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RECENT PERFORMANCES AND EVENTS -

2023

TEMATE INSTITUTE

DANCE and CULTURE CONFERENCE 

October 20-22  2023

Early-bird class ticket sales end on September 30th |

$15 single class | $60 Daily Pass

October 1st - October 19th

Individual class tickets are $20 at the door

Concert $25

 

 

 

- Dance Concert -

Deeply Rooted by Take Roots 

 

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH


Pre-Glow: 6:45 | Show: 7:30
Andy Arts welcomes back TAKE ROOTS!
Pay What You Wish: cash or

QR donation code at Pre-Glow Event.
Information and ticket Here

- Community Event -

HOPE Village Harvest Hop

OCTOBER 31 4-6pm

Celebrate the Fall Season with HOPE Village Revitalization

during the HOPE Village Harvest Hop October 30th 4-6pm.

Guaranteed fun for the entire family

- Mark your calendar!

DETROIT IS DIFFERENT FESTIVAL 2023

October 27-29 2023

The 2023 Detroit is Different Festival is a celebration of the

vibrant culture and life that define the city of Detroit.

​- My Natural Hair Show tix here

- I'm Scared of Detroit Comedy Show  tix here

- I'm  The Rapper She's the DJ tix here

 

Tuesdays OCT 3,10,17,24   6-8:30pm

OPEN MOVEMENT!

Open Movement is back for a 4 Week / October Session!.

$5 Donation

more info here

 

 

- Healing Event -

In- Body In-Harvest

by Esther Rubyan  @_rubyanart 

October 15 5pm - 7pm

Intuitive Dance/Visualization/Sound Immersion/ Breath

for more information please email rubyanphoto@gmail.com

$24-36 sliding scale

- Film screening -

Livescreamers Premiere

by Octopunk Media

October 8

check schedule and details for the event here

Tickets $12-150 here

 

-MUSIC-

Strange Beautiful Music 16

Sept 7, 7-10pm/ door open at 6pm

Annual show of new classic, ambient music. 

Tix $25: newmusicdetroit.com

- THEATRE -

The Cowboy is a Tombstone by

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING

August 3rd, 4th, 5th, 8th, and 9th

at 8:00 PM

A new full length theatrical performance by

Thank You So Much For Coming,

and the culmination of a three year iterative

investigation of cowboys, the American frontier,

and the history of life on Earth.

 $10-50 LINK TO TICKETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

- THEATRE -

DOT'S HOME LIVE    BY

A HOST OF PEOPLE and DETROIT ACTION and

POWER SWITCH ACTION

Fri, Jun 30, 6:00pm–9:00pm EDT

Sat, Jul 1, 1:00pm–4:00pm EDT

“Dot’s Home Live” is a live theater performance,

based on the award-winning video game Dot’s Home.

It transforms a single-player experience into a collective one,

where audience participation determines the outcome of the story.

June 13 to July 13 2023

FENWOOD MARKET/ MEDIA ARTS PROGRAM AGES 11-14

Learn Media Production and storytelling organized by Fenwood Makerspace

June 13,15,20,22,27,29    July 6,11,13.

FREE. For more info call 313-293-7594 or 313-903-9333

Max 10 students. Register here.

 

- Art Exhibit -

INSIDE VOICES/Art Exhibit by  Art & Agency program/ UofM Dearborn

SATURDAY May 6 2023, 4PM-8PM

a celebration of poetry reading and art made by

justice-impacted individuals

- workshop -

MONDAYS with JOSH BISSET of SHUA GROUP

Open Training with Josh Bisset of Shua Group

HAS ENDED. A new series will come back in the next  fall/winter

-Dance Concert, Spoken Word -

ALCHEMY: PERFORMANCE BLEND

Shua Group |Hakeem the People's Poet | Imani Ma'at

April 29 7:30PM 2023 - Doors at 7pm

April 30 4:00PM 2023 - Doors at 3:30pm

Evening of performance by Shua Group ( Andy Arts creative directors)

and choreographer Imani Ma'at with

MC and spoken word by Hakeem the People's Poet.

- music concert -

BAD TRIP: Touring Rap Show

April 14 · 7pm - April 15 · 1am

TIX Here: $10 

- workshop -

MARCH 18-19 / RULE OF III/ TEMATE INSTITUTE

Black Dance Intensive Workshop

from Ballroom to Dancehall.

more info here

- workshop -

JAN 7 10am-2pm/Contexture Dance Winter Workshop

PRE-REGISTRATION ONLINE | $65 (+$2.50 Service Fee)

AT DOOR | $75

More info here

- Fashion Show -

JAN 7,  4-7PM / TAE DESIGNZ FASHION SHOW

10th Year Anniversary of Tae Designz

Pop-Up Shop available this night.

