BEFORE YOU GO

To curtail the spread of the coronavirus, some events may be canceled after our print deadline. Please check with the venue before going.

ON SALE NOW

• “Great Russian Nutcracker-Christmas Stream”: 8 p.m. Dec. 19, and viewable on MarqueeTV through Jan. 1, Moscow Ballet and Talmi Entertainment, 313Presents.com/Moscowballet, $24.99-$69.99+.

Tickets will be honored for rescheduled shows. Ticketholders have 30 days to request a refund at point of purchase. Tickets on sale at Ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000, Livenation.com, 313Presents.com.

CALL FOR ARTISTS

• Motown Museum’s 2020 Amplify the Sound of Detroit Singing Competition: Submissions open through Oct. 16, to be broadcast at 8 p.m. Dec. 4. For information about requirements and to register, visit www.motownmuseum.org/amplify or email programs@motownmuseum.org.

• Call for Pontiac performers: Through grant funding, performing artists who are residents of Pontiac (musicians, singers, dancers and stage performers) are invited to The PLAT-Pontiac’s Little Art Theatre, to perform for a recording to be viewed on the website. Participants receive $50, theplat.org/ppa.

• Call for Artists: Open Air Mini Mitten Markets 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, through Oct. 25, outdoors, next to Made In The Mitten, 706 S. Washington Ave., Royal Oak. Free, COVID precautions. Parking in Lafayette Street parking structure. Vendors, musicians are sought, bit.ly/MittenMarkets.

CLASSICAL

• DSO Digital Series: Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pianist-7:30 p.m. Oct. 2 and Sinatra and Beyond with Tony Desare, pianist-7:30 p.m. Oct. 8, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, livestreaming, dso.org, pricing varies.

DRIVE-IN THEATER

• “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle”: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8 at Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill in Sterling Heights, gates at 6 p.m. fundraiser to benefit Community Housing Network and Furniture Bank of Southeastern Michigan. Refreshments available for purchase. Tickets $60 per vehicle in advance at communityhousingnetwork.org or 248-824-7313.

FESTIVALS

• 11th Annual Boo Fest: 4-8 p.m. Oct. 1-31, Green Oak Village Place, 9608 Village Pl Blvd, Brighton, 810-225-0337, shopsatgreenoak.com, free admission.

• “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”: 7-11 p.m. Oct. 8-10, Beacon Park, 1901 Grand River Ave., Detroit, a troupe of actors dancing and miming in real-time in front of the original film, presented by the Detroit Actor’s Theatre Company and Downtown Detroit Partnership, show at 8 p.m., empoweringmichigan.com/beacon-park, 313-556-8250, COVID precautions, free admission, bring blankets or chairs, alcohol sold by Lumen Detroit.

• Taste of Fall: Rochester DDA and 20+ restaurants host Taste of Fall through Oct. 19. Magical Mural tours, 14 murals by local artists throughout downtown Rochester, www.downtownrochestermi.com/taste-of-fall.

FUNDRAISERS

• Trey Taylor “Live Concert Under the Stars”: 6-9:30 p.m. Oct. 2, at the MaryAnn Wright Animal Adoption and Education Center at 16121 Reckinger Road, Dearborn, benefit for Friends for Animals of Metro Detroit (FAMD), outdoor event with COVID precautions. Tickets limited to 30 guests, includes open bar, hors d’oeuvres and dinner from Fox2’s Chef Bobby’s team. Standard tickets $600, VIP Tickets $1,800, metrodetroitanimals.org/payments.

• Hope Against Trafficking’s Moonlight Masquerade Annual Gala: 8 p.m. Oct. 3, hybrid in-person and virtual event livestreaming from the Robert Kidd Gallery in Birmingham, and Indianwood Country Club in Lake Orion. to raise funds to support victims of trafficking. Speakers include Supervisory Special Agent Michael R. Glennon, FBI and Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard; live and silent auctions, live entertainment. A donor has pledged to match donations up to $75,000. Register at http://bit.ly/MoonlightGala2020, hopeagainsttrafficking.org.

• Freedom House Detroit “Voices of Freedom” campaign: Panel discussion of Flores exhibits 7 p.m. Oct. 6; Flame Festival online, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16, registration required, pay what you can, bit.ly/fhdvof20.

• Zoom Play Festival: 8 p.m. Oct. 7-11, Theatre Nova, Ann Arbor, presents series of 15 juried plays presented live on Zoom, available for streaming after. Three new short plays each night. Tickets $5 each night, or $20 for festival pass, starting with “Werewolves of London (Arkansas)” Oct. 7, theatrenova.org.

