Community Calendar

Neighborhood Theatre Group's annual Black Cat show is back and this year it's all about folk horror. Join us around the campfire for tales and scares that are sure get you in the mood for Halloween!

Directed by Marisa Dluge

Written by the cast and A.M. Dean, Kim Gray, and Aeron C. Wade.

Starring: Kylista Geiger, Jennifer Jakubowski, Muthu Jayatissa, Jessica Lee, Patrice Linman, Greg Pizzino, Josh Stewart, and Greg Woodring

October 17-19 and 23-25. Thurs-Sat at 8pm, Sun at 2pm at The Back Office Studio (13 N Washington St)

$15 Online, $20 at Door, $12 Students

There will be special Campfire Floor Seating! (Must be purchased online)

Add some mini golf fun to your outing with a special NTG attendee price from Putt-R-Round! While you’re in the neighborhood, play this unique 18 hole indoor mini golf course and five signature Putt Arcade games with prizes for only $13! Right around the corner from NTG at 108 W. Michigan Ave. Hours and info: https://puttrround.com/ (Offer good for 30 days after show date)

Parking in Ypsilanti is free after 6pm and on weekends.

Tickets are non-refundable. Neighborhood Theatre Group is a non-profit theatre company.

Theatre NOVA Presents the World Premiere of
DRY SUMMER by Robert Axelrod

Depressed and longing to get his life back on track, gay, Jewish, twenty-something Ethan returns to his Ann Arbor family home. When he takes a job as a “sober companion” to his recovering alcoholic neighbor, an unconventional friendship ensues. Full of Ann Arbor references, this charming and nostalgic play takes us all home. Directed by Brittany Connors.

Shows Fridays at 8:00 pm, Saturdays at 3:00 pm and 8:00 pm, Sundays at 2:00 pm

Neighborhood Theatre Group's annual Black Cat show is back and this year it's all about folk horror. Join us around the campfire for tales and scares that are sure get you in the mood for Halloween!

Directed by Marisa Dluge

Written by the cast and A.M. Dean, Kim Gray, and Aeron C. Wade.

Starring: Kylista Geiger, Jennifer Jakubowski, Muthu Jayatissa, Jessica Lee, Patrice Linman, Greg Pizzino, Josh Stewart, and Greg Woodring

October 17-19 and 23-25. Thurs-Sat at 8pm, Sun at 2pm at The Back Office Studio (13 N Washington St)

$15 Online, $20 at Door, $12 Students

There will be special Campfire Floor Seating! (Must be purchased online)

Add some mini golf fun to your outing with a special NTG attendee price from Putt-R-Round! While you’re in the neighborhood, play this unique 18 hole indoor mini golf course and five signature Putt Arcade games with prizes for only $13! Right around the corner from NTG at 108 W. Michigan Ave. Hours and info: https://puttrround.com/ (Offer good for 30 days after show date)

Parking in Ypsilanti is free after 6pm and on weekends.

Tickets are non-refundable. Neighborhood Theatre Group is a non-profit theatre company.

Theatre NOVA Presents the World Premiere of
DRY SUMMER by Robert Axelrod

Depressed and longing to get his life back on track, gay, Jewish, twenty-something Ethan returns to his Ann Arbor family home. When he takes a job as a “sober companion” to his recovering alcoholic neighbor, an unconventional friendship ensues. Full of Ann Arbor references, this charming and nostalgic play takes us all home. Directed by Brittany Connors.

Shows Fridays at 8:00 pm, Saturdays at 3:00 pm and 8:00 pm, Sundays at 2:00 pm

2 Stones Events will be bringing in metro Detroit’s finest jazz artists for a new series — Sessions @ The Vinyl Society, in the heart of downtown Detroit’s Paradise Valley. Two shows every Wednesday: 8:00 and 9:45 p.m. — and NEVER a cover charge!
Oct. 8 Heather Black Project
Oct. 15 Ben Sharkey
Oct. 22 Noah Jackson & Full Circle
Oct. 29 Jim Alfredson's Dirty Fingers

LuFuki Ismaeel Dhul-Qarnayn is a composer, guitarist, organizer, historian and cultural curator in Detroit. He views music as a spiritual practice that brings about healing and unity, and his art practice centers around Black ancestral legacy. His ensemble Divine Providence is an Afro-Spirit jazz collective of musicians who fuse genres with the intention of connecting hearts in order to promote unity, freedom and social action.

LuFuki is currently working on several projects, including XRoads, a traveling exhibit being housed for the week by the Kalamazoo College Music Department. The exhibit explores the under-documented historical and contemporary intersections between “jazz,” Black Muslims, and social justice movements.

LuFuki will also be conducting a lecture at 4:15 PM on Wednesday, October 22.

