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Trial for Michigan school shooter's mother: Revelations from testimony, evidence in historic case
Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley, gave hours of testimony this week in her criminal trial related to the mass shooting her son committed in 2021.
Jennifer Crumbley and her husband, James Crumbley, who is being tried separately, are each charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter in Ethan Crubley’s killing of four students — Tate Myre, 16, Justin Shilling, 16, Hana St. Juliana, 14, and Madisyn Baldwin, 17 — at Oxford High Nov. 30, 2021.
“As a parent, you spend your whole life trying to protect your child from other dangers,” Jennifer Crumbley said on the witness stand Thursday while answering questions from the defense. “You never would think you’d have to protect your child from harming someone else. That’s what blew my mind. That was the hardest thing I had to stomach is that my child harmed and killed other people.”
She stopped short of calling herself a victim, saying the true victims in the case are the families of the deceased, but she added that she has lost “a lot” as a result of the shooting and her son’s actions. Ethan Crumbley, who was 15 at the time of the shootings, pleaded guilty to his crimes last year and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
MICHIGAN SCHOOL SHOOTER ETHAN CRUMBLEY’S FATHER CALLS HIM ‘PERFECT KID’ IN INTERVIEW WITH POLICE
Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of the Michigan school shooter, took the stand Thursday in her trial for involuntary manslaughter after the jury heard the teenager blamed his parents, including his father, James Crumbley, for not getting him help before the 2021 attack that killed four students. (Mandi Wright/Detroit Free Press via AP, Pool)
“Of course, I look back after all this happened, and I have asked myself if I would have done anything differently. I wouldn’t have.” Jennifer said.
“I wish he would have killed us instead.”
Jennifer and her husband are accused of illegally purchasing a gun for their 15-year-old son, which he used in the school shooting. They are also accused of ignoring his pleas for help, and prosecutors have presented text messages and emails from Jennifer Crumbley in court to prove she did not take her son’s complaints seriously.
Ethan Robert Crumbley, left, was charged with first-degree murder in a high school shooting. His parents were also charged after the shooting. (Oakland County Sheriff)
James and Jennifer are the first parents to be charged in a school shooting.
MICHIGAN SCHOOL SHOOTER’S MOTHER JENNIFER CRUMBLEY CALLED SON AN ‘OOPSIE BABY,’ WITNESS SAYS
“There were a couple of times when Ethan expressed anxiety over taking tests,” she testified Thursday. “Anxiety about what he was going to do after high school. College? Military? But not at the level where I felt he needed to see a psychiatrist or a mental health professional.”
Jennifer Crumbley is being tried on four counts of involuntary manslaughter for the four students killed by her son, Ethan Crumbley, in 2021. (Mandi Wright/Detroit Free Press via AP, Pool)
Jennifer broke down Thursday while watching a video of the shooting played in court.
She also answered questions from the state on Friday. Prosecutors suggested she could have stopped the shooting before it happened when she arrived at Oxford High on the morning of Nov. 30, 2021, to meet with school counselors after Ethan was caught scrawling disturbing notes in class.
MICHIGAN MOM ON TRIAL FOR SON’S DEADLY SHOOTING MASSACRE RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT PARENT CULPABILITY IN SHOOTINGS
His notes included an image of a gun and the phrases “Help me,” “Blood everywhere” and “My life is useless,” along with a drawing of a gun.
James and Jennifer Crumbley met with their son and school leaders the morning of the shooting after a teacher caught Ethan Crumbley drawing disturbing images in class. (Oakland County)
“You could have been with him,” Oakland County assistant prosecutor Marc Keast said Friday.
OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTER’S MOTHER ASKS TO DISMISS 3 WITNESSES, ‘GRUESOME’ EVIDENCE THAT COULD ANGER JURY
“I could have, yes,” Jennifer Crumbley testified.
Jennifer Crumbley, 45, is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the Nov. 30, 2021, attack on Oxford High School in Michigan. (Mandi Wright/Detroit Free Press via AP, Pool)
“And you didn’t,” Keast said.
Instead of taking their son home, prosecutors alleged, Jennifer and her husband left him at school and went about their day. Ethan later took a gun from his backpack and shot a total of 11 people, four of whom died.
MICHIGAN SCHOOL SHOOTER ETHAN CRUMBLEY SENTENCED TO LIFE AFTER ADDRESSING COURT: ‘I AM A REALLY BAD PERSON’
Prosecutors also said Ethan Crumbley made a 19-minute video the day before the shooting describing what he was going to do in school the next day.
Video showing Jennifer Crumbley, left, with her son Ethan Crumbley at a gun range Nov. 27, 2021, for target practice, was shown in the courtroom during Jennifer Crumbley’s trial Jan. 25, 2024, in Pontiac, Mich. (Mandi Wright/Detroit Free Press via AP, Pool)
After the shooting, the Crumbleys allegedly fled Oxford and went to Detroit following some initial questioning from police. U.S. Marshals eventually apprehended them days later, on Dec. 4, 2021.
“The minute this shooting became public and ended up in the paper, in the media, Jennifer Crumbley started telling a story, and then she ran. And she didn’t run just because she was selfish. … She ran, and she started deleting text messages, and she started telling a different story because she knew she did something wrong,” Oakland County prosecutor Karen McDonald said in her closing statements Friday.
“She wants you to believe she’s somebody she’s not.”
Detectives who did a general sweep of the Crumbleys’ home in Oxford prior to obtaining search warrants testified in Jennifer’s case on Wednesday. Photos presented of the home in court showed a disheveled home before authorities conducted a search. The detective said the home was likely in its normal state when they conducted the initial sweep.
Texts are shown from Jennifer Crumbley, mother of Ethan Crumbley, a teenager accused of killing four students in a shooting at Oxford High School, to a co-worker as Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald speaks in court. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Photos showed shooting range targets with bullet holes hung up in Ethan’s messy bedroom. A second bedroom, which was also apparently the shooter’s room, also appeared messy, with items on the floor and on his bed.
ETHAN CRUMBLEY DETAILED PLAN TO ‘STALK, RAPE, TORTURE’ AND ‘KILL’ FEMALE CLASSMATE, PROSECUTORS SAY
Authorities found a gun safe on a shelf in James and Jennifer Crumbley’s bedroom. The safe had two guns inside.
Inside Ethan Crumbley’s room, police found spent shell casings on a nightstand on the day of the shooting. They also found an empty bottle of whiskey beside his bed and knives on a shelving unit.
