{"id":12683,"date":"2014-12-30T21:53:27","date_gmt":"2014-12-30T21:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/challengedetroit.org\/blog\/sarmsjabra\/?p=15"},"modified":"2014-12-30T21:53:27","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T21:53:27","slug":"twice-in-the-fun-in-the-half-the-time-december-monthly-check-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/twice-in-the-fun-in-the-half-the-time-december-monthly-check-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Twice in the Fun in the Half the Time: December Monthly Check In"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been in California for about half of December, but I still had a lot of great experiences in Detroit!<\/p>\n

I went back to the DSO for Mix @ The Max. It was amazing! I’m really enjoying the programs at the DSO. I highly encourage anyone who hasn’t been to check them out, it’s a real gem. I watched Kris Bowers put on a beautiful performance with Julia Easterlin. Kris is a talented pianist and Julie has a hypnotic, sultry voice. She did a mesmerizing cover of Brittany Spears’ Toxic. The lyrics are actually pretty good for a top 40 pop song.<\/p>\n

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I also volunteered at the MOCAD’s monster drawing rally. It was a fun event where several artist made mixed media pieces that visitors could purchase. My good friends Natalie and Trevor were there under the moniker We Draw Together<\/a>. It was exciting to see so many artists and patrons interacting. I believe the event was a fundraiser for MOCAD.<\/p>\n

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In non Detroit news, I finally bought a car and went skiing for the second time at Mt. Brighton. Gah! So much activity in about two weeks!<\/p>\n

Reconnecting with friends in California, I’m acting as the ambassador to my (re)adopted city. I enjoy talking with them about “what it’s like living in Detroit”. When I get back from my California trip, I think I’ll reflect further on Detroit and where its going.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve been in California for about half of December, but I still had a lot of great experiences in Detroit! I went back to the DSO for Mix @ The Max. It was amazing! I’m really enjoying the programs at the DSO. I highly encourage anyone who hasn’t been to check them out, it’s a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":314,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/314"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12683\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}