Special guests and performances

$40 admission.

2022

Dec 2, 7PM / Experimental Music Night

Produced by Jared Talaga 

More info and Tix here

*This Program is supported by Andy Arts

Dec 5, 7PM / Works in Progress

Produced and Supported by The Hinterlands and Shua Group

FREE. Informal showcase of works in progress.

More info and performers line up

*This Program is supported by Andy Arts.

DEC 16,  7-10PM / Ecstatic Dance

Friday, September 23, 7 to 10 PM.

@detroit_a2_ecstatic_dance

$10-$25 sliding scale admission.

More info here

NOV 5th 7:30PM/ TAKE ROOT Dance Concert

"What Are You Rooted in? "

Take Root Dance Season Opening

$15/20 Tix here

Nov 11, 7PM / Experimental Music Night

Produced by Jared Talaga 

More info and Tix here

OCT 22-23 /TEMATE DANCE Conference + Concert

Black Dance and Culture Conference + Concert

ft Ayodele Drum and Dance from Chicago

get tix here

OCT 7,8 at 7PM / TUNDE OLANIRAN

"Everything is a Portal," an new experimental performance by @tundeolaniran

produced by Cranbrook Art Museum

FREE - seats are limited.

Get tix here

Oct 14, 7PM / Experimental Music Night

Produced by Jared Talaga 

More info and Tix here

Oct 16, 7PM / Tiffany Mitchell Training Program Concert

Dance Concert for Tiffany Mitchell dance training program

Tix here $25

Sept 16 7PM / Strange Beautiful Music

New Music Detroit returns with a fantastic program.

Tickets and info here

Sept 18 6-9PM / The FETISH! Project / art opening

Art Opening/ featuring 16 Detroit women artists 

Conceived and curated by Laura Earle.  FREE

PS: After the 18 on view by appointment only email lauraearle7305@gmail.com if interested.

Sept 23 7-10PM / Ecstatic Dance

Friday, September 23, 7 to 10 PM.

@detroit_a2_ecstatic_dance

$10-$28 sliding scale admission.

More info here  

Sept 30, 7PM/ Experimental Music Night

Produced by Jared Talaga 

More info and Tix here

August 21 7PM / The One Dance Showcase

organized by @iamhillarymarie

$15-20 more info here

August 12, 7PM / Experimental Music Night

An other Music Night produced by @jaredtalaga

Details here.

$10

This program is supported by Andy

July 31, 3:00pm-6pm / HEALING CIRCLE

Detroit Sacred Sisters Circle 2022

was created for Women of Color to have a Safe space in our own community.

More info here

July 16, 7PM / Dance Performance

A Pretty. Odd. Experience by Etude.

$20 Tickets here

July 22, 7PM / MUSIC NIGHT

An other Music Night produced by @jaredtalaga

Details here.

Tickets  $10

June 24-25, 7:30pm / DANCE PERFORMANCE

Shared evening of contemporary performance featuring new works by

Shua Group @shuagroup and

Intertwine Movement Collective by Zandria Lucas @intertwinemvmt

$12 in advance $15 at door// Tix here

FB INVITE / Supported by Andy

June 26 4-6pm or 8-10pm / Dance Concert

S.L.A.Y: Metro-Detroit’s Eclectic Dance Showcase

A Summer Dance Benefit Showcase

Tickects and info here.

June 24-25, 7:30pm / ORIGINAL PERFORMANCE

Shared evening of contemporary performance featuring new works

by Shua Group @shuagroup and

Intertwine Movement Collective by Zandria Lucas @intertwinemvmt

$12 in advance $15 at door// Tix here

FB INVITE / Supported by Andy

June20, 7:00pm / Music performance

Experimental Music Night curated by Jared Talaga

$12 . Limited sittings. Purchuse in advance is advised.

Tickets here

Supported by Andy

June 18, 7:00pm-12am / JUNETEENTH FESTIVAL

Culture Show: Hair and Fashion Walk

6-8pm Dance Competition

9-12am Formal Dinner Dance

More info here

Tickets here.

June 10, 7:00pm/ Music event

Experimental Music Show organized by @jaredtalaga

$10/dm or text Jared Talaga at (616) 502-8265 to reserve tickets for this show.