Jennifer Crumbley testified that her husband was generally in charge of keeping the family’s guns stored and secured inside their home.
Jennifer’s defense attorney, Paulette Loftin, argued that the prosecution “cherry-picked evidence” to accuse Jennifer of involuntary manslaughter.
“It’s obvious real life is messy and complicated. And during this trial, I will openly admit that I’m a lawyer who messes up. … I am a human being, and so is Mrs. Crumbley, and that’s what this case is about. She’s not a perfect person or a perfect parent,” Loftin said in her closing statements
Loftin added that the shooting “was clearly not foreseeable to Mrs. Crumbley.”
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On sale now
• The Strokes: June 15, Pine Knob Music Theatre, Independence Twp. with Thundercat and Hamilton Leithauser, ticket prices vary.
• Jack White: July 25, Pine Knob Music Theatre, ticket prices vary.
• Hanson: Aug. 13, Sound Board at MotorCity Casino, ticket prices vary.
• The Beach Boys: Aug. 15, Meadow Brook Amphitheatre, Rochester Hills, ticket prices vary.
On sale 10 a.m. April 24
• Comedian Jim Gaffigan: Sept. 18, Fox Theatre, Detroit, ticket prices vary.
• Teddy Swims: Sept. 29, Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, ticket prices vary.
• Beck: Oct. 12, Fox Theatre, Detroit, ticket prices vary.
• Leanne Morgan: second show added, Oct. 15, Fox Theatre, Detroit, (limited number of tickets are still available for the previously announced Oct. 16 show), ticket prices vary.
On sale noon, April 24
• Melanie Martinez: July 18, Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, ticket prices vary.
On sale noon, April 27
• Usher Raymond and Chris Brown: July 2-3 Ford Field, Detroit, ticket prices vary.
Note: Events are subject to change; check with venues for updates. Tickets on sale at 313Presents.com, LiveNation.com, Ticketmaster.com or the XFINITY Box Office at Little Caesars Arena.
Beats
• Corktown Music Festival: April 23-25, Lager House, 1254 Michigan Ave., Detroit, https://thelagerhouse.com, ticket prices vary.
• Tyler Rich, James Barker Band: April 24, District 142, 142 Maple St., Wyandotte, with Ryan Jay, https://district142live.com, $28.40+.
• One Ton Trolley: 6:30 p.m. April 24, Pontiac Little Art Theatre, 47 N. Saginaw St., Pontiac, www.theplat.org, $15+ adv.
• Lost Signals: April 24, Magic Bag, 22920 Woodward Ave., Ferndale, www.themagicbag.com, 18+, doors at 8 p.m., $12.82-$17.70+.
• Jeremy Facknitz and Audra Kubat: 7:30 p.m. April 24, Trinity House Theatre, 38840 W. Six Mile, Livonia, www.trinityhousetheatre.org, $25+.
• House of Heavy: April 24, The Loving Touch, 22634 Woodward Ave., Ferndale, doors at 7 p.m., all ages, https://thelovingtouchferndale.com, 248-820-5596, $22.12-$26.49.
• Jay Electronica: 7 p.m. April 25, The Crofoot Ballroom, 1 S. Saginaw St., Pontiac, https://thecrofoot.com, ages 18+, ticket prices vary.
• Dark Tranquillity + Soen: April 25, Saint Andrew’s Hall, 431 E Congress St., Detroit, www.saintandrewsdetroit.com, doors at 6 p.m., ticket prices vary.
• Live & Let Die – Paul McCartney Music tribute: April 25, Andiamo Celebrity Showroom, 7096 E. 14 Mile Road, Warren, andiamoshowroom.com, 586-268-3200, doors at 7 p.m., show at 8 p.m., $35-$65+.
• Sunset Blvd.: 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. April 25, The Roxy, 401 Walnut Blvd., Rochester, ages 21+, 248-453-5285, www.theroxyrochester.com, ticket prices vary.
• Bring the Noise Volume 9: April 25, Diesel Concert Lounge 33151 23 Mile Road, Chesterfield, doors at 7 p.m., www.dieselconcerts.com, $10+ cover.
• Annual Handbell Festival: 3 p.m. April 25, First United Methodist Church, 6363 Livernois Road, Troy, https://tuesdaymusicaleofgreaterpontiac.org.
• Ari Hest: 8 p.m. April 25, at 20 Front Street, Lake Orion, 248-783-7105, www.20frontstreet.com, all ages, $29.95+.
• Kenny Wayne Shepherd: April 26, Music Hall, 350 Madison St., Detroit, with Shirley Murdock and Keith Washington, 313-887-8500, www.musichall.org, ticket prices vary.
• Hail The Sun: 6 p.m. April 26, The Crofoot Ballroom, 1 S. Saginaw St., Pontiac, https://thecrofoot.com, all ages, ticket prices vary.
• Slomosa: 7 p.m. April 26, El Club, 4114 Vernor Hwy, Detroit, https://elclubdetroit.com, $34.77.
• Musical Gems of Springtime Concert: 4-6 p.m. April 26, St. John Lutheran Church, 23225 Gill Road, Farmington Hills, www.stjohn-elca.org, free.
• The Randy Crawford Tribute: 7:30 p.m. April 27, at Aretha’s Jazz Cafe, 350 Madison Detroit, https://jazzcafedetroit.com, $39.19+.
• They Might Be Giants: April 28-29, Majestic Theatre, 4140 Woodward Ave., Detroit, www.majesticdetroit.com, doors at 7 p.m., ages 16+, ticket prices vary.
• Demi Lovato: 8 p.m. April 29, Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, with Adéla, 313presents.com, ticket prices vary.
Comedy
• One Night Stans: Greg Morton-April 24-25; Steve Iott, Derek Richards, Sal Demilio-April 30; Tom Arnold-April 30; at 4761 Highland Road, Waterford Twp., www.onenightstans.club, 248-249-1321, ages 18+, ticket prices vary.
• Mark Ridley’s Comedy Castle: Jamie Lissow-April 24-25; Dave Attell-April 30-May 2; at 310 S. Troy St., Royal Oak, www.comedycastle.com, 248-542-9900, ages 18+, ticket prices vary.
• Punchline Comedy Lounge: Simply Shanell-April 24-26; at 29555 Northwestern Hwy #312, Southfield, 248-955-3016, www.comedypunchline.com, ages 18+, ticket prices vary.
