riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle) (01/15/84)
My girlfriend will be studying dance from March through July this year in
Detroit. The usual reaction of people in this part of the country to her
plans is "Detroit!? Ugh!! Why Detroit?!" Surely there is something more
in Detroit than bread lines and defunct auto plants. Does anyone have any
suggestions as to what my friend can do when she isn't dancing? Music?
Food? Museums? Night classes? Anything you have to say about Detroit that
accentuates the positive would be appreciated.
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Prentiss Riddle
("Aprendiz de todo, maestro de nada.")
{ihnp4,seismo,ctvax}!ut-sally!riddletgd@clyde.UUCP (Thomas G. Dennehy) (01/16/84)
Always Saying Nice Things
About Detroit Department:
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Things to do in the Detroit-Ann Arbor megametro area
include:
Theater
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1. Attic Theater - greektown
2. Actors Renaissance Theater - still running?
3. Detroit Rep Theater - same question
4. Hilberry and Bonstelle - Wayne State U.
5. ??? - University of Detroit
6. Fisher Theater - Shubert Organization (big bucks)
7. Music Hall - Michigan Opera Theater
8. Univ. of Michigan Professional Theater Program
9. U of M Showcase Series
10. U of M Gilbert and Sullivan Society
11. Michigan Ensemble Theater (Equity!)
Music
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1. U of M School of Music - Free Concerts and Recitals
2. U of M Musical Society - Unfree Concerts and Recitals
3. Eclipse Jazz Series
4. The Ann Arbor Jazz Festival
5. The Ann Arbor Folk Festival
6. The Montreaux-Detroit Jazz Festival
7. Detroit Institute of Arts Concert Series
8. Wayne State School of Music
GetdownGetfunkyGetbent Music
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Detroit -
1. Alvin's (*****)
2. The Soup Kitchen (****)
Ann Arbor -
1. Rick's American Cafe (*****)
2. Mr. Flood's Party (*****)
3. Joe's Star Lounge (****)
4. The Blind Pig (***)
5. The Ark (folk) (***)
YUPs on the Prowl
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Detroit -
1. The Woodbridge
2. Galligan's
3. The Rustic Cabins (what a dive)
4. Sparky Herbert's
5. The Old Shilelaugh (a wee bit o' heaven)
Ann Arbor -
1. Good Time Charlie's (observe the mating rituals
of sorority girls and law students - always
good for a term paper)
Film
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1. First runs - they're everywhere they're everywhere
2. Detroit Institute of Arts Film Series
Rep Houses (Ann Arbor):
1. Michigan Theater
2. Cinema Guild
3. Alternative Film Society
4. The Ann Arbor Film Cooperative
5. The Ann Arbor 16mm Film Festival
6. The Ann Arbor 8mm Film Festival
Sports
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1. Local college teams - U of M hockey strongly recommended
2. THE TIGERS!!! sepnd all summer at the stadium
3. The Cadieux Cafe - Belgian Bowling
Miscellaneous
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1. Greektown - are we talking food here!!!
2. Stroh Brewery Tour - a must
3. Renaissance Center - if you're into concrete
4. Wonder when Bill Bonds' hairpiece will fall off
on camera.
5. Wonder when Mayor Young will learn to pronounce
"Detroit"
6. Try to figure out which expressway goes where (and fail)
7. Guess where Jimmy Hoffa is.
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Tom Dennehy AT&T BL Whippany, NJ {whuxb|clyde}!tgd