Visions of 44

April 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment

CHWMAAH presents Visions of Our 44th President

The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History premieres the Visions of Our 44th President, a sculptural art exhibition on display through August 2013. Portraying a present-day historical achievement in African American history through contemporary art, including works by Tyree Guyton, Gale Fulton Ross, Faith Ringgold and Kadir Nelson, this groundbreaking exhibit will become The Wright Museum’s first national traveling exhibition.

Visions of Our 44th President was created to honor and celebrate the historical significance of the first African American President of the United States, Barack Obama. Forty-four busts were created from a model that served as a blank canvas, giving forty-four contemporary artists from across the country free reign to creatively interpret this milestone in American history.

“After close study of each of the artists’ work, one experiences so many different emotions, understanding the artists’ talent, inspiration and creativity,” said Peter Kaplan of Our World, LLC, who collaborated with the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History on the exhibit. He continued, “Some of the painted busts are thought provoking, serious and strong, some simply lovely and sweet; all are unique and revealing.”

In 2008, Kaplan represented an artist that created one of the official posters for the Obama campaign. Through that association of creativity and purpose, Visions became Kaplan’s dream. It took four years for the exhibition to come to fruition, and Kaplan says the exhibition’s “integration of art, culture and promise are my passion.”

PLEASE NOTE: Visions of Our 44th President is not a political exhibit, and is not funded or endorsed by, or affiliated with, the reelection campaign of President Barack Obama, the Democratic Party, or any associated political action committees or efforts.

The artists featured in Visions of our 44th President are (in alphabetical order): Najjar Abdul-Musawwir, (Carbondale, Illinois), Nina Chanel Abney (New York, New York), Mason Archie (Indianapolis, Indiana), Arthur Bacon (Talladega, Alabama), Phoebe Beasley (Los Angeles, California), Charles Bibbs (Riverside, California), Hebru Brantley (Chicago, Illinois), Larry Poncho Brown (Baltimore, Maryland), Barbara Bullock (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Nanette Carter (New York, New York), Melvin Clark (Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania), Kevin Cole (Atlanta, Georgia), D. DelReverda-Jennings (Indianapolis, Indiana), Louis Delsarte (Atlanta, Georgia), Najee Dorsey (Atlanta, Georgia), Ted Ellis (Houston, Texas), Tatyana Fazlaizadeh (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Gale Fulton Ross (Sarasota, Florida), Tyrone Geter (Elgin, South Carolina), Paul Goodnight (Boston, Massachusetts), Tyree Guyton (Detroit, Michigan), Barkley L. Hendricks (New London, Connecticut), Mildred Howard (San Francisco, California), Preston Jackson (Chicago, Illinois), Dayo Laoye (Chicago, Illinois), Tamara Natalie Madden (Atlanta, Georgia), Allie McGhee (Detroit, Michigan), Angelbert Metoyer (New Orleans, Louisiana), Wangechi Mutu (New York, New York), Kadir Nelson (Los Angeles, California), Joyce Owens (Chicago, Illinois), Charly Palmer (Atlanta, Georgia), Howardena Pindell (New York, New York), Faith Ringgold (Englewood, New Jersey), Cory Saint Clair (Richmond, Virginia), Preston Sampson (Baltimore, Maryland), Joyce J. Scott (Baltimore, Maryland), Gilda Snowden (Detroit, Michigan), Felandus Thames (New York, New York), Carrie Mae Weems (Upstate New York), Pheoris West (Columbus, Ohio), Philemona Williamson (Montclair, New Jersey), Mamie Yanu Willis (Albuquerque, New Mexico), and Shirley Woodson (Detroit, Michigan).

Visions of Our 44th President premieres at The Wright Museum before becoming its first national traveling exhibit, visiting museums, libraries, universities and galleries across the country. At the conclusion of the tour, the exhibit will become a part of The Wright Museum’s permanent collection. Visions of Our 44th President is guest curated by Ashley Whitfield.

