Detroit Public Transportation, Ford Piquette Plant, and the Marche du Nain Rogue

 

Detroit public transportation advocate David Gifford drops by the podcast to talk about the need for a regional transit authority (1:05:23). Francis Grunow, Producer of the Marche du Nain Rogue, talks about the parade to resist the red dwarf (36:53). Plus, Barry Cogan, Chair of the Collections Committee at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant, discusses the museum's new Porter Collection of cars (9:42).

Here's what's happening in metro Detroit for the week of March 19th, 2018:

 

Concerts

• Wednesday 3/21: Drake Bell at The Loving Touch in Ferndale
• Wednesday 3/21: John Taylor Trio at Cliff Bells
• Thursday 3/22: Scotty McCreey at The Fillmore
• Thursday 3/22 : The Dean Ween Group at The Majestic
• Friday 3/23: Sarah Borges at PJ's Lager House
• Saturday 3/24: Detroit Anarchy Punk Rock Festival at PJ's Lager House
• Saturday 3/24: The Lucid Furs at Small's in Hamtramck
• Saturday 3/24: Rackham Choir presents “Voices of Light”
• Sunday 3/25: Pink at The Little Caesars Arena
• Monday 3/25: Eden at The Shelter
• Tuesday 3/26: Dennis Coffey at Northern Lights Lounge
• Tuesday 3/26: Lorde & Run the Jewels at The Little Caesars Arena

 

Sports

• Pistons:
  Thursday 3/22: vs Houston Rockets (8:00pm)
  Saturday 3/24: vs Chicago Bulls (7:00pm)
  Monday 3/26: vs LA Lakers  (7:00pm)
• Red Wings:
  Thursday 3/22: Red Wings vs Washington Capitals (7:30pm)
  Saturday 3/24: vs Toronto Maple Leafs (7:00pm)
  Monday 3/26: vs Montreal Canadiens (7:30pm
  Tuesday 3/27: vs Pittsburgh Penguins (7:30)
• U of M Basketball:
  Thursday 3/22: vs Texas A&M (7:37pm)

 

Comedy

• The Ann Arbor Showcase: Ben Creed
• Big Tommy's Comedy Club in Novi: Chili Challis
• The Holly Hotel: Adam Degi and Tony Adamshick
• Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle in Royal Oak: Tammy Pescatelli
• Punch Line Comedy Lounge in Southfield: Benji Brown & Friends
• Royal Oak Music Theatre in Royal Oak: Shayna Ferm & Tracee Tee
• Friday 3/23: Cedric the Entertainer at the Soundboard

 

On Stage

• Fisher Theatre: One Harlem Night
• Meadow Brook Theatre in Rochester: The Snow Geese
• Michigan Opera: Dance Theater of Harlem
• Stagecrafters in Royal Oak: Steel Magnolias
• The Tipping Point Theatre in Northville: Ripcord! A Dangerously Funny Battle of Wills
• Wayne State's Hillberry Theatre: Stupid F'ing Bird
• Sunday 3/25: PuppetArt Theater's Banana for Turtle at the Music Hall Jazz Cafe
• Sunday 3/25: Dan Savage at Royal Oak Music Theatre

 

In Theaters

• Cinema Detroit: Black Panther, A Fantastic Woman
• The Main Art Theatre in Royal Oak: Thoroughbreds, Loveless, A Fantastic Woman, Phantom Thread, Death of Stalin, Flower, Dune 
• The Maple Theater & Kitchen in Bloomfield: The Shape of Water, 7 Days in Entebbe, Red Sparrow, The Death of Stalin
• Redford Theatre: Oklahoma
• Senate Theater: Jesus Christ Superstar
• The Henry Ford Giant Screen Experience: 10 Things I Hate About You

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