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MICHIGAN MONTHLY
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September, 2014 Author & Editor: Diane Klakulak, Smiling5602@comcast.net
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DETROT TIGERS – Comerica Park; www.tigers.com
Sept. 1-4 at Cleveland Indians
Sept. 5-7 vs. San Francisco Giants
Sept. 8-10 vs. Kansas City Royals
Sept. 12-14 vs. Cleveland Indians
Sept. 13 Stars Wars Night
Sept. 15-17 at Minnesota Twins
Sept. 19-21 at Kansas City Royals
Sept. 22-24 vs. Chicago White Sox
Sept. 25-28 vs. Minnesota Twins
GO TIGERS!?
FREEDOM HILL – 14900 Metropolitan Parkway, Sterling Heights; 586-268-9700; 888-929-7849, freedomhill.net
Sept. 6-7 Chill on the Hill (multiple acts)
Sept. 10 Austin Mahone
Sept. 21 Daryl Hall & John Oates
DTE ENERGY THEATRE – 7774 Sashabaw Road, Clarkston;248-377-0100, www.palacenet.com; T.M.
Sept. 9 Aerosmith, Slash
Sept. 12 Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, Patti LaBelle, Ruben Studdard
Sept. 13 Third Day, MercyMe
Sept. 14 Zac Brown Band
Sept. 21 Rascall Flatts, Sheryl Crow, Gloriana
MEADOW BROOK MUSIC – 3554 Walton Blvd, Rochester Hills; 248-377-0100, T.M., palacenet.com
Sept. 12 Iggy Azalea, Magic!
FOX THEATRE – 313-471-6611
Sept. 4 The Piano Guys
Sept. 20 Keyshia Cole, Monica, Jazmine Sullivan
Oct. 4 Funk Festival: The Life & Times of Rick James
Oct. 19 Judas Priest wsg Steel Panther
CAR & MOTORCYCLE SHOWS
Sept. 5-7 Frankenmuth: Auto Fest; 989-652-6964
Sept. 6 Mount Clemens: Toys for Needy Kids Car & Motorcycle Show; American Legion Post 4, 401 N. Groesbeck; 586-463-7092, 586-248-2585
Sept. 6-7 Dearborn: Old Car Festival Weekend; Greenfield Village; 800-835-5237
DETROIT LIONS: On Fox TV unless otherwise noted
Sept. 8 New York Giants; 7:10 pm; ESPN
Sept. 14 at Carolina Panthers; 1 pm
Sept. 21 vs. Green Bay Packers; 1 pm
Sept. 28 at New York Jets; 1 pm
Oct. 5 vs. Buffalo Bills; 1 pm
Oct. 12 at Minnesota Vikings; 1 pm
DETROIT RED WINGS – JOE LOUIS ARENA
Ticketmaster: 248-645-6666; on Fox Detroit
Preseason:
Sept. 22 at Pittsburgh Penguins; 7 pm
Sept. 23 at Chicago Blackhawks; 8:30 pm
Sept. 25 vs. Chicago Blackhawks; 7:30 pm
Sept. 27 vs. Boston Bruins; 7 pm
Sept. 29 vs. Toronto Maple Leafs; 7:30 pm
Oct. 1 vs. Pittsburgh Penguins; 7:30 pm
Oct. 3 at Toronto Maple Leafs; 7:30 pm
Oct. 4 at Boston Bruins; 5:30 pm
DETROIT PISTONS --
Preseason:
Oct. 7 vs. Chicago Bulls; 7:30 pm
Oct. 9 vs. Milwaukee Bucks; 7:30 pm
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN WOLVERINES – 866-296-MTIX, MGOBLUE.com/Tickets
Sept. 6 at Notre Dame; 7:30; NBC
Sept. 13 vs. Miami (Ohio); 3:30 pm
Sept. 20 vs. Utah, TBA
Sept. 27 vs. Minnesota, TBA
Oct. 11 vs. Penn State; 7 pm
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Sept. 6 at Oregon; 6:30; Fox
Sept. 20 vs. EMU, TBA
Sept. 27 vs. Wyoming; noon
Oct. 4 vs. Nebraska; 8 pm
HAPPENINGS AROUND TOWN:
Ticketmaster: 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com
Joe Louis Arena: 313-963-6606; olympiaentertainment.com
Fox Theatre: 313-471-6611; olympiaentertainment.com
Cobo Center: 313-983-6616; cobocenter.com
The Palace of Auburn Hills: 248-377-0100
Masonic Temple: 313-832-2232
Aug. 16 - Renaissance Festival; weekends & Labor
Sept. 26 Day; 248-634-5552; michrenfest.com
Aug. 28 - Michigan Peach Festival of Romeo;
Sept. 1 Romeo Lions Field; peachfestromeo.com, 586-752-6633
Aug. 28 - Homearama; $15/person, $40/family;
Sept. 14 luxury estate development in Oakland Township; free parking and shuttle ride at the Oakland Christian Church, 5100 North Adams; ultimatehomearama.com
Aug. 29 - Arts, Beats & Eats; Royal Oak;
Sept. 1 248-334-4600, 248-541-7550
Aug. 29 - Fifth Third Band Michigan State Fair;
Sept. 1 Novi; 248-348-5600
Aug. 30-31 Voyageur Encampment; Lake St. Clair Metro Park, Harrison Twp; 586-463-4332
Sept. 1 Franklin Roundup Family Fair / Art in the Village; 248-626-2231
Sept. 4 Craig Campbell, Ryan Broshear Band; Whiskey Barrel Saloon, Lansing; T.M.