The Wright Museum, located at 315 East Warren Avenue in Midtown Detroit’s Cultural Center, is open Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., and on Sundays from 1 until 5 p.m. Visions of Our 44th President is on display through August 4, 2013, and is free with museum admission, which is $8 for adults (ages 13-61), and $5 for seniors (62+) and youth (3-12). Admission is free for Museum members and children under 3.

Founded in 1965, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History is the world’s largest institution dedicated to the African American experience. For more information, please visit www.TheWright.org.

 

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The Challenge of Historical Illiteracy in the Age of Mass Incarceration

December 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Dr-Khalil-Gibran-Muhammad

The Wright Museum and the organizing branch of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) Detroit welcome Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, NY, a research unit of The New York Public Library, in his presenation entitled “The Challenge of Historical Illiteracy in the Age of Mass Incarceration.”

Dr. Muhammad is the great-grandson of the late Honorable Elijah Muhammad, a native of Chicago’s South Side, and has served as Assistant Professor of History at Indiana University.

ASALH will also host a silent auction, beginning at 4 p.m. Following the lecture, Dr. Muhammad will sell signed copies of his latest book, The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America.

Donation: $20 / Students: $5 with school ID. For more information please contact Delores Cobb at (877) 952-7254 ext. 806, or Ruben Wilson at (877) 952-7254 ext. 808.

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History is located at 315 East Warren Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48201.

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Witness the Power of Imagination

July 31, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Witness the Art of Jerry Pinkney

An illustration can take us to places where no camera can go: Inside the human imagination. That destination includes the infinite  human spirit, most especially the contents of the heart.

We can explore the imagination of a master of hand and heart through “Witness: The Art of Jerry Pinkney” at The Wright Museum. The exhibition features 140 original works by celebrated artist and children’s book illustrator.

This exhibition, celebrating an artistic journey that has continued for 50 years,offers memorable perspectives on life’s small but extraordinary moments and onsignificant historical events that are brought into focus through his art. The power of classic literature and themeaning of visual storytelling in our lives are made clear in the work of Jerry Pinkney, who became “the voice that others may not have had.”

This retrospective exhibition, which was organized by the Norman Rockwell Museum, also has an accompanying 96-page catalog tracing illustrator Jerry Pinkney’s 50-year career producing some of the most highly acclaimed children’s books of our time. The catalog is filled with wonderful color illustrations and essays written by Jerry Pinkney, Stephanie Haboush Plunkett, Dr. Gerald L. Early, Steven Heller, Leonard S. Marcus, and Dr. Joyce K. Schiller.

“Witness” is on exhibit at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History through September 9, 2012. For hours and more information, please visit www.TheWright.org.

 

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Detroit, Africa and the World

July 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Rachelle Ferrell at African World Festival of Detroit 2011

The African World Festival of Detroit was held at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African in the City’s Cultural Center, Friday through Sunday, Aug. 17-19.

Detroit’s largest ethnic festival, presented for the 30th year by the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, established a proud new tradition this Friday as it is held on the Museum grounds, surrounding streets and connecting green spaces.

The outdoor grounds featured stages, more than 100 marketplace vendors, crowd-pleasing ethnic foods, visual arts, master crafts exhibitions and live demonstrations. Institutions in the cultural center, including Wayne State University, Midtown Detroit Inc. and the Scarab Club, cooperated in welcoming the event to the area.

 This year’s event showcases the talents of Detroit-based performers with careers that have taken them to the national and international stage Event highlights include:

 Friday:

  • Noon opening with ambassadors from both Botswana and Namibia joining invited dignitaries, including members of the Detroit City Council, to open the festival on the African World Stage, behind the museum, on Farnsworth Street.
  • Thunder Drums Tribute, by Griot Assante Kouyate, honoring the 125th Anniversary of the Birth of the Hon. Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr. 7 p.m.
  • Dance tribute to honor the memories of: Haitian singer/activist Martha Jean-Claude, who exiled to Cuba was known as the “Daughter of Two Islands” ; South African singer/activist Miriam Makeba, known as Mama Africa; and, Nina Simone, African American singer/activist, known as the “High Priestess of Soul.” 8 p.m.