• Pete Correale: April 24, Andiamo Celebrity Showroom, 7096 E. 14 Mile Road, Warren, andiamoshowroom.com, 586-268-3200, doors at 7 p.m., show at 8 p.m., $35-$69+.
• Bobby Lee: 7 p.m. April 24, The Fillmore, 2115 Woodward Ave, Detroit, www.thefillmoredetroit.com, ticket prices vary.
• Jeff Dunham: April 24-25, Fox Theatre, Detroit, 313presents.com, ticket prices vary.
• Matt Ross: 6 p.m. April 26, at 2301 Woodward Ave., Detroit, www.micdropcomedydetroit.com, doors at 5 p.m. ages 21+, ticket prices vary.
• Karmanos Comedy Champions: 6-11 p.m. May 9, The Harmonie Club, 311 E. Grand River Ave., Detroit, headlined by Michael Kosta, tickets are $250+ and includes event and afterparty admission. Champion Tickets are $350, and include event admission, preferred show seating, afterparty admission, and access to the meet-and-greet with Michael Kosta, karmanos.org/comedychampions, 248-226-2163.
Theater
• “Million Dollar Quartet”: April 22-May 17, Meadow Brook Theatre, on the campus of Oakland University, 248-377-3300, www.mbtheatre.com, tickets are $40-$48+.
• “Changes”: A Night of Music and Original One-Acts, April 23-25 at 7:30 p.m. with a matinee on April 26 at 2:30 p.m. on the campus of Rochester Christian University, 800 W. Avon Road, Rochester Hills, in the Richardson Academic Center Theater, $5 for students and $18 for adults, with discounts available for seniors, veterans, and alumni, www.rcu.edu/theatre.
• “Footloose” musical: April 23-26, Stoney Creek High School Auditorium, 6755 Sheldon Road, Rochester Hills, presented by Stoney Creek Theatre Company. Tickets are $20+ for adults, $15+ for seniors (65+), $10+ for students, at https://stoneycreektheatrecompany.ludus.com/index.php.
• Elephant & Piggie’s: “We Are in a Play! Jr.” is 7 p.m. April 24, and 12:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. April 25, Parkway Christian School, 14000 Metro Pkwy, Sterling Heights, https://cur8.com/25661/project/134768.
• “Cinderella”: April 24-26, Macomb Center for the Performing Arts, 44575 Garfield Rd., Clinton Township, www.macombcenter.com, $28+.
• “Godspell”: April 24-25 and May 1-2, Lakeland Players, 5119 Highland Road, Waterford Twp. www.lakelandplayers.net, ticket prices vary.
• “Jurassic Park-The Musical”: April 24-May 9, Planet Ant Theatre (Ant Hall), 2320 Caniff St, Hamtramck, https://www.planetant.com/events, ticket prices vary.
• “Hello Dolly!”: April 24-May 16, Farmington Players Barn Theater, 32332 W. 12 Mile Road, Farmington Hills, www.farmingtonplayers.org, 248-553-2955, $26 for adults and $24 for seniors and students.
• “Fiddler on the Roof” musical: through April 26, Stagecrafters Main Stage, Baldwin Theatre, 415 South Lafayette, Royal Oak, stagecrafters.org, 248-541-6430, ticket prices vary.
• “Paradise Lost”: through April 26, STUDIO-Hilberry Gateway, 4715 Cass Ave., Detroit, presented by the Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance at Wayne State University, https://theatreanddance.wayne.edu, ticket prices vary.
• Spring Advanced Directing Projects: through April 26, Varner Lab Theatre, 371 Varner Drive, Rochester. https://calendar.oakland.edu/smtd, $10+ general admission.
• TAKE TEN-Ten-Minute Play Festival: May 1-3 (7 p.m. May 1-May 2, and 2 p.m. May 3), St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, 20475 Sunningdale Park, Grosse Pointe Woods. Ten original ten-minute plays presented by Grosse Pointe Theatre, tickets are $15, open limited seating. Purchase tickets at www.gpt.org/playfest or call 313-881-4004. Some content is PG-13.
• “A Little Night Music”: May 1-17, Birmingham Village Players, 34660 Woodward Ave. Birmingham, 248-644-2075, www.birminghamvillageplayers.com, tickets are $30.
• “Gene & Gilda”: through May 3, Tipping Point Theatre, 361 E. Cady St., Northville, www.tippingpointtheatre.com/buy-tickets, 248-347-0003, ticket prices vary.
• “Be Nice, Think Twice”: 7:30-9 p.m. May 18, at Five15, 600 S Washington Ave., Royal Oak. Rock cabaret presented by Jim Territo, pianist, with vocalists Bryana Hall, Curtis Martin, and Jojo Shepard, and Paco Higdon, guitar, Stephe Brown, bass, and Jeremy Otto, drums, www.benicethinktwice.com, https://five15.net, ages 21+, $12.51 online, $15 at the door.
• “Be Nice, Think Twice”: 9-11:30 p.m. May 22, Ghost Light, 2314 Caniff, Hamtramck. Second show of rock cabaret presented by Jim Territo. Emily Rose at 8 p.m., doors open at 7 p.m., www.facebook.com/ghostlighthamtramck, $12.51 online, $15 at the door.
Art
• Detroit Institute of Arts, Art-Making Studio, 5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit, www.dia.org. Drawing in the Galleries, lectures, Drop-In Workshops, and Friday Night Live! events at the DIA, https://dia.org/events.
• Free Community Clay Workshop: 5:30-7:30 p.m. April 24, at Kasper and Clay, 40 W Howard Street #224, Pontiac, register at https://book.squareup.com/classes/fwv96otbffip83/location/LFXNMEK9RAKP2/classes, free clay workshop held every second and fourth Friday of April and May in conjunction with the Pontiac Arts Crawl.
• Labyrinth/Laboratory: Selections from the Cranbrook Collection is a new ongoing exhibition of work by Cranbrook Academy of Art alumni and faculty, Cranbrook Academy of Art at Cranbrook Art Museum, 39221 Woodward Ave, Bloomfield Hills, https://cranbrookartmuseum.org. Special Exhibition Tours to be held on Fridays at 4 p.m. April 24, May 1, May 15, and May 29.
• “What Dreams May Come”: exhibit through May 16, KickstART Gallery & Artisan Shop, 23616 Farmington Road, Farmington, artist’s talk with Wendy Fournier and Cathy Rozenberg, is 6:30 p.m. April 24 and closing reception is planned for May 8, https://kickstartfarmington.org.