MISC.

• Masonic Temple Tour: Oct. 4, tours starting at 3 p.m., Masonic Temple, Detroit, register for a tour time, masks required, www.themasonic.com/events.php, $25+.

MUSEUMS

• Ford House, the historic estate of Edsel and Eleanor Ford, is offering the option to add a package of cider and donuts for $10 more, from Blake’s Farms to the purchase of a Ford House day pass to walk the grounds, Oct. 3-Oct. 4, at 1100 Lake Shore Road, Grosse Pointe Shores. Open 8 a.m.-6 p.m. with last entry at 4 p.m. Public passes are $5 and free for children 5 and younger, www.fordhouse.org, 313-884-4222.

THEATER

• “Working-A Musical”: Oct. 2-4, Ridgedale Players and Stagecrafters live outdoors at Ridgedale Players, 205 W. Long Lake Road, Troy. Bring chair or blanket, adv. tickets $15 at Stagecrafters.org, 248-988-7049.

• Specialty Act One Youth Theatre: Farmington Hills Youth Theatre online workshop classes begin Oct. 12 and 13 and last for 3-6 weeks: Scriptwriting (grades 9-12); Sketch Comedy (grades 9-12); Theatre Choreography (grades K-4 and 5-12); Singing in Character (grades 7-12); Mastering the Monologue (grades 5-8) and Puppet Theatre (grades K-4). Register at tinyurl.com/FarmingtonHillsACTONE, 248-473-1856.

• Acting Out Kids Community Theatre: online classes Intro To Acting and Improv class (ages 7-14), Session 2 is Oct. 21-Nov. 11, 4:30-5:15 p.m. Wednesdays, $45 per child for each session, online class through Zoom, space is limited; registration required, email to actingoutkids@yahoo.com. Also Creative Writing class (ages 11-18) is offered 5:30-6:30 p.m., Wednesdays, aokcommunitytheatre.wordpress.com.

ART

• South Oakland Art Association Art at the Museum: Art show and sale opening is 2-5 p.m. Oct. 4, then 1-4 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturdays, through Oct. 24, Royal Oak Historical Society Museum at the Northwood Firestation, 1411 W Webster Road, Royal Oak, https://royaloakhistoricalsociety.com/,

• Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center: Open to in-person viewing for fall exhibitions and online, through Oct. 8. Photographs by Sue Marx, Birmingham Society of Women Painters “Flying Colors,” Madelaine Corbin “MASS + MEASURE” and works by students of Timothy Widener, The Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, 1516 S. Cranbrook Road, Birmingham, BBArtCcenter.org/exhibitions, free.

• “Trusting the Journey”: Abstract art exhibit by painter Sam Kthar through Oct. 30, Farmington Hills City Hall, 31555 W. 11 Mile Road, Farmington Hills, masks required, fhgov.com.

• Art Talk-Dawoud Bey photographer: Art Access Online, Detroit Institute of Arts, dia.org.

• 8th Annual “Ofrendas: Celebrating el Día de Muertos”: Through Nov. 8, The Detroit Institute of Arts, features ofrendas, (altars) created by local artists in celebration of Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead), honoring the life and memory of lost loved ones. Share a photo on Facebook at facebook.com/DetroitInstituteofArts/posts/10157542891295983 using the hashtag #DIAOfrendas2020 by including the names of lost loved ones and the years they lived. Timed admission tickets to the DIA or virtual viewing of exhibit at dia.org/ofrendas2020 or 313-833-4005. 

• “Voting Matters” exhibition: Through April 4, 315 E. Warren Ave. Detroit, interactive in-person multimedia exhibition illustrates the work of African-Americans from pre-Reconstruction through the present day, of what it means to have the “right to vote” in democratic societies around the world, thewright.org/exhibitions/voting-matters.

BEATS

• Revival-A Tribute to the Allman Brothers: 7:30-10:30 p.m. Oct. 2; Kids Under the Carpet-Phish Tribute is 7:30-10:30 p.m. Oct. 3, tent in the parking lot at Otus Supply, 345 E. Nine Mile Road, Ferndale, otussupply.com.

• Your Generation: Oct. 2 and Jimmy Jack Band is Oct. 3, The Morrie, 260 N. Woodward Ave., Birmingham, facebook.com/The-Morrie-Birmingham.

