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Musical Feasts, Trivia Wars, Farmers Markets, Garden Hints

By Lynne Konstantin March 2012

Help the Detroit Symphony Orchestra kick off its most popular and eagerly anticipated fundraising series: The Musical Feast XXV series celebrates its 25th season this year, co-chaired

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Color Their World, Maple Syrup and More …

By Lynne Konstantin March 2012

HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON
Inspired by the 1955 classic children’s book by Crockett Johnson, in which a young boy paints a world of adventure with a purple crayon and infinite

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A Sophisticated Circus, Roasted Marshmallows and More …

By Lynne Konstantin February 2012

QUIDAM
Fifty-two world-class acrobats, musicians, singers and characters, plus spectacular costumes, breathtaking artistry and a heartwarming story to boot, are everything you’d

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Blues and Love Are in the Air — Sports, Too

By Lynne Konstantin February 2012

BLUES FEST
Since its debut in 2001, when a group of volunteers got together to raise money for charity, what has become the Ferndale Metro Blues Festival, averaging more than

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Do the Hustle? Motor through Motortown? Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me!

By Lynne Konstantin January 2012

LET’S GROOVE TONIGHT
Hustle on over to the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, where instructor Thomasenia Johnson of Two Left Feet will have you working out

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Frozen Family Fun, Eric Carle and More

By Lynne Konstantin January 2012

PLYMOUTH ICE FESTIVAL
Pony rides, a petting farm, world-class live ice carving, a dueling chainsaw speed-carving show, an ice throne photo op plus more than 100 glistening ice

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Kick Off the Season with the Maccabeats

By Lynne Konstantin December 2011

FLIP YOUR LATKES IN THE AIR LIKE YOU JUST DON’T CARE!

The a cappella group that’s brought millions of families together around the light of YouTube is coming to town. See

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Monster Trucks and Scary Monsters

By Lynne Konstantin December 2011

December runs the gamut of good taste this month. Mind you, our barometric anchors are better characterized as white trash-to-highbrow than A-to-Z. You know us, striving to please

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March to Your Own Beat in Detroit this November

By Lynne Konstantin November 2011

If you’re itching to rise and shine early Thanksgiving morn (and even if you’re not), head downtown for America’s Thanksgiving Parade; at 85-years strong, it’s one of the

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Easily Hailing a Cab Uptown

By Lynne Konstantin November 2011

Sure, the beautiful people never have trouble catching a cab to the Upper West Side for a show at Lincoln Center — must be nice! Now, you can be the envy of those downtown hipsters

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