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The Fisher building will sway
Citywide festivities will ring during the roaring 2020s on New Year’s Eve and one of the hottest promises will be the sixth annual GALA MOTOR CITY, which is being moved to the Fisher Building this year. DJ Chrome and Kenny Spear will lead the entertainment lineup with the support of DJs Dinero, Leo, Hartmando, Lito and Kraftmattikfor. The evening includes a balloon drop, confetti, snack stations and a champagne station. There is an option for dinner and packages of cabins and luxury hotels are also offered.
It starts at 8pm Tuesday at the Fisher Building in downtown Detroit. motorcitygala.com. $ 99 or more. Ages over 21 years.
Critics praise “Little Women”
Actress Greta Gerwig (“Frances Ha,” “Mistress America”) toured Hollywood in 2017 when she wrote and directed an Oscar-nominated “Lady Bird.” Do the same this holiday season with a literary classic that, according to doubters, Hollywood had adapted to death: that of Louisa May Alcott “LITTLE WOMEN.” USA Today describes the film as “sometimes heartbreaking and always entertaining,” while the Associated Press opines: “Gerwig has made the most complete interpretation of this much-worn material for one simple reason: he leaves Amy, Beth “Me and Meg are growing up.”
It is now shown all over the country. Read the review here.
Tipping Point takes the years back
Zeus, Poseidon and Aphrodite are entangled with the era of bell bottoms, earthen shoes and macramé vests in the annual end-of-year cabaret collection at the Tipping Point Theater. This year’s production, the playful “OLYMPUS FEVER” he finds a cast of local performers performing well-known figures from Greek mythology and navigating their romantic dilemmas with the help of musical hits from the 1970s.
Tuesday, Tipping Point Theater, Northville. tippingpointtheatre.com. $ 40 or more. This weekend there will be a cash bar available at the shows. Tuesday’s New Year’s Eve performance includes drinks, snacks and toast with champagne.
New Year’s Eve for children
The Drop, Detroit’s annual New Year’s Eve celebration, has been canceled for the second year (organizers promise it will return next year), but the city center won’t be completely dead next Tuesday. Starting at 1 p.m., long before wild and crazy partygoers take to the streets, Beacon Park will host its annual NEW YEAR’S EVE IN THE ACCOUNTING, and yes, it will include a ball drop. There will also be crafts and activities aimed at young people of various ages.
Tuesday from 1 to 6 p.m., Beacon Park, Detroit. downtowndetroitparks.com. Free.
A new jazz year
Jazz flutist Alexander Zonjic will once again usher in the new year Downriver with his EVENING JAM. On Tuesday night, he will be joined by James Lloyd of the R & B-jazz fusion group Pieces of a Dream, jazz violinist Evan Garr and 12-year-old jazz piano prodigy Justin Schultz. The evening arrives with a champagne toast at midnight followed by gourmet desserts and coffee.
Tuesday at 9:30 p.m., Trenton Village Theater, Trenton. zonjic.com. 55 USD
– Greg Crawford, Detroit Free Press