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PicturePhoto: Kayli Salzano
What:  ACTIVATE  Storefront Window Residencies at Maelstrom Collaborative Arts
About:  A 6-week series of free (donations welcome) physically distant and socially relevant performances and art shows will be staged in MCA’s storefront windows.  
Where: The windows at 5403 Detroit Ave., in the Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood of Gordon Square
When:  New artists will be installed weekly from July 24-August 30, performing from Friday to Sunday, typically between 6-10 pm.
How:  For performance dates and times and a list of scheduled artists go to: maelstromcollaborativearts.org/window-residencies


​The Schedule:

Week 1: Friday July 24 - Sun July 26, Suhaylah Hamzah (multi-media painter). Title: Black Boys Matter; Brianna Armstrong, (writer/poet). Title: Save Your Stigma Ft. Erotic Laborers 
Week 2: Friday July 31 - Sun Aug 2, Carrie Williams (painter). Title TBD; McKenzie Merriman (pop-up performance artist). Title: Advice from a Caterpillar
Week 3: Friday Aug 7 - Sun Aug 9, Michele Crawford (painter). Title: Lashes (acrylic and thread on canvas); Devon Urchin (performer). Title: Building a Cathedral and Shrine while Singing Made-up Opera in Makeup
Week 4: Friday Aug 14 - Sun Aug 16, Courtney D. Love (performer/visual artist). Title: The Black Girl Magic Series; Katrice Headd (performer/visual artist). Title TBD
Week 5: Friday Aug 21 - Sun Aug 23, Stephanie Kluk + Jeannie Oaker (artists). Title: The Energy of Intention; Varsha Vyudyula + Elaine Hullihen (visual artists). Title: Whole Truth
Week 6: Friday Aug 28- Sun Aug 30,  YFFY aka Connie Fu & Jungmok Yi (transdisciplinary artists); Title: Up To Our Then and Now
Christine Lewis (multi-media artist) Title: Cosmic Strings

Picture"In the Heights" Photo: Joan Marcus
What:  Great Performances series, Broadway at Home.
About:  PBS will be airing a series of recorded-live Broadway productions this summer.
When:  The 2017 revival of Noël Coward's Present Laughter (Friday, July 31, 9 pm); the documentary In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams (Friday, August 7, 9 pm);  and the West End revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I (Friday, August 21, 9 pm).
How:  Tune in to WVIZ/Ideastream Public Television

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