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« Thursday July 03, 2008 »
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Chocolate: The Exhibition
Start: 9:30 am
End: 5:00 pm


Where: Henry Ford Museum, 20900 Oakwood Blvd., Dearborn

Plunge into the history of chocolate (remember, dark chocolate’s loaded with antioxidants!), and while you’re there, take a hike down the fitness paths at the museum and Greenfield Village.


Cost: Exhibit free with museum admission: nonmembers 62 and older, $13; ages 13-61, $14; ages 5-12, $10; 4 and younger, free. Nonmember parking is $5 per vehicle.

Life’s Pleasures: The Ashcan Artists’ Brush with Leisure, 1895-1925
Start: 10:00 am
End: 5:00 pm

Where: Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit

The Icon Show
Start: 10:00 am
End: 7:00 pm

Where: River’s Edge Gallery, 3024 Biddle St., Wyandotte

A group of metro Detroit artists will define the word “icon” through photography, painting or sculpture.

Cost: Free

Contact: 734.246.9880, www.artattheedge.com

Give it a Rest: People at Play in American Prints and Drawings, 1890-1945
Start: 10:00 am
End: 5:00 pm

Where: Detroit Institute of Arts,

5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit

Much of this exhibition is drawn from the DIA’s collection and contains prints by John Sloan, George Bellows, Glenn O. Coleman and Martin Lewis. Their images depict casual, daily life, featuring people at the circus, beach, boxing matches, reading, walking, dancing or relaxing, among other activities. Individual images by other artists will be displayed around these works, as well as colorful lithographs created by Edward Penfield and William Carqueville for magazines. The exhibition also features works from the late 1930s by artists who were employed through the Works Progress Administration, a federal economic relief program.

Icon Show
Start: 10:00 am
End: 7:00 pm

 Where: River’s Edge Gallery, 3024 Biddle St., Wyandotte


A group of metro Detroit artists define the word “icon” through photography,

painting or sculpture.

Cost: Free

Contact: 734.246.9880, www.artattheedge.com

 

Considering Detroit
Start: 11:00 am
End: 8:00 pm

Where: Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, 4454 Woodward Ave., Detroit

Considering Detroit, MOCAD’s latest exhibition, will explore contemporary art in the Detroit area. The exhibition, the first in a series, aims to document the recent history of the region’s art, according to MOCAD. Various artists and groups, such as Ellen Cantor, Maurice Greenia, Jim Gustafson, Allie McGhee, Heather McGill, Gordon Newton and artist collective TIME STEREO, will be highlighted in the 2008 exhibition. Works to be displayed include drawings, videos and installations, among other things.

Cost: Free

Comerica Cityfest 2008
Start: 11:30 am

 Where: West Grand Boulevard between Cass and Third avenues, Detroit


This annual event (known as Comerica Tastefest in the past) will feature food, music and culture. View paintings, photographs and other works of art, and sample the offerings from the various restaurants on hand. Not in the mood for art? Cityfest, which is going green this year, also will host Motor City Am Jam (Friday-Sunday), a sanctioned skateboard, BMX and in-line competition that includes demonstrations, and mini-ramp and street competitions.

Cost: Free; taste tickets are $10 for 16

Cleptomaniacs and Shoplifters Anonymous
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm

 Thursdays, St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, 1325 Champaign, Lincoln Park

Confidential and nonjudgmental self-help group led by counselor Terrence Shulman.

Cost: Free

Contact: 248.358.8508, www.shopliftersanonymous.com

’80s Night
Start: 9:00 pm

 Where: Luna, 1815 N. Main St., Royal Oak


Flashback with DJ Paul and the Luna ‘80s Dancers, and enjoy $2 drink specials until

midnight.

Cost: No cover before 10 p.m.; $3 after 10 p.m.

Contact: 248.589.3344, www.lunaroyaloak.com

Considering Detroit
Start: 11:00 pm

Where: Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit,

4454 Woodward Ave., Detroit

Considering Detroit, MOCAD’s latest exhibition, will explore contemporary art in the Detroit area. The exhibition, the first in a series, aims to document the recent history of the region’s art, according to MOCAD.

Cost: Free

Contact: 313.832.6622, www.mocadetroit.org
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