• Chris Canas Band: 8-11 p.m. Oct. 2, Joy Manor Banquet & Event Center, 28999 Joy Road, Westland, $10, Doors at 7 p.m. Light food menu available, www.chriscanas.net.

• Brendon Davis Trio: 7-10 p.m. Oct. 2, The Blue LLama Jazz Club, 314 S. Main St., Ann Arbor, also livestream, bluellamaclub.com.

• Brasstracks: livestream show 7 p.m. Oct. 4, from House of Yes. Brooklyn, New York, tickets at https://cadenza.tv/hub/brasstracks.

• The Infamous Stringdusters: 10 p.m. Oct. 2-3 and 3 p.m. Oct. 4, livestream from the The Fox Theatre, Boulder Colorado, buy tickets at www.theark.org/shows-events/2020/oct/02/infamous-stringdusters.

• Michael Cavanaugh-The Music of Billy Joel and Elton John: 7 p.m. Oct. 7, virtual performance, Macomb Center for the Performing Arts, Macomb Community College, Clinton Twp., www.MacombCenter.com, free, registration required.

• New Music Night: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 7, experimental works from composers Ben Fuhrman (Oakland University), Joo Won Park (Wayne State University), and Edward Stumpp (Wayne State University and Alma College), livestream, free, www.oakland.edu/smtd/performances-and-events/live-streaming.

BOOKS

• Tobin Buhk, author of “Michigan’s Lonely Hearts Killer”: 7 p.m. Oct. 13, livestream on Zoom, Rochester Hills Public Library, calendar.rhpl.org, 248-656-2900. 

FILM

• “Oliver Sacks-is Own Life”: Through Oct. 15, DFT @ Home, contains graphic violence, $12, Detroit Film Theatre, www.dia.org/events/dft-home-oliver-sacks-his-own-life.

FAMILY

• School Field Trip from Home: Paper Conservation Lab, featuring Chris Foster, the Detroit Institute of Arts’ conservator of art on paper and photographs, giving a glimpse of the museum’s paper conservation lab and what is done to examine and treat works on paper and photographs in the DIA’s collection, youtu.be/g8kpzCC7jT8.

• DIA At Home: Family art projects Neighborhood Collage and Art-Making-Stabiles, freestanding geometric sculptures. Access the Detroit Institute of Arts online to view collections and online resources for children and adults, dia.org/athome, dia.org/education/resources, dia.org/videos.

• Pure Michigan virtual tours: Live cams at beaches and exhibits through #VirtualPureMichigan campaign, on Pure Michigan’s Facebook, Instagram and Twitter channels, facebook.com/puremichigan.

• Michigan History for Kids: For third- and fourth-graders, exploring history and heritage of all Michigan peoples, michigankids.org/home.

• CreativeBug: Joann Fabrics & Crafts offers two months free website subscription with access to thousands of online arts and crafts courses, creativebug.com.

• Libraries: Limited hours while closed, curbside and online services, including e-books, mel.org/welcome.

MUSEUMS

• Autonomous vehicle exhibit: The Michigan Science Center in partnership with Ford Motor Co., open Thursday-Sunday. Reserve tickets in advance, bit.ly/3jsZrwt, free, 313-577-8400, Mi-Sci.org.

• Royal Oak Historical Society Museum: Annual Cruisin’ Woodward Exhibit, at the Northwood Firestation, 1411 Webster Road, Royal Oak, donations accepted, royaloakhistoricalsociety.com.

• The Henry Ford: Museum of American Innovation and Greenfield Village has reopened, 20900 Oakwood Blvd., Dearborn. Ford Rouge Factory Tour and the Giant Screen Experience closed until further notice, thehenryford.org.

• Capturing a Culture Change-Motown Through The Lens of Jim Hendin: Motown Museum open to small groups,  masks required. Online tickets, motownmuseum.org/visit/hours-admissions. Guests will be greeted by associate outside. New hours 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday.

• Ford House grounds and gardens: Historic estate of Edsel and Eleanor Ford in Grosse Pointe Shores, open with timed entry, social distancing and masks. Register in advance, fordhouse.org, $5 each. Ford House, historical buildings, visitor center and museum store closed. Ford House mobile app available at fordhouse.org and App Store.

• Cranbrook Institute of Science: Open to the public, visitors required to register online in advance, limited capacity. Option to view museum collections and videos at science.cranbrook.edu. Cranbrook House & Gardens open 7 a.m.-7 p.m. daily. Grounds open for free this year. Acheson Planetarium, Cranbrook House, Conservatory Greenhouse remain closed, housegardens.cranbrook.edu.

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