Strand Theatre Building in Lansing

Sometimes you just have to stop and look at the beautiful historic buildings in Michigan. This is the Strand Theatre and Arcade that was built in 1921. Although it is used for offices now, in its heyday the Strand had 2000 seats making it the largest vaudeville and motion picture theatre, with bowling alleys, a ballroom and 14 specialty stores. In 1941 it became the Michigan Theatre which closed in 1980.

Players Guild of Dearborn

The talented Players Guild has been preforming in Dearborn for over 70 years! Everyone loves a "Who done it" by Agatha Christie. The Hollow is currently showing --a wonderfully acted play with three possible suspects, Edward (Mark Ripper), Girda (Cindy Contko) and Doris (Claudia Walrad). Some pretty famous actors have made appearances in their stage like George Peppard, Chad Everett and Tom Skerrit.

Michigan Theatre

This awesome theatre in Ann Arbor was built in the art deco style in 1928. It's restoration is truly beautiful. We watched all the shorts here in February-- the ones nominated for awards. The Oscar broadcast for the best movies, directors, actors, film editing etc is Sunday night. Are you rooting for a favorite one? The 48th Ann Arbor film festival is coming March 23-28th.

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