Supported by Andy

 

FEB 4TH AND 5TH, 7PM

EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC NIGHT

INFO AND TIX

FEB 18TH  8:30-11:30PM; Doors at 8pm

ONE LOVE SYMPOSIUM WITH PERFORMANCE BY

ALLEN DENARD and

ROSEMARIE WILSON AKA "ONE SINGLE ROSE"

INFO

APRIL 28TH 7-10 PM/Public Event/FREE

"An Unmasking of Thyself": Celebrate joy.

Overcome Grief by Imani Ma'at AnkhmenRa Amen Taylor

Register and more info here

FB Invite

Supported by Andy

April 30, 2022 6pm-8pm/YOGA Event/NAMASLAY

by Imari Alaji @momzonthego

Register on:
www.SunFloWellness.com

APRIL15-17 SPOOL/Immersive audio-visual installation

by the collective group  MATILDA @matilda.a.v.club

Supported by Andy

$10/ tix

APRIL 22,  6PM // LIVE MUSIC EVENT

Experimental Music Show. More info @jaredtalaga

Supported by Andy

Buy Tix here. $10

MARCH 24thth 6:00pm-10:00pm/art opening

Daughters of Betty! Black Women Rock kickoff party

More info here

MARCH 13th 1:30pm-8:30pm/community event

Detroit 313 Celebration. Food, Performances, live Music

for more info call 313-646-1299

MARCH 6

AVANT NIGHT by New Music Detroit

Sunday, March 6th Doors at 7, show at 7:30

@rafaelleafar313 and Djallo Djakate

More info

MARCH 5 & 6
Rule of 3 Black Dance Intensive

Tix and info at  https://www.tematedance.com/classesevents

May 13, 8:00PM/ Music Event

Experimental Music Night

$5 Suggested Donation

@House.of.flop 

May 14th, 1pm-5pm/Contact Improv class + jam

1pm to 2:15pm CLASS,then

2:15pm to 5:00pm JAM/ register and pay in advance

More Info here

May 14, 6:00PM/ Film screening

Sonic Films and Cookies at 6:00 PM

Dance Films and Cookies at 8 PM

Tix 0-10$ Sliding scale

*Supported by Andy

 

May 19 6:30pm/ Music event/CANCELLED

“Voice of the Whale" by New Music Detroit

@newmusicdetroit

More info here

May 20 2022, 7:00pm/ Music event

Experimental Music Show organized by @jaredtalaga

$10/ dm or text Jared Talaga at (616) 502-8265 to reserve tickets for this show

Supported by Andy

May 27 2022, 7:00pm/ Dance Concert

Taylor Craft @taylornicole.c presents

"The semi truck that blocks my view is still beautiful"

More info and donation tix

Supported by Andy

MAY 28, 2022 6pm-8pm/YOGA Event/NAMASLAY

by Imari Alaji @momzonthego

Register on:
www.SunFloWellness.com

May 30, 2022 8am-6pm /Music event

Event by @duzrecordingd

Lunch Party for Duz Recordings.

Tix and more info here.

 

Fall 2021

Sat Oct 9th - Buffs & Beauties Fashion Show (tix)

Sat Oct 23th - The My Natural Hair Show  (tix)

Sat Oct 29 and 30 - Jack Cowper's Midnight in Paris evening of theatre (tix and info)

November 6th - Take Root Dance  (Tix)

Nov 10 - The Red, Children's art Museum Opening

Nov 19 - Avant Night by New Music Detroit/ DBS

Nov 20 - Hannah Ritmueller dance performance

December 3 & 4 - Intertwine Dance(Tix and info)

Dec 5 - DDCdances - presents Rise - 2pm

Dec 11 @ 1pm and 7:00pm -Arise Rock - Theatre

Dec 12 @ 7:30pm - Arise Rock- Theatre

Dec 16 3pm -9pm Live Coal Art Opening /Lobby

Dec 17- Detroit Ecstatic Dance 7-10pm ( info )

Dec 18 - 154Project Christmas Dance Concert

December 19 - Dance showcase presented by ArtLabJ  Winter Gala (check website for times and tix)

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What We've Been Doing And Fantastical Things To Come

May - September 2017

a site specific dance by Tzveta Kassabova and Shua Group with sound and text by Billy Mark

Through languages of dance, image and sound, What We've Been Doing and Fantastical Things To Come, explored a place in transition: a sewer hole, a pile of mildewed plywood, a collection of tire irons and car keys. The performance was a way of noticing a place, a former warehouse/auto garage, and welcoming its transformation into a place for imagination, creativity, and community through the performing arts.