 Saturday:

  • Annual “Parade of Nations” featuring the International Caribbean Festival Parade will kick off from WSU at 11 a.m., moving east on Warren and arriving at noon for the day’s opening.
  • Annual AWF Step Show Competition—Featuring representatives from the African-American Greek-letter organizations of the National Pan Hellenic Council. 3 p.m.
  • Detroit Rocks the Runway! Fashion Design+Music+Dance extravaganza: “Hip Hop Gets Cultured”

 Sunday:

  • Spirit of the African World: Cardinal Mbiyu, Shrine of the Black Madonna Church; J. Sulli, Christian Rap 1pm
  • Saluting the 1983 Festival Committee: Catherine Blackwell, Edward Vaughn, Shahida Mausi,Audley Smith, Phyllis Sancho, Joe Sancho, Judge Craig Strong, Rep. Nelson Saunders, Sadiq Bey. Honoring Our Ancestors: Dr. Charles Wright; Tribute to Our She-roes & Heroes: JoAnn Watson, 4 p.m.
  •  Soul Train Line tribute to Don Cornelius and the Soul Train legacy! 6 p.m.
  •  Detroit Reggae All-Stars with Detroit Renegade musicians. 8:30 p.m.
  •  Notorius Entertainment, Detroit-based, nationally-performing R&B musicians.10 p.m.

 This 30th anniversary event also featured:

  •  The King Center Imaging Project, courtesy of JP Morgan Chase & Co. has been erected in the Museum’s Ford Freedom Rotunda as is free to the public during the Festival. Other exhibitions include Witness: The Art of Jerry Pinkney, The Chris Webber Collection, and And Still We Rise, all free with Museum admission, which is $8 for adults (13 – 61), and $5 for youth (3 – 12) and seniors (62 +); Museum members and children under 3 are free.
  • Live sculpting of major 30th Anniversary Commemorative Stone Sculpture. Each day.
  • The accompanying Community Art Project allows visitors, for $5, to decorate a tile that will be placed at the base of the sculpture when it is complete. Each day.
  • Clear Channel Radio Zone with live broadcasts on WMXD Mix 92.3 and FM 98 WJLB. All Day Sat. & Sun.
  • “Good Times” Thelma—BerNadette Stanis with a book signing. All day Saturday & Sunday.
  • Health is Wealth presentations inside the Museum, led by Detroit Wholistic Center. All day Saturday and Sunday.
  • Dance Workshops, Quilt Demonstrations, Head Wrapping Demo,
  • Watoto Chidren’s Village – Festival of Fun for our Youth: Stage performances, games, prizes and “make & take” fun for children and families. Saturday & Sunday noon – 8 p.m.
  • Exhibits celebrating the best of the festival’s past—an outdoor photo display that creates a timeline and an indoor display of AWF memorabilia and video recordings.
  • The Heritage Works African Folklife Village will present a weekend of traditional crafts demonstrations, African drum and dance performances and audience interactions.
  • Vocalists Thornetta Davis and Monica Blaire in the mastery of Detroit jazz icons Faruq Z. Bey and R&B vocalist Belita Woods, Blues tribute honoring Johnnie Basset. Tribute jam sessions. Saturday 7 p.m.
  • The historic Scarab Club will host an evening of local poets, visual artists and performance artists on Sunday.
  • There will also be informational sessions on issues ranging from community economic development to health, and a full range of entertainment and cultural activities for festival goers of all ages.

Vocalist and songwriter Rachelle Ferrell is imaged in the photograph above. Taken during her performance at the 2011 AWF, the stage was on Hart Plaza.

 For detailed information, click here.

