Author: Jared Michael Nickerson

Sugar Nation … stop by MIST for this FREE event that will feature renditions of Bowie tunes by the Burnt Sugar Arkestra, Jason St. Angelo, Omo Misha, and a special set of Bowie music by DJ DesiLu.  You’ll hear Breaking Glass, Rock & Roll Suicide, Moonage Daydream, Rebel, Rebel, Diamond Dogs, China Girl, The Man Who Sold The World, Ziggy Stardust and Young Americans done uptown funk style all the while accompanied with MIST’s fine dining till 10:30pm.  RSVP at the FaceBook link listed. We look forward to you being in the place to be this Thursday and may we say … “Let’s Dance” !

Sugar Nation we want to give a “shout out” to Tom Welsh of the Cleveland Museum of Art for the referral and shout a “thank you” to Colleen Miller who, after witnessing an assortment of the videos from our Lincoln Center songbook performances over the years, has invited us back to Cleveland to be a part of the Music Box Supper Club’s Winter Flashback Festival. We feel deeply honored to be the Music Box Supper Club’s band of choice to pay homage to one of the most iconic rock stars of our time and all time …David Bowie … “Let’s Dance !!

An Introduction to The Music Box ~ Open Table’s 2015 Diner’s Choice Award Winner

The Music Box is a two-story concert venue, restaurant located on the West Bank of the Flats in downtown Cleveland.  Additionally, they have a world-class, award winning restaurant with a menu drawing on locally sourced food products obtained through sustainable and ethical resources.

All ticket sales are final. Unless a concert is cancelled, they do not issue refunds or credit.

Driving Directions ….

From the East
Take I-90W/OH-2W. Follow OH-2W and take the W 28th St. exit. Turn right on W 28th St. Take an immediate right onto Washington Ave. Turn right onto W 25th St. Turn left onto Main Ave.

From the West
Take I-90E to exit 170A toward US-42/W 25th St. Merge onto Wade Ave. Turn left onto W 25th St. Pass the Detroit-Superior Bridge. Turn right onto Main Ave.

From the South
Take I-77N and exit at E 9th St. Turn right on Orange Ave./Ontario St. Turn left onto the Hope Memorial Bridge. Turn right onto W 25th St. Pass the Detroit-Superior Bridge. Turn right on Main Ave.

There are several parking options surrounding the Music Box Supper Club. Rates vary depending on day and time, but typically range from $6 to $8. We also offer door-to-door valet parking on show nights. Limited street parking is also available. VIP members receive half-price valet parking year-round.

Sugar Nation … we are coming back to “The Motor City” with Melvin Van Peebles! It’s been a minute, or should we say a few years, since M.V.P & the Burnt Sugar Arkestra debuted the theatrical version of “Sweet Sweetback’s Badasssss Song” in Paris at the Sons d’hiver Festival in 2010. Two sold-out, ow should we say souled-out nights of the Sugar crew performing the soundtrack and doubling-up joining the cast on the thespian tip. Now D.I.A. is bringing M.V.P. & the B.S.A. in to “caramelize” the Sweetback soundtrack with MVP chiming in when he feels like it; to be followed with a viewing of his flick. Folks in the Midwest … if you’re looking for a Hot evening of Fun … Look No More!

From a humble beginning of a two-theater run and a torrent of negative reviews, actor, director and composer Melvin Van Peebles’ “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song” eventually landed on Variety’s top-grossing list of 1971, kick starting the Independent American Film movement known as “Blaxploitation”.

Not as well known is that the big-band powerhouse Earth Wind and Fire recorded the soundtrack on Sweetback, a joyous collaboration that will be celebrated forty-four years later on Friday, February 26, 2016,  when Van Peebles appears live at the DFT with the Burnt Sugar Arkestra to perform the original score. This rare event will be followed by a complete screening of Sweetback, once again “Dedicated to all the Brothers and Sisters who have had enough of the Man.”
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Here’s a taste about what’s considered “The Cultural Gem of Detroit” … the Detroit Institute of Art.

The D.I.A. has been a beacon of culture for the Detroit area for well over a century. Founded in 1885, the museum was originally located on Jefferson Avenue, but, due to its rapidly expanding collection, moved to a larger site on Woodward Avenue in 1927. The new Beaux-Arts building, designed by Paul Cret, was immediately referred to as the “temple of art.” Two wings were added in the 1960s and 1970s, and a major renovation and expansion that began in 1999 was completed in 2007.

A hallmark of the D.I.A. is the diversity of it’s collection. In addition to outstanding American, European, Modern and Contemporary, and Graphic art, the museum holds significant works of African, Asian, Native American, Oceanic, Islamic, and Ancient art. Among these are the masterpiece sculpture Nail Figure from Zaire and a rare Korean Head of Buddha. In 2000, the DIA established the General Motors Center for African American Art as a curatorial department in order to broaden the museum’s collection of African American art.

The D.I.A. is supported in part by awards from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts.

$15 Advance Tickets are available Now Now Now at This Ain’t Hollywood, The Brain and Dr. Disc;

This Ain’t Hollywood Day-of-Show Door Tickets will be $18 … Ya Heard !!!!