Detroitโs St. Patrickโs Parade canceled again due to COVID concerns
DETROIT โ For the second year in a row, COVID-19 has forced organizers to cancel Detroitโs annual St. Patrickโs Parade in Corktown. The United Irish Societies (UIS) announced on Thursday the 63rd annual Detroit St. Patrickโs Parade scheduled for Sunday, March 14, 2021, has been canceled, along with related Corktown Races. โTherefore, with heartfelt disappointment, the UIS and Detroit St. Patrickโs Parade Committee have decided to cancel the 2021 Detroit St. Patrickโs Parade this year,โ Kelly said. โWeโre looking forward to the biggest and most successful Detroit St. Patrickโs Parade in our history on Sunday, March 13, 2022. The parade route follows along Michigan Avenue through Corktown, Detroitโs oldest neighborhood.
Opera adapts to pandemic, hosts drive-thru show in a parking garage -- and the results are stunning
DETROIT โ When one thinks of the opera, images of a parking garage are unlikely to come to mind, but some unexpected creativity during the pandemic allowed people to experience the opera from their vehicle. This proves it: When you canโt pack people into a theater, you find another way to perform. Michigan Opera Theatre opened its season in late December this way. Each act performed on a different level of the opera house garage. Watch nextREAD: Michigan Opera Theatre names Yuval Sharon new artistic director
Michigan Opera Theatre welcomes new artistic director Yuval Sharon
DETROIT Fans of Detroits historic Michigan Opera Theatre are welcoming a new artistic director. Just building the Opera House and the Michigan Opera Theatre Company was a risk, but it paid off for Detroit. READ: Michigan Opera Theatre names Yuval Sharon new artistic directorHis passing is a wound that may never heal for everyone who loves and respects music, theatre and arts, but Wednesday is a big step in soothing that hurt with the announcement of a new, young, vibrant and ridiculously creative artistic director. Yuval Sharon is an international presence in theatre, known as a visionary and a rock star in opera and theatre circles. Now, hes calling Detroit, specifically the Detroit Opera House, home.