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Macho Men and the Woman Who Understands Them

March 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Maria Costa in Macho Men and the Women Who Love Them

Maria Costa will perform “Macho Men and the Women Who Love Them,” her hit live musical comedy from Los Angeles, on Thursday, July 26 at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.

Starring Maria Costa, the one woman show is a hilarious examination of life, love, relationships and the compromises needed to make them work. The show is filled with skits, songs and laughter. For reservations and details on the performance, please click here.

The evening’s activities will begin Thursday, July 26 at 6:30 p.m. with a pre-reception event featuring tropical appetizers and a tequila tasting hosted by Blue Nectar Tequila. The “Macho Men” show will begin at 7:45 p.m. and will be followed by a salsa afterglow featuring live music and dancing.

Plans are for additional “Macho Men” performances in August and September, and ultimately, to film for Detroit Public Television and broadcast the live performances in markets nationwide on PBS.

Macho Men and The Women Who Love Them began as a live show that Costa, a half Hungarian half Cuban actress, has presented in several theaters nationwide, including the renowned Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. In the one-woman comedy Costa transforms herself into a series of characters inspired by the real people in her life — her father, aunt, mother-in-law, etc. With humor and wit she reveals the difficulties of attempting to follow one’s conservative roots amidst a modern world.

“Macho Men” has sold out performances in 16 cities in six countries as well as the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Calif., and other venues along the West Coast. The show has won the prestigious Imagen Award for Best Theatrical Production and the Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival Maverick Award.

The award-winning production stars Costa, a Detroit native and acclaimed actress/comedian whom critics have described as the Latina Lucille Ball and female John Leguizamo. In her hilarious and thought-provoking one-woman stand-up comedy routine, Costa transforms into an outrageous cast of characters, each of which depicts the struggles of “loving a macho man.” Costa’s characters include her ultra-macho father, overly critical mother-in-law, transsexual brother, socialite Aunt Maria Feinstein and many more. Costa is backed by a live salsa band and dancers.

In addition to starring in “Macho Men,” Costa is the creator, co-writer, co-producer and director of the production. As a seasoned Hollywood actress, Costa is an Alma Award–nominated actress who has starred in several primetime television shows. Milestone achievements include her popular role as Valerie on ABC’s “Ugly Betty,” her role in “Universal Remote” (currently airing on Showtime), guest roles on Lifetime’s “Strong Medicine” and CBS’s “Joan of Arcadia,” and series regular roles in such series as ABC’s “Dangerous Minds” and BRAVO’S “The It Factor LA.”

Before moving to Los Angeles, Costa worked as on-air talent, writer and producer for Detroit Public Television for programming that aired nationally on the PBS Network. She starred in productions directed and written by renowned Detroit playwright Ron Milner and performed at Chelsea’s Purple Rose Theatre, under the co-direction of movie actor Jeff Daniels, who originally encouraged Costa to move to Los Angeles to work in television and film.

Jamie Westrick, Detroit Public Television’s vice president of national fundraising programs, said, “Detroit PBS, a leading national producer and distributor of national PBS fundraising and pledge events, is excited to partner with Oro Entertainment to perpetuate the ‘Macho Men’ franchise based on the successful ‘Macho Men and the Women Who Love Them’ theatrical production. In partnering with Oro to launch the brand nationally, WTVS will be involved in program and product development and production, distribution, station marketing and connecting audiences nationwide with local ‘Macho Men’ performances.”

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History is located at 315 East Warren Avenue, Detroit, 48201, in the city’s Cultural District. To learn more about the “Macho Men” production visit www.mariacosta.com.

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Concert of Colors – Music in Every Hue and Tone

February 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Black Mahal performs at Concert of Colors

You don’t need to be synesthetic to experience the world of music that the 2012 Concert of Colors, sponsored by The Ford Foundation. The sounds are something everyone who sees and appreciates music can experience and enjoy.

If you can’t go Saturday, don’t worry. Tune your radio to WRCJ 90.9 FM at 7 p.m. You’ll hear John Penney’s live broadcast starring the Don Was Detroit Jazz All-Star Revue.

