team is back with another cool event later this month – its annual Sunset Gala. It is entitled “Celebrating Our New Arrivals” and will be held on June 19th from 7:00 pm to 11:30 pm. (We’ve previously written about the Zoo’s fundraising efforts here.)
You won’t want to miss this creatively wild affair in support of the Detroit Zoological Society. Enjoy a strolling supper by over 40 of metro Detroit’s finest restaurants, Zoo-themed martinis and specialty drinks, exclusive access to the Detroit Zoo’s award-winning habitats at twilight, live entertainment and spectacular auction prizes. –Detroit Zoological Society
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Stuff to Do + Buy Local: Pewabic Pottery
Posted by Brandon | Filed under art, design
Have you ever noticed some really beautiful tile in-lays in older buildings in the area? Or unique tile patterns? Or some green iridescent vases that look vaguely familiar?) (Check out the tile floor in the lobby at Urbane on Washington for a likely example). If you have, there’s a good chance that it’s an example of Pewabic Pottery.
Pewabic Pottery is a living treasure and offers visitors an exciting glimpse of a little known part of American history. Founded in 1903 during the Arts & Crafts Movement, Pewabic is nationally renowned for its tile and pottery in unique glazes. Today it is a non profit ceramic art education center which welcomes 70,000 visitors annually. –Pewabic Pottery
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Stuff to Do: Dr. Cook’s Garden @ Stagecrafters
Posted by Brandon | Filed under events
Stagecrafters in Royal Oak: Cr: www.stagecrafters.org
Stagecrafters at the Baldwin Theater in Royal Oak is well into its 2008 - 2009 season. Last night its latest show opened (sorry we’re a day behind!) It’s a performance sure to elicit “GOOSEBUMPS & SUSPENSE.” It’s Dr. Cook’s Garden.
This chilling melodrama transplants its audience into idyllic, rural Greenfield Center, Vermont, and the kindly old doctor who would like to keep it idyllic… by any means possible. When Dr. Cook’s protege and house guest, Dr. Jim Tennyson, returns to his childhood hometown, he discovers something’s amiss and begins to question his mentor’s ethics. Mystery, suspense, theatrical twists and turns and a dash of comic relief await you in Dr. Cook’s Garden. Get ready for suspense, goosebumps and a dilly of a climax! –Stagecrafters
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Stuff to Do: Michigan Fine Arts Competition @ BBAC
Posted by Brandon | Filed under art, events
The 27th Annual Michigan Fine Arts Competition opens to the public this Friday evening, March 20, at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center. The exhibit runs from March 20 - April 17. Featured works include a mixed media project (an altered book) by local artist and fellow Royal Oak blogger Cindy La Ferle. Cindy reports that “This is a great local arts event - and many other Michigan artists from this area will be included.”
"Nature" by Royal Oak writer and artist Cindy La Ferle.
An opening reception — PARTY ARTY — will be held from 6:00 - 8:00 pm (March 20th). The Juror, Tony DeBasi will give a lecture the following day (March 21st) at 11:00 am.
The BBAC is located at 1516 S. Cranbrook in Birmingham. They’re open M-Th 9-7, Fri-Sat 9-5 and “most” Sundays, 1-4. The Center features exhibitions, art camps, and classes and workshop.
Take a look at a couple more photos of the piece by Royal Oak’s own Cindy La Ferle, after the jump . . . Read the rest of this entry »
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Stuff to Do: Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
Posted by Brandon | Filed under art, events
Photo Credit Derek Farr via flickr, Neon by Martin Creed, & Mural by Barry McGee.
Detroit’s newcomer to the museum scene, the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (known more affectionately as MOCAD), has a new director and a couple of new exhibitions, “Black Is, Black Ain’t” and “I Repeat Myself When Under Stress.” MOCAD is unique (and definitely worth a visit) for a couple of reasons. First, it does not have a permanent collection. This gives its staff the opportunity to continually plan, explore, and experiment with a variety of shows. Another interesting feature is the building itself, a former auto dealership. It’s cavernous, it’s recycled, and it’s very functional.
Located on Woodward and Garfield between the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Detroit Institute of the Arts, Wayne State University and the College for Creative Studies, the museum is an innovative addition to Detroit’s Cultural Center, and functions as a hub for the exploration of emerging ideas in the contemporary arts. The 22,000 square foot building, a former auto dealership, has been simply renovated to maintain it’s historic character. With its raw, flexible and cavernous spaces, the building is well suited to the exhibition of contemporary art. Our ambitious series of public programs includes lectures, musical performances, films, literary readings and educational activities for children. –MOCAD
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Stuff to Do: Star Trek, The Exhibition
Posted by Brandon | Filed under events
Ready for a Star Trek Wedding Aboard the Enterprise?
The Detroit Science Center is hosting STAR TREK: THE EXHIBITION starting tomorrow, February 14, 2009. And just in case Drag Queen Bingo is not your idea of a great way to spend Valentine’s Day, you and your loved one have the opportunity to BOLDLY GO WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE and to win a “STAR TREK Ultimate Wedding Package” at the DSC.
Any couple who attends STAR TREK: THE EXHIBITION and becomes engaged in the exhibit on Feb. 14, 2009 will be entered into an on-line contest to win a June wedding to be held in the exhibit. Couples will receive a complimentary photo in the exhibit, which will be posted on http://www.detroitsciencecenter.org/ from Feb. 16 – March 16, 2009, where site visitors will have an opportunity to vote on the couple they would like to see married in the exhibit. –DSC Website
More details on this other-worldly exhibition, which runs through September 7, 2009, after the jump . . .
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