• Biennial Primary Student Art Show: April 25-May 22, at Anton Art Center, 125 Macomb Place, Mount Clemens, Macomb County K-6th grade students, www.theartcenter.org, 586-469-8666.
• “Guests of Honor-Armor as Fashion”: exhibit through April 26, Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit, https://dia.org.
• April Drop-In Workshops: BBAC’s Sundays @ the Center are a low-cost, drop-in workshop with projects that are fun for all ages, 12:30-3 p.m. April 26, $5 per person, includes all materials, at Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, 1516 S. Cranbrook Road, Birmingham, https://bbartcenter.org.
• The Knoll Lecture in Design: Nifemi Marcus-Bello is 6-7:30 p.m. April 28, Cranbrook Art Museum, 39221 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills, https://cranbrookart.edu/event/the-knoll-lecture-in-design-nifemi-marcus-bello, free.
• Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center: “Mechanical/Botanical” and Group Ceramic Show: “Animalia,” and non-ceramic exhibitions by Ron Teachworth: “Appropriation: Artists and Their Work “ and The Students of Fran Seikaly exhibits through April 30, at Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, 1516 S. Cranbrook Road, Birmingham, https://bbartcenter.org, free and open to the public.
• Swanson Lecture-Joseph Kunkel: 6-7:30 p.m. May 5, Cranbrook Art Museum, 39221 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills, https://cranbrookart.edu/event/swanson-lecture-joseph-kunkel.
• “When Time Stumbled”: May 8, opening art reception and book launch is 3-5 p.m. May 9, Color | Ink Studio & Gallery, 20919 John R Road, Hazel Park, exhibition is open May 8-May 29, collection of poetry and art, https://colorinkstudio.com.
• Sarah Blaustein and Christy Matson: “Field Guide” exhibit through May 16, Library Street Collective, 1260 Library Street, Detroit, https://lscgallery.com.
• Annual Art & Flower Fair: May 16-17, downtown Lake Orion, fundraiser for the Orion Art Center, more than 100 art, flower, plant, and craft vendors, live artist demonstrations, music, and family activities. To become a vendor, visit https://orionartcenter.org.
• Pontiac Arts Crawl: Fridays through May 29, Fridays in April and May, downtown Pontiac, pontiacartscrawl.com.
• Ron Conigliaro photography exhibit: exhibit through May, at the Flagstar Strand Theatre, 12 N Saginaw St, Pontiac, (248) 309-6445, www.flagstarstrand.com.
• Southfield Public Arts Commission presents “Attitudes & Images” artists’ exhibition through June 30, at Southfield City Hall Main Lobby, 26000 Evergreen Road, Southfield, presented Southfield Public Arts Commission, featuring the work of 11 artists, including: Terrell Anglin, Arlinda Crossland, Daphne Means Curtis, Paul Curtis, Lynn Galbreath, Kim Adams House, Terrie Hylton, Amanda Koss, Debbie Lim, Alessandra Collar Lipman, and Steven Mealy, (248) 796-5100, www.cityofsouthfield.com.
• Tacon-Heaslip Gallery: 22100 Woodward Ave., Ferndale, founded by Detroit-based artist Jarrad Tacon-Heaslip, 313-573-3020, www.taconheaslip.com, www.facebook.com/taconheaslipgallery.
• “Reimagine African American Art”: through Oct. 18, Detroit Institute of Arts, Art-Making Studio, 5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit, www.dia.org.
• Guests of Honor-Frederic Church’s “Cotopaxi”: through Oct. 25, Detroit Institute of Arts, Art-Making Studio, 5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit, www.dia.org.
• 2026-2027 Public Art Program: featuring works from more than 60 artists, at Farmington Hills City Hall, 31555 W. Eleven Mile Road, Farmington Hills, www.fhgov.com.
• The Shepherd, 1265 Parkview St., Detroit. Hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday to Saturday, (313) 600-7443, https://lscgallery.com/the-shepherd-bio.
• Anton Art Center: 125 Macomb Place, Mount Clemens, www.theartcenter.org, 586-469-8666. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, free admission.
• University of Michigan Museum of Art: 525 South State St., Ann Arbor, 734-764-0395, umma.umich.edu, ticket prices vary.
Art contests/Show vendor registrations
• Baba Juke Call for Art: honoring the musical legacy of Music Dads and Daughters, exhibition opening June 2026 at Irwin House Art Gallery – Detroit, submissions accepted through April 30, www.eyeneyellc.com/babajukecallforart.
• Pride Month Art Competition: through 4 p.m. May 5, Anton Art Center, open call to LGBTQ2S+ artists to submit entries to a new visual art competition and exhibit in celebration of Pride Month this summer presented by local nonprofit organization, PFLAG of Clinton Township. Open nationally to artists 18+ for up to two artworks to be juried by the entry deadline of May 5. Selected artwork will be on display in the Anton Art Center’s second level gallery open June 6-Aug. 1, www.theartcenter.org/artist-opportunities.
• The City of Farmington Hills, in collaboration with Farmington Public Schools, invites Farmington Public Schools K-12 students to participate in a poster contest to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States. Entries to the student art contest are open through April 26, at https://form.jotform.com/260745132663153. Students may submit one entry each. Selected winning posters will be professionally reproduced and displayed throughout the community and in promotional materials for the city’s America 250th Celebration at Founders Sports Park on June 25.
Beats, continued
• Il Volo: 8 p.m. May 1, Fox Theatre, Detroit, 313presents.com, ticket prices vary.
• Yungblud: 8 p.m. May 1, Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre, Sterling Heights, with Return to Dust, 313presents.com, ticket prices vary.
• Melrose Avenue: 7 p.m. May 1, The Shelter at Saint Andrew’s Hall, 431 E Congress St., Detroit, www.saintandrewsdetroit.com, ticket prices vary.
• Calum Scott: 7 p.m. May 1, The Fillmore, 2115 Woodward Ave, Detroit, www.thefillmoredetroit.com, ticket prices vary.
• Ann Arbor Music Festival: May 1, The Blind Pig, 208 S. 1st St., Ann Arbor, with TRIBE989, Master Plan, Crush, Concrete Angels, https://blindpigmusic.com, doors at 7 p.m., 18+, ticket prices vary.
• Dueling Pianos: 8 p.m. May 1, The Roxy, 401 Walnut Blvd., Rochester, ages 21+, 248-453-5285, www.theroxyrochester.com, $30+.