This year’s line-up includes Wu Man, China’s most famous traditional musician, in concert with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra;  the Don Was Detroit All-Star Review, an ensemble made up of world-class musical stars; and George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic. Indian funk band BlackMahal (pictured) also are among the many performers at the 2012 Concert of Colors.

Performances begin with a Tune-Up Concert @ New Center Park on Saturday, July 7. The main program runs Thursday, July 12 through Sunday, July 15. Venues include the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, the Detroit Institute of Arts, and the Max M. Fisher Music Center. All performances are free and open to the public. Click here for complete schedule and venue information.

From Concert of Colors:

The Concert of Colors — Detroit’s beloved celebration of diversity through music — marks its 20th anniversary in July with its first-ever title sponsor, the Ford Foundation, and special festivities including a new run-up concert July 7 and a Food Truck Meet-Up during the main festival the following weekend. Admission to all performances is free and all are invited to attend.

At 8 p.m. Sat., July 7, Meshell Ndegeocello plays a Tune-Up Concert @ New Center Park, courtesy of the festival’s newest partner, Midtown Detroit Inc. Joining Ndegeocello on the bill is the new group Sin Hielo featuring Sean Blackman and Wayne Gerard, DJ Ismael, and host Martin Bandyke. Other festival partners are Arab American National Museum, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Institute of Arts, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, and ACCESS.

On Thu., July 12, the main festival kicks into gear at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History with family-friendly hip-hop maestro Mike-E and his AfroFlow & Friends. It picks up speed Fri., July 13 at the Detroit Institute of Arts with PuppetSlam Detroit! and two sets by Quebec’s De Temps Antan. Admission to both museums and all exhibitions is free during festival hours.

Then, Concert of Colors pegs the odometer at the Max M. Fisher Music Center Sat. and Sun., July 14-15, led by the 5th anniversary of the Don Was Detroit All-Star Revue (8:15 p.m. Sat., July 14, Meijer Main Stage, Orchestra Hall); the Detroit Symphony Orchestra with special guests Wu Man (China’s most famous traditional musician, making her DSO debut) and Eric Jacobsen (3:30 p.m. Sun., July 15, Meijer Main Stage, Orchestra Hall); and Detroit’s own crazy man George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic closing out the festival (8:30 p.m. Sun., July 15, Meijer Main Stage, Orchestra Hall). Two indoor stages and one outdoor stage offer continuous live music.

This year’s Don Was Detroit All-Star Revue features jazz greats including Marion Hayden, James Carter, Sheila Jordan, Regina Carter, Marcus Belgrave, Wendell Harrison, Amp Fiddler, Dennis Coffey, A. Spencer Barefield, Joan Belgrave and a musical tribute to the late avant-garde pioneer Faruq Z. Bey, who was to have appeared on this year’s Revue. Was, the multiple Grammy Award-winning producer and president of legendary jazz record label Blue Note, has arranged to record Revue rehearsals for a benefit CD that will promote Detroit’s musical excellence to the world while raising money for food programs at Detroit’s Focus: HOPE.

In addition to the music July 14-15, Concert of Colors features an array of food and merchandise vendors with diverse offerings; a Detroit-themed lounge featuring delectable hometown treats; a children’s craft area; displays by local community groups and the Food Truck Meet-Up.

All Concert of Colors performances are FREE and open to the public; visit concertofcolors.com  for the complete schedule and venue information.

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Moving to his Own Beat

February 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Fela and WivesThis man did it his way. From his art and social life to leading the stand for freedom and justice, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti lived what he believed.

The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History presents “Moving to His Own Beat – Fela: The Man, The Movement, The Music.” Running through April 1, 2012, the new exhibition celebrates the life of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, whose music and politics stood in opposition to the brutal military regime in Nigeria.

