Fifth Freep Film Festival Opens at the Fillmore
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Greater Detroit's Original Cultural Events Weekly — Thursday, March 29, 2018 DOWNTOWN MONITOR Fifth Freep Film Festival Opens at The Fillmore (pictured with his trademark guitars, above), an original member of Detroit’s will once again host the opening event for the Freep Film Festival. The eclectic revolutionary rockers, the MC5, has assembled a group of elite Detroit-based SmithDirector, (Silent comic Bob, book pictured aficionado above, and right all-around) and his film long-time personality cinema Kevin sidekick Smith musicians to perform with him. Tickets are $25. The performance will be Jason Mewes (Jay, pictured above, left) return to Detroit for a festival launch preceded by a screening of The Russian Five at 4 p.m. party on Tuesday, April 10 at The Fillmore Detroit. Doors for the event open Call Us Ishmael. An intimate look at the world’s obsession with Herman at 7 p.m. with the show at 8 p.m. Melville’s Moby-Dick. Dozens of historians, artists and fanatics explore Clerks will follow the the novel’s artistic and cultural legacy and impact. Showing at 11 a.m., on Fillmore show at approximately 10:30 p.m. at Ant Hall in Hamtramck. The Saturday, April 14, at the Detroit Historical Museum, 5401 Woodward Ave., FillmoreAn afterparty Detroit screening is located ofat Smith’s2115 Woodward iconic first Ave., film Downtown. (Planet) Ant in Detroit’s Cultural District. Hall is located at 2320 Caniff in Hamtramck. Clear Water: Detroit’s River Revival. Directed by Greater Detroit native The rest of the Fifth Annual Freep Film Festival’s line-up, running Wednesday, Randin Brown, tells the story of the environmental recovery of the Detroit April 11 through Sunday, April 15, will feature more than 70 programs, and Rouge rivers and their combined watersheds. The world premiere is at including multiple world and Michigan premieres. The documentary-focused 2:30 p.m., on Sunday, April 15, at the Detroit Historical Museum. Detroit 48202: Conversations Along a Postal Route. This worthy doc examines along with important programming from elsewhere. Tickets are available at the rise, demise and contested resurgence of Detroit through the lens of mail festival emphasizes films with strong connections to Detroit and Michigan, carrier Wendell Watkins and the residents he has faithfully served for 30 Below are just some of the films and other highlights: years. The world premiere showing is at 7:30 p.m., on Saturday, April 14, at freepfilmfestival.comAll Sports Shorts: Shorts and Program at Festival 2. Under-the-radar Partner venues. Michigan sports are the the DIA’s Marvin and Betty Danto Lecture Hall and 11:30 a.m., on Sunday, focus of this program featuring motorcycle hill climb, canoe-racing legends, April 15, at the Detroit Historical Museum. women divers and a Southwest Detroit hockey community. Showing at 2:30 Freep Film Festival Works-in-Progress. Directors of four in-progress p.m. on Friday, April 13, at the DIA’s Marvin and Betty Danto Lecture at the documentaries will be on hand to show off their projects. Kathy Kieliszewski, DIA, located at 5200 Woodward Ave., in Detroit’s Cultural District. Free Press Director of Visuals and Freep Film Festival Artistic Director will Beauty and Ruin lead the discussion. as the city faced bankruptcy in 2013. Michigan premiere and a conversation . This film follows the battle over the artwork at the DIA April 13 at the DIA’s Marvin and Betty Danto Lecture Hall. a.m.At this on freeSunday, event, April the 15filmmakers at Ant Hall will in talk Hamtramck. about their It's movies, free to their attend, careers but withWayne director Kramer Marc & dethe Guerre, Kollaborators after the film.appear Showing for a at special 5:30 p.m., performance on Friday, andreservations offer short are sneak required. peeks of their upcoming films. The event starts at 11 at the DIA, 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 13 at the Detroit Film Theatre. Kramer For reservations, tickets and more information see freepfilmfestival.com. 2 DOWNTOWN MONITOR Thursday, March 29, 2018 SHOWINGS DIA's 81st Detroit Public School's Community District Student Exhibition The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) showcases hundreds of imaginative works cre- ated by Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) students in the 81st an- nual “Detroit Public Schools Community District Student Exhibition,” on view April 14–May 13. The artworks are displayed in a gallery near the Kirby Street entrance and is free with museum admission, which is free for Wayne, Oakland and Macomb county residents. Students in grades K-12 from 21 schools submitted 547 works, from which 177 were chosen for the exhibition by a jury of local artists, retired DPSCD educators and DIA staff. The artworks include ceramics, collages, drawings, videos, textiles, jewelry, paintings, photography, prints and