This engagement is supported by a John Stites Jazz Event Award from the John Stites Jazz Artist Organization, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) honoring the memory of John Stites and his passion for jazz music.

Jazz guitarist Charlie Ballantine will bring his tribute to the music of Bob Dylan to Trinity House. They’ll be performing music from his album “Life is Brief – The Music of Bob Dylan.” He’ll be performing with his trio.

Named as one of the top 200 living guitarists by All About Jazz Magazine, Charlie Ballantine is acclaimed as one of the finest and most versatile young guitarists on the scene today. JAZZ TIMES MAGAZINE hails his playing as “teeming with intricate grooves and maniacal precision his guitar work is both beautiful and complex” and VINTAGE GUITAR MAGAZINE described his style by stating “Jazz, rock, and folk music peacefully coexist in Charlie Ballantine’s world”.

Equipped with an impressive body of original compositions on albums like “Vonnegut” and “Cold Coffee”, Ballantine also displays a great reverence for the jazz tradition through the inclusion of standards like ‘My One and Only Love’, ‘East of the Sun’ and an entire double album dedicated to the music of Thelonious Monk released September 2021. “In the vein of fellow guitarists like John Scofield, Bill Frisell and Julian Lage, Ballantine reconciles his educational background in jazz with the stylistic background of his instrument. He approaches the gratifying tonal and harmonic language of rock/roots with the groove, ambition and improvisational focus of a jazz musician” – (JAZZIZ MAGAZINE)

After graduating from the Jacobs School of Music under the direction of David Baker, Ballantine relocated to Indianapolis and quickly developed a name for himself with a string of high energy performances at clubs like the Jazz Kitchen and Chatterbox Jazz Club. After releasing two solo albums Ballantine was able to attain global recognition with his award winning third album “Life is Brief: The Music of Bob Dylan” which ALL ABOUT JAZZ named in their top ten jazz albums of the year. “From the opening bars of “The Times They Are a-Changin'” it is clear that something special is happening” – (ALL ABOUT JAZZ)

Although primarily a front man for his own projects with tours and frequent appearances throughout the US and Canada at venues and festivals such as the Indianapolis Jazz Festival, The Winnipeg International Jazz Festival and The Elkhart Jazz Festival, Ballantine also has an extensive list of side man credits having performed with names like Rob Dixon, Emmett Cohen, and Amanda Gardier helping to further solidify him as a creative force and put him in the highest of ranks as a performer.

“Befitting a guitarist from America’s heartland, Charlie Ballantine mixes jazz, folk-rock, surf/instro, blues, pop, and country into a simmering pot of guitar sound and style.” – Vintage Guitar Magazine

Kerrytown Concert House is honored to present this musical celebration of much-revered jazz pianist, composer and scholar, James Dapogny, whose legacy and passion for the origins of early jazz continues to inspire musicians and audiences today. This special tribute concert features a stellar ensemble of jazz artists and members of Dapogny’s Chicago Jazz Band performing Dapogny’s spirited arrangements. With timeless classics and joyful energy, the program captures the heart of Jim’s artistry and influence. Join us for an evening that pays tribute not only to the music he loved, but also to the community he built through it.

Mike Karloff, piano;
Kurt Krahnke, bass;
Rod McDonald, guitar;
Pete Siers, drums;
Chris Smith, trombone;
Dave Kosmyna, cornet;
Chris Tabaczynski, clarinet, saxophone;
Andrew Bishop, saxophone

Neighborhood Theatre Group's annual Black Cat show is back and this year it's all about folk horror. Join us around the campfire for tales and scares that are sure get you in the mood for Halloween!

Directed by Marisa Dluge

Written by the cast and A.M. Dean, Kim Gray, and Aeron C. Wade.

Starring: Kylista Geiger, Jennifer Jakubowski, Muthu Jayatissa, Jessica Lee, Patrice Linman, Greg Pizzino, Josh Stewart, and Greg Woodring

October 17-19 and 23-25. Thurs-Sat at 8pm, Sun at 2pm at The Back Office Studio (13 N Washington St)

$15 Online, $20 at Door, $12 Students

There will be special Campfire Floor Seating! (Must be purchased online)

Add some mini golf fun to your outing with a special NTG attendee price from Putt-R-Round! While you’re in the neighborhood, play this unique 18 hole indoor mini golf course and five signature Putt Arcade games with prizes for only $13! Right around the corner from NTG at 108 W. Michigan Ave. Hours and info: https://puttrround.com/ (Offer good for 30 days after show date)

Parking in Ypsilanti is free after 6pm and on weekends.

Tickets are non-refundable. Neighborhood Theatre Group is a non-profit theatre company.