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Friday, February 8, 2013

Global Fridays Concerts Return to Dearborn's Arab American Museum

Check out the lineup for the 2013 winter-spring concert series.

In the immortal words of Detroit’s own Martha Reeves, “are you ready for a brand new beat?” If the answer is a resounding yes, then the Arab American National Museum’s Global Fridays concert series 2013 Winter Spring Season can fulfill that need with presentations of musical forms from the U.S. and around the world. All concerts take place at 7:30 p.m. on Friday evenings at the museum. Here's a look at the lineup: Feb. 8: The traditional Italian music and dance troupe Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino will make their Michigan premiere. March 22: “The best guitarist you never heard of” and the king of the American Primitive guitar style, Glenn Jones makes his first area appearance in five years April 5: Rounding out the season is up-and-coming…

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Arab American National Museum Announces Global Fridays Concert Lineup

The Thursday night concerts will move to a new day for the fall 2012 season.

The popular Global Thursdays concert series will return to the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn this fall, but on a new day for the 2012 season. Global Fridays will be the new norm at the Dearborn-based cultural attraction, with the lineup announced this week. Since 2005, this multicultural performance series–a sister series to the annual summer Concert of Colors world music festival in Midtown Detroit–has offered musical and spoken-word presentations for fans of traditional and world music. The AANM hopes to appeal to more local music-lovers with the series' new day. “By moving the series to Friday nights, we hope to make these artists–many of whom have never played in our area–more accessible to a larger audience,” explained …

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