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	<title>WDET&#039;s STAR Program</title>
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		<title>Springfed Arts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jamaal May performs in studio 
From nationally recognized writers like Jeffery Eugenides and Elmore Leonard, to up and coming authors like Dorene O'Brien, Metro Detroit's literary scene is surprisingly strong. It's a scene fueled by the hard work of many individuals, striving to create opportunities to not only keep publishing and promoting the work of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Interview about the BBAC on The Craig Fahle Show

With 53 years of classes, exhibits, and community involvement behind them, the BBAC is a great example of how a well-run, well-supported non-profit can grow in Metro Detroit. Located in the woodsy confines of suburban Birmingham, the center has expanded greatly from its inception. Originally housed in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Detroit Artists Market</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For over 75 years, The Detroit Artists Market has been an outlet for local artists seeking to make a reputation for themselves. The gallery and shop in the city's midtown neighborhood attracts attention from all over the Metro area, holding exhibits, garden party, and holiday sales throughout the year.

T"he Detroit Artists Market (DAM) was founded [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wdetstar.org/?p=214</link>
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		<title>Arts and Scraps</title>
		<description><![CDATA[All those extra coffee cans, felt scraps, video tapes, and aluminum foil that's often headed to the trash have a home at Arts and Scraps. The East side non-profit takes in unused materials from local businesses and residents, then creates art projects for educators to teach with.



Peg Upmeyer co- founded Arts and Scraps 21 years [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wdetstar.org/?p=189</link>
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		<title>Plymouth Canton Symphony Orchestras</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Plymouth Canton Symphony Orchestras are out next STAR recipient. For 65 years the group, consisting of 3 performing ensembles, The Plymouth Symphony, Orchestra Canton and the Celebration Youth Orchestras, have been entertaining audiences in Metro Detroit. Currently the group, led by conductor Nan Washburn, is finding common ground between more traditional orchestral pieces and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Third Date Added to Local Theatre Mass-Auditions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Because of high demand, ten of Detroit's local theatre companies have now added a 3rd date to their joint general auditions. Appointments are required for all three auditions,  made by emailing Frannie Shepard-Bates, Magenta Giraffe Theatre Company Artistic Director,  frannie@magentagiraffe.org.
Those dates are:
June 22 and 23, 2010, at the Furniture Factory in Detroit.

June 29, 2010 at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cranbrook Welcomes Artist Christopher Ho</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The school has just announced that artist, curator, and critic Christopher Ho will be their Critical Studies Teaching Fellow for the 2010-2011 year.
From the press release:
Since 2000, he has taught at the       Rhode Island School of Design in the departments of History of Art and Visual    [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wdetstar.org/?p=158</link>
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		<title>Living Arts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Living Arts in Southwest Detroit believes that when individuals become involved in creating art, they can not only strengthen their community but possibly even save it. While many of their programs focus on at-risk kids and young adults ages 3-17, they also try to engage people of all ages through events like the upcoming Community [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wdetstar.org/?p=140</link>
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		<title>The Detroit Children&#8217;s Choir</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Coleman A. Young students Kennedy and Doria sing acapella in the school's gym after choir practice.

Beginning just a few years ago in the mid-2000s, the Detroit Children's Choir is already filling a huge void in arts education within the Detroit Public Schools. Founder and Director Carol Schoch is still involved in the hands-on choral training [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wdetstar.org/?p=124</link>
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		<title>VSA Arts in Detroit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[African Drumming
VSA was created as a national organization 35 years ago by Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith. The group aims to help people of all ages with disabilities learn through the arts. The local chapter in Detroit operates out of The Children's Center on on West Alexandrine, just a few blocks south of Wayne State University.
Among [...]]]></description>
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