| Dance |
Ballet Americana
Dance Program |
734-374-3904 |
Classes
for all ages. Ballet, tap, jazz, and many more. Performances
include Spring Recitals and the annual, fully staged
"Nutcracker" |
 |
| Galleries |
| Biddle
Gallery |
734-281-4779 |
www.biddlegallery.com
2840 Biddle, Wyandotte. |
|
Fuentes
Gallery |
734-285-3715 |
904
Oak
Street, Wyandotte. Exhibition opportunities and classes |
| Outside
the Lines Art Gallery |
734-692-0523 |
8410
Macomb, Grosse Ile. Exhibition opportunities and Classes
for adults & children |
| Patricia
Izzo Studio Gallery |
734-284-2413 |
3024
Biddle, Wyandotte.
Fine Art Photography |
| Leo
Kuschel, Marine Artist |
734-287-6318 |
http://www.leokuschel.com |
| River's
Edge Gallery |
734-246-9880 |
http://www.riversedgegallery.com
3024 Biddle, Wyandotte. Variety of exhibitions and artist
lectures |
|
| Lecture/Educational
Series |
| Downriver
Town Hall |
734-783-9224 |
Lecture/luncheon
series featuring celebrity speakers |
|
| Libraries |
| Allen
Park |
313-381-2425 |
www.allen-park.lib.mi.us |
|
Bacon
Memorial |
734-246-8357 |
www.baconlibrary.org
45 Vinewood, Wyandotte. Bacon Book Club meets 1st Wed. at 7
p.m. Free |
| Ecorse |
313-389-2030 |
|
| Flat
Rock |
734-782-3444 |
|
| Friends
of the Library-Belleville |
|
www.belleville.mi.us |
| Lincoln
Park |
313-381-0374 |
|
| Melvindale |
313-381-8677 |
|
| River
Rouge |
313-843-2040 |
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| Riverview |
734-283-1250 |
|
| Romulus |
734-942-7589 |
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| Southgate |
734-258-3002 |
www.southgate.lib.mi.us |
| Trenton |
734-676-9773 |
|
| Wayne
County |
734-727-7300 |
www.tln.lib.mi.us/~wcl/ |
|
| Literature |
| Downriver
Poets and Playwrights |
734-676-9456
or
734-282-2101 |
Wyandotte City Hall, Room 205,
1st and 3rd Tuesday of
each month at 7:00 p.m. New members welcome. No
dues. Good food & great fellowship. Handicap accessible |
| Book
Club of Grosse Ile |
|
Discussion
and study group |
| Borders
Books and Music |
734-374-5345 |
www.borders.com |
|
| Music |
|
Downriver
Community Band |
734-783-9348 |
www.downriverband.org
Performances throughout Downriver |
| East
River Folk Society |
734-782-0907 |
http://home.comcast.net/~eastriverfolk/
Open-MIC Coffeehouse Show. 2nd Saturdays, September-June at First
Presbyterian Church, Wyandotte |
|
Heritage
Chorus, Sweet Adelines |
734-281-4798 |
|
|
River's
Edge Chapter, Sweet Adelines |
734-283-4733 |
A
teaching as well as performing organization emphasizing 4-part
harmony, vocal skills and musical production. kmichel1@hfhs.org |
| Mike
Carey Music Company |
734-283-4550 |
1673
Fort Street, Wyandotte. Musical instruments and accessories,
sheet music, instruction. Resource for information regarding
accordions. |
|
Seaway
Chorale and Orchestra |
734-782-3929 |
Fall
and Spring Concerts with varied repertoire |
| Southern
Great Lakes Symphony |
734-692-6225 |
www.sgls.org
Symphony and chamber subscription series, special events,
educational outreach programming. |
|
Taylor
Community Chorus |
734-374-3906
or 313-291-7740 |
Rehearsals
at Ford Senior Center, Taylor. |
|
The
Overture Society |
313-382-7532 |
www.sgls.org |
|
|
| Museums |
| Allen
Park Historical Museum |
313-928-1400 |
|
| Belleville
Area Museum |
734-679-1944 |
|
Brownstown
Township Historical
Society & Museum |
734-782-5834 |
|
| Flat
Rock Historical Society |
734-782-5220 |
|
| Grosse
Ile Historical Society |
734-675-1250 |
|
The Henry Ford
(Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village) |
313-982-1620 |
www.hfmgv.org |
| Lincoln
Park Historical Museum |
313-386-3137 |
|
| Lincoln
Park Historical Society |
313-382-5299 |
|
| Lincoln
Park Preservation Alliance |
313-386-8715 |
|
Rockwood
Area Historical Museum
and Historic Park |
734-942-2340 |
|
| Rockwood
Area Historical Society |
734-941-0978 |
|
Southgate
Historical Museum and
Society |
734-282-8548 |
|
| Taylor
Historical Society |
734-287-3835 |
|
| Trenton
Historical Museum |
734-675-4751 |
|
| Trenton
Historical Society |
734-676-4751 |
|
Wyandotte
Historical Museum
and Society |
734-324-7297 |
|
|
| Recreation
Departments |
| Allen
Park Recreation Department |
313-928-1400 |
|
| Belleville |
|
www.belleville.mi.us |
| Brownstown
Township Depart. of Recreation |
734-675-0920 |
|
| Lincoln
Park Recreation Department |
313-386-1817 |
|
| Flat
Rock Recreation Department |
734-782-3488 |
|
| Gibraltar
Parks and Recreation |
734-671-1466 |
|
Grosse
Ile Township
Recreation Department |
734-675-2364 |
|
| Huron
Township General Information |
734-753-4466 |
|
| Melvindale
Parks and Recreation |
313-928-1201 |
|
| River
Rouge Community Development |
313-842-3696 |
|
| Riverview
Parks and Recreation |
734-281-4219 |
|
| Rockwood
Recreation Department |
734-379-5600 |
|
| Romulus
Recreation Department |
734-942-6852 |
|
| Southgate
Parks and Recreation |
734-246-1339 |
|
| Taylor
Parks and Recreation |
734-374-3906 |
|
| Trenton
Parks and Recreation |
734-675-7300 |
|
| Woodhaven
Parks and Recreation |
734-675-4926 |
|
| Wyandotte
Recreation |
734-324-7290 |
www.wyandotte.net |
|
| Regional
Resource Organizations |
| ArtServe
Michigan |
248-557-8288 |
www.artservemichigan.org
Resource for nonprofit management. Services for artists including
statewide free listing and grant opportunities. Volunteers
for the Arts and other programs. |
| Belleville
Area Council for the Arts |
734-483-5529 |
www.belleville.mi.us/arts
Arts programming including the annual summer Art Colony |
| College
for Creative Studies |
313-664-7400 |
www.ccscad.edu |
Cultural
Affairs Department,
City of Detroit |
313-224-3470 |
www.ci.detroit.mi.us
Regranting resource for MACACA |
| Dearborn
Community Arts Council |
313-945-3095 |
www.dcac@ci.dearborn.mi.us
Now located within the Ford Performing Arts Center.
