Jan 22 Thursday
Join Stateside host April Baer in a discussion with Sam Sanders, Journalist and host of The Sam Sanders Show, the cult-classic pop-culture and entertainment podcast heard on Michigan Public. The two will recount Sanders' past as a political journalist, discuss his evolution into a pop-culture podcast host, and look at what's on the horizon for him in the new year.
Sam Sanders, a journalist and podcast host, has been a national news figure since 2015. For over 10 years, Sanders has covered a wide range of topics, from politics to pop culture, and has been a leading national voice for all of us.
Starting in 2015 within NPR’s Election unit, he covered Bernie Sanders’s 2016 election campaign and co-founded NPR’s Politics Podcast. In 2017, he launched It’s Been a Minute—the cult classic pop culture podcast and radio show from NPR. Sanders left NPR in 2022 to create the Sirius XM podcast Vibe Check, and recently returned to public media with his PRX show The Sam Sanders Show.
Join Stateside host April Baer for the latest Speaker Series from Michigan Public. She’ll lead Sanders in a discussion looking back at the last 10+ years of his career, including the creation of NPR’s Politics Podcast, leaving public media, and launching his most recent show, The Sam Sanders Show. Join Michigan Public for this unique, after-hours discussion with one of public media’s most notable figures!
Jun 20 Saturday
Ira Glass, one of America’s most influential storytellers, returns to Ann Arbor for his fifth A2SF appearance for an evening filled with insight, creativity, and unforgettable moments. As the creator and host of This American Life, the award-winning public radio program heard by more than 5 million listeners each week, Glass has shaped how a generation thinks about narrative and the power of everyday stories.
In this special A2SF appearance, Glass blends live storytelling with audio clips, music, video, and audience Q&A to share how he builds a story from the ground up. He reflects on what inspires him, how challenges evolve into breakthroughs, and what he has learned from a life devoted to curiosity and craft.
Under his leadership, This American Life has earned nine Peabody Awards, the first Pulitzer Prize for audio journalism, and induction to the Library of Congress. His programs were also ranked among Time magazine’s 100 Best Podcasts of All Time.
Tickets can be purchased here.
A limited number of tickets to a pre-show VIP Meet & Greet reception with Mr. Glass are available to ticket buyers. Meet & Greet tickets are $30 and capacity is limited. The reception will take place in the Power Center lobby before the performance and will include refreshments. This add-on can be purchased here.
Apr 25 Saturday
David Sedaris will return to the Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St., at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 25, 2026.
His event, titled “An Evening With David Sedaris,” is part of his 2025-26 tour across North America and Europe.
Sedaris, whose works regularly appear in the New Yorker, can often be heard on the public radio show “This American Life.” He has been nominated for five Grammy Awards for Best Spoken Word and Best Comedy Album.
He has published 14 books and essay collections, one in collaboration with his sister, Emmy-nominated comedian Amy Sedaris.
Tickets start at $79 per person.
Jan 14 Wednesday
Detroit MI.- Woodbridge Pub | Unlimited Sky Production | Preservation of Jazz Jazzy Sundays Outside Summer Music Series, Concert & Jam Session. This weekly event will be Hosted and featured by multi-Detroit Music Award recipient Sky Covington Ft. Club Crescendo Terrance Neal on Drums, Phil Hale on Keys and Ibrahim Jones on Bass. The jam session starts on the second set.
Woodbridge Pub has a great menu… cash bar and a great staff. Also, excited to announce the new performance stage and outside ambience across the street from the Pub. Enjoy Jazz, cocktails and dinner under the stars. Although table and benches are available, feel free to bring your own lawn chairs
Sky Covington (skycovington.net) will also be collecting backpacks and school supplies all summer. Feel free to donate every Sunday night from 12 p - 12 a. Simply drop off your backpacks, school supplies and school uniforms in the Hug Detroit Day Drive box at the front entrance.
Jan 21 Wednesday
Jan 28 Wednesday
Jan 31 Saturday
Dan Ripke’s Americana Revue TrioWith Special GuestsGrammy Award - winning harmonica legend Peter Madcat RuthMaster Guitarist and soulful roots musician James BourlandClarkston Independence District LibrarySaturday January 312-3 pm
Feb 04 Wednesday
Feb 07 Saturday
Dan Ripke’s Americana Revue TrioWith Special GuestsGrammy Award - winning harmonica legend Peter Madcat RuthMaster Guitarist and soulful roots musician James BourlandThe Americana Revue Acoustic Show is a musical journey through the backroads, mountains, cities, and fields where American roots music was born. From the hollers of Appalachia to the dusty highways of Texas, this show celebrates the sounds of folk, blues, country, and bluegrass that shaped a nation.
Feb 11 Wednesday
Feb 14 Saturday
The Fab Four bring their live tour to DeVos Performance Hall on Saturday, February 14, 2025 at 7:30PM.
The Ultimate Tribute to the Beatles performing live featuring the Music of the Beatles' film Help! and much, much more!
Tickets go on sale Friday, April 18th at 10:00AM. *Please note the box office will not be open for this on sale.
Tickets may be purchased at the box office or on-line at Ticketmaster.com. Ticket prices are subject to change. For current ticket prices, visit Ticketmaster.com. Ticket prices may vary, as market pricing applies to all tickets. Prices may fluctuate based on supply and demand. A ticket limit of 8 will apply to every order.
Feb 18 Wednesday
Feb 21 Saturday
Flint Symphony Orchestra
Enrique Diemecke music director and conductorGeorge Goad trumpet
ProgramSamuel Barber Overture from The School for Scandal, Op. 5Eric Ewazen Concerto for Trumpet and String OrchestraJohn Williams “With Malice Towards None” from LincolnAaron Copland Billy the Kid (Suite)William Grant Still Afro-American Symphony
In celebration of the American Semiquincentennial, experience the music of the American spirit and the persistence of its people from the Old West to the Harlem Renaissance. Among them, William Grant Still, the first African American to have a symphonic work performed by a major orchestra, and Aaron Copland, a defining voice of 20th-century music.
Other composers on the program forged new and enduring frontiers of their own: Barber’s School for Scandal overture was his first of many pieces for full orchestra, and Ewazen’s concerto has paved a path for the contemporary trumpeter, as a beloved piece in the repertoire.
With obvious reverence for the American story, John Williams’s “With Malice Toward None,” explores the moral frontier of post-Civil War America, as George Goad’s solemn trumpet solo sings Lincoln’s hopeful vision of a unified country.