Start: July 15, 2011 8:00 am
End: July 15, 2011 3:00 pm
Cost: Starting at $99
Organizer: Dearborn Chamber of Commerce
Phone: 313-584-6100
Email: prichard@dearbornchamber.org
Venue: Dearborn Hills Golf Course
Phone: 313-584-6100
Address: 1300 S. Telegraph, Dearborn, 48124
For more info, click HERE.
An evening of improvisational comedy is on tap Friday, June 3 when Dearborn‘s Ford Community & Performing Arts Center presents “Whose Live Anyway?,” beginning at 8 p.m.
“Whose Live Anyway?” features four of the regulars from the Emmy-nominated TV show, “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” They are Chip Estes, Jeff Davis, Ryan Stiles and Greg Proops.
The four performers use audience suggestions and their own quick wit to present an evening of improvisational skits and musical numbers that will have you laughing from start to finish and leave you wondering how they do it.
Tickets, priced at $35-$49, are available on-line at www.dearborntheater.com and at the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center box office, which is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
For further information, call the box office at 313-943-2354.
Motor City Brass Band (MCBB), a metro Detroit British-style brass band, will take audiences on a musical journey from Hudson Bay to Tierra del Fuego with Music of the Americas on Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. The concert will be presented at the Michael Guido Theater in Dearborn’s Ford Community & Performing Arts Center.
The concert begins in the United States with “America” from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein and arranged by Craig Strain. Vocalists Michele Marszalkowski (soprano), Kim Lange (mezzo-soprano), John Martin (tenor) and Steve Martin (tenor) will bring Stephen Sondheim’s words to life.
The band will head north to Canada with Morley Calvert’s Canadian Folk Song Suite. Leroy Anderson’s Blue Tango travels to the dance halls of Buenos Aires. Heitor Villa-Lobos’ Bachianas Brasileiras blends folk and popular Brazilian music to create a haunting melody. Soprano Michele Marszalkowski will perform the vocals.
The rhythm of Puerto Rico gets an energetic interpretation in Rafael Hernández Marin’s El Cumbanchero. Craig Strain’s arrangement of Tito Puente’s classic Oye Como Va demonstrates how Afro-Cuban rhythms can take on a Mexican interpretation thanks to guitarist Carlos Santana. William R. Reddick’s ode to Spanish Harlem, Espanharlem, paints a musical portrait of that iconic neighborhood.
The Yellow Rose of Texas, a traditional folk song, will feature Dr. Kenneth Kroesche on euphonium. The concert will close with America, the Beautiful. The audience will join with the four vocal soloists in celebration of the conclusion of this North & South American journey.
Ticket Information
Tickets can be purchased from the FCPAC Box Office – $15 for adults and $12 for students & seniors.
The FCPAC Box Office can be reached at 313-943-2354. For group rates call 248-788-6618.
Modeled after the traditional British brass band, Motor City Brass Band represents an American take on a beloved British custom. The group’s unique blend of innovation and authenticity has earned it a reputation for musical excellence and high-quality entertainment, ensuring a constant demand for performances. More information is available at www.mcbb.org.
The 20th annual HFCC Mike Adray Memorial Tournament is May 18 at the Dearborn Counry Club.
There are awards for men’s, women’s, mixed-division champions, longest-drive, straightest-drive, hole-in-one, closest to hole, and chipping contest winners.
Register Online Today HERE. A.M. golf is $200. P.M. golf is $250 includes: Eighteen holes with cart, breakfast, lunch, dinner and use of Dearborn Country Club’s driving range, locker rooms and facilities.
Check out the Online Auction HERE. Silent Auction at DCC.
Info. www.adraygolf.com
Email adraygolf@hfcc.edu
Call (313) 317-4092
Come join Green Brain Comics for free comic book day this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. They are located at 13210 Michigan Ave.
Just for visiting you get three Free Comic Book Day comic books!
Donate canned food to Gleaners Community Food Bank and get up to 3 more FCBD comics.
Donate used Cell Phones For Soldiers and get up to 3 more FCBD comics.
A portion of every sale supports WDET 101.9 FM non-commerical radio from Wayne State University.
Live music and deejays spinning!
Hourly door prizes/Surprise Guests/ Fun for the whole family!
The Wayne County Department of Public Services, the City of Dearborn, and Vintage Tech Recyclers are sponsoring a free electronics recycling event on Saturday, April 16, in Dearborn.
The event will be at Henry Ford Centennial Library, 16301 Michigan Avenue, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and is open to all Wayne County residents and small businesses.
People are encouraged to donate televisions, CRT and LCD monitors, desktop and laptop computers, computer keyboards and mice, printers, fax machines, copiers, VCRs, DVD players, microwaves, stereos, speakers, miscellaneous cables, telephones and cellular phones and game consoles.
Also accepted are handheld electronics devices such as iPods, CD players and Game Boys.
For more information, contact the Wayne County Department of Public Service at 734.326.3936.
The City of Dearborn will sponsor a free document shedding day on Saturday, May 14 from 8 a.m. to noon at the DPW Yard, 2951 Greenfield Rd.
This is open to Dearborn residents. Proof of residency is required,
Please note that the limit is a maximum of 50 pounds or five office paper sized boxes of documents per person. For information on the May 14 event, please call the Department of Public Works at 313-943-2085.
“An Evening of Romance,” featuring piano sensation Jim Brickman, will be the featured attraction Saturday, April 2, at the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center’s Michael A. Guido Theater, beginning at 8 p.m.
