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Birmingham Groves John Rutherford, along with Howard Hertz and the Village Players, will receive the 2022 Birmingham Bloomfield Cultural Arts Award ....
Like so much of the entertainment world one year ago, the Detroit Music Awards faced a stark choice: Throw in the towel or head to the Internet. With its Fillmore Detroit event canceled because of COVID-19, the DMAs team quickly whipped together a virtual version of the annual show, an “all in this together” production beamed from a host of living rooms. Packed with home-taped segments of widely varying quality including figures such as Sting, Alice Cooper, Chad Smith and Uncle Kracker the program became a charmingly ragged, emblematic artifact of that surreal spring of 2020. With a big in-person gathering still off-limits, the Detroit Music Awards will reprise the virtual concept for its 2021 show, a 30th anniversary celebration that starts at 8 p.m. Sunday. Having moved to the stable grounds of Facebook, and with a year to have streamlined the production, DMA organizers are promising a slicker version this go-round. ....
Award-winning singer-songwriter to perform at Coffeehouse Concert Jill Jack, seen here opening for Bob Seger during a performance at the Palace of Auburn Hills, will be this year’s sole Sterling Heights Coffeehouse Concert. Photo by Marty Rickard Advertisement STERLING HEIGHTS Her career has spanned decades and taken her around the globe, performing solo and with her band at sold-out shows, and opening for world-renowned acts. Now Jill Jack, the winner of 46 Detroit Music Awards, is bringing her brand of entertainment to the Sterling Heights Coffeehouse Concerts in a live performance at the city’s Community Center. The show will take place at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 28, inside the Community Center, located at 40555 Utica Road. Tickets are available at the Parks and Recreation Department office, at the same location. Advance tickets cost $17 for residents and $21 for nonresidents; tickets at the door cost $17 for residents and $23 for nonresidents. Warren ....
Brian Vander Ark, The Accidentals to headline virtual Spread the Music Festival John Sinkevics Brian Vander Ark, The Accidentals, Jackson Smith and Vinnie Dombroski of Sponge will headline the second annual, live-streamed Spread the Music Festival hosted by Michigan Music Alliance in late March. The online, virtual festival will feature performances by more than 200 Michigan artists and bands March 24-28, with donations collected for the Michigan Artist Relief Fund that assists musicians coping with serious financial challenges. The inaugural 2020 festival organized at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic raised more than $11,500 in donations, and organizers hope to raise significantly more than that this year. ....