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Meridian Winter Blast presented by Quicken Loans returns to Campus Martius Park for the 12th year, on Friday, February 12 through Sunday, February 14. The annual festival will feature the all-new Taste of Detroit food tent, the Meridian Snow Slide and Bedrock Zip Line, donations to Big Brothers Big Sisters, three stages for live music all weekend, and much more.At the Taste of Detroit food

tent, outstanding Greater Detroit restaurants and chefs will serve fine food from LaDolce Vita, Red Crown, (revolver), Slow’s To Go, El Asador, El Barzon, Hudson Café, Andiamo Italia, Detroit Seafood Market and Famous Dave’s.

This year’s festival also includes the return of the Meridian Snow Slide, featuring a 200 ft. thrill ride down Michigan Avenue, and the Bedrock Zip Line Adventure, offering guests the chance to fly 300 ft. down Woodward Avenue. “Each year the Winter

Blast brings a huge spark of activity to downtown D e t r o i t w i t h w i n t e r -themed activities the entire family can enjoy,” said Lisa Dancsok, Quicken Loans vice president. “There is nothing better than seeing families together making memories right in the heart of downtown Detroit.” Meridian Winter Blast

presented by Quicken Loans will also host a day of fun

and free activities for more than 250 Greater Detroit adult volunteers (Bigs) and the children they mentor (Littles). The Big and Little Blast will include free admission, complimentary Meridian Snow Slide and Bedrock Zip Line rides, free skate rentals and a free lunch. Also new to the 2016

fest ival is the Winter Blast Hometown Tourist Giveaway , a chance for festival visitors to win more than 20 regional tourism packages from the Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau. Prize packages include complimentary overnight stays at top hotels, including the Book Cadillac, Detroit Marriott, Henry

Hotel, and the Hotel St. Regis. Other prizes include dining certificates and free admission to museums and cultural attractions.Founded in 2005, this

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countdown to Super Bowl XL in Detroit. The inaugural Winter Blast attracted more than 200,000 people. For more information, including a full event and music schedule, visit www.winterblast.com or call (248) 541-7550.

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Cranbrook Institute of Science invites the public to explore the science behind Valentine’s Day during Love after Dark at the Institute of Science on Thursday, February 11 at 7 p.m. Part of the CIS After Dark evening social series for adults 21+, February’s event dissects the songs, senses, sensuality, and science of the Valentine season with guest speakers and activities throughout the museum.

The experiments and experiences of the heart include:

Love Trivia to test the knowledge of our most intense emotional experience.

H e a d l i n e S p e a k e r Stephanie Tong, of Wayne State University, will present research on how the quick and impersonal communication the impact social media communication offer are affecting the way we meet, date, and court.

Homestead Honey, will look at the importance of bees in pollinating the food we eat, and talk about the threat to bee populations. A dissection of flowers to discover the “sexual parts” of a plant follows in Birds and Bees.

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My Nerdy Valentine proves that love is not just for the cool kids and adults as guests make their own nerdy Valentine cards.

Name that tune and win the Love Song Game by finishing the lyrics to famous songs of the heart.

On the Spot Poetry offers guests the chance to hear short love poems produced in the moment!

A n d , p e r h a p s m o s t controversial of all, “Which sex is most likely to die in an idiotic fashion? Or, Scientific Evidence of Male Idiot Theory,” a look at whether males or females are most likely to put themselves in mortal peril by taking stupid risks – and what

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We are headed towards the Brahms Festival, presented by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. We might not come up with a universally agreed-upon answer If we were to raise the question as to who was the most prominent and influential 19th century composer, but there is little doubt that the 19th century would not have been the same without Brahms. There were some rivalries, to be sure, between groups of fans representing Brahms versus Bruckner or Brahms versus Wagner – but in retrospect all of that is just irrelevant nitpicking. For one thing, Brahms didn’t write operas while those others didn’t write concerti f or s olo i n s t r u ment s or – in Wagner’s case – symphonies.Like several others of that per iod, Brahms w rote lighter as well as more serious music. This week’s prog rams of t he DSO, featuring the first parts of the Brahms Festival, begin w it h t hree Hungar ian dances. We have become accustomed to hear Brahms Hu n g a r i a n d a nc e s a s encore pieces at the end of a program. They are popular favorites and to hear three of them will serve as a great introduction. The programs on February 11 (at 7:30 p.m.) and February 12 at (8 p.m.) featuring the beginning of the Festival will continue with the Violin Concer to , Baiba Skride soloist. This work is a pinnacle of the violin repertoire, dedicated to his friend – violinist Joseph Joachim. The program will conclude with Brahms’ Fourth Symphony. Brahms was an admirer of Bach, and the final movement of