• Alan Doyle, Bandits on the Run: May 2, Royal Oak Music Theatre, Royal Oak, doors at 7 p.m., www.royaloakmusictheatre.com, all ages, ticket prices vary.
• AMPLIFY-The Sound of Detroit: 4 p.m. May 3, Sound Board at MotorCity Casino, Detroit, presented by Motown Museum – Hitsville Next, ticketmaster.com, ticket prices vary.
• Buckethead: 7 p.m. May 6, Saint Andrew’s Hall, 431 E Congress St., Detroit, www.saintandrewsdetroit.com, ticket prices vary.
• Pigeon Pit: 8 p.m. May 7, Ginkgo Records, 3546 Michigan Ave, Detroit, www.facebook.com/pigeonpit.
• Little Image: May 12, The Blind Pig, 208 S. 1st St., Ann Arbor, with McGuire Ellinger, https://blindpigmusic.com, doors at 7 p.m., ticket prices vary.
Books/Speakers
• Spring Used Book Sale: April 22-25, at Wixom Public Library, 49015 Pontiac Trail, Wixom, presented by the Friends of the Library. The preview sale for members only, (membership info at wixomlibrary.org/friends) is 5-7:30 p.m. April 22. Regular sale hours are 10 a.m.-8 p.m. April 23, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. April 24, and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. April 25, proceeds benefit the Wixom Public Library, www.wixomlibrary.org.
• Women Confronting Racism conference: “The Cost of Silence-The Power of Voice” is April 24, at the Farmington Hills Costick Center, 28600 W 11 Mile Road, Farmington Hills, www.womenconfrontingracism.com.
• TEDxPontiac: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. May 1, GM Pontiac Engineering Center, 800 N Glenwood Ave., Pontiac, Pontiac’s Comeback Story Takes Center Stage at Historic GM Engineering Center, www.tedxpontiac.org, ticket prices vary.
• “The Safari Girls” Renee Prewitt author Talk and Book Launch: 2-4 p.m. May 3, Pontiac Creative Arts Center, 47 Williams Street, Pontiac, parking across the street, https://pontiacarts.square.site. Additional book signing events are 5-7:30 p.m. May 6, Motor City Java House, 17336 Lahser Rd, Detroit, parking in Redford Theatre Lot; and 9:30 a.m. May 17, at Renaissance Unity Church, following the service held at Emagine Theatre IMAX, 200 N. Main Street, Royal Oak, https://pontiacarts.square.site.
Choruses
• Motor City Chorale: “Music Through the Century, Vol. 2” Concert is 7:30 p.m. April 24, First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, Rochester, 1315 N. Pine Street, Rochester, free will offering, https://motorcitychorale.com/home.
• New Century Chorale: “Music in My Mother’s House” is 4 p.m. May 3, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 711 S. Saginaw, Flint, https://newcenturychorale.square.site.
Classical/Orchestra
• William Davidson Neighborhood Series: Detroit Symphony Orchestra presents Vaughan Williams’s “The Lark Ascending,” 7:30 p.m. April 23 at WCCCD Prechter Center, Detroit; 8 p.m. April 24, at Plymouth:First United Methodist; 8 p.m. April 25, at Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Grosse Pointe Woods; 3 p.m. April 26, at The Hawk, Farmington Hills, dso.org, $32+.
• The Music of Journey: Detroit Symphony Orchestra, April 24-26, at Orchestra Hall, 3711 Woodward Ave., Detroit, 313-576-5111, dso.org, $20.95+.
• “Sounds of the Pacific Rim”: Michigan Philharmonic at 7:30 p.m. April 24, The Hawk Theatre Mainstage, 29995 W 12 Mile Road, Farmington Hills, pre-concert talk at 6:45 p.m., TheHawkTheatre.com, $35+, $30+ for seniors, $10+ for students.
• Dvořák’s New World Symphony: Detroit Symphony Orchestra, April 30-May 2, at Orchestra Hall, 3711 Woodward Ave., Detroit, 313-576-5111, dso.org, $20.95+.
• Detroit Metropolitan Youth Symphony: 2 p.m. and 3:45 p.m. May 3, String Orchestra, The Hawk Theatre Mainstage, 29995 W 12 Mile Road, Farmington Hills, TheHawkTheatre.com, gen. admission-$15+ adv., $20 at the door each show.
• Rochester Community Concert Band: 7:30 p.m. May 5, “Hometown” concert at Varner Recital Hall, 371 Varner Drive, on Oakland University’s campus, www.rochestercommunityconcertband.org, free admission, donations welcome.
• Royal Oak Concert Band: 3 p.m. May 10, “Vive la France” with Woodward Avenue Jazz Orchestra, at Royal Oak Middle School Dondero Auditorium, 709 N Washington, Royal Oak, www.royaloakconcertband.org, gen. adm.-$12, $10 students and seniors, free for ages 12 and younger.
Dance
• “Shen Yun”: April 24-26, Detroit Opera House, Detroit, https://detroitopera.org, ticket prices vary.
• 97th Annual Spring Dance Concert: A Meeting of Bodies and Minds, April 24-26 at the Wayne State University’s Hilberry Gateway – the STAGE.
Festivals/Shows
• Novi Home & Garden Show: April 24-26, at Vibe Credit Union Showplace, (formerly Suburban Collection Showplace) 46100 Grand River Ave. Novi, https://novihomeshow.com, ticket prices vary, parking fees.
• Blake’s in Bloom: through mid-May, at Blake’s Orchard & Cider Mill in Armada, stroll through the orchard to enjoy fields of more than 100,000 tulips, pick fresh blooms, taste seasonal delights, $9.95 for a pre-sale weekday tulip pass ($12.95 at the gate) to $22.95 for a pre-sale weekend VIP tulip pass ($25.95 at the gate), http://blakefarms.com/blakesinbloom.
• Annual St. Florian Strawberry Festival: 5-10 p.m. May, 2, and noon-7 p.m. May 3, St. Florian Parish 2626 Poland St., Hamtramck, authentic Polish food to purchase (pierogi, kielbasa, city chicken), strawberry bakery, live music, dancing, and family games, www.facebook.com/StFlorianParishHamtramck, free admission.
• Halfway to Halloween Monster Bash: 2-5 p.m. May 2 at Twisty’s Tricks & Treats, 14 Mile Rd., Sterling Heights, 586-838-5050, DJ music, face painting, costume contest, www.facebook.com/events/1686134355887139, free admission, frozen treats to purchase.
