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A little ditty on the Marble Lounge from the Detroit Metro Convention and Visitor's Bureau.
Music:
Friday Night Live
October 24
Libby York
Vocalist Libby York is known for her subtle and understated yet expressive jazzy style.
October 31
Mystery Band
In keeping with the Halloween spirit, we've dredged the Black Lagoon to find the creepiest, slimiest, musical sounds from the underground. Be prepared to be scared.
November 14
Ambrose Akinmusire
Ambrose Akinmusire has been described as “the trumpet player of the moment†by the music blog, Jazz Monster.
November 21
The Alturas Duo
Hailed as playing with “Marvelous virtuosity †by the Washington Post, The Alturas Duo is recognized as one of the most entertaining ensembles performing in the chamber music world today.
November 28
Mr. B and the Bird of Paradise Orchestra
Blues and boogie-woogie pianist Mark Lincoln Braun (a.k.a. Mr. B) has become one of the premiere purveyors of a vanishing art.
Movies:
Detroit Film Theatre
DFT features a number of extraordinary new breakthrough works discovered at film festivals worldwide, as well as a selection of superbly restored classics from both the recent and distant past.
November 29
Muppets, Music & Magic: Jim Henson's Legacy
A visionary puppeteer and television producer, Henson brought a unique combination of childlike wonder and adult sophistication to his groundbreaking work.
October 23
Alexandra
In his viscerally powerful Alexandra, thi great filmmaker, Alexander Sokurov, ponders the cost of war.
October 24-26
The Alloy Orchestra
Boston’s world renowned Alloy Orchestra – which critic Roger Ebert has called "the best in the world at accompanying silent films" – will pay a return visit to the Detroit Film Theatre with one of the most exciting weekends of classics they’ve ever presented here.
October 30
Detroit Docs International Film Festival Presents an Evening with Les Blank
For decades, Les Blank has been chronicling the joys of music, filmmaking and food, creating a gently observant, witty panorama of the American landscape.
October 31, November 1&2
Ashes of Time Redux
“Strikingly vivid and amazingly bold, both visually and structurally. Restored in a version that more than captures the super-forced color palette of the cinematography.†–Derek Elley, Variety, 2008
October 31, November 1&2
Trouble the Water
“Superb… One of the best American documentaries in recent memory." -Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
November 2
The Inferno
The film reflects the fascination with the underworld and the burgeoning interest in psychology that would shape both film and art in the coming years.
November 6&7
Stranded:I've Come from a Plane that Crashed in the Mountains
One of the greatest survival stories of all time is finally told by the survivors themselves, brilliantly crafted by their childhood friend and master filmmaker, Gonzalo Arijón.
November 9
The Human Condition
The rarely seen magnum opus of Masaki Kobayashi is a dramatically riveting, incomparably ambitious portrait of the brutalities of World War II and their effect on soldiers as well as Japanese society.
November 14-16
Patti Smith:Dream of Life
"Beautiful and intermittently haunting. Dream of Life could be called a meditation on aging and mortality, an intimate study of a genuinely remarkable person." ‑Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
Television:
In The Frame on DPTV
Saturdays, 5:30pm ET Detroit Public Television
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