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Events
Fash Bash 2022
- Thu, Aug 18 , 2022
- 7:00 PM
Annual FJC Fash Bash event in partnership with Neiman Marcus.
Sambizanga (newly restored)
- 7:00 p.m. Fri, Aug 19 | 7:00 p.m. Sat, Aug 20 | 2:00 p.m. Sun, Aug 21, 2022
- Detroit Film Theatre Auditorium
A forceful, stirring evocation of the Angolan population’s plight before the revolution and their intensifying political consciousness during it.
Drawing in the Galleries: Native American galleries
- Fri, Aug 19 , 2022
- 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
- Detroit Institute of Arts - Native American galleries
Create a pencil drawing to take home while taking a closer look at the collection.
Shan Puppet Theater
- 12:00 & 3:00 p.m. | Sat, Aug 20, 2022
- Detroit Film Theatre
The Shan Puppet Theater combines traditional Taiwanese hand puppetry with indigenous Hakka culture, song, and language.
Artist Demonstration: Illustration with Heather Miller
- 12:00 - 4:00 p.m. | Sat, Aug 20 & Sun, Aug 21, 2022
- Detroit Institute of Arts - Art Making Studio
Join Detroit-based Art Director & Illustrator, Heather Miller for a draw-along workshop.
Drawing in the Galleries: Ancient Cultures of the Americas
- Fri, Aug 26 , 2022
- 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
- Detroit Institute of Arts - Ancient Cultures of the Americas
Create a pencil drawing to take home while taking a closer look at the collection.
Friday Night Live! Michael Malis: From Darkness We Awaken
- Fri, Aug 26 , 2022
- 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
- Detroit Film Theatre
This special Friday Night Live performance will be the world premiere of From Darkness We Awaken, a new suite by composer, improviser, and pianist Michael Malis.
Hello, Bookstore
- 7:00 p.m. Sat, Aug 27 | 2:00 p.m. Sun, Aug 28, 2022
- Detroit Film Theatre Auditorium
In the shadow of the pandemic, a small town rallies to protect a beloved local bookstore in its hour of need.
Tom Lee's The Great Zodiac Animal Race
- Sat, Aug 27 , 2022
- 2:00 PM
- Detroit Film Theatre Auditorium
A live-streaming puppet show that will be projected on the DFT's giant screen.
Distant (Uzak)
- 7:00 p.m. Sat, Sep 3 | 2:00 p.m. Sun, Sep 4 2022
- Detroit Film Theatre Auditorium
A subtly comic psychological dance that can’t help but suggest an austere yet witty Turkish tribute to Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple.