You will be redirected to the page you want to view in seconds.
On a June evening in 1994, before an expectant crowd of music-lovers, the regal strains of Paul Dukas' 'Fanfare from La Peri' filled the sanctuary of Temple Beth-El. The first Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival was under way.
Saturday's third-annual Heroes Gala, honoring longtime board member Barbara Van Dusen, raised more than $700,000 to benefit the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
Modernism sprang simultaneously from two centers of design ferment, Los Angeles and Detroit, but Michigan's contribution has gotten short shrift in recent decades.
If you like your macabre mixed with humor and a touch of musical theater, then 'The Addams Family' is for you. It's at Detroit's Fox Theatre this weekend.
Whether or not you've read the bestselling erotic romance novel '50 Shades of Gray,' you might laugh your face off when the parody '50 Shades! The Musical' arrives at Detroit's Fisher Theatre this weekend.
Not all daredevils wear star-spangled suits and jump canyons on their Harley. Some of them, like Jeremy Denk, drive Steinways.
The Founders Junior Council announced Tuesday it is giving the Detroit Institute of Arts $500,000, the largest donation in the auxiliary's history.
Detroit — Registration has begun for a national music competition open to young black and Latino string players.
The Tony Awards will be a real drag this year: The two top musicals battling it out have leading men dressed as women and the night's biggest celebrity will be Tom Hanks, who reminded everyone of his cross-dressing roots by teaming up in 'Lucky Guy' with Peter Scolari, his 'Bosom Buddies' co-star.
The great comedian W.C. Fields is credited with the line, 'Never work with children or animals.' He would have had trouble on Broadway this season.
Now entering its 20th year, the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival has grown to become one of the nation's premier summer celebrations of classical music, its programs acclaimed for their breadth and originality.
Bal Africain returns to the Detroit Institute of Arts on June 15 for its 48th glittering gala with Hollywood great Danny Glover as featured guest.
Few things are more thrilling for a curator than discovering an unknown talent. So it's no surprise that Rebecca Mazzei was exhilarated when a friend showed her work by Mary Ann Aitken that had been sitting in a basement since the 1980s.
On Monday morning, Detroit Institute of Arts officials briefed the museum's full board of directors on the possibility that the DIA's collection could be at risk should the city enter bankruptcy proceedings.
Not a single public opinion survey would have hinted at it in the mid-1970s, but it turns out that stories about Norwegian bachelor farmers and musical sets ...
Missy Mazzoli, a 32-year-old New York composer, played Detroit in 2010 while touring with her rock band Victoire. Like so many outsiders who visit Michigan's ...
Artist Jack Zajac said learning earlier this year that his bronze sculpture was among the last works of art ever seen by President John F. Kennedy left him ...
There was a time when most of the songs played on the radio came from Broadway. Now some popular hit makers like Cyndi Lauper and Sting are finding it still ...
A public spat over the fate of the Detroit Institute of Arts’ collection erupted Friday as museum officials sparred with Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr’s office ...
The city’s new emergency manager has told the Detroit Institute of Arts it may “face exposure to creditors” if the city is forced to seek bankruptcy protection, ...
A spokesman for Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr blasted the Detroit Institute of Arts today for “burying its head in the sand” and failing to seek protections ...
Summer is made for festivals. And if you're up for a road trip, the Shaw and Stratford festivals in Ontario will whet your theater appetite.
Birmingham's posh shopping district on Pierce Street, all ripped up for construction, now sports five large pieces of aerosol art by five different Detroit ...
Anyone who takes figurative painting seriously is apt to enjoy “Holly Coulis & Aliza Nisenbaum,” a show by two Brooklyn artists at Ferndale’s Susanne Hilberry ...
It rained cats and dogs every day, but for the 900 ardent fans who followed the Detroit Symphony Orchestra to New York's Carnegie Hall late last week, the ...
Susan Whitall Oh, Joni…oh Joni Joni Joni. Joni Mitchell is being honored by the Luminato Festival in Toronto, in her native Canada June 18 & 19, and to coincide with that, she’s...
Susan Whitall Nobody does awards shows better than the American Theater Wing’s Tony Awards. Sunday night’s show featured Neil Patrick Harris in his fourth outing as host, and the opener put the...
Tom Long Well, this weekend proved it: Robert Downey Jr. is the world’s biggest movie star. Let’s look at some quick numbers. Downey has made nine films since the first “Iron Man”...
Purchase outstanding photos from Detroit's past and present
In columns and photos, we'll show you who's been seen and heard on the party scene around Metro Detroit; what they're saying, wearing and doing, and what's being said about them.
Seen in the PhotoStore
Purchase Detroit News images of historic events, scenes, places and people.
Go to the PhotoStoreThe Detroit News Apps
Our apps connect you with the best news, sports, auto and entertainment coverage from our team of award-winning journalists.
Archives
See our paid archives for news older than a week.
