Showing posts with label detroit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label detroit. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Mosaic Youth Theatre

I first heard about Mosaic Youth Theatre earlier this year when The Mosaic Model (click the link to download this study at no charge) was realeased earlier this year. This 3-year study completed by the University of Michigan along with other partners, identified amazing results, in the form of unprecedented high school graduation rates and other forms of youth success, which has been consistently achieved through the work of Mosaic Youth Theatre. They recently held auditions for their FREE training programs, which are open to youth 11-18 from across Metro Detroit. Please click the logo below to learn more about this amazing program.

...Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit is founded on the richness of difference. Our young artists come from city and suburban schools, and a variety of social, economic, racial, cultural and religious backgrounds. Through our professional performing arts program, these young artists blend their ideas and talents and achieve excellence in their theatrical and musical performances. Yet, their success is perhaps best measured by how they excel in life. Mosaic proudly reports that more than 95% of its youth ensemble members graduate from high school and go on to college.

Monday, August 18, 2008

FREE EVENT: For Arts Educators on 8/25 10a-noon @ Scarab Club in Detroit

The Cultural Alliance of Southeastern Michigan has announced the following opportunity for Cultural Arts Educators:

"We are very fortunate to have John Williams (South East Macomb Educational Consortium and Career Pathways founder) presenting our next free GLEC and Michigan Standards Seminar on
August 25, 2008 from 10 a.m.-12 noon at the Scarab Club in Detroit--public parking lot adjacent ($5--pay attendant at booth).

He will talk with us about the current state of Career Education in the state and nation and speak in particular about how our wonderful Cultural Arts organizations are prime examples of how to incorporate and understand careers in many fields including programs such as mentorships, internships, and community-service base projects!

Please RSVP by August 21 (see Amy's contact info below), if you plan to attend.


Amy J. DeWys-VanHecke
313-330-8324
amy@culturalalliancesemi.org"

Thursday, July 31, 2008

ARTS ED: Opera Written by MI Children!

Please find some of the press coverage that InsideOut Literary Art Project and the Michigan Opera Theater have received for the Hanstein Elementary School's third and fourth grade students' original production of the opera The Ringer of the Moon:

Listen to Principal Bernadine Carroll and the students from Hanstein Elementary School talk about the first ever opera written by children. (Note: The link brings you to a DPS radio show, where you will find the opera segment in the middle.)http://www.wrcjfm.org/ondemand/dps/ondemand.htm

Read more about the students' original production of the opera The Ringer of the Moon in the Detroit Free Press.

Monday, July 14, 2008

DETROIT: Concert of Colors 7/17-7/20 FREE admission!

The Concert of Colors takes place July 17th-July 20th, 2008 and is metro Detroit’s free annual diversity music festival. It is presented by ACCESS/Arab American National Museum, New Detroit Inc. and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) with the goal of bringing together metro Detroit’s diverse communities and ethnic groups by presenting musical acts from around the world. Over its 15-year history, the festival has become a beloved highlight of metro Detroit’s summer festival season.

This year's Forum on Community, Culture, and Race entitled "The Rhythm That Beats In All of Us" takes on a different format in its third year focusing on drummers from the different ethnic communities in the Detroit area. The Forum opens at the Music Box in the Max M. Fisher Music Center, 3711 Woodward Avenue, in Detroit, on Friday morning, July 18, 2008.

Monday, July 7, 2008

DETROIT: White Stripes' White pens poem about Motor City

Singer-guitarist Jack White has penned a poem expressing his strong feelings for Detroit to clear up any misconceptions about how the White Stripes frontman feels about his hometown ...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080707/ap_en_mu/people_jack_white&printer=1;_ylt=ArnowErdTNe1UJJcDV0wVTQnHL8C