Sept. 4-7 Richmond Area Good Old Days Festival; richmondgoodolddaysfestival.org, 586-727-1320
Sept. 5-6 Smokin Jazz & Barbeque Blues Festival; Brighton; 810-227-5086
Sept. 5-7 St. Hubert Parish Festival; 38775 Prentiss, Harrison Twp; cmvic.net/parish-festivals, 586-463-5877
Sept. 5-7 Ya’ssoo Festival; Bloomfield Hills; 248-335-8869
Sept. 5-7 Plymouth Community Fall Festival; 734-754-4400
Sept. 6 Rummage and Plant Sale Flea Market; 9-4; Baumgartner Museum, 18577 Masonic, Fraser; 586-293-7477, 586-293-8252
Sept. 6-7 Selfridge Open House & Air Show; featuring the US Navy Blue Angels; admission & parking is free; www.selfridgeopenhouse.com
Sept. 8 Card Party and luncheon; 10-2; $8 – hot lunch served at noon; Roseville Masonic Center, 27151 Gratiot; 586-772-6126
Sept. 11-12 Rummage Sale; 10-5 and 10-1; St. Isidore Catholic Church, 18201 23 Mile, Macomb Twp; $1/early admission 9 am on Sept. 11
Sept. 11-14 Troy Family Daze Festival; 248-918-4559
Sept. 12 Aaron Caruso; Andiamo Celebrity Showroom, Warren; T.M.
Sept. 12-14 Funky Ferndale Art Fair; 248-546-1631
Sept. 12-14 Victorian Festival; Northville; 248-349-7640
Sept. 13 Dave Coulier; Andiamo Celebrity Showroom, Warren; T.M.
Sept. 12 Euchre Tournament (21 & over); 6 pm; $12 includes snacks, coffee, tea, pop, beer, water; $5 extra for food; St. Peter’s Church, Fr. Welch Hall, 95 Market, Mt. Clemens; limited to 100 players; RSVP to Debbie, djgoff731@comcast.net, 586-463-8644
Sept. 12 - Erebus Haunted Attraction; Pontiac;
Nov. 2 248-332-7884
Sept. 18 Crafts on the Clinton Beer and Wine Tasting event; 6-9 pm; Yates Cider Mill, 1990 E. Avon, Rochester Hills; $45 before Sept 5, $55 after; 248-601-0606
Sept. 18-21 Boating & Outdoor Festival; Lake St. Clair Metro Park, Harrison Twp; 586-463-4581, 734-261-0123
Sept. 19-20 Our shepherd Lutheran Church Oktoberfest; Birmingham; 248-646-6100
Sept. 20 Goodison Good Tyme; Rochester; 248-651-7810
Sept. 20 Polish Dinner; 4-7 pm; Holy Cross Parish, 2311 Pulaski, Hamtramck; entertainment by Mike Zewojsky and Big Daddy Lackowski; $10/adults, $4/12 & under; Stephanie, 586-731-5937, Nancy, 313-451-8310
Sept. 20 Mom to Mom Sale; 9-1; Cheyenne Elementary School, 47600 Heydenreich, Macomb Twp; $2 early-bird at 8:30 am; $1/admission; 58-723-5000
Happenings Around Town -- continued
Sept. 20-21 Festival of the Senses; 40700 Romeo Plank Road, Clinton Township; www.etfestivalofthesenses.com, 586-286-9366
Sept. 20-21 Kiwanis Art Fair; Fenton; 810-588-0310
Sept. 21 Taste of Clarkston; 248-625-8055
Sept. 27 Tastefest Biergarten; Immaculate Conception Church, Ira Township; 586-725-3051
Sept. 27 Celebration of the Horse; Metamora; 248-884-0424
Sept. 27-28 Fall Flavor Weekend; Greenfield Village; Cooking Demonstrations in Historic Family Homes & Farm Houses; 800-835-5237
Oct. 5 Sterling Heights Fire Department Open House; 11-2; Fire Station #4, 12850 15 Mile (adjacent to Baumgartner Park); 586-446-2950, firedepartment@sterling-heights.net
THE PALACE OF AUBURN HILLS -- 248-377-0100, www.palacenet.com;
Sept. 12-13 Oprah Winfrey – The Life You Want
Sept. 17 Ed Sheeran, Rudimental
Sept. 21 Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull, J Balvin
Oct. 1 Cher with Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo
Oct. 10-11 Jason Aldean
Oct. 16-20 Disney on Ice – Princesses & Heroes
Oct. 22 Fleetwood Mac
Oct. 24 Disney Live! Mickey’s Music Festival
THE MASONIC TEMPLE -- 500 Temple Avenue, Detroit; 313-832-7100; themasonic.com
Sept. 5-6 Tyrus (The Georgia Peach) Cobb
Sept. 19-21 A Mother’s Love: The Musical
Sept. 27 Chocolate & Vanilla Ball
Oct. 23 Bastille
THEATRE CALENDAR:
Ticketmaster: ticketmaster.com
Fisher Theatre: 313-872-1000; www.broadwayindetroit.com
Gem & Century Theatre: 313-963-9800, www.gemdetroit.com
Meadow Brook: 248-377-3300; www.mbtheatre.com
Hillberry Theatre: 313-577-2972, www.hilberry.com
Stagecrafters Baldwin Theatre: 248-541-6430, www.stagecrafters.org
July 10 - Ernie; City Theatre;
Aug. 17 olympiaentertainment.com
Sept. 12 - My Fair Lady; Stagecrafters The Baldwin
Oct. 5 Theatre; Royal Oak; 248-541-6430
Sept 26 - Annie; Fisher Theatre;
Oct. 4 BroadwayInDetroit.com
Oct. 1 Evil Dead: The Musical; City Theatre; olympiaentertainment.com
Oct. 1-26 Around the World in 80 Days; Meadow Brook Theatre, 207 Wilson Hall, Rochester; 248-377-3300, www.mbtheatre.com, T.M.
