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Second Saturdays at TWM: Sing in Spring
Second Saturdays at TWM: Sing in Spring

Second Saturdays at TWM: Sing in Spring

March 8 at 9:00 AM

The War Memorial

32 Lake Shore Drive, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI

Join us for the next installment of our new Second Saturdays Series at the War Memorial! We’ve got a fun Saturday morning line-up for kids and their families. Each program is just $10 per child (adults are free and so is the coffee!).   Doors open at 9am, with all activities set up station style, and the onstage performance scheduled for 10:00am. Details on activities below.   Onstage Show - Music Together Family Jam  Gather round for a sing-a-long stage show! Beginning at 10:00am, the Music Together Family Jam will be led by longtime instructor Miss Emily from Hummingbirds Music Together. For more information on their Thursday series at the War Memorial and other offerings, click here  Instrument Show & Tell  Volunteers from Detroit Harmony will be at the March edition of Second Saturdays with musical instruments for kids to discover!   Plant a Seed Craft  Decorate a flower pot with craft markers, then choose your favorite seed packet and plant them for a fun way to take spring home with you!  Musical Instrument Craft  Kids can make a fun tambourine or pair of maracas, then play along during our stage show!  Modeling Clay Sculpture   Join Creative Nature for a fun modeling clay sculpting activity! Creative Nature has several summer art camps planned - parents can learn more about summer offerings as kids make a sculpture!  Storytime & Coloring   For our littlest attendees or siblings that might not be quite ready for all the crafting fun, we’ll have storytime and coloring to occupy them!  For tickets, visit https://www.warmemorial.org/eventcalendar11/second-saturdays-sing-spring

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The Lunar Octet at Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe
The Lunar Octet at Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe

The Lunar Octet at Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe

March 13 at 7:00 PM

Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe

97 Kercheval, Grosse Pointe, MI

Michigan-based award-winning The Lunar Octet plays original and eclectic music drawing on Cuban and Puerto Rican salsa, rock, African high-life music, and Brazilian sambas to forge a new sound enriched by these traditions. The group's music is exciting, dynamic, and powerful, including fiery Latin grooves, driving funk rhythms, swinging bop tunes, and romantic ballads.   In 2021, The Lunar Octet released a new CD: “Convergence” (Summit Records).  The record has gotten airplay on more than 325 radio stations world-wide and has gotten rave reviews, including: "14 sizzling tracks" (Jazziz Magazine); "Convergence bursts with joy and authority.  The group sounds fresh, and the compositions spur the impulse to dance and encourage intellectual engagement at the same time" (Downbeat Magazine); "Great stuff.  The very best of arranging and instrumental art.  Not just adrenaline-soaked music but also many fine nuances" (JAZZthing Magazine). The group’s hundreds of performances include the Montreux-Detroit Jazz Festival, the Michigan Jazz Festival, the Scarborough Jazz Festival, the Columbus Jazz & Rib Fest, the Flint Jazz Festival, the Thunder Bay Jazz Festival, the Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival, the Lancaster Festival, the Ann Arbor Summer Festival, the Portola Vineyards Jazz Concert Series, The Ark, Rusty’s Jazz Café, the Blue Llama Jazz Club, the Dirty Dog Jazz Club, Shain Park, Cadillac Pavilion for the Arts, The Ohio State University, the University of Michigan, Dennison University, and more.

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