Detroit Bureau of Sound Concerts

May - October 2017

These series of performances presented by the Detroit Bureau of Sound featured various Michigan and Wisconsin-based music groups and solo artists such as Jon Brown, Steve Curtin, Saajtak, Skewed and Such, and David Shettler.

 

Sounds in the form of electronic drones, modular synthesizers, and metallic instruments engulfed the expansive space that is Andy. These evenings explored the questions: What can art offer us? Can we obtain peace through a performance? Is there meaning in witnessing something beautiful? Can music offer us solace?

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May 11 &12 2018

a multimedia collaboration by Shua Group, Tzveta Kassabova, Billy Mark, Stephane Garin and Thierry Escarmant.

Set by Vince Mountain

This interdisciplinary and collaborative performance tested the performers' ideas of themselves in an effort to transform each other and the space, as well as offer to the audience something, somehow meaningful. 

"Untitled" presented striking kinetic, vocal, and visual experiences, both intimate and broadly political.

Interdisciplinary artist and improvisational poet Billy Mark and dancer/choreographers Joshua Bisset, Tzveta Kassabova and Laura Quattrocchi came together to create this dialogue in the emerging theatre space at Andy, which provided a broad visual landscape that allowed for the exploration of multiple artistic platforms.  

Internationally recognized percussionist and composer Stéphane Garin and dancer/theatre director Thierry Escarpment joined them in this premier performance. Set design was created in collaboration with Vince Mountain.

 

Contemporary dance performance 

Sept 6th at 8pm & Sept 8th at 4pm

Tix: $15 - buy online  here or at door

GIANTS, a work facilitated by Bailey Allshouse, is a culmination of a 4 month process with dancers; Rachel Andes, Britney Birr, and Shannon White. The work supplies opportunity for discovering delicacy in both structure and bodily form, while it's construct is a rotating landscape that depicts different worlds of primitivity. The work then serves as a playscape for the artists to explore their biggest, strongest, fastest, as well as quietest selves.

Parking: Park in fenced lot on Parkside and Fenkell or on Fenkell St. Avoid parking in front of residents homes on Parkside.

 

For more information visit ballshouseprojects.org

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Fenkell: Unknown Treasures

Open Sat Sept 15, 2018 6:30-9:30pm for the

Focus on Detroit Photo Festival

Curated by Donna Jackson.

an exhibition about the historical street of Fenkell and the beauty and complexities of its people, experiences, textures, emotions and activity. Join us in celebrating this city and neighborhood with local photographers from the Fenkell community and from Metro-Detroit.

 

Fenkell: Unknown Treasures is curated by Donna Jackson of DMJStudio and produced by DMJStudio and Andy.

Donna Jackson grew up in this neighborhood.

Participating Artists: Faye Gibson,Tap Peoples,Tim Tonachella, J Cross
Ralph Jones, Danny Rebb, Venti Veldez,

Light Installation and interviews by Joshua Bisset

Bucket Installation: Laura Quattrocchi
 

 

Friends of ANDY  Performance Showcase
October 27 @ 7pm, October 28 @ 2pm 2018

Curated by Tzveta Kassabova.

A mix bill of exceptional works in the genera of dance, theater, music and spoken word. 

Artists:

Shaina and Bryan Baira 
Fee Christoph/Camille Johnson
Tzveta Kassabova / Raja Feather Kelly

Billy Mark 
Malcom and Cy Tulip


 

Live Coal Gallery 6th Anniversary!

Opening Reception April 26,  5pm - 9pm

with program at 7pm

Show runs April 26 - June 7

Gallery hours: Wednesdays 4pm-7pm @

Andy's Corner Studio

Live Coal Gallery celebrate their 6th year anniversary & presents the

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THEATRE PERFORMANCE 

"Vision for the End of The World"

by Scott Crandall 

SOLO THEATRE PERFORMANCE - MAY 24-25   8PM 

"Visions for the End of the World" begins with a showman who welcomes the audience to the pageant he is about to present: a doomsday prophet's series of apocalyptical visions. These visions’ performances range from energetic dance routines to desperate prayer to sea shanties and shipwrecks, each tied together with poetic dialogue, vigorous physicality, and delicately crafted stage images. Though dark and strange in moments, the 40 minute piece is accessible and searching: an open invitation to look toward the future honestly, empathetically, gratefully.

 

Scott Crandall is a performance artist, musician, and gardener in the Detroit area. After earning an AA in Theater from Lansing Community College and a BFA in Theater Direction from the University of Michigan, he apprenticed with Detroit performance company The Hinterlands, and now incorporates elements of their movement training as a central part of his creative practice. Crandall also performs with Maddy Rager as the dance/performance art duo “Thank You So Much For Coming,” looking for a nexus between absurdity, research, and politics to craft bizarre, thoughtful, and often funny works.

