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Ypsilanti, MI · Arts & Culture
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JDs Bistro Set to Welcome Hometown Performer
Mikaela Davis (L) and John Lee Shannon (R). Photo by Matt Reamer. Chelsea’s local music venue will welcome hometown guitarist John Lee Shannon and his partner, singer Mikaela Davis, to the stage this Nov. 25. The two of them have been collaborating musically for several years, meeting on tour while Davis opened for Shannon’s band.
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Farmington theater leans on upgrades, alcohol and the internet for resurgence
FARMINGTON — It's a cold and drizzly evening in early November, and Lucy Savoy is outside the Farmington Civic Theater. On the evening of Nov. 5, Savoy and her teammates on Clarkston High School's ski team made the trek to Farmington to watch ski documentarian Warren Miller's 2026 feature, "Days Off." The ski team crowded down the sidewalk with other moviegoers as they made their way into the theater lobby, which quickly filled up. "This is like a whole experience," said Savoy, 18. "They have booths and stuff, and it’s amazing. We’re really excited to go see the movie.” "Days Off" is just one of the special screenings at the Civic Theater that'll play this month at the quaint theater on Grand River Avenue in downtown Farmington. More than 25 years after the city of Farmington purchased the 1939 building to better control how it would be used, theater and city leaders are pushing to sustain it. The theater got an alcohol license earlier this year and recently installed new leather rockers from the Romeo Theater, another small-town theater that shut down earlier this year amid changing movie-goer habits. Officials have also discussed installing a pizza oven at the theater.