Created in partnership with Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts to prelude the arrival of the Broadway smash musical, Fela!, to Music Hall in February, 2012, this exhibition celebrates the life and music of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, a dynamic figure who transcended the boundaries of political expectation and culturally coerced standards of morality. His undying passion for African peoples, understanding of the power of art and politics, and unyielding struggle against the colonial forces in Nigeria during the 1950s and 1960s, solidified his legacy as a shimmering agent of change against the status quo. Born into a family of profound social activists, he observed his parents organize successful social movements, his brothers champion democracy and medicine, and his cousin develop into a Nobel winning author. Thus, Fela’s view of politics and social activism was ingrained. He spoke out against the ruling government, returned to African traditions that had been interrupted during Colonialism, and brilliantly used his music as a medium for social change.

Always pushing the envelope, Fela infused traditional African highlife music with classical jazz and funk, which evolved into a unique sound that he called, “Afrobeat.” This extra-sonic music, structured for bands composed of up to 50 pieces, was paired with politically challenging lyrics and lengthy, theatrical stage performances. Through his band, whose name evolved from Koola Lobitos, to Africa ’70, and Egypt ’80, Fela constructed a sound that would become synonymous with pride. The powerful music and social commentary found throughout his vast catalog of recordings is indicative of his desire to help end oppression among African peoples everywhere.

While some considered him recalcitrant, others saw him as a beacon of light and inspiration. What is certain is that the music of “FELA!” will forever be a catalyst of hope for the oppressed and downtrodden.

To learn more about the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, click here.

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Black Women Rock The Wright

January 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Black Women Rock The WrightFrom Nona Hendrix and Grace Jones, to the Afro Punk Warrior Goddess Tamar Kali, black women artists are inextricably woven into the fabric of Rock and Roll Music. During Women’s History Month, The Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History and the jess Care moore Foundation will pay homage to this crucial aspect of history with the third annual Black Women Rock! (BWR!). The art exhibition, live music concert, and Sunday afternoon workshops and community celebration will take place March 16 – 18 at The Wright Museum.

In 2004, renowned poet and performer jessica Care moore created Black Women Rock! A Tribute to Rock Icon Betty Davis in conjunction with The National Black Arts Festival in Atlanta to showcase independent women artists of color who made a living as composers, guitarists, vocalists, producers and arts educators in the Rock and Roll genre. These contemporary artists defy stereotypes of what a Rock and Roll artist looks and sounds like and are the spiritual descendants of Betty Davis, Etta James, Grace Jones, Tina Turner, Nona Hendrix, and Patti Labelle. They have spent their careers breaking down barriers of image, politics and sexuality in the music industry. In honor of Women’s History Month, BWR! debuted in Detroit in March 2010 to a standing room-only audience.

The free Art Exhibition curated by Sabrina Nelson and jessica Care moore kicks off this year’s event on Friday, March 16 at 6:00 p.m. The acclaimed BWR! live Rock and Roll concert returns to the Wright Museum’s General Motors Theater on Saturday, March 17 at 6:30p.m., and features performances by Ideeyah, Steffanie Christi’an, Yahzarah St. James, Joi Gilliam (former lead singer of Lucy Pearl), Divinity Roxx (bass player for Beyonce), and Detroit’s own jessica Care moore. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and tickets are $25.

The events conclude on Sunday, March 18 with a Community Celebration to raise funds to benefit Brave New Voices Poet Jasmine Bailey and Sickle Cell Anemia. It begins with an African Martial Arts Demonstration at 12 noon. An intimate Community Conversation/Panel Discussion with the performers is at 1:30 p.m. An Acoustic Concert rounds up the celebration from 2:30 until 4:00 p.m. The suggested donation is $10, but the Sunday activities are free.

All BWR! events will be held at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. The museum is located at 315 East Warren Avenue in Midtown Detroit. Admission to the Friday, March 16 Art Exhibition is free. Tickets for the Saturday, March 17 concert can be purchased here. The donations for the Sunday, March 18 Community Celebration will be received at the door. For more information visit The Wright online  or call (313) 494-5800.

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