Birmingham Community House
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Location
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Dates/Times
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Cost
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380 S. Bates
Birmingham 48009
248.644.5832
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Saturdays throughout the year.
Call to check schedules
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$3 and up
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Offers families a variety of dance, mime, music, drama and
story telling by local entertainers.
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Children's Museum
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Location
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Dates/Times
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Cost
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67 E. Kirby
Detroit 48202
313.494.1210
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Saturdays during summer only
11am-1pm
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Free
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Geared to elementary age children. Planetarium show with folk
tales, etc. related to night sky.
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Concerts At The Gazebo, Clinton Township
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Location
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Dates/Times
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Cost
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Romeo Plank
Clinton Township 48038
586.286.8000
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Wednesdays June-September
7-9pm
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Free
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Music at the Gazebo.
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Cranbrook Art Museum
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Location
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Dates/Times
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Cost
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39221 N. Woodward
Bloomfield Hills
877.462.7262
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Closed Monday-Tuesday
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Permanent exhibits. |
Cranbrook House
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Location
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Dates/Times
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Cost
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380 Lone Pine
Bloomfield Hills 48303
248.645.3312
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Year-round
10am-5pm
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$7 - Adults;
$4 - Children 3-17; Planetarium $1
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Cranbrook's Art Museum's collection of contemporary art gives
you an artist's view of 20th century society from the arts and
crafts movement through Art Deco and Modernism. There are
education programs, permanent and traveling exhibits, interactive
and hands-on experiences for visitors of all ages. Get up close
and personal with a towering T-Rex skeleton, go face-to trunk with
a massive mastodon, meet live animals at Nature Place and travel
beyond the milky way in the state-of-the-art planetarium.
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Detroit Institute of Arts
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Location
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Dates/Times
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Cost
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5200 Woodward Ave.,
Detroit 48202
313.833.7900
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Closed Mondays
11am-5pm
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$4 - Adults
$1 - Children
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DIA has many things of special interest to children. They can
walk through the rainbow hallway to the Kresge Court Café and up
the hidden, winding staircase to the Great Hall's display of
armor, see the mummies, African masks, and play with CHIP, the
multimedia interactive computer. Children 8-12 can enjoy the
"Mystery of the Five Fragments," a creative 1 hour
"treasure hunt." Check it out at the Riviera Court
information desk. Family and youth art classes are also available
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Detroit Opera House
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Location
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Dates/Times
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Cost
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1526 Broadway,
Detroit 48226
313.874.7464
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Year-round
Call for details
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Prices vary with performances
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Detroit Opera House has superb acoustics and an orchestra pit
large enough to accommodate 100 musicians. The restored 1922
theater is the home of Michigan Opera Theatre. The DOH not only
hosts opera but also presents a dance series, children's series,
musicals and variety shows.
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Detroit Science Center & IMAX Theater
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Location
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Dates/Times
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Cost
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5020 John R.
Detroit 48202
313.577.8400
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M-F: 9am-3pm school year
M-F: 9am-5pm starting June 18
Sat: 10:30am-6pm
Closed Sunday
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Exhibit Hall:
Adults $3; Children $2
IMAX
Theater:
$4 per person;
Parking: $3
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This is a wonderland for kids who love hands-on science
projects. See a large format film on the IMAX Dome theatre.
Extended hours during holidays and summer months. Closed on major
holidays.
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Detroit Symphony Orchestra Tiny Tots Series
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Location
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Dates/Times
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Cost
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3711 Woodward (Orchestra Hall)
Detroit 48201
313.833.3700
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Call for dates
Call for times
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$10
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Tiny Tots offer three 45 min. DSO concerts to introduce young
children to the symphony and the sounds of various instruments.
Each concert has a narrator and plenty of audience participation.
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Discovery Room, Jewish Community Center
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Location
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Dates/Times
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Cost
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6600 W Maple
West Bloomfield 48322
248.661.7646
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Sunday. Groups by appointment.
10am-2pm
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Admission is Free
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This is a "hands on" Jewish museum designed for young
children to explore, create and role-play while learning about the
area's Jewish community, Jewish holidays, Israel and the Bible. To
a background of lively music, children can search for artifacts on
an archeological dig, pretend in a Kosher kitchen, have a Barbie
and Ken doll wedding in a miniature synagogue, take a pretend trip
aboard an El Al jet or take part in numerous other activities.
This a great grandparent-child outing.
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Fisher Theatre
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Location
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Dates/Times
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Cost
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W. Grand Blvd.
Detroit 48216
313.871.1300
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Call for performance schedule
Varies with performance
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Costs vary with productions and seating
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Variety of productions.