Oct. 10-19 Tribles; Stagecrafters The Baldwin Theatre, Second Stage, Royal Oak; 248-541-6430
REDFORD THEATRE – 17360 Lahser Road, Detroit; 313-537-2560, redfordtheatre.com
Sept. 6 2014 NPC Infinity Fit Championship
Sept. 7 Bette Midler and Wayne Newton Tribute – Star Tribute from Las Vegas
Sept. 12-13 Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom
Sept. 21 Bullit with Steve McQueen
Sept. 26-28 West Side Story; Meet & Greet with Rita Moreno all three shows
CANTON VILLAGE THEATER – 50400 Cherry Hill Road; 734-394-5300, cantonvillagetheater.org
Sept. 6 Star Tributes from Las Vegas – Bette Midler and Wayne Newton; 7 pm
Sept. 12-21 The King and I; Spotlight Players
Sept. 27 Black Crystal Showcase – Barbara Peyton CD Release Concert; 7:30 pm
Sept. 28 Great Lakes Buddhist Vihara – Waves; 2 pm
Oct. 1 Juried Fine Arts Exhibition Awards Night; 6:30
DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Orchestra Hall, Detroit; www.dso.org or 313-576-5111
Sept. 13 Strange Beautiful Music VII
Sept. 19 My Brightest Diamond
Sept. 26-28 Let’s Dance
Sept. 27 Book Launch/Ambassadors Tour
Oct. 1 Neighborhood: Garden City High School
Oct. 2 Neighborhood: Lake Orion High School
Oct. 3 Neighborhood: Greater Grace Temple
Oct. 5 Neighborhood: Brighton Center for the Arts
DETROIT OPERA HOUSE – 313-237-7464; michiganopera.org
Sept. 20 Michael Franks and Rachelle Ferrell
Sept. 27 Festival of Praise, Fred Hammond, Donnie McClurkin
Oct. 2-4 Danger at My Door
Oct. 17 Opera Ball
JOE LOUIS ARENA – olympiaentertainment.com; 313-471-6611
Sept. 12 The Black Keys, Cage the Elephant
Sept. 14 Hockeyfest 2014
Oct. 16 Pearl Jam
MOTOR CITY CASINO HOTEL – 2901 Grand River Avenue, Detroit; www.motorciycasino.com; 313-237-7711; Ticketmaster
Sept. 11 Joss Stone
Sept. 18 1964 The Tribute – CANCELED
Sept. 19 ‘70s Soul Jam: Stylistics, Manhattans, Main Ingredient, Cuba Gooding Sr.
Sept. 27 Fashion in Detroit
Oct. 9 Gladys Knight
Oct. 17 Jenny McCarthy & Friends
Oct. 23 Jon Secada wsg Esther Nevarex
Oct. 24 Thompson Square
MACOMB CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS - Macomb Community College, 44575 Garfield, Clinton Twp; 586-286-2222, www.MacombCenter.com
Sept. 17 Tour Meadow Brook Hall – Michigan’s newest National Historic Landmark; 9-2; $45 includes lunch
Sept. 18 The General; Buster Keaton 1926 comedy film; 1 pm
Sept. 27 Roslyn Kind (younger sister of Barbra Streisand); music, cabaret, storytelling
Sept. 28 Fall Concert performed by Warren Symphony Orchestra
Oct. 3 Ciao Italia performed by Macomb Symphony Orchestra
MARK RIDLEY’S COMEDY CASTLE -
310 S. Troy Street, Royal Oak, 248-542-9900, www.comedycastle.com
8/29 – 9/1 Closed for Arts, Beats & Eats
Sept. 4-6 Ben Moore
Sept. 11-13 Joseph Anthony
Sept. 18 American House fundraiser with Johnny Beehner
Sept. 19-20 Johnny Beehner
Sept. 23 Hypnotist Kevin Lepine
Sept. 25-27 Willie Barcena
Oct. 2-4 Craig Shoemaker – The Love Master
GIBRALTAR TRADE CENTER -- Mt. Clemens:
586-465-6440, www.gibraltartrade.com
For concealed pistol license training class, register in the market office or call Aim Straight at 586-565-1403
Sept. 5-7 The Weekend Public Market
Sept. 7, 28 USMA Car Show
Sept. 12-14 Get Fit Get Life Zumba & Workshops
Sept. 13-14 Garage Sale Extravaganza
Sept. 19-21 Gun & Knife Show
Sept. 20 Bands 4 Cancer – Musicfest
Sept. 26-28 Sports Cards & Collectibles Show
SOARING EAGLE CASINO & RESORT – Mt. Pleasant; 800-585-3737, www.soaringeaglecasino.com
Sept. 6 Journey
Sept. 20 Middle of the Mitt Music Festival
Sept. 28 Jeff Dunham
Oct. 3 Collective Soul wsg Everclear
Oct. 10 Santana
CAESARS WINDSOR – 1-800-991-7777 ext. 22481, CaesarsWindsor.com; T.M.