Exhibition opportunities, outdoor art fair opportunities, special
events. |
| Detroit
Symphony/Orchestra Hall |
313-576-5100 |
www.detroitsymphony.com
Concert series, outreach programming, volunteer opportunities |
Michigan
Association of
Community Arts Agencies |
734-996-2500 |
www.macaa.com
Resource for seminars and information on nonprofit management |
| Lansing
Art Gallery |
517-374-6400 |
Exhibition
opportunities. Calls for entries and proposals. |
| Michigan
Nonprofit Association (MNA) |
517-353-5038 |
www.mna.msu.edu |
| Paint
Creek Center for the Arts |
248-651-4110 |
www.pccart.org |
| Plymouth
Community Arts Council |
734-453-0750 |
www.plymouth.lib.mi.us/~arts |
| Romulus
Art Council |
734-942-7543 |
|
| St.
Clair Art Association |
810-329-9576 |
www.stclairart.org |
| The
Art Center. Mount Clemens |
810-469-8666 |
|
| The
Detroit Institute of Arts |
313-833-7900 |
www.dia.org
Art to the Schools program & docent facilitated tours for
children and adults. Lecture Series. 1st Friday programming
includes drawing in the galleries & live music. |
| Trenton
Cultural Commission |
734-675-1162 |
Coordinates
cultural events, art fairs. Classes at the Bridge Cultural
Center. |
|
VSA
Arts of Michigan |
313-832-3303 |
Opportunities
for adults and
teens with disabilities to
participate in the arts. |
Wayne
County Council for Arts,
History and Humanities |
313-886-2993 |
|
|
| Theatre/Performing
Arts |
Carey
Ann Clown Caravan
Dream Machine |
|
www.careyann.com
Performances for family audiences and instruction. |
| Downriver
Youth Performing Arts Center (DYAPC) |
734-675-6001 |
www.dypac.com
Opportunities for youth and families to learn by producing plays
and musicals. |
|
Merry
Heart Productions |
734-942-7545 |
Family
entertainment |
| ShowBiz
Kidz / ShowBiz Starz |
734-837-6730-Tickets
734-771-2515-Classes |
Semester-long
professional instruction for students ages 4 - 21 years
culminating in public performances including Shakespearean plays. |
| Southgate
Community Players |
734-282-4727 |
www.SCPonstage.com
Performance and technical support opportunities for adults and
students |
|
The
Islanders |
734-675-1681 |
www.TheIslanders.org |
| Trenton
Community Players |
734-332-9166 |
Performance
and technical support opportunities for adults and students |
| Wyandotte
Community Players |
734-438-0126 |
www.wctspotlights.com
Performance and technical support opportunities for adults and
students |
|
| Visual
Arts & Support Services |
| A
and L Fine Art Printing |
|
Provides
artists with a service to make glicees of their work.
http://www.aandlfineart.com |
| Acanthus
Art Society |
734-285-6003 |
GJDUNN@ili.net |
| Art
Ambience |
734-284-0060 |
Annual
juried exhibition each Spring and monthly meetings |
| Custom
Stained Glass |
734-282-5759 |
Classes
for adults & children
www.csgstore.com |
|
Detroit Society of
Women Painters and Sculptors |
|
Oldest
US sustaining arts organization dedicated to supporting and
promoting women artists.Membership: M. Bomarito: marilynb48183@yahoo.com |
| Downriver
Arts and Crafts Guild |
734-287-8350 |
Monthly
meetings with demonstrations. Exhibition opportunities. |
Monart
School of Drawing,
SE Michigan |
734-287-2778 |
www.Monart.com
Instruction for students of all ages. Exhibition
oppportunities. |
|
Wayne
County Community College District-Downriver (WCCCD) Artists' Guild |
734-287-2778 |
www.ARTarea51.com
Log on for information on classes and for opportunities to join
tours of local and international cultural venues
|
|
Town
& Country Handweavers of MI |
734.284.0060 |
Meets the 3rd Thursday
of each month September - June |