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Flint Youth Theatre
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Location
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Dates/Times
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Cost
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1120 E. Kearsley St.
Flint 48503
810.760.1018
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Call for performance dates
Varies with performance
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$3-5
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Touring shows of puppets, plays and musical tales. (Offers
talented local children a chance to take classes and workshops as
well as perform several shows throughout the year.)
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Flint Institute of Arts
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Location
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Dates/Times
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Cost
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1120 E. Kearsley St.
Flint 48503
810.234.1695
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Open all year
10am-5pm Tues - Sat., 1-5pm Sunday
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Free, Donations accepted
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Flint's art museum will expose children to a sampling of art
from many periods in history. Children particularly like the
exterior court sculpture which moves in the wind.
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Freedom Hill
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Location
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Dates/Times
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Cost
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15000 Metro Parkway
Sterling Heights 48312
810.979.7010
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May - September. Call for details
Varies with program
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Prices vary with concert. Parking $3-5
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Offers families a chance to enjoy outdoor concerts, ethnic
festivals with fun, food and music occur during the summer months.
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Fun With Plaster
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Location
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Dates/Times
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Cost
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6718 Orchard Lake Road
West Bloomfield 48322
248.932.5210
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Every day
11am- 6pm Mon - Sat.; 12-6pm Sunday
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Average mold is $4.50, Paint is $1
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Kids can try their hands at painting molded plaster figures and
leave the mess for someone else to clean up!
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Genittis Hole-in-the Wall
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Location
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Dates/Times
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Cost
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108 E. Main Street
Northville 48167
248.349.0522
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Saturdays
11:30 lunch followed by performance
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$11 Adults; $9 Children
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Have a family styled Italian lunch and then enjoy an audience
participation filled performance.
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Graystone Jazz Museum
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Location
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Dates/Times
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Cost
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1249 Washington Blvd., Suite 201
Detroit 48226
313.963.3813
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Tuesday - Saturdays
Tues. - Fri. 10am-5pm; Saturday 11am-4pm
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$2 Admission
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Rooms in this museum are filled with furnishings which survived
the demolition of the famous Graystone Ballroom. The museum holds
a great amount of memorabilia documenting the history of Jazz. The
gift shop sells hard to find albums.
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Grosse Pointe War Memorial
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Location
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Dates/Times
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Cost
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32 Lake Shore Dr.
Grosse Pointe Farms 48236
313.881.7511
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Call for schedules.
Varies with program
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Free
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Hosts numerous productions and programs throughout the year.
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Historic Redford Theatre
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Location
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Dates/Times
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Cost
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17360 Lasher Rd.
Redford 48240
248.537.1133
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Fridays and Saturdays
Fridays 8pm; Saturdays 2pm and 8pm
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$2.50
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Each movie is preceded by a half-hour organ concert on a Barton
3-manual, 10-rank pipe organ. Local musicians give concerts before
classic movies. Schools can schedule a silent movie with an organ
accompaniment.
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Independence Oaks Nature Center Amphitheater
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Location
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Dates/Times
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Cost
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9501 S. Sashabaw Rd.
Clarkston 48348
248.625.6473
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Year-round
Varies with program
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Vehicle Entry: $5 Oakland County residents, $8
for non-residents.
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Nature center offers a variety of entertaining and educational
programs that focus on Michigan history and natural resources at
this amphitheater.
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Kids Koncerts
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Location
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Dates/Times
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Cost
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20600 Evergreen
Southfield 48076
248.424.9039
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One Saturday a month. Call for dates.
Varies with program
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$3.25
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Parks and recreation provides clowns, mimes, musicians and
magicians to entertain the family.
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Macomb Center for the Performing Arts
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Location
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Dates/Times
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Cost
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Clinton Township 48038
810.286.2222
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Call for performance details
Varies with program
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$7
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Children's series called "Sunshine Series" provides
classical children's entertainment like fairy tales, puppetry and
magic. Usually performed once a month.
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Macomb Symphony Orchestra
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Location
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Dates/Times
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Cost
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Clinton Township 48038
810.286.2222
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Throughout the year
Varies with program
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Tickets are $15/seat
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Performed at Macomb Center for Performing Arts. Call for
details
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Marquis Theatre
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Location
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Dates/Times
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Cost
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135 N. Main
Northville 48167
248.349.8110
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Call for performance dates
Matinee and Evening performances
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$6.50
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**Ages pre-school and up.**
Marquis Theatre is a national historic landmark. You'll find
yourself sitting in red velvet seats as you watch children's
classics and popular musicals.
