Featured Events in Westland in December, 2024 (Continuously Updated)

Join Michigan's top Concealed Pistol License (CPL) course, Concealed Carry Basics (CPL), taking place on December 7, 2024, at St Matthew Lutheran Church in Westland, MI. With local municipalities facing challenges, it's crucial to prioritize personal protection. DMI Performance offers guidance through a comprehensive curriculum covering topics such as firearm safety, legal considerations, and defensive accuracy. Upon completion, participants will receive the necessary certificate to apply for a Michigan Concealed Pistol License. Secure your spot for $125 and bring required items, including ammo, eye/ear protection, and a handgun. Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your self-defense skills and join the community of responsible gun owners. Limited space available, contact dmiperformance@gmail.com for inquiries.

The Great Heist Of Dr. X - Escape Room The monstrous Dr Xavier Raymond, known to both his staff and patients as only Dr X-ray, has been madly obsessed with the invention of his custom X Ray machine. Fascinated with what's inside the human body, he has been altering an X-ray device into a dangerous instrument which risks catastrophic levels of radiation to be released into the area. After many failed attempts, Dr X-ray has finally discovered the missing piece to complete his work and is ready to test his machine.. It is said that he has encrypted a blueprint of the device inside the machine. In order to stop this mad scientist you must sneak into the hospital, break into his lab, find the blueprints, shut down the machine and escape with the final component before his test is scheduled to commence... You have one hour. Do you have what it takes to stop Dr. X by stealing the core and keeping the machine from ever working or will the doctors creation unleash deadly levels of radiation onto surrounding area and its inhabitants? This ticket admits one guest for the Eloise Asylum Escape Room. Please plan to arrive no later than 15 minutes prior to the time listed on this ticket. Please use the Second Gate located on Michigan Ave (the side closest to Kroger) to enter the site. once parked in the lot please proceed to the front of the main building for check-in. Please plan to bring a team of at least 4 friends. This game requires at least 3 players to win. (Recommended for 4-10 people) The game will begin no later than 15 minutes after the hour. Information Source: eventbrite

CRADLE SONG Join mezzo soprano Leanne Fitzgerald and pianist Adam McDonagh for an evening of lieder and lullabies in preparation for the Christmas season. Featuring music by Bach, Brahms, Schubert and Britten’s A Charm of Lullabies. This concert will also feature a special guest soloist to perform movements from Brahm’s Viola Sonata no.1 in F minor. Wednesday 18 Dec at 7:30pm at the Vernon Studio, Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin. Tickets are €20 available from eventbrite.ie Leanne Fitzgerald (Mezzo Soprano) Leanne Fitzgerald graduated from the TUD Conservatoire with an MMus in Vocal Performance where she studied with Stephen Wallace and répétiteur Aoife O’Sullivan. Leanne is a member of the 2024/25 Irish National Opera Studio and company chorus. This season she will sing Giovanna in Verdi’s Rigoletto and will cover the role of Prince Orlofsky in Strauss’ Die Fledermaus. Previously with INO, Leanne sang the role of the Notary in Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, Noble Orphan 3 in Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier and A Slave in Strauss’ Salome. In 2024, Leanne sang the role of Maeve Shine in Opera Workshop Limerick’s production of The Ballybruff Triology, a new contemporary opera collection by Luke Byrne, composer, and Shirley Keane, librettist. Previously Leanne performed with Sestina for Opera Collective Ireland’s production of Handel’s Semele which won the Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Opera in 2022. Leanne was Company Artist with Cork Opera House in 2018 and sang the role of Pitti-Sing in their production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado.Leanne is a keen ensemble singer both in Ireland and abroad. From 2017 – 2022, Leanne was a regular member of Ireland’s flagship choral group Chamber Choir Ireland conducted by Paul Hillier. With Utopia Choir, founded by Teodor Currentzis, Leanne performed twice at the Salzburg Festival in Austria in The Indian Queen by Purcell, adapted by Peter Sellars, and Mozart’s Don Giovanni, directed by Romeo Castalucci, as well as performances of Mozart’s Great Mass in C Minor and Bach’s St Matthew Passion. Adam McDonagh (Piano) Adam McDonagh is an award-winning pianist, a Samling Artist and a graduate of DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama and Cambridge University. He has performed in many prestigious festivals and venues throughout Ireland, the UK and in parts of Europe, and his performances have been broadcast on RTÉ Lyric FM. Adam is currently a member of the Irish National Opera Studio 2023/24 and pursuing the Master of Music (MMus) in Répétiteuring programme at TU Dublin Conservatoire with the support of the inaugural INO Répétiteur Scholarship. Information Source: Leanne Fitzgerald | eventbrite