Events Calendar

Annie at the Trenton Village Theatre

May 19, 2013 - May 19, 2013

This event occurs weekly on Sunday, Friday and Saturday.

The Downriver Youth Performing Arts Center delivers the family musical production of a little orphan and her dog. Show times are as follows: Friday-Saturday: 7:30 p.m. Sunday: 2:30 p.m.

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'Off The Beaten Orbit' at Longway Planetarium in Flint

May 19, 2013 - May 26, 2013

This event occurs weekly on Sunday and Saturday.

Throughout our Solar System are many remarkable, fascinating worlds, not just the planets. Scattered among and beyond the planets are asteroids, comets, moons and dwarf planets. Off the Beaten Orbit explores the parts of the Solar System usually ignored. Learn more about these unusual objects in this Longway Planetarium original production. Recommended for ages 10 and up.

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Catch Me If You Can at the Fisher Theatre in Detroit

May 19, 2013 - May 19, 2013

This event occurs weekly on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Catch Me If You Can captures the astonishing true story of Frank Abagnale, Jr., a world-class con artist who passed himself off as a doctor, a lawyer, and a jet pilot—all before the age of 21.  With straight-arrow FBI agent Carl Hanratty on Frank's trail, we're off on a jet-setting, cat-and-mouse chase, as a jazzy, swinging-sixties score keeps this adventure in constant...

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Downriver Fair and Expo at Gibraltar Trade Center in Taylor

May 19, 2013 - May 19, 2013

This event occurs weekly on Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

It's three full weeks of rides, a petting zoo, live music, free shows and classic midway fun. Times are as follows: Wednesday, May 8: 4-11 p.m. Thursday, May 9: 4-11 p.m. Friday, May 10: 4-11 p.m. Saturday, May 11: noon-midnight Sunday, May 12: noon-midnight Wednesday, May 15: 4-11 p.m. Thursday, May 16: 4-11 p.m. Friday, May 17: 4-11...

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The Good Person of Szechwan at the Ruth Cattell Auditorium in Rochester

May 19, 2013 - May 19, 2013

The young actors at Full Impact Theater take on this Bertolt Brecht classic. Show times are as follows: Friday: 7 p.m. Saturday: 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday: 2 p.m.

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Motor City Comic Con Convention at Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi

May 19, 2013 - May 19, 2013

Spider-Man creator and comic icon Stan Lee appears at this local convention on Saturday. Times are as follows: Friday: 12:30-7 p.m. Saturday: 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday: 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Anansi at the Varner Recital Hall in Rochester

May 19, 2013 - May 19, 2013

This family-friendly show of colorful costumes and scenic elements, as well as African instruments and storytelling, is a new production written by Oakland University professors Kerro Knox and Mark Stone. Anansi the Spider is a trickster, and the most popular character in West African folklore. This play is an adaption of Anansi stories gathered from many African cultures and integrates...

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Around the World in 70 Musical Minutes at the Ann Arbor First United Methodist Church

May 19, 2013

The 60-piece band begins its outdoor summer season with a reprise of favorites from countries and lands around the world. Bizet's Carmen Fantasy will feature flutist Beth Wondolowski, music teacher in the Whitmore Lake School District. Other selections will include music for wind band by Gustav Holst, themes of suspense by John Williams, as well as music by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber. The...

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Girls on the Run 5K at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti

May 19, 2013

Sign up for the Girls on the Run 5K, which takes place at Eastern Michigan University. Those who participate will receive a finisher's medal and a Girls on the Run 5K t-shirt. The Girls on the Run 5k celebrates a season of girls learning about the importance of taking care of their emotional and physical health. As the culminating event of the Girls on the Run curriculum, it is a moment...

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American Doll Luncheon at Canterbury Village in Lake Orion

May 19, 2013

Little girls and their favorite doll can lunch (includes pink punch and cake pops), create a summer craft and stroll through the American Doll Expo. Note: The American Girl Doll Exchange/Trade Show takes place noon-4 p.m. Sunday.

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