sculptures. “This annual exhibition is so important to the students, their families and the com- munity in general,” said DIA Director Salvador Salort-Pons. “Creating art provides an outlet for students to express themselves in a very personal way, and sharing their work with the public is a point of pride for them, their families and the DIA.” Every year artworks are featured on promotional materials. This year’s items are: Poster: (pictured) Pensive, Tamia Jackson, Grade 12, Renaissance High School. Other promotional items include, Postcards, and Bookmarks. The partnership between the DIA and the Detroit Public Schools is the longest con- tinuous relationship the DIA has with an educational organization. Many of the stu- dents whose works have been featured have pursued successful careers in the arts, including New York-based fashion designer Tracy Reese, who has dressed the likes of former First Lady Michelle Obama, and Mario Moore, a New York-based artist whose works have been shown in exhibitions across the country. The 81st Detroit Public Schools Community District Student Exhibition was orga- nized by the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Detroit Public Schools Community District and is made possible with support from the Ruth T. T. Cattell Education Endowment Fund. Additional support was provided by the Detroit Public Schools Foundation. Museum Hours and Admission: 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Tuesdays–Thursdays, 9 a.m.–10 p.m. Fridays, and 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. General admission (excludes ticketed exhibitions) is free for Wayne, Oakland and Macomb County residents and DIA members. For all others, $12.50 for adults, $8 for se- niors ages 62+, $6 for ages 6–17. For membership information, call (313) 833-7971. The Detroit Institute of Arts is located at 5200 Woodward Ave., in Midtown Detroit's Cultural District. Immediate occupancy for those that qualify*. 1 BR Suites $731. Includes heat and hot water! Call for details and schedule your *Income restrictions appointment today. Office hours M-F 9-5 Professionally Managed by Millennia Housing Management, Ltd. Tel: 313.833.0175 Thursday, March 29, 2018 DOWNTOWN MONITOR 3 SPECIAL EVENTS Year of the Tiger: 1968 at the Detroit Historical Museum Baconistas Vie for Culinary Glory The Social Connection and Ultimate Fun Productions will team up with the World Food Championships (WFC) to offer local chefs Against the backdrop of turbulent times– locally, nationally and in- the opportunity to compete at the highest stakes food competi- ternationally– the Detroit Tigers’ 1968 World Series championship tion in the world. signaled the Year of the Tiger, when Detroiters could forget their differ- Four of Metro Detroit’s biggest food events are now qualifying ences and join together to celebrate. events for the WFC: Bacon Bash, Burger Bacon, Mac N’ Brews & Opening April 21 at the Detroit Historical Museum, the new exhibition Comfort Food and Indulgence. The Year of the Tiger: 1968 will commemorate the 50th anniversary of Each year WFC brings together the world’s most renowned this historic win and weave together stories about the players, their names in food for a multi-day, live-event culinary competition manager Mayo Smith, old Tiger Stadium and the storied season that that showcases some of the world’s best cooking in a race for paved the way to victory. food, fame and fortune. Tickets are on sale now for an opening reception with 1968 Tigers The next two WFC qualifying events are Bacon Bash on Satur- greats, Friday, April 20, featuring an evening celebration and sneak day, April 7 and Burger Bash on Friday, June 8, taking place at the preview of the exhibition. Royal Oak Farmers Market. The event will feature a special panel discussion with ’68 Tigers Willie Bacon Bash will give participating chefs, restaurants and eater- Horton and Mickey Lolich along with Tigers Broadcaster Ray Lane and ies the chance to show off their very best bacon-inspired dishes Detroit News Sports Writer Jerry Green. They’ll be joined in conversa- and sweets, whereas Burger Bash is an all-out burger brawl, with tion by guest writer Bill Dow and Detroit Historical Society Director of local food purveyors displaying their best burgers and decadent Exhibitions and Collections Tracy Irwin. desserts. Following the opening reception, The Year of the Tiger: 1968 will open At both events, qualifier categories will be judged by a presti- to the public on Saturday, April 21. Admission to the public opening is gious panel of local food critics to decide who will receive the free. coveted Golden Ticket in each category; automatically qualifying For The Year of the Tiger Opening Reception on Friday, April 20, doors them to compete at the WFC, November 7-11 in Orange Beach, AL. will open at 6 p.m., followed by the Tigers panel at 7 p.m., and the Ex- The 6th Annual Bacon Bash features 40+ local restaurants, eat- hibition Preview at 8 p.m.