
The Ark, Ann Arbor.
He's a Midwesterner from Green Bay, Wis. She's a musical artist from Ghana, West Africa. Together, the acoustical talents and soulful vocals of Sam & Ruby blend into a relaxed and honest sound. It's been most popularly recognized in their work "Heaven's My Home," a 2007 Grammy-nominated song that was the main feature on the soundtrack for The Secret Life of Bees. And 2009 was a breakout year for the Nashville-based duo, as their album, The Here and the Now, drew rave reviews and a place in the Associated Press's Top 10. Sam Brooker and Ruby Amanfu kicked off 2010 with a performance at the Sundance Film Festival and by winning the Sirius XM's "Coffee House" singer-songwriter of the year award. They open for bluesman Jackie Greene at the Ark, 316 S. Main St., Ann Arbor; 734-761-1451; $20; doors at 7:30 p.m.

The Ark, Ann Arbor.
He's a Midwesterner from Green Bay, Wis. She's a musical artist from Ghana, West Africa. Together, the acoustical talents and soulful vocals of Sam & Ruby blend into a relaxed and honest sound. It's been most popularly recognized in their work "Heaven's My Home," a 2007 Grammy-nominated song that was the main feature on the soundtrack for The Secret Life of Bees. And 2009 was a breakout year for the Nashville-based duo, as their album, The Here and the Now, drew rave reviews and a place in the Associated Press's Top 10. Sam Brooker and Ruby Amanfu kicked off 2010 with a performance at the Sundance Film Festival and by winning the Sirius XM's "Coffee House" singer-songwriter of the year award. They open for bluesman Jackie Greene at the Ark, 316 S. Main St., Ann Arbor; 734-761-1451; $20; doors at 7:30 p.m.
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD), Detroit.
Comprised of archival film clips taken from newsreels, industrial movies and amateur films from the '20s through the '60s, Lost Landscapes of Detroit reveals images from a disappearing Detroit. But far from a nostalgia-fest, the screening is designed to be an interactive exploration of how Detroit's past can inform its future. Audience members are encouraged to shout out questions, observations and lessons learned as the ephemera of earlier times roll by. The clips are from the Prelinger Archives, started by archivist Rick Prelinger in 1983 and passed on to the Library of Congress in 2002 when it had reached more than 200,000 items. Prelinger will be on hand to give a brief talk before the screening on the value of forgotten films and the fluid nature of shared memory. At 7 p.m. at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, 4454 Woodward Ave., Detroit; 313-832-6622; free.
Rackham Auditorium, Ann Arbor.
Singer Luciana Souza is joined by guitarist Romero Lubambo and percussionist Cyro Baptista.
Walker/Buzenberg Building, Plymouth.
Barefoot Productions presents Patrick Hamilton's intricately-crafted and chilling play which inspired Alfred Hitchcock's classic film of the same name.
Campus Martius Park, Detroit.
Featuring live music, family-friendly fun, free ice skating, figure skating shows, ice sculptures and more. Visit winterblast.com for details.
Walker/Buzenberg Building, Plymouth.
Barefoot Productions presents Patrick Hamilton's intricately-crafted and chilling play which inspired Alfred Hitchcock's classic film of the same name.
1812 Church Rd., Detroit.
Featuring Lac La Belle, Behind the Times and more.
Campus Martius Park, Detroit.
Featuring live music, family-friendly fun, free ice skating, figure skating shows, ice sculptures and more. Visit winterblast.com for details.
Second Ebenezer Church, Detroit.
A jazz opus by Christian McBride. Dedicated to four icons of the Civil Rights Movement, performed by the Detroit Jazz Festival Orchestra, the Second Ebenezer Majestic Voices, the Christian McBride Quintet and narrators,
Campus Martius Park, Detroit.
Featuring live music, family-friendly fun, free ice skating, figure skating shows, ice sculptures and more. Visit winterblast.com for details.
Cafe 1923, Hamtramck
Cliff Bell's, Detroit
Cafe 1923, Hamtramck
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Cranbrook Institute of Science, Bloomfield Hills
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Cranbrook Institute of Science, Bloomfield Hills
Woodward Avenue Brewers, Ferndale
Detroit Artists Market, Detroit
David Klein Gallery, Birmingham
Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester
Swords Into Plowshares, Detroit
The Butcher's Daughter, Ferndale
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Detroit Zoo, Royal Oak
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University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor
Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Detroit
Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham
Pewabic Pottery, Detroit
Oakland University Art Gallery, Rochester
Cranbrook Institute of Science, Bloomfield Hills
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