• Utica Antiques Market: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. May 9 and 8 a.m.-4 p.m. May 10, at the Knights Park and Pavilion, 11541 21 Mile Road, Shelby Twp., www.facebook.com/uticaantiques, $10 admission, ages 15 and younger-free.
Film
• Detroit Youth Choir: to perform Michael Jackson songs at Emagine Theatre locations, pre-movie concert experience for new movie “Michael” throughout the opening week, 5:30 p.m. April 22 at Emagine Novi; 5:30 p.m. April 23 at Emagine Rochester Hills; 6 p.m. April 24 at Emagine Royal Oak; and 1:30 p.m. April 26 at Emagine Canton, free to watch in the lobby, movies available to purchase at emagine-entertainment.com.
• Oakland University Film Showcase: 3-4 p.m. April 26, Dodge Hall, Oakland University, https://filmfreeway.com/OUFILM26, film festival from the English, Creative Writing and Film Department at Oakland University.
• “Halfway 2 Halloween”: May 2, doors open at 10 a.m. at Screamers Costumes, 37101 South Groesbeck Hwy. Clinton Twp., featuring stars of Halloween movie franchise including James Jude Courtney, Brad Loree and Carmela McNeal, free admission, ticketed VIP “Breakfast with the Myers,” FastPass and VIP Passes, www.screamerscostumes.com. Portion of proceeds benefit Gleaners Food Bank for the Jay Towers Annual Cereal Drive.
• Billie Eilish: “Hit Me Hard and Soft-The Tour,” in theaters May 8.
• AMC Theatres: AMC Forum Sterling Heights, 586-254-1381; AMC Star Gratiot Clinton Township, 586-791-2095; AMC Star Great Lakes Auburn Hills, 248-454-0314; AMC Star John R Madison Heights, 248-585-4477, amctheatres.com.
• Cinemark Southland Center, Taylor, 734-287-0629, www.cinemark.com/theatres.
• Detroit Film Theatre at Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit, dia.org, ticket prices vary.
• Emagine Theatres: Birmingham 8, 248-723-6230; Emagine Palladium in Birmingham, 248-385-0500; Canton, 734-787-3002; The Riviera in Farmington Hills, 248-788-6572; Hartland, 810-207-5757; Macomb, 586-372-3456; Novi, 248-468-2990; Rochester Hills, 248-378-2991; Royal Oak, 248-414-1000, emagine-entertainment.com, ticket prices vary. Open-caption showtimes are Wednesdays and Sundays, films and showtimes vary. Dementia-friendly showtimes are at 1 p.m. the second Wednesday of the month at Emagine locations in Saline, Canton, and Rochester Hills. Flashback Cinema Series selection of classic films- Sundays and Wednesdays through May 3.
• Farmington Civic Theater: 33332 Grand River Ave., Farmington, www.theFCT.com.
• Milford Independent Cinema: 945 E Summit St., Milford, milfordcinema.org/tickets, general admission tickets are $9+.
• MJR Theatres: MJR Chesterfield, 586-598-2500; MJR Universal Grand, Warren, 586-620-0200; MJR Troy, 248-498-2100; MJR Marketplace, Sterling Heights, 586-264-1514; MJR Partridge Creek, Clinton Twp., 586-263-0084; MJR Waterford, 248-666-7900, MJR Southgate, 734-284-3456, mjrtheatres.com.
• Oxford GQT Theater: 248-628-7101, gqtmovies.com/theaterinfo/x01tk-gqt-oxford-7.
• Redford Theatre: 17360 Lahser Road, Detroit, redfordtheatre.com, ticket prices vary.
• Regal UA, Commerce Twp.: 844-462-7342, regmovies.com/theatres/regal-ua-commerce-township. Permanently closed.
• Romeo Theatre, Washington: 586-752-3455, romeotheatre.com.
Fundraisers
• Shades of Pink Foundation’s A Walk at the Zoo: 7 a.m.-noon April 25, at the Detroit Zoo, 8450 W 10 Mile Rd., Royal Oak, register for individual or team at https://shadesofpinkfoundation.goodworldnow.com/p/a-walk-at-the-zoo, ticket prices vary, donations welcome.
• The Best Buddies Friendship Walk: 8 a.m. April 26, Detroit Zoo, to benefit people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, register for individual or team at www.bestbuddies.org/michigan, ticket prices vary, donations welcome.
• Annual Wine, Wit & Wisdom Fundraiser: 6-9:30 p.m. April 25, at Rochester Hills Public Library featuring lectures, dinner, drinks, silent auction and 50/50 raffle to support the Friends of RHPL. Register at the library or online at rhpl.org/friends. Tickets are $90 until April 20 when registration closes, ages 21+.
• HAVEN’s Seeds of Hope Gala: 6-10:30 p.m. May 1, at Auburn Hills Marriott Pontiac, 3600 Centerpoint Parkway, Pontiac, https://haven-oakland.org/haven-events/seeds-of-hope-gala.
• Audrey Ray: May 15, The Roxy, 401 Walnut Blvd., Rochester, ages 21+, 248-453-5285, www.theroxyrochester.com, Proceeds benefit A Courageous Voice, working to protect children from abuse and exploitation, line dancing and merch available before the show, 7-8 p.m., Audrey Ray performs at 8 p.m., https://theroxyrochester.com, $30+.
• “Icons Re-Imagined” gala: Lawrence Technological University Scholarship Gala is May 16, at The Department at Hudson’s Detroit, 1000 Nick Gilbert Way, Detroit. Tickets and sponsorships available at http://ltu.edu/thegala, prices vary.
Misc.
• Livernois Business Corridor Bingo: May 1-18, Catfe Lounge, 686 Livernois St, Ferndale, free admission, https://ferndalecatshelter.org/cl.
• Night of Knockouts XL: 7 p.m. April 24, Sound Board at MotorCity Casino, Detroit, 313presents.com, ticket prices vary.
• The Psychology of Serial Killers: 8 p.m. April 30, featuring Dr. Rachel Toles Flagstar Strand Theatre, 12 N. Saginaw St., Pontiac, flagstarstrand.com, ticket prices vary.
• Downtown Detroit Markets: Vendor applications are open April 28-June 1, All Things Marketplace, 1620 Michigan Ave. Ste. 123 in Corktown, Detroit, www.deckedoutdetroit.com/markets-applicants-open. Holiday Market season is Nov. 11-Jan. 3, 2027.
