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Spring has finally arrived for real in southeast Michigan. Mother’s Day weekend is upon us, and opportunities for fun and experience are blooming all around. No matter what your tastes, there’s something in this weekend’s metro Detroit arts scene that will make you smile. Here are just 12 of your options.
A celebration of glass art
Royal Oak’s Habatat Detroit Fine Art, the world’s oldest and largest art glass gallery, presents “Glass 50: Celebrating the Year of Glass” through July 29. Habatat represents the finest glass artists in the world working with collectors and museums internationally. More than 300 works of art glass are featured in Habatat’s 16,000-square-foot gallery.
Habatat Detroit Fine Art, 4400 Fernlee Ave., Royal Oak. 248-554-0590. www.habatat.com. Free admission.
A nostalgic journey
Ring in spring with a musical road trip from Chicago to California through 34 songs from the 1950s and ‘60s. From “King of the Road” to “The Little Old Lady from Pasadena” and, of course, “Route 66,” it’s a great time to get your kicks. Rochester’s Meadow Brook Theatre presents musical revue “Route 66,” by Wayne State alum Roger Bean, through May 19.
Meadow Brook Theatre, 378 Meadow Brook Rd, Rochester. 248- 377-3300. www.mbtheatre.com. Tickets $43.
Past meets present
Detroit’s Library Street Collective presents “Kaleidoscopic Companions” through May 29. The group exhibition is curated by artist Allison Zuckerman and features celebrated artists including Colleen Barry, Basil Kincaid, Chris Regner, Drea Cofield, Mike Shultis, Milo Matthieu, Danny Ferrell, Mario Moore, LaKela Brown, Shona McAndrew and Zuckerman herself. Contemporary artists were invited to select a historical art work as the catalyst for their creation, resulting in a convergence of past and present within each piece.
Library Street Collective, 1274 Library St. (in The BELT), Detroit. 313-600-7443. www.lscgallery.com. Free admission.
The sounds of the ’60s
“The Simon & Garfunkel Story” will fill Detroit’s Fisher Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Saturday with the sounds of a full live band performing the legendary duo’s hits like “Mrs. Robinson,” “Cecilia,” “Bridge Over Troubled Water” and “Homeward Bound.” Using huge projection photos and original film footage, the immersive, concert-style theater show chronicles the journey shared by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel from their humble beginnings to their incredible success as one of the best-selling music groups of the 1960s and their dramatic 1970 split. It concludes with their famous 1981 Central Park reunion concert.
Fisher Theatre, 3011 W. Grand Blvd., Detroit. 313-887-1256. www.broadwayindetroit.com. Tickets start at $56.
A twist on Shakespeare
Elizabethan-inspired musical “Something Rotten” runs through May 18 as staged by Farmington Hills’ Farmington Players. Set in the 1590s, it finds brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom desperate to write a hit play but stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rock star known as the Bard. When a local soothsayer foretells that the future of theater involves singing, dancing and acting at the same time, Nick and Nigel set out to write the world’s first musical. But amidst the scandalous excitement of opening night, the Bottom Brothers realize that reaching the top means being true to thine own self and all that jazz.
Farmington Players, 32332 W. 12 Mile Rd., Farmington Hills. 248-553-2955. www.farmingtonplayers.org. Tickets $27.
A mini-golf art experience
Visitors to Bloomfield Hills’ Cranbrook Art Museum can experience a new side of its historic campus with Cranbrook on the Green, a miniature golf course inspired by the art and design of Cranbrook. Sink a putt at 10 custom-designed, art-inspired holes on the beautiful grounds of Cranbrook Art Museum. Receive free admission to Cranbrook Art Museum’s galleries when you purchase tickets to Cranbrook on the Green! Days and hours vary; see website for info and tickets.
Cranbrook Art Museum, 39221 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills. 248-645-3323. www.cranbrookartmuseum.org. Tickets start at $8.
Tomorrow’s art leaders today
The innovative work from the next generation of architects, artists and designers departing Cranbrook Academy of Art this summer is on display through May 12 at the 2024 Graduate Degree Exhibition at Cranbrook Academy of Art. The exhibition showcases pieces that are the culmination of two years of studio work from a diverse group of graduates as they launch their careers.
Cranbrook Art Museum, 39221 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills. 248-645-3323. www.cranbrookartmuseum.org. Free with general museum admission.
Fighting the power
Set in turn-of-the century New York City, Grosse Pointe Theatre’s “Newsies” is the rousing tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy and leader of a band of teenage “newsies.” When titans of publishing raise distribution prices at the newsboys’ expense, Jack rallies newsies from across the city to strike against the unfair conditions and fight for what’s right. This family-friendly musical runs through May 12.
Parcells Middle School, 20600 Mack Ave., Grosse Pointe Woods. 313-881-4004. www.gpt.org. Tickets $30.
Beethoven and Schubert on tap
Chamber Music Detroit’s historic 80th season concludes at 8 p.m. Saturday with the visionary Brentano Quartet and two of the greatest masterworks in the literature. It’s a guided journey from the high seriousness of Beethoven’s 13th string quartet, written in the final years of the composer’s life, to the youthful celebration found in Franz Schubert’s Trout Quintet, performed here with two of chamber music’s most sought-after collaborators: Jonathan Biss and Joseph Conyers.
Seligman Performing Arts Center, 22305 W. Thirteen Mile, Beverly Hills. 313-335-3300. www.chambermusicdetroit.org. Tickets start at $30. Digital access available from home for $12.50.
Celebrating the human body
Detroit’s Dance Uprising company will present its 2023-24 season finale performance, “Body Works,” at the Jam Handy at 7:30 p.m. Friday. The concert features dances created by artistic director Amy Cadwallader in collaboration with the dancers, as well as several new works created by company members. Two of the pieces were created during National Choreography Month and premiered at the first Southeast Michigan NACHMO Dance Concert in February 2023. Body-themed visual art, created by Michigan artists, will be on display before and after the performance.
Jam Handy, 2900 E. Grand Blvd., Detroit. www.danceuprising.com. Tickets $10 for students and seniors, $25 general admission.
Prom night done right
The Birmingham Village Players are presenting “The Prom” through May 19. In this glittery, uplifting ode to acceptance, Emma, a high school student, dreams of taking her girlfriend to her senior prom, but her plans are foiled by a homophobic PTA. When her story pops up on Twitter, four Broadway has-beens see a PR opportunity in the situation. They descend upon Emma’s small Indiana town and wreak havoc while teaching everyone learns a lesson about tolerance and selflessness.
Birmingham Village Players, 34660 Woodward Ave, Birmingham. 248-644-2075. www.birminghamvillageplayers.com. Tickets $25.
Preserving classic Detroit signs
Through May 31, Detroit’s ArtClvb is presenting Royal Oak native Nick Jaskey’s solo exhibition, “A Painting of a Painting.” Jaskey documents hand-painted signs during his travels throughout the Detroit region, many of which have been disappearing at a fast rate, and creates homages to them. Running concurrently is “Fabricated Gardens,” a three-person exhibition featuring work by Detroit artists Emily Schnellbacher Bean, Caroline Del Giudice and Claudia Rivera Plaza.
ArtClvb, 405 W. Grand Blvd., Detroit. artclvb.xyz. Free admission.
Contact Free Press arts and culture reporter Duante Beddingfield at dbeddingfield@freepress.com.
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