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Meadowbrook Music Festival
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Location
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Dates/Times
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Cost
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Oakland University Campus
Rochester Hills 48309
248.377.0100
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Call for performances
Varies with program
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Call "Ticketmaster" for reservations.
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In addition to their regularly scheduled, high profile
performances, Meadowbrook offers a children's concert series with
nationally known entertainers.
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Meadowbrook Theatre
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Location
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Dates/Times
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Cost
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Oakland University Campus
Rochester 48309
248.377.3300
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Call for production schedule
Evening and Matinee
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$18 - $32. (Student discounts usually available
the day of a performance.)
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Matinee and evening performances throughout the year. Call for
listing of current productions
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Metro Beach Dancing Under the Stars, Big Band
Sounds
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Location
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Dates/Times
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Cost
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Metropolitan Beach
Mt. Clemens 48043
586.463.4332
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Call for schedule
Saturday evenings during the summer
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Call for Details
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Evening dancing in an outdoor atmosphere to
"yesterdays" music.
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Metropolitan Youth Symphony Performance
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Location
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Dates/Times
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Cost
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Clinton Twp. 48038
810.286.5513
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Call for details
Call for details
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Call for Details
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Call for performance details
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Millennium Center - Danceabout
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Location
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Dates/Times
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Cost
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15600 J.L. Hudson Dr.
Southfield 48075
248.544.5550
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Call for details
Varies with progrm
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$7.00
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(This professional theater offers group demonstrations of
theater foundation skills)
The Detroit Dance Collections annual family concert features
dance, storytelling, mime and music. The Actors Alliance
Conservatory of theatre offers students demonstrations of theater
foundation skills like stage movement and improvisation.
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Motown Historical Museum
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Location
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Dates/Times
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Cost
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2648 W. Grand Boulevard
Detroit 48208
313.875.2264
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Year-round
12-5pm Mon., 10am-5pm Tues-Sat, Closed Sunday-Monday
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$6 - Adults; $4 - Children 12-18; $3 Children 11
and under.
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You'll hear Motown music playing softly in the background as
you see displays of memorabilia including sequin-covered costumes,
colorful album covers and priceless photos. Another part of the
museum has Barry Gordy JR's upstairs apartment authentically
restored to the early Motown era.
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Paper Bag Productions
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Location
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Dates/Times
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Cost
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3321 E. Jefferson
Detroit 48207
313.662.8118
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Weekends during school year
Sat. noon lunch, 1pm show; Sun 1pm lunch, 2pm show
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$7 includes lunch
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Children 9-17 act as servers bringing the audience their
"hot dog luncheon." Then they change into costumes and
begin their song and dance performance. The director sponsors the
Dearborn Youth Theatre for aspiring children during summer months.
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Pine Knob Music Theatre
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Location
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Dates/Times
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Cost
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Sashabaw Rd.
Clarkston 48347
248.377.0100
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Call for performance schedules
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Varies with performance
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Take your blankets and picnic on the lawn or relax in pavilion
seats as you watch the concert.
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The Art Castle
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Location
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Dates/Times
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Cost
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E. Long Lake Rd.
Troy 48098
248.680.1127
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Year-round
1:30pm-5:30pm M-F during school year; 10am-6pm Sat.; Noon-5pm
Sun.; 10am-6pm M-Sat Summer
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$3.95 and up for plasterworks
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Children can paint plaster molds or splatter paint T-shirts.
Suitable for preschool through adult.
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The Art Center
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Location
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Dates/Times
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Cost
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125 Macomb Place
Mt. Clemens 48043
810.469.8666
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Open Mondays - Saturdays. Closed Sundays
11am-5pm weekdays, 11am-2pm Saturdays
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No admission charges
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Different exhibits each month. Art classes for adults and
children, art fair, art parties, summer class, 2 student shows per
year. Sponsors Art in Public Place Program
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The Community Center of Farmington and
Farmington Hills
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Location
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Dates/Times
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Cost
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24705 Farmington Rd.
Farmington 48336
248.477.8404
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Selected evenings throughout the year
Varies with program
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Approximately $5
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The Community House offers families a variety of music, mime,
dance, magic, storytelling and drama performances. The entire
family will enjoy an evening of children’s theater, or puppet
shows.
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University of Michigan Museum of Art Off/Site
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Location
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Dates/Times
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Cost
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1301 S. University Ave.
Ann Arbor
734.763.8662
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Permanent exhibits.
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Warren Symphony Orchestra
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Location
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Dates/Times
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Cost
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4505 E. Nine Mile Rd.
Warren 48091
810.754.2950
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Call for schedules
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Classical Concert Series, Youth Concerts, Outreach
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