Sept. 5 Alan Jackson
Sept. 13 Howie Mandel
Sept. 19 Thunder From Down Under
Sept. 26 Alanis Morissette: Intimate & Acoustic
Oct. 3 Russell Peters
Oct. 9 The Australian Bee Gees Show
Oct. 18 Engelbert Humperdinck
Oct. 24 The Australian Pink Floyd Show
THE DETROIT ZOO – detroitzoo.org; 248-541-5717
Sept. 14 Run Wild; 5K and 10K runs; 1.5 mile Fun Walk
Sept. 26 Zoo Brew (21 and over); beer tasting of Michigan craft breweries, live music; food available for purchase
October weekends: Zoo Boo
MICHIGAN PHILHARMONIC – 734-451-2112 or www.michiganphil.org
Oct. 4 Beethoven, Bridges & Blue Jeans; Village Theater, Canton
Oct. 25 Twilight of a Dark Knight; Steppingstone School, Farmington Hills
COBO CENTER -- cobocenter.com/events
8/29 – 9/1 Islamic Society of North America Convention; 317-839-1825
Sept. 19 Night of Stars Award Banquet; 313-874-5473
Sept. 20 Detroit Women’s Half Marathon & 5K Expotique; 734-531-8747
Sept. 23 Infinite Scholars Scholarship Fair; 314-570-6613
Oct. 5 Titans of Dance; 410-552-9194
HEALTH EVENTS:
Sept. 9 Free Community Health Fair; 10-3; Detroit Eastern Market, 2934 Russell Street, Shed #3; open to the public
Sept. 13 Run/Walk annual Tara Grant Memorial Walk/Run; 1 Crocker Blvd, Mount Clemens; 9 am; $25 ages 13 and older; 586-463-4430
Sept. 18 Lewy Bodies CEU; tour of Courtyard Manor sponsored by Senior Helpers; beverages & light dinner; 5 pm – 7 pm; 29750 Farmington, Farmington Hills; RSVP by Sept. 16; Annetta Malles at cymannetta@sbcglobal.net or Michelle Connell at cymconnel@sbcglobal.net; 248-539-0104
ROCHESTER REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE– 71 Walnut, Suite 110; 248-651-6700, www.rrc-mi.com
Sept. 5-7 Art & Apples Festival
Sept. 10 Wine 101 – Enjoying Wine
Sept. 17 Wine & Cheese – Find the Perfect Match
DOWNTOWN BRIGHTON – downtownbrighton.com
Sept. 5-6 Smokin’ Jazz and Barbecue Blues; downtown on Main Street; 810-227-5086
SUBURBAN COLLECTION SHOWPLACE – 46100 Grand River, Novi; www.suburbancollectionshowplace.com or 248-348-5600
8/29 – 9/1 Michigan State Fair
Sept. 5-7 Int’l Gem & Jewelry Show
Sept. 6-7 Michigan Antique Arms Collector Show
Sept. 7 Brides Day Bridal Show
Sept. 9-10 Holiday Food & Beverage Show
Sept. 16-18 Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Tech Expo
Sept. 26 Christian Tabernacle Girls Night Live!
Sept. 26-28 American Sewing Expo
Sept. 27-28 Gun & Knife Show
Sept. 29-30 Great Lakes Women’s Business Conf.
Oct. 1-5 Fall Camper Show
DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS – www.dia.org
Workshops:
Sept. 5, 12, 19, 26 Travel Journal; 6-9 pm
Sept. 6, 13, 20, 27 Tongue Depressor Puppets; noon-4
Sept. 7, 14, 21, 28 Picture Frames; noon-4
Friday Night Live!:
Sept. 5 Salutaris
Sept. 12 Emel Mathlouthi
Sept. 19 Grace Kelly Qunitet
RICHMOND – www.robn.org
Sept. 4-8 Richmond Good Old Days; Strawberry Shortcake Festival on Sept. 5
Sept. 5 Friends of the Library BookSale
Sept. 6 Chris Cakes of MI “Fastest Pancakes Makers in the World”; all you can eat; 9:30-12:30; $7/adults, $5/kids under 12; Richmond Parks & Rec Community Center; advance tickets available; 586-727-3266
FUNDRAISERS
Sept. 4-5 Pet Fund Alliance conference; registration starts 11 am; 1 pm keynote speaker: Nathan Winograd, founder of the No Kill Advocacy Center; $95/both days including breakfast & lunch; $35/dinner and movie on Thursday; Somerset Inn, 2601 W. Big Beaver, Troy; michiganpetfund.org
Sept. 7 Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser to defeat ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease); 4-8 pm; pasta, salad, rolls, dessert, pop, coffee; $10/adults, $5/kids 10 & under; drinks specials; hosted by Tipsy McStaggers, 7280 E. 12 Mile, Warren 48092; 586-806-4481; Donations can also be made by visiting – Walk to Defeat ALS Detroit– Team Anna’s Amblers: http://web.alsa.org/site/TR?pg=team&fr_id=10175&team_id=276686
Sept. 18 Wigs 4 Kids Gala; 6-11 pm; $100/person, $30/ages 11 & under; dinner and desserts, silent auction, karate demo, etc; Barrister Gardens, St. Clair Shores; 586-772-6656
Sept. 26 An Evening of Sacred Drama benefit concert for St. Paul United Church of Christ, 31654 Mount, Warren; $20 includes dinner buffet
Sept. 28 JDRF One Walk to cure diabetes; 8:30 am; GM Tech Center, 3000 Mound Road, Warren, MI 48093; Deb Wallace 248-936-1287, info@jdrf.org; http://walk.jdrf.org
Oct. 8 Paws With A Cause: Paws Together; Detroit Marriott Troy, 200 W. Big Beaver; breakfast at 7:30 am; no charge but hopefully a donation after hearing how service dogs enhanced independence; 800-253-7297, pawswithacause.org
SUMMER SOUNDS AT PARTRIDGE CREEK – Mon-Fri, 5:30-8:30 pm; Sat. 4-8 pm; Sun. 1-5 pm; M-59 east of Garfield; seekthecreek.com
Sept. 1 Big Will and the 360º Band; Dance
OUTDOOR HAPPENINGS:
Sept. 4-5 Volunteers need to clear out massive log jam in Clinton River; 8:30 am; Sterling Heights’ Farmstead Park, 12160 Clinton River (between 19 & Schoenherr); light breakfast, lunch 1 pm; contact Amanda Oparka with the CRWC at 248-601-1124, Amanda@crwc.org
Sept. 8-9 Michigan PGA Golf Match Play Championship; Midland; 586-641-7421
Sept. 13 Run/Walk annual Tara Grant Memorial Walk/Run; 1 Crocker Blvd, Mount Clemens; 9 am; $25 ages 13 and older; 586-463-4430
Sept. 19 Golf Scramble hosted by John Graham, Inc.; $75 includes breakfast at 8:30, lunch and dinner; Cherry Creek Golf Course, Shelby Twp; to register: 586-739-0047 or vanessa@jgire.com
Sept. 20-21 Pte. Mouillee Waterfowl Festival; Brownstown; 734-675-6312
Sept. 21 Stayin’ Alive 5K Run/Walk; 10-12:30; Plymouth; plymouthmich.org
Sept. 27 Whistles on the Water; St. Clair; 810-329-2962
ROYAL OAK MUSIC THEATRE – 318 W. Fourth; www.royaloakmusichtheatre.com; 248-399-2980
Sept. 11 Shawn Colvin & Steve Earle
Sept. 12 Bring Me The Horizon
Sept. 13 Drive-By Truckers
Sept. 14 Spoon
Sept. 18 Citizen Cope with Full Band
Sept. 19 moe.
