Calendar of Events
Pop, Rock, Jazz, and Blues
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ThursdayJanuary 2009 |
Israeli Dancing: Jewish Community Center.
Every Thurs. except Jan. 1. West Bloomfield dance instructors Cheryl Felt and Amnon Steiner lead a variety of Israeli dancing to recorded music. Easy dances and oldies the first hour followed by intermediate and requests. Beginners welcome. New dances taught each week. Wear sneakers or other flat, comfortable shoes. 7:30-10 p.m., JCC, 2935 Birch Hollow Dr. (off Stone School Rd. south of Packard). $6 (kids, $3). 971-0990. ch|ra The Killers: EMU Convocation Center. Best-selling postpunk indie rock quartet from Las Vegas. "Like their hometown of Las Vegas, the Killers have a flair for anything supersize, sparkly, and over-the-top: soaring synth-pop operas, multipart arena-rock anthems, "Bohemian Rhapsody"-style choirs," says Rolling Stone writer Melissa Maerz in her review of the band's new CD Day & Age. Opening act is M83, a French neo-shoegazer pop-rock band.
EMU Convocation Center, 799 N. Hewitt (north off Washtenaw), Ypsilanti. Tickets $35 in advance at the EMU Convocation Center and at the door. 487-2282.
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FridayJanuary 2009 |
The Cool Moose Orchestra: Canterbury House.
Ensemble of talented local middle and high school jazz musicians led by Glenn Tucker.
Canterbury House, 721 E. Huron. $10 (students, $5). 764-3162.
Ellen Rowe Quartet: Kerrytown Concert House.
Postponed.
KCH, 415 N. Fourth Ave. $10, $15, & $25 (students, $5). Reservations recommended. 769-2999.
The Juggernaut Jug Band: Green Wood Coffee House Series (First United Methodist Church).
Traditional jug band music by this acclaimed quartet from Louisville, the birthplace of jug bands. A mixture of classic jazz and blues, jug band music is a swaggering party music, full of high spirits and sexual humor, performed by a modified string band that includes kazoos and other wind instruments, washboard, and, of course, a stoneware jug, an instrument from which a good musician can coax a surprisingly lyrical, hauntingly reverberant sound that's been compared to a bow drawn across the strings of an upright bass. Desserts & coffee available.
FUMC Green Wood Church, 1001 Green Rd. at Glazier Way. $15 (kids 10 & under, 2 for the price of 1) in advance and at the door. 665-8558.
