Traverse City Record-Eagle - Arts & Entertainment

Wharton Center, Opera House could team up
Officials are quietly negotiating a partnership between the City Opera House in downtown Traverse City and the Wharton Center for Performing Arts at Michigan State University.
Writers love the crowd at Poets' Night Out
Ali Sullivan has been writing poetry seriously for five years and meets regularly with a poetry group through the Michigan Writers cooperative. But there's nothing quite as supportive as Poets' Night Out, an annual reading by selected area poets that has become the "it" poetry event in the region.
Breathe Owl Breathe opens for Sean Hayes
Sean Hayes, a rootsy San Francisco-based musician, performs at the City Opera House Saturday. Breathe Owl Breathe opens. Hayes' music is danceable and contemporary, yet maintains one foothold in folk.
Greg Brown: From hootenannies to InsideOut
Greg Brown's mother played electric guitar, his grandfather played banjo, and his father was a preacher in the Hacklebarney section of Iowa, where the gospel and music are a way of life. He'll be performing at InsideOut Gallery Sunday.
Hometown musician comes back to jam
Former Traverse City resident Ryan Maloney returns for a "hometown party and jam" Sunday at the Loading Dock. Currently living in Las Vegas, Maloney will be joined by special guest Holly Bonino on violin.
Hot Entertainment Picks: 11/06/2009
Toast the Season with Leelanau wine; Concert benefits ISLAND group; Underwater Summit is Saturday; Glass mosaic artist holds open house; Bikes will race through the woods; Who Hit John? playing in Cadillac; 'Godspell' cast performs Thursday; Swingshift dancers compete tonight; Films highlight addiction, recovery; Dinner benefits children's center
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Meow! OTP takes on 'Cats'
Lethargic or wide-eyed, "paws" occasionally crossed, the cast of "Cats" prowled, preened and paraded on the Old Town Playhouse stage. The long-running Broadway musical opens Nov. 6 at the community theater.
Vienna Boys Choir takes on Mozart, polkas
The Vienna Boys Choir is known throughout the world for its members pure, youthful voices. The boys will raise those voices in song during a varied performance at Interlochen Center for the Arts' Corson Auditorium.
Oh my god puts emotions into music
Sometimes, when things don't feel they can't get any worse, the bottom falls out. Oh my god, a Chicago-based band with an aversion to capital letters and a gig tonight at The Loading Dock, has had that feeling over and over.
Musician holds CD release party Sunday
Barbara Faith Jordan tries to make a difference with her music. One of the songs on the new album, "Passages," is about domestic violence. Jordan plans to roll statistics about domestic violence onscreen to help raise awareness while performing "See What You Made Me Do."
Hot Entertainment Picks: 10/30/2009
Press your apples into yummy cider; Halloween haps are at R-E Web site; Percussion gets a punk twist; C.S. Lewis play being performed; 'Taking Woodstock' is free at NMC; Art show shows recovery journey; Overwhelmed with too much candy?; Big band music, kicky dancing; Catch 'Liebowitz' at depot theater