Sept. 21 R5
Sept. 28 Nick Carter & Jordan Knight
Sept. 30 Tim and Eric & Dr. Steve Brule
Oct. 1 Erasure
Oct. 2 Within Temptation
Oct. 4 Jim Breuer
MICHIGAN THEATER – Ann Arbor; Ticketmaster
Sept. 8 Elvis Costello
Sept. 14 Mike Birbiglia – Thank God For Jokes
Sept. 19 Nick Swardson: Taste It Tour
MAGIC BAG – 22920 Woodward, Ferndale; 248-544-3030, www.themagicbag.com
Sept. 5 Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers
Sept. 6 Not In the Face
Sept. 7 The English Beat wsg DJ Dubmatix
Sept. 11 Rocco Deluca & The Burden
Sept. 12 Girls, Girls, Girls
Sept. 16 The Dandy Warhols
Sept. 17 Spirit Family Reunion
Sept. 19 Living Colour
Sept. 20 The Beggars, Pretty Ghouls
Sept. 23 Mark Kozelek, Red House Painters
Sept. 25 Astronautalis, Sarah Jaffe, Transit
Sept. 26 Panama – Van Halen Tribute
FILLMORE – 2115 Woodward; Detroit; 313-961-5450, T.M., www.livenation.com
Sept. 12 Die Antwoord
Sept. 20 The Gaslight Anthem, Against Me!
Sept. 27 The Janoskians
Sept. 28 Little Mix – CANCELED
Sept. 30 Coheed and Cambria, Thank You Scientist
SAINT ANDREWS HALL – www.livenation.com
Sept. 5 Pink Droyd
Sept. 8 Paul Weller
Sept. 10 The Afghan Whigs, Joseph Arthur
Sept. 13 Heffron Drive
Sept. 14 The Buzzcocks, Destroy This Place
Sept. 16 The War On Drugs, Califone
Sept. 17 Savoy, Bright Lights
Sept. 18 Zoso – A Tribute to Leb Zeppelin
Sept. 20 Alex Brown – Pulp Culture
Sept. 28 Matisyahu, Radical Something
LOVING TOUCH – Ferndale; Ticketmaster
Sept. 13 Windhand, All Them Witches
Sept. 19 The Life and Times
Sept. 20 Tobacco
HARPO’S - Ticketmaster
Sept. 12 Hatebreed: Harpo’s 40 Year Ann. Show
FIRST MERIT BANK EVENT PARK – across from The Dow Event Center, Saginaw; Ticketmaster
Sept. 18 Thunder Thursday
Sept. 27 Rob Zombie
HATCHY’S – Utica; Ticketmaster
Sept. 10 Enemy Planes, Back Pocket Hymnal
Sept. 19 Aim Your Arrows, Dividing The Skyline
SHELTER – Detroit; Ticketmaster
Sept. 5 Hawthorne Heights, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Sept. 11 Modern Baseball, I Am The Avalanche
Sept. 12 Lionize, American Sharks
Sept. 21 GBH
Sept. 30 Hollywood Ending
THE MAGIC STICK– 4120 Woodward, Detroit; 313-833-9700, www.majesticdetroit.com
Sept. 4 Emily’s Army, Desert Sharks; Lounge
Sept. 5 The Blasters, The Gas House Gorillas
Sept. 6 The New Pornographers; Majestic Theatre
Sept. 7 Legendary Shack Shakers; Lounge
Sept. 8 Lucero; Majestic Theatre
Sept. 8 Sole with DJ Pain 1
Sept. 9 The Velvet Teen, Restorations; Lounge
Sept. 10 Joyce Manor, The Exquisities; Lounge
Sept. 12 Pup with Ponyshow; Lounge
Sept. 14 Chet Faker
Sept. 15 Bob Mould, Cymbals Eat Guitars
Sept. 18 Nick Waterhouse, Pep
Sept. 19 Shonen Knife, Habibi, Yum
Sept. 21 Justin Townes Earle; Majestic Theatre
Sept. 21 Twin Shadow, The Movement
Sept. 23 Freeman
Sept. 24 Black Lips, The King Khan & BBQ Show
Sept. 27 Echoes of Pink Floyd – a benefit for Musician Friends of Porter; Majestic Theatre
Sept. 27 Balance & Composure, Creepoid
Sept. 30 Cloud Nothing, Tyvek
THE TOKEN LOUNGE – Westland; Ticketmaster
Sept. 12 Chillian Thomas
Sept. 15 Delain with Xandria
Sept. 16 Leprous, Imminent Sonic Destruction
Sept. 25 Rivers of Nihil
PIKE ROOM @ THE CROFOOT – 1 South Saginaw, Pontiac; 248-858-9333; Ticketmaster or with link to partner site Ticket Web
Sept. 5 Sycamour, The Bad Chapter; Ballroom
Sept. 5 Radkey; Pike Room
Sept. 7 The 2014 Unbound Project; Ballroom
Sept. 7 Taylor Taylor; Pike Room
Sept. 10 Laura Stevenson, The Hotelier; Pike Room
Sept. 12 Citizen, The World Is A Beautiful Place; Ballroom
Sept. 18 Why? and Dessa; Ballroom
Sept. 23 Wakey! Wakey! Pike Room
Sept. 24 Mikey Rocks, Shorty K; Pike Room
Sept. 25 Zeus, The Midwestern Sky; Pike Room
Sept. 25 Eoto with Luminox; Ballroom
Sept. 27 A Great Big Pile of Leaves; Pike Room
Sept. 28 Galaxy X & Downright Cris; Pike Room
HAPPENINGS AROUND THE STATE . . . www.michiganfun.com
8/27 – 9/1 Norway Dickinson County Fair; 906-563-8840
8/28 – 9/1 Big Rapids Riverdays Festival; 231-796-6469
8/29 – 9/1 Belding Labor Day Celebration; 616-232-8184
8/29 – 9/1 Fairgrove Michigan Bean Festival; 989-693-6841
8/29 – 9/1 Mackinaw Island Grand Hotel Labor Day Jazz Weekend; 906-847-3331