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his final symphony reflects that fact. It is in the form of a Chaconne – variations on a repeated bass pattern. The opening eight chords are based on Bach’s Cantata (“Nach dir, herr, verlanget mich," Cantata No. 150).Of course, there is no way to include all of Brahms’ works in this festival but we will get to hear all of his symphonies, his two piano concertos, his double concerto for violin and cello, variations on a theme of Haydn, and others. Next weekend (Friday, February 19 at 10:45 a.m. as well as 8 p.m.) we will be hearing Brahms’ first symphony, the Academic Festival Overture, and his second serenade. Brahms wrote his two serenades in the 1850s. In a sense they served as a preparation towards the writing of a full symphony. A ndra s Schi f f w i l l be performing in Ann Arbor during this following week as well. Performances will take place on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday evenings and feature the

last three sonatas of Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart and Schubert. On Tuesday at the Rackham Auditorium at 6:30 p.m. U-M Professor of Musicology Steven Whiting will deliver a preconcert talk. This will be followed at 7:30 p.m. w it h t he sonatas of Haydn No. 60 in C Major, Beethoven No. 30 in E Major, Mozart No. 16 in C Major, and Schubert’s C Minor D.958.On T hursday, Feb. 18, again at t he R ack ham Auditorium, 7:30 p.m., and on Saturday. Feb. 20, at the Hill Auditorium at 8 p.m., Schiff will be performing the remaining works in a similar order. Needless to say, whenever the Brahms Festival and S c h i f f ’s a p p e a r a n c e s overlap, the choice between them presents a daunting dilemma. A n d , n o t t o f o r g e t , professional readings of Jewish literature continue at the Holocaust Memorial Center at 2 p.m. on the next two Sundays (www.JetTheatre.org).

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It appears that the Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan, perhaps the most respected team of filmmakers in movie-geekdom, have run into an unexpected wall of public disinterest. I’m not certain why that is, except that, in my observation of contemporary movie audiences, they may just be too smart for these times. Take for example, one of the best movies of the past couple of years, in my opinion, Trumbo, starring the ex-Breaking Bad drug-chemist, Bryan Cranston: As of this week, this fine film about a real-life champion of an unpopular cause has grossed just under $8 million dollars since its release in early November.

Now, even though Trumbo is terrific (aside from the couple of glaringly, ridiculously foul historical errors in the script), compared to the almost $1 billion dollars grossed by Star Wars: The Force Awakens as of its release in mid-December, it basically hasn’t even made a tiny blip in the overall consciousness of the movie-going marketplace.

Great movie , fantast ic acting and set design, semi-historical content = no box office. Just an okay movie, expected great digital special effects, mediocre script that’s a virtual retread of the original seminal pop-culture legend = the biggest box office returns of modern times.

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Wow, I just made myself sound old. But, I’m not. I still think the thoughts of a much younger guy. And, I still, practice the art of thinking — about a lot of things. Like movie plots, for example. That’s why I think the Coen brother’s new movie, Hail, Caesar! is one of the true gems to hit the big screen. I watched it, I was thoroughly enchanted by its evocation of early 1950’s Hollywood, I got a kick out of the musical numbers reminiscent of Busby Berkeley and his 1930’s syncopated dance numbers with a Scarlett Johansson mermaid, and Channing Tatum as a tap-dancing sailor…and I thought about it. And, the more I do think about it, the

more I like it. The Coen’s writing and

directing skill is right near the top of the Hollywood heap, and in years to come, when revival theatres, museums and film schools dredge up their movies to show to brand new audiences, if I can say this without sounding smugly condescending, thinking people will still get a kick out of their filmography.