Brickman, winner of two Grammy Awards, has revolutionized the sound of solo piano with his pop-style instrumentals and star-studded vocal collaborationists.
Since the release of his debut album, “No Words,” in 1994, Brickman’s romantic piano sound has made him the best selling solo piano artist of his time and brought him two platinum and six gold albums.
Brickman’s best-known compositions include “Valentine,” “The Gift,” “Love of My Life,” “Simple Things” and “Peace.”
Tickets, priced at $35-$49, are on sale at the theater box office, which is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Tickets may also be purchased on-line at www.dearborntheater.com.
For further information, call 943-2354.
Dearborn Heights Montessori Center (DHMC) will host the fourth annual “Taste of the Town” fundraiser event from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 24, 2011.
Attendees will be able to sample a wide variety of delicious food items from local restaurants and have an opportunity to win valuable prizes donated by area businesses. Rain or shine, the community is welcome to attend this indoor school event which is located at 466 N. John Daly in Dearborn Heights, Michigan.
Shelley Boatright, DHMC’s communications coordinator, advises people to purchase tickets in advance for this sell-out event. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students. Children under three years of age are free. Ample parking is available.
Providing food for this year’s event are Antonio’s Cucina Italiana, Applebee’s, Bangkok 96, Cutter’s Restaurant, Dearborn Sausage, Del Taco, Jimmy Johns, Mexican Fiesta, Morsels of Traverse City, Papa Romano’s, Panera, Pizzapapalis, Rio Wraps, and others.
Businesses contributing prizes for the gift basket drawings include Creatopia Pottery, Dearborn Racquet and Health Club, English Gardens, Entertainment Express, Gordon Food Service, Om Spa, Upstairs Downstairs Remodeling and many more. Prize baskets will include a variety of items from toys to event tickets to electronics, featuring an iPad and XBox 360. There will also be a special raffle for a cruise from Corporate Travel, a seven course meal for 20 people at Antonio’s Cuciana Italiana, and a $500 tuition voucher from DHMC.
Proceeds raised at this year’s event will be used to help fund Dearborn Heights Montessori’s upper elementary educational trips to Rock Glen, Chicago and Washington, D.C., and to support the needs of the school’s classroom teachers.
For more details and to request tickets for “Taste of the Town,” call 313-359-3000 or email tasteofthetown@wowway.com
About Dearborn Heights Montessori Center
Dearborn Heights Montessori Center (DHMC) is a non-profit educational community founded in 1972. Now in its fourth decade, DHMC is the largest and longest-established Montessori school in western Wayne County. Programs include toddler, preschool, kindergarten, elementary, and middle school as well as summer programs and academic tutoring. Day care and latchkey are also available for enrolled children. DHMC has received accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and is affiliated with the American Montessori Society, Michigan Montessori Society, and the Association of Independent Michigan Schools (AIMS). DHMC preschool and latchkey programs, along with its satellites Livonia Montessori Center and Plymouth-Canton Montessori School, are licensed by the Michigan Division of Child and Adult Licensing.
Motor City Brass Band (MCBB), a metro Detroit British-style brass band, is pleased to announce its Motor City Festival of Bands II, which is back by popular request after the success of last year’s Festival of Bands.
The concert is Sunday, March 13 at 3 p.m. at the Michael Guido Theater in Dearborn’s Ford Community & Performing Arts Center.
MCBB will be joined by four Michigan bands, with each band playing a 20-minute segment. The concert will begin with a massed fanfare of cornet and trumpet players from all five bands. The end of the concert will feature two massed-band pieces in which all 288 band members participate. The participating bands are:
• Farmington Community Band under the baton of Damien Crutcher, Resident Conductor and Music Director
• Motor City Brass Band under the direction of Craig Strain, Music Director and Conductor
• Oakland University Brass Band, under the baton of Dr. Kenneth Kroesche, Director
• Plymouth Community Band under the direction of Carl Battishill, Director
• Washtenaw Community Concert Band guided by Dr. Jerry Robbins, Director
MCBB will perform three pieces starting with Paul Dukas’ “Fanfare” from La Péri, from the composer’s final work. The London Overture by Philip Sparke will follow. Sparke is a British composer noted for his band music. “Gee, Officer Krupke” from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein will bring a taste of Broadway to the performance.
All five bands will combine under the baton of Charles Greenwell to perform Amparito Roca by Jaime Texidor. This piece will feature the mallet percussionists from all bands in an arrangement by Craig Strain, Motor City Brass Band Musical Director and Conductor. The concert will conclude with The Pines of the Appian Way from The Pines of Rome by Ottorino Respighi.
Guest conductor Charles Greenwell has conducted many ensembles in his career including the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, the Tulsa Philharmonic, the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra, the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, and the Windsor Symphony Orchestra, among others. Currently he is Conducting Assistant with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and holds the title of conductor and Music Director of both the Southern Great Lakes Symphony Orchestra and the Birmingham-Bloomfield Symphony Orchestra.
Ticket Information
Tickets purchased from the FCPAC Box Office are $15 for adults and $12 for students & seniors. The FCPAC Box Office can be reached at 313-943-2354.
Concert Information
Motor City Festival of Bands II
Motor City Brass Band
Sunday, March 13, 3:00 PM
Ford Community & Performing Arts Center
15801 Michigan Avenue
Dearborn, MI 48126