8/31 – 9/1 Grand Rapids Dozynki Polish Festival; 616-437-6031
8/31 – 9/1 Big Rapids River Days Festival; 231-592-4000
8/31 – 9/1 Mackinaw Island Grand Hotel Labor Day Jazz; 906-847-3331
Sept. 1 Mackinaw City Labor Day Bridge Walk; 800-666-0160
Sept. 4 Lawton Best of Michigan Wine Tasting Event; 269-624-6552
Sept. 4-7 Charlotte Frontier Days Festival; 517-543-3325
Sept. 5-6 Hudson Bean Creek Heritage Festival; 517-448-8983
Sept. 5-7 Paw Paw Wine & Harvest Festival; 269-655-1111
Sept. 5-7 Posen Potato Festival; 989-766-8128
Sept. 5-7 Remus Wheatland Music Festival; 989-967-8879
Sept. 5-13 Allegan Allegan County Fair; 269-673-6501
Sept. 6 Holly Harvest at the Mill Primitives & Early Goods Show; 248-634-7040
Sept. 6 Marquette Michigan Brewers U.P. Fall Beer Festival; 517-327-5004
Sept. 6-7 Marshall Historic Home Tour; 269-781-8544
Sept. 12-13 Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Cook-off; 800-874-3982
Sept. 12-14 Grand Haven Salmon Festival; 800-968-0894
Sept. 12-14 Muskegon Michigan Irish Music Fest; 231-739-2028
Sept. 12-14 Ovid Ovid Carriage Days; 989-769-4191
Sept. 12-14 St. Ignace Richard Crane Memorial Truck Show & On The Waterfront; 906-643-8087
Sept. 13 Clio Festival of Fine Art; 810-836-8962
Sept. 13-14 Mackinaw City Big Mac Fall Bike Tour; 231-436-5574
Sept. 14-20 Centreville St. Joseph County Grange Fair; 269-467-8935
Sept. 18-21 Lake City Festival of the Pines; 231-839-4969
Sept. 18-21 Roscommon Michigan Firemen’s Memorial Festival; 989-275-5880
Sept. 19-20 Adrian Art-A-Licious; 517-265-2265
Sept. 19-20 Albion Festival of the Forks; 517-629-5533
Sept 19-20 Howard City Harvest Festival; 231-937-4311
Sept. 19-20 Lansing Old Town Blues Fest; 517-371-4600
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News About Economic Explosion in Detroit
The Downtown and Midtown rental/housing markets are soaring.
This, from the Detroit Free Press January 26, 2014
Rising downtown Detroit apartment rent inspires couple to buy home: Karen Schave and her fiance Kevin Orlik decided to buy a home in Detroit's Corktown neighborhood after their rent went up $500 dollars. Jessica J. Trevino/Detroit Free Press
Karen Schave, 30, and fiancé Kevin Orlik, 29, bought a home in Corktown after the monthly rent on their downtown apartment increased from $1,150 in 2009 to $1,500 last year. / Jessica J. Trenvino/Detroit Free Press
Stephanie Byrd of Garden Theater development visits the 3909 Woodward Avenue Apartments. / Andre J. Jackson/Detroit Free Press
The 3909 Woodward Avenue Apartments in Midtown are set to open in March. It is hoped that greater supply will stabilize rent prices. / Andre J. Jackson/Detroit Free Press
Rental rates in downtown Detroit-area buildings have risen so high, some young professionals who breathed new life into the city core just a few years ago are now being priced out of the market and forced to move — a type of middle-class gentrification that has some developers eager to build new residential projects.
Development experts say demand far exceeds existing rental units in choice areas, such as Midtown, Corktown and the Detroit riverfront, where influxes of mostly young, well-paid professionals drove rental rates to new heights in new, existing and soon-to-open apartment buildings.
In many cases, landlords are asking $200 to $400 more a month for apartment leases than they were just a year or two ago because of the high demand and almost nonexistent new supply.
■ Graphic: Downtown Detroit apartment rents take off
The phenomenon cannot be captured by the traditional definition of “gentrification,” when low-income households are displaced by the yuppie class. Rather, renters already in the middle class and enjoying professional careers now are being displaced by those even farther up the income scale who can afford the higher rents.
“Our office routinely turns down probably two people a day, letting them know we just can’t help them find something to rent,” said Ryan Cooley, owner of O’Connor Real Estate and Development in Corktown. “There’s just a lot of 20-year-olds wanting to live in the city.”
