Calendar
ON SALE NOW
• “Great Russian Nutcracker- Christmas Stream”: 8p.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 30days to request a refund at point of purchase. Tickets on sale at Ticketmaster.com or 800-7453000, Livenation.com, 313Presents.com.
CALL FOR ARTISTS
• MotownMuseum’s 2020Amplify the Sound of Detroit Singing Competition: Submissions open through Oct. 16, to be broadcast at 8p.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 artistswho 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 10a.m.-4p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, through Oct. 25, outdoors, next to Made In The Mitten, 706S. Washington Ave., Royal Oak. Free, COVID precautions. Parking in Lafayette Street parking structure. Vendors, musicians are sought, bit.ly/ MittenMarkets.
CLASSICAL
• DSODigital Series: Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pianist-7:30p.m. Oct. 2and 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. 8atMichigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill in Sterling Heights, gates at 6p.m. fundraiser to benefit Community Housing Network and Furniture Bank of Southeastern Michigan. Refreshments available for purchase. Tickets $60 per vehicle in advance at communityhous ingnetwork.org or 248-824-7313.
FESTIVALS
• 11th AnnualBoo Fest: 4-8p.m. Oct. 1-31, Green Oak Village Place, 9608Village Pl Blvd, Brighton, 810-225-0337, shopsatgreenoak.com, free admission.
• “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”: 7-11p.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/ beaconpark, 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, 14murals by local artists throughout downtown Rochester, www.downtownrochestermi.com/tasteof-fall.
FUNDRAISERS
• Trey Taylor “Live Concert Under the Stars”: 6-9:30p.m. Oct. 2, at the Mary-Ann 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 30guests, 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: 8p.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/ Moon light Gala2020, hopeagainsttrafficking.org.
• Freedom House Detroit “Voices of Freedom” campaign: Panel discussion of Flores exhibits 7p.m. Oct. 6; Flame Festival online, 7:30p.m. Oct. 16, registration required, pay what you can, bit.ly/fhdvof20.
• ZoomPlay Festival: 8p.m. Oct. 7-11, Theatre Nova, Ann Arbor, presents series of 15juried plays presented live on Zoom, available for streaming after. Three new short plays each night. Tickets $5each night, or $20for festival pass, starting with “Werewolves of London (Arkansas)” Oct. 7, theatrenova.org.
MISC.
• Masonic Temple Tour: Oct. 4, tours starting at 3p.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 1100Lake Shore Road, Grosse Pointe Shores. Open 8a.m.-6 p.m. with last entry at 4p.m. Public passes are $5and free for children 5and younger, www.fordhouse.org, 313-884-4222.
THEATER
• “Working-A-Musical”: Oct.
2-4, Ridgedale Players and Stagecrafters live outdoors at Ridgedale Players, 205W. Long Lake Road, Troy. Bring chair or blanket, adv. tickets $15at Stagecrafters.org, 248-988-7049.
• Specialty Act One Youth Theatre: Farmington Hills Youth Theatre online workshop classes begin Oct. 12and 13and last for 3-6weeks: Scriptwriting (grades 9-12); Sketch Comedy (grades 9-12); Theatre Choreography (grades K-4and 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 2is Oct. 21-Nov. 11, 4:30-5:15p.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 5:30-6:30p.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 1-4p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturdays,
through Oct. 24, Royal Oak Historical Society Museum at the Northwood Firestation, 1411 W Webster Road, Royal Oak, https://royaloakhistori calsociety.com/,
• BirminghamBloomfield
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, 1516S. Cranbrook Road, Birmingham, BBArtCcenter.org/ exhibitions, free.
• “Trusting the Journey”: Abstract art exhibit by painter Sam Kthar through Oct. 30, Farmington Hills City Hall, 31555W. 11Mile 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 deMuertos”: Through Nov. 8, The Detroit Institute of Arts, features ofrendas, (altars) created by local artists in celebration of Día deMuertos (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 #DIAO frendas2020by 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/ofrendas2020or 313-8334005.
• “Voting Matters” exhibition: Through April 4, 315E. 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: 7:30-10:30p.m. Oct. 2; Kids Under the CarpetPhish Tribute is 7:30-10:30p.m. Oct. 3, tent in the parking lot at Otus Supply, 345E. Nine Mile Road, Ferndale, otussupply.com.
• Your Generation: Oct. 2and Jimmy Jack Band is Oct. 3, The Morrie, 260N. Woodward Ave., Birmingham, facebook.com/ The-Morrie-Birmingham.
• Chris Canas Band: 8-11 p.m. Oct. 2, Joy Manor Banquet & Event Center, 28999Joy Road, Westland, $10, Doors at 7p.m. Light food menu available, www.chriscanas.net.
• Brendon Davis Trio: 7-10p.m. Oct. 2, The Blue LLama Jazz Club, 314S. Main St., Ann Arbor, also livestream, bluellamaclub.com.
• Brasstracks: livestream show 7p.m. Oct. 4, from House of
Yes. Brooklyn, New York, tickets at https://cadenza.tv/ hub/ brasstracks.
• The Infamous Stringdusters: 10p.m. Oct. 2-3and 3p.m. Oct. 4, livestream from the The Fox Theatre, Boulder Colorado, buy tickets at www.theark.org/showsevents/2020/oct/02/infamousstringdusters.
• Michael Cavanaugh-The Music of Billy Joel and Elton John: 7p.m. Oct. 7, virtual performance, Macomb Center for the Performing
Arts, Macomb Community College, Clinton Twp., www.MacombCenter.com, free, registration required.