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"We Can Make it Concert"

 We Can Make it Foundation invites you to

Hip-Pop, Rap Concert - MAY 25   4-8PM  in the Corner Studio @Andy

Come out and support the yung talent coming out of Detroit.
We can make it Detroit Foundation seeks yung artists and give them opportunity to share their talent.
Here at Andy we are so stoked to give them a place to do that.
Organized by @wecanmakeitfoundation

May 25th @ Andy ( Corner Studio )
Park in fenced parking lot on Parkside and Fenkell. Entrance is on Fenkell.


Free ( donation accepted )

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Live Coal Gallery presents
Yvette Rock and Darius Baber

Opening Reception June 28,  6pm - 9pm

with program at 7pm

Join us on June 28, 2019 from 6pm-9pm for an opening reception featuring recent works by Live Coal Collective members Darius Baber & Yvette Rock. Evening includes performance by Yvette Rock at 7pm.

Baber and Rock both share a passion for life - whether human life or that found in nature. Baber states, "In my most resent series of work I have been exploring light, color and form. While taking bike rides during the sunset I have found inspiration in the way natural light paints itself over the branches, creating captivating shades of green and dynamic shadows that travel throughout the branches. By using this information, I have found an immense peace when creating beautiful compositions from the most tender and warm glimpses of the streets in Detroit and Hamtramack."

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- Dance Battle -

Sanctuary 
For the house heads. 1v1 competition

June 29th 8pm/3am.   $10

Park in lot on Fenkell and Parkside. Enter doors on Fenkell.  

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 -Theatre Performance 

Cleopatra Boy by A HOST OF PEOPLE 

 

September 13-28  - Thursday - Saturday at 8PM

*Pay-what-you-will Tuesday, September 24

Tix here or at door

Conceived and directed by Sherrine Azab and Jake Hooker.

 

Cleopatra Boy brings to light how women (and other non-straight/white/male) leaders’ histories are re-written, maligned, or erased. The iconic Egyptian pharaoh’s historic, mythic, and fictional representations across time inspired our ensemble to create a performance that speaks to the present moment. A theatrical thought experiment that is part pageant, part courtroom drama; our audience will shape-shift from spectators, to community members, to witnesses as we collectively address the injustice of losing control of our own narratives in order to rethink and remake history.

Parking: Park in fenced lot on Parkside and Fenkell or on Fenkell St. Avoid parking in front of residents homes on Parkside.

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Fabulous in Pink Fashion Affair

- Cancer Fundraiser -

Saturday, October 12, 2019 at 4 PM – 7 PM

Fabulous In Pink Fashion Affair is an expression of love, a community of likeminded individuals who share the same common goals and entrance. A place where different people of all backgrounds can come together to show they care. By sharing they stories, their hopes, their dream, and give their support in the fight of cancer and breast cancer.

The success of Fabulous In Pink Fashion Affair is credited largely to our sponsors, who lend their names and financial support to the event. The money raised this year will go to The American Cancer Society.

General Admission $10

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Healin' Session

- Music-

October 23 Saturday, 10pm - 2 am

A genre-free selection of music with DJ Deon Jamar

Tickets $5

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- Community Festival -

Detroit is Different Festival

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October 25-27

Conceived and Directed by Khary Frazier

Welcome to a collage of the sound, sight, taste, feel, and scent of Detroiters. From all walks of life...This is the Detroit is Different Festival. Even if you are a visitor of Detroit, are from Detroit, or live in Detroit, a spectrum of culture is alive and thriving under your nose. This Festival is a cultural event that welcomes Detroit enthusiasts who are interested in, listen to, and create the array of podcasts associated with the Detroit is Different Network. 

The events associated with the Festival will be a rallying moment for many walks of life. The ages, races, tastes, and sensibilities of Detroit enthusiasts will gather around music, food, discussions, art, and dance. This event will close with a "think tank" to explore the standard of how culture is distributed, received, and provided in Metro-Detroit.

For the full schedule & ticket prices, click on the PDF icon ⟶

To purchase tickets, click here!

- Poetry -

Poetry Night 

November 2nd | 8pm - 12am

Stephen Royal Sparrow presents "Purple Pill", featuring the Poetic Stylings of Stephen Royal Sparrow, art and fashion styling by Stylist Heather J@H, music by Rickhicks Muzic with special Guest Mariah Smith & Tristan Hackney

$15 donation

for more info call 313.740.6051

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