Priced out
Kevin Orlik, 29, and his fiancée were paying $1,150 per month for a two-bedroom, two-bath unit in the Albert Kahn-designed Kales Building in 2009. But last year, the rent increased to more than $1,500. They balked and looked around at other options but couldn’t find anything in downtown or Midtown.
“We were looking in the Midtown area. There’s just nothing there,” said Orlik, a law student who takes the bar exam next month. “There’s no way to buy, and a couple of places we bid on, actually, we got outbid by investors who wanted to turn it into college rentals.”
He and his fiancée, who works in advertising for Ford, eventually lucked out and found a house in Corktown to buy for $120,000.
“A lot of my friends that have been forced out weren’t able to buy anything,” he said. “They couldn’t find anything either in the price range or where they wanted to stay downtown. So I consider ourselves one of the lucky ones.”
Tony Statz, 47, moved to downtown Detroit from Miami Beach, Fla., in January 2012 to begin a new job. “Friends told me the city was coming back, and so I wanted to be a part of the comeback,” he said.
But Statz said he was forced to move out of his spacious one-bedroom apartment last month in the Iodent Lofts behind the Fox Theatre when his landlord raised the rent to $1,600 a month — a $400 jump that would have busted his budget.
“He said it’s going to be four. And I said, ‘Four what?’ And he said $400. And my heart sank,” Statz said in interview last month as he packed his belongings into cardboard boxes.
He relocated to Southfield because he couldn’t find an apartment that he liked near downtown Detroit that was both available and in his price range. He said he now pays $945 a month for an even bigger one-bedroom apartment in a building with a pool.
New projects in works
Rents are inching closer to the magic $2-per-square-foot level, a price developers say could allow new residential projects to get built without reliance on the subsidies, tax credits and nontraditional funding sources that are currently required. Once there is more supply of apartments in the popular neighborhoods, the thinking goes, rent prices would stabilize.
David DiRita, a partner in the Roxbury Groupand a developer active in downtown and Midtown, called the market “dangerously hot. You like strong demand, but you also like supply, and unfortunately demand is just way ahead of the ability to put these units in the market right now.”
The Roxbury Group developed the year-old Auburn project in Midtown and is working to bring the historic David Whitney Building near Grand Circus Park online in late 2014 with 105 residential apartments plus a boutique hotel and retail space.
“I don’t think it’s an unrealistic statement to say we could open five David Whitneys downtown right now and fill them up, and we’re about to open one,” he said.
Rising rents are attracting more development, he said, but housing supply will still lag demand for a while. The reason is the lenders who underwrite projects continue to exercise caution in bankrolling new deals because of Detroit’s history of depressed real estate prices.
“Banks need to see those (higher) rents persistently enough to raise their assumptions,” he said. “It’s going to occur, but it’s just not occurring as quickly as anyone would like, given how much demand there is in the marketplace right now.”
With downtown-area occupancy rates at about 98%, nearly every market-rate apartment building in downtown, Midtown and Corktown has a waiting list of prospective tenants.
“We never used to have waiting lists around here,” said Sue Mosey, executive director of Midtown Detroit Inc.
Some of the new residential developments, such as the Auburn in Midtown, have set aside 20% or more of their units for low- and moderate-income residents. There also are a few 100% below-market rental buildings in the construction pipeline.
“If we don’t have housing here for the people who work at the hospitals and the universities and aren’t making big salaries, then we’re doing a disservice,” Mosey said.
Even so, the newest market-rate building in Midtown is 3909 Woodward Avenue Apartments, with 61 units set to open in March with one-bedroom apartments in the $900s to $1,100s and two-bedroom units in the $1,500s up to $1,700.
Tale of 2 cities
Some developers and real estate professionals say the dynamics of the city’s housing market shows a “two Detroits” phenomenon at play.
On one side are the young professionals and higher-paid service industry workers — oftentimes white — who live close to downtown and their employers, including Quicken Loans, General Motors, Wayne State University and the Detroit Medical Center. They enjoy residential living near trendy coffee shops, restaurants and shopping, such as Midtown’s Shinola and Whole Foods market.
The other Detroit is where the majority of residents live and endure poor city services, higher crime, depreciated real estate values and blocks of burned-out housing stock.
“There is the Detroit that is seeing its resurgence and the Detroit that is waiting for its resurgence,” said Alex Pereira, a real estate broker, investor and developer who is rehabbing a historical home in Woodbridge near WSU into five market-rate apartments. The demographic that is raising the rent ceiling, he said, are “people who don’t care about $9 for a cocktail at The Sugar House,” a popular Corktown nightspot.
On the waiting list
Even if you can afford it, there are few available units.
The 124-unit Broderick Tower in downtown near Comerica Park and the 58-unit Auburn in Midtown filled almost immediately upon opening in late 2012 and now have waiting lists.
The highest rents in Midtown by square foot are at Studio One apartments on Woodward near WSU, where units now go for $1.70 a square foot.
In downtown, the priciest residential building overall appears to be the Westin Book Cadillac. The two-dozen rental units are going for about $2.20 per square foot, up from $1.80 in 2011.
Mario Lake, general manager at Lofts of Merchants Row on Woodward downtown, recalled how his 157-unit complex was only about 68% full in 2009.
It now has a hard waiting list of a half-dozen prospects who have put down cash deposits in hopes of snagging studio apartments that range from $800 to $1,050 a month, one bedrooms from $1,000 to $1,800, and two bedrooms from $1,625 to $2,100. The 24-hour valet parking garage costs an extra $90 a month, he said.
The new Royal Oak?
The majority of the new Detroiters in downtown areas appear to be unmarried young adults, in addition to childless couples.
