Calendar
Note: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer extended her stay-at-home executive order through May. Additionally, many events beyond that date have been canceled or postponed due to the COVID-19crisis. Check with venues for updates.
ART
• DIA At Home: Family Art Projects Neighborhood Collage and Art-MakingStabiles, free-standing 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/Forgotten Harvest Partnership:
While the Detroit Institute of Arts’ galleries are closed, the museum’s parking lot serves as a Forgotten Harvest On The Go mobile pantry, 9a.m. to 1p.m., Tuesdays, and the museum is supplying free printed art project instruction sheets for those who pick up food at any of the Forgotten Harvest distribution locations, forgottenharvest.org/COVID19, Forgotten Harvest 248-967-1500, dia.org.
• Orchard Lake Fine Art Show: 18th annual July 25-26, hotworks.org.
AUDITIONS
• Oakland Youth Orchestras: String, woodwind, brass, and percussion instrumentalists, ages 7-18. Merit and financialneed scholarships available. Spring auditions via a Zoom video calls, May 14-16. For students who need more time to prepare, a third weekend will be offered June 18-20, oyomi.org/join-oyo.
• Mt. Zion Youth Theatre: virtual auditions for ages 10-17. Contact Mt. Zion Performing Arts in Clarkston at 248-3931407or email info@mtzionperformingarts. com, or visit bit.ly/YTAuditions, video submissions.
• Willard J. Hines Voice Scholarship:
applications accepted from Detroit area high school music students through June 15, for one of two $1,000scholarships, claytongwilliams.com/scholarship.
AUTHORS
• Free Book Listings: Writers may list their books for sale during the COVID-19 crisis at ReadDetroit.com, sponsored by Integrity Shows, Mint Artists Guild and Detroit’s Scarab Club.
BEATS
• Sunday Brunch Music Series: Detroit Public TV and WRCJ-FM (90.9) present recordings of local live performances at 11 a.m. Sundays at dptv.org/programs/artsculture.
• Motown DJ Dance Party: 8 p.m. Fridays at Motown Museum’s Instagram Live @motownmuseum. DJ Rue will mix and livestream on Instagram from curated Motown Museum Spotify playlist.
• LiveNation Live From Home: Concerts including Miley Cyrus, Melissa Etheridge, Kidz Bop at livenation.com/livefromhome, #Togetherapart.
• “Rewind”: The Gilbert Jackson Chorale of Waterford Twp. offers pre-recorded concerts at jacksonchorale.org/pastperformances. For info or requests, email gilbertjacksonchorale@gmail.com. • Detroit Country Day School High School Concert Choir: Ronald Weiler, director of choirs, grades 5-12, organized virtual performance of “O Love” to bring the choir together while in-person performances are canceled; bit.ly/39wODHz. • Ron Vincent, The Best of Cat Stevens: Aug. 14, The Andiamo Celebrity Showroom, 7096E. 14Mile Road, Warren, 586-268-3200, andiamoshowroom. com, $28-$62.
• The Ark’s Family Room Series: virtual concerts added by Graham Young of the Michigan Rattlers, May 29, and Willy Porter on June 3. Free, donations accepted. theark.org/ark-family-room-series.