Okay, so much for soapboxing the current state of the biz… Here’s the lowdown: Hail, Caesar! written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, stars Josh Brolin, as Eddie Mannix, a Hollywood studio fixer – the guy who gets called at any hour of the day or night to keep the studio’s stars out of trouble and away from negative press. Doesn’t matter what the problem, Eddie Mannix, will muscle-up a solution.

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I won’t go into detail about how all of the plot points get tied together in such a tidy, tight package, but I’ll just say this – the Coens have once again achieved something in Hollywood that few creators have ever done – they’ve filmed a movie that only they could have made. Hail, Caesar! will certainly still be in my Top Ten list at the end of 2016.

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Chicago is said to be the longest running American musical in Broadway history and it opened at the Fisher Theatre Tuesday night to a very enthusiastic crowd.

Set in the 1920’s, this dance-centric show tells the story of Roxie Hart (Dylis Croman), a housewife and nightclub dancer who murders her extramarital lover in the first scene when he threatens to leave her. In an attempt to escape conviction, she dupes everyone – the media, her cellmate Velma Kelly (Terra C. MacLeod), the public – when she hires a glitzy criminal lawyer, Billy Flynn (John O’Hurley).

That’s the basic story on which a great deal of good dancing and singing rest.

The two ladies, Roxie and Velma, carry the show and their singing and dancing are very good, disciplined and focused. Their energy is contagious and they are clearly enjoying the romp. Their final duet in front of a glittering rain curtain is quite the highlight.

The dance corps serves not only as an example of fabulous dancers but also as various characters to help move the story along. Early in the play the Cell Block Tango has six of the ladies explaining why they are in jail, having killed a husband, lover, or sister, but each claiming her innocence.

Detroit native Roz Ryan appears as Matron “Mama” Morton and she was warmly welcomed to the stage by an audience that was c learly applauding her return home. Interestingly enough, Ryan holds a unique Broadway record, having played more performances of Chicago than any other leading actress in the show’s 18-year run. Her performance of When You’re Good to Mama, Mama’s Good to You brought the house down. I’ve always thought this is the most interesting character in the play, one I’d have loved to play myself.

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Billy Flynn in a number replete with white ostrich-feather fans carried by six of the ladies of the dance company. The scene is reminiscent of Ziegfeld Follies, but scaled down, since there are only six girls wielding the giant fans. (By the way, you’ll remember O’Hurley as J. Peterman on the TV show Seinfeld.) Flynn’s rendition of Razzle Dazzle is a spectacular but damning comment on the legal system.

Roxie ’s poor cuckol ded husband Amos Hart (Paul Vogt) comes across as a bumbling idiot, but he wins our sympathy when he sings the very hummable Mister Cellophane.

Visually, the musical is pared down and simple. The set is all black, and actors wear black; there are a few black chairs that are brought on for some of the numbers but generally the stage is bare. Except for the orchestra which is on the stage rather than in the pit, which is a nice element. The actors interact with the musicians and the conductor. At one point, Billy Flynn says to the conductor, taking his baton, “You know, if you’d get a real instrument, they’d give you a

chair.”One critic described Chicago

as Bertolt Brecht meets Bob Fosse. The dark subject – greed, murder, and show business – may be Brecht, but the dancing is all Fosse. The original choreography was done by Ann Reinking in the style of Bob Fosse and this troup has certainly retained the snap and style of Fosse. Perhaps the Brechtian moral of the play is that with enough 'razzle dazzle,' a good lawyer can get any criminal off. Best not dwell on that too much.

The book for Chicago is by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, with music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb. It is the winner of six Tony Awards and two Olivier Awards.

Go see Chicago, playing now through Sunday, the 14th. You’ll thoroughly enjoy the evening and surely walk out humming.

The Fisher Theatre is located at 3011 West Grand Boulevard, D e t ro i t . T i c ke t s m ay b e purchased at all Ticketmaster locations, by phone at (800) 982-2787, or online at www.broadwayindetroit.com.

Chicago Bursts Onstage at the Fisher

John O' Hurley, as Billy Flynn the Glitzy Lawyer

Detroiter Roz Ryan as "Mama" Morton


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