Joel Dabu, 33, and his partner moved to downtown in August after finishing graduate school at the University of Michigan. They looked for condos but couldn’t find any available. They now pay about $1,300 a month for a two-bedroom unit in Riverfront Towers with views of downtown Detroit and Windsor.
Because Dabu’s job in commercial real estate is in Bloomfield Hills, the couple considered living in Royal Oak or Ferndale. But they opted to go with a more urban environment where they can get around by owning just one car.
“We both had lived in major cities before coming to Michigan, and we both wanted to be in a pedestrian environment,” Dabu said, adding that Detroit rent prices, despite recent increases, “were much cheaper than what we were accustomed to.”
Real estate brokers say many of the newcomers arrived from the suburbs for an edgier urban lifestyle.
Some say that for today’s young professional types, downtown Detroit is what Royal Oak used to be in the 1990s, when it became known for its eclectic nightlife. But the suburb could be losing its edge.
“The people who wanted to move to Royal Oak are no longer moving to Royal Oak,” said Pereira of Secure Realty. “They’re starting to look at Detroit because it’s way cooler.”
Incentives' impact
As recently as two years ago, major employers in downtown and Midtown created incentive programs to persuade their employees to relocate into the city’s core. Live Downtown and Live Midtown have enticed nearly 1,500 workers to rent apartments or buy condos in the central city through cash grants. The programs have played a role in driving up rents.
Austin Black II, founder of City Living real estate brokerage, said upward pressure in Detroit’s rental market is prompting more people to consider buying condos or houses in the areas.
“They’re hitting that threshold where they’re saying, ‘I might as well own if I’m paying this much a month,’ ” he said.
Yet, despite the abundance of vacant properties in the city, the supply of desirable homes is quite tight, real estate brokers say. There are numerous stories of brokers losing potential Detroit homeowners to the suburbs for a lack of move-in-ready homes in the city.
“Detroit doesn’t have a housing problem. Detroit has a habitable housing problem,” Pereira said. “There’s plenty of spots — it’s just not all livable.”
Contact JC Reindl: 313-222-6631 or jcreindl@freepress.com. Follow him on Twitter @JCReindl
What About Detroit?
As Published at DetroitTigers.com -
An Excellent Summary of Detroit
The oldest city in the Midwest, Detroit was founded on July 24, 1701, when Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac landed on what is now the Civic Center downtown and started a fur trading center. In 1790, Detroit was turned over to the British as a spoil of the French and Indian War, and it was not until 1796 that George Washington forced the British out of the city and the American flag was raised over Fort Pontchartrain.
Incorporated as a city in 1815, Detroit's early industry through the middle of the 19th century was the production of stove and kitchen ranges.
A city of less than 300,000 at the turn of the century, the emergence of the auto industry turned Detroit into a great commercial center in a matter of just a few years. In 1896, entrepreneur Henry Ford built his first car in the city, arguably the most important event in the history of Detroit's development. Ford Motor Company was established in 1903, but two years later there were 150 American cities that were home to automobile manufacturing plants. In 1913, it was Ford again who sent Detroit to the front of the manufacturing pack, introducing the assembly line and revolutionizing the automobile industry. Before long, the city became entrenched as the auto capital of the world with Ford, General Motors, Chrysler and Volkswagen of America all headquartered in the area.
With the growth of manufacturing, the little city on the river experienced dramatic development during the first two decades of the century. With Ford, the Dodge brothers and many others leading the charge in business development, the city's population base exploded as Detroit became the nation's fifth-largest city.
By 1950, the city began to construct one of the country's most elaborate systems of freeways, and the population shifted to a metropolitan one. In fact, Northland Mall (constructed in 1954) in Southfield was the first shopping mall in the country, representing a swing to the new suburban lifestyle.
At the same time that the suburbs were growing, there were still great developments within the city limits. In 1959, Berry Gordy turned his little New Center-area home into a recording studio, developing what remains today one of the most popular musical styles in the "Motown sound." Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson and others too many to count called Detroit home, helping Gordy establish the city as a musical giant.
Other downtown projects included the opening of Cobo Hall, Detroit's main convention center, in 1960. In 1971, Henry Ford II announced plans for the construction of the largest privately-financed project in the world. Designed to bring people and growth back to the center city, his plan became a reality in 1977 as the Renaissance Center opened.
In 1980, the nation's eyes once again were focused on Detroit as it played host to the 32nd Republican National Convention at the new Joe Louis Arena.
One of America's greatest sports cities, the metro area boasts teams in each of the four major sports in the Tigers, Red Wings (hockey), Lions (football) and Pistons (basketball). In addition to Comerica Park and Cobo Arena, downtown is also home to Joe Louis Arena, home of the Red Wings and named after the boxing hero who grew up in the city.
Though the city has struggled with many urban problems, civic and government leaders have made urban renewal a top priority for Detroit. The area around Woodward Avenue, the first paved concrete highway in the U.S., has been home to many of the city's most exciting projects in recent years.
In 1987, current Tiger and Red Wings owner Mike Ilitch purchased the Fox Theatre and began renovations on what had once been a grand venue hosting top events. With more than $50 million poured into its development, the Fox has been among the top grossing theatres in the country, and its renovation has spurred retail development throughout the corridor.
Woodward is also home to the renovated Orchestra Hall and a wide variety of cultural institutions, including one of the country's top museums in the Detroit Institute of the Arts.
A number of other interesting facts set "Motown" apart from other cities in America. Did you know that Detroit...
- Is home to the largest annual fireworks display in the world
- Is home to the typewriter, patented by William Austin Burt in 1829
- Is one of the five largest ports in the U.S., carrying nearly 30 million tons of cargo each year
- Is home to the largest free jazz festival in North America, the Montreaux Detroit Jazz Festival
- Was the first city to assign individual phone numbers (1879)
- Is home to the tallest hotel in North America, the Marriott Renaissance Center.
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