Museums
• “Michigan at Gettysburg”: 1-3 p.m. April 26, at the Oakland History Center in downtown Pontiac, as society member Kevin Bellant investigates Michigan’s place in the pivotal Battle of Gettysburg. Admission is free, donations welcome, www.ocphs.org.
• Oakland County Parks Historian Carol Bacak-Egbo: “A Dead Cow, an Apple Orchard and a Town that Disappeared: Lyon Oaks and Beyond,” 7-8 p.m. April 28, at Lyon Oaks Event Center, free event, preregistration is requested at 248-221-8040.
Detroit ICON series sneak preview: 6-9 p.m. May 1, Detroit Historical Museum, https://go.detroithistorical.org/DetroitIcon
• Discovery Days: Community Science is 11 a.m.-3 p.m. May 2, Cranbrook Institute of Science: 39221 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills, https://science.cranbrook.edu/visit/events/2026-05/discovery-days-community-science.
• Ford House: Historic estate of Eleanor and Edsel Ford, 1100 Lake Shore Road, Grosse Pointe Shores, 313-884-4222, www.fordhouse.org/events, admission is $7 per adult and $5 per child, ages 6+, free for 5 and younger.
• Cranbrook Institute of Science: 39221 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills, https://science.cranbrook.edu, 248-645-3200. The museum is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday; noon-4 p.m. Sunday; 10 a.m.-10 p.m. first and third Friday of the month and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. second, fourth, and fifth Friday of the month. General admission is $15, $11.50 for ages 2-12 and ages 65+, free for ages under 2 and members. General admission is free on the first Friday of every month and $5 after 5 p.m. on the third Friday of every month. Acheson Planetarium and changing exhibit hall require an additional fee.
• The Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm, public open hours and tours are noon-3 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, free for museum members; $5/adults; $3/seniors and students, drop-in only, www.rochesterhills.org/musprograms.
• Royal Oak Historical Society Museum: Hours are 1-4 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 1411 W. Webster Road, Royal Oak, royaloakhistoricalsociety.com, 248-439-1501, $10+ suggested donation. “Where They Lie: Stories that Royal Oak Cemeteries Tell” exhibit on display during the Museum’s regular hours: Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from 1–4 p.m. through July 25.
• Orson Starr House open house: 1-4 p.m. 2nd and 4th Sundays each month, 3123 N. Main Street, Royal Oak, oldest house in Royal Oak, built in 1845, www.facebook.com/OrsonStarrHouse.
• Oakland County’s Historical Society, 405 Cesar E. Chavez Ave., Pontiac, www.ocphs.org, (248) 338-6732.
• Pontiac Transportation Museum: 250 W. Pike St., Pontiac. Admission to the museum is $15, $12 for seniors and veterans, $8 for children ages 6-12, free for children ages 5 and younger, 50% off for Pontiac residents with ID. Hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, www.pontiactransportationmuseum.org. First Thursday Lecture Series is 7-8:30 p.m., first Thursday of the month, free, donations appreciated.
• Ford Piquette Plant Museum: 461 Piquette Ave., Detroit. Open Wednesdays through Sundays, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $10-$20. Optional guided tours take place daily at 10 a.m., noon, and 2 p.m., www.fordpiquetteplant.org, 313-872-8759.
• Michigan Science Center (Mi-Sci): 5020 John R St., Detroit, 313-577-8400, www.mi-sci.org. Regular museum gen. adm. is $17+. Standard Mi-Sci films are available as a $6 add-on to general admission tickets. Mi-Sci is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday and until 8 p.m. the first Friday of each month. Kids Town exhibit provides a tinkering space for children 5 and under to explore creativity as part of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) concepts – while under the supervision of parents and caregivers.
• Troy Historic Village: 60 W. Wattles Road, Troy. Register online to reserve a timeslot at www.TroyHistoricVillage.org. Walk-ins are also welcome. Regular hours are 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday-Friday. Admission is free to members, $7/Adult, $5/Senior, $5/Youth 6-17 for non-members, free for ages under 6.
• Meadow Brook Hall: Guided House Tours, Meadow Brook Hall on the campus of Oakland University, Rochester, 350 Estate Drive, Rochester. Visit meadowbrookhall.org/tours for tour times and ticket prices.
• Detroit Arsenal of Democracy Museum: seeks volunteer groups from veteran and military groups to assist with restoration. The museum is also seeking building materials and equipment to support the ongoing restoration of its vintage industrial space at 19144 Glendale Ave., Detroit, including floor grinders, clear epoxy and Thinset products for floor repairs, www.detroitarsenalofdemocracy.org.
• Detroit Historical Museum: 5401 Woodward Ave. (NW corner of Kirby) in Midtown Detroit, detroithistorical.org. Permanent exhibits include the famous Streets of Old Detroit, the Allesee Gallery of Culture, Doorway to Freedom: Detroit and the Underground Railroad, Detroit: The “Arsenal of Democracy,” the Gallery of Innovation, Frontiers to Factories, America’s Motor City and The Glancy Trains, regular museum general admission is $10. Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday to Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. “Detroit Lions: Gridiron Heroes,” exhibition through Jan. 3, 2027, detroithistorical.org.
• Heroes vs. Villains: Detroit’s Comic Book Story exhibit through May 2026, Detroit Historical Museum, 5401 Woodward Ave. (NW corner of Kirby) in Midtown Detroit, detroithistorical.org.
• Dossin Great Lakes Museum: 100 Strand Drive, Belle Isle, Detroit. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday, detroithistorical.org, general admission tickets are $5, free for children under 6.
• Greater West Bloomfield Historical Society: open 1st/2nd/4th/5th Sundays of the month and 3rd Fridays, 1-4 pm, (holidays excluded) with exhibits including “Four Communities” exhibit at The Orchard Lake Museum, 3951 Orchard Lake Road, Orchard Lake. Admission is free, donations welcome, www.gwbhs.org, 248-757-2451.
• Hammond Planetarium: at Henry Ford College, in the Science Building, www.hfcc.edu/campus-life/planetarium.
• Henry Ford Museum: Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation and Greenfield Village, 20900 Oakwood Blvd., Dearborn, Monday-Saturday, purchase tickets online, prices vary, thehenryford.org. Ford Rouge Factory Tours www.thehenryford.org. Hours are 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Monroe County Museum: 126 S Monroe St., Monroe, monroemi.gov, facebook.com/MonroeMuseums. Museum admission and activities are free and open to the public.
• Motown Museum: 2648 W. Grand Blvd., Detroit, motownmuseum.org, 313-875-2264. Museum tours are paused until Spring 2027, to complete construction for the museum’s expansion project.
• “Psychedelic Soul-A Journey Through Rhythm and Time”: Motown Museum pop-up exhibit, is open through Sept. 27, at Esther Gordy Edwards Centre for Excellence, 2550 W. Grand Boulevard, Detroit. Tickets are required, motownmuseum.org.
• Westin Book Cadillac at 100 Exhibition: Westin Book Cadillac, Detroit, presented with Detroit Historical Society, virtual exhibit explores the 100-year history of the Book Cadillac hotel, www.detroithistorical.org/exhibitions/westin-book-cadillac-100-virtual-exhibition.
• The Wright: The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, 315 E. Warren Ave., Detroit, 313-494-5800, open Tuesday-Sunday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and open until 7 p.m. on Thursday, closed on Mondays, reserve timed tickets at thewright.org, $30+ gen adm., $20 for seniors 62+, $15 for youth, ages 5-17, free for under 5.
• The Zekelman Holocaust Center: 28123 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills, regular admission is $8 adult, free with membership, www.holocaustcenter.org, 248-553-2400. Yom HaShoah with two public remembrance events, including a community reading of victims’ names and a candle-lighting commemoration with survivors and local faith leaders.
Opera
• Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán: 7:30 p.m. May 9, Detroit Opera House, Detroit, https://detroitopera.org, ticket prices vary.
Note: Events are subject to change; check with venues for updates.
Milwaukee Wave coach Marcio Leite on goalkeeper Jerry Perez’s offense
Milwaukee Wave Marcio Leite tells the origin story of the rookie goalkeepr who has become a serious scoring threat in the MASL.
Shoves escalated between the Milwaukee Wave and San Diego Sockers and fans got involved in the unpleasantries, turning the conclusion of Game 1 of the MASL championship series ugly.
In the final seconds of the Sockers’ 5-4 victory April 22 at the UWM Panther Arena, Wave defender Tony Walls took a kick to the groin on a play that ended any chance for a traditional exchange of handshakes and hugs.
Spirited jawing turned into jostling between players, and then fans joined in the altercation by pelting Sockers players with debris and drinks. Players retaliated. As the situation grew more chaotic, a security officer requested the presence of police who were at the Arena.
At the same time, officials were reviewing the play. Several minutes after the game the announcement came that Sockers defender Cesar Cerda had been issued a red card for violent conduct, making him ineligible for Game 2 on April 24 in Oceanside, California.
“It just got heated at the end [between] two high-level teams,” veteran Wave forward Ian Bennett said. “They’re very competitive, and who wants to win it? The rest, it was a hard game to ref, right? Because it’s a big game. It’s big final. Emotions are there.
“To be honest, our emotions got the best of us, because we’ve got to be smarter than that, right? We don’t need to play in their hands, but kudos to them, they won, and we just got to regroup and lick our wounds and come back on Friday ready to go.”
A loud and larger-than-usual crowd turned out for the final home game of 2025-26.
Two quick goals by Bennett early in the fourth quarter pulled the Wave within a goal at 4-3, but Milwaukee couldn’t maintain the spark, and Sockers midfielder Leonardo De Oliveira turned the momentum back around with 5 ½ minutes left. The Wave killed a two-minute San Diego power play resulting from too many men on the field, but by the time goalkeeper Jerry Perez gave the Wave another goal, just 33 seconds remained.
So now for the Wave to win an eighth arena soccer title, it must win back-to-back against the team that finished the regular season with the best record.
Milwaukee lost the opening game of its quarterfinal and semifinal series and won a regulation game followed by a quarter-length knockout game each time to advance. But those were at home; this time they’ll go on the road to play against the team that finished with the best record in the regular season. Game 3 would be a full-length game April 27.
“Very difficult,” first-year Wave head coach Marcio Leite said of the challenge that awaits.
“We’ve done it before. We beat them in their house. But we need to be smarter. And we need to play better. … We need to create better chances, then we need to make sure our shots are on target.”
(This story was updated to add new information.)
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – A Minneapolis salon is turning heads by mixing rock and roll with haircuts, creating a one-of-a-kind experience for music lovers.
A salon where music and haircuts go hand in hand
What we know:
HiFi Hair and Records sits on the edge of downtown Minneapolis, marked by a leopard print awning and a vibe that’s all about community through music.
“I tried to model it after a barbershop,” said Jonny Clifford, owner of the salon.
Clifford opened the shop in 2011, inspired by his father who introduced him to music and was battling terminal cancer at the time.
The salon brings together the hum of blow dryers and the sounds of rock and roll, with Clifford saying, “Music is the uniter. Most everyone who is alive today grew up on rock and roll.”
He added a record store the following year, letting customers browse new and used vinyl and CDs while waiting for their appointment.
“I jokingly refer to it as the coolest waiting room in the city,” said Clifford.
The shop is filled with memorabilia from music legends like Elvis, David Bowie and The Monkees. There’s even a wall dedicated to Minnesota’s local music scene.
Clifford said, “We’ve got Bobby V who I think never gets enough credit for his contributions to music in Minnesota.”
Clifford’s journey from punk haircuts to community hub
Why you should care:
Clifford started cutting hair in the early 1980s because he and his friends in southwest Minneapolis couldn’t afford the punk haircuts they wanted.
Now, he not only looks the part—”Ronny Wood, Jeff Beck, Keith Richards, I’m always like old Keith Richards or young Keith Richards”—but he helps others feel like rock stars too.
“People are like make me look like a rock star and that is sort of a universal term right. Everyone wants to look like a rock star,” said Clifford.
His goal is simple:
“If I can make a living and raise my family, pay my bills, have a business and be a part of a community, that is important to me. I win. That’s everything,” said Clifford.
He is passionate about giving a boost to local musicians, saying, “I think they need it more. I love Lady Gaga and The Rolling Stones, but they are doing fine. Our local people haven’t made it national yet. They could use a voice. They could use a boost, and they need to be heard.”
The salon’s rhythm is all about joy, music and community, and Clifford plans to keep it going.
“Til I kick over. I’ll probably be back standing behind the chair. And someone will complain I didn’t finish their haircut,” said Clifford.
HiFi Hair and Records continues to be a place where music and style meet, giving Minnesota’s music scene a little extra volume.
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