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For all of Flint.

The Accidentals
TONIGHT Jun 2 8:00 pm
Capitol Theatre

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Flint School of Performing Arts & Flint Symphony Orchestra
Chamber Series Music On the Lawn
TONIGHT Jun 2 6:30 pm - Strings
Jun 9 6:30 pm - Vocal & Rhythm
Jun 16 6:30 pm - Woodwinds
Jun 23 6:30 pm - Vintage Brass
Dort Music Center - MacArthur Recital Hall Lawn

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Flint Repertory Theatre
Ragtime
Jun 9 - 25
Elgood Theatre

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Hook
Jun 16 7:00 pm
Capitol Theatre

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Singin' in the Rain
Jun 23 7:00 pm
Capitol Theatre

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Host Families Needed
FSPA has TWO very exciting opportunities this year to host out-of-town musicians. We need people interested in hosting these talented musicians while they stay in Flint to participate in various workshops and performances.

Limonest, France
Conservatoire de Limonest (France) and their Youth Orchestra
approximately 30 students and adults

July 1 - 11, 2023

About Limonest

What does it mean to be a host?

All homes and family structures are eligible to be hosts!
Visitors are housed in pairs and stay 5-8 days. You do not need to speak German or French to host – all visitors are fluent in English.
Hosts provide many of the meals for their guests, including packed lunches.
Hosts provide transportation for their guests as one of their primary hosting duties. The guests will have unique and rigorous rehearsal and performance schedules.
Host families support their guests through this exciting but stressful time.
Host families provide cultural experiences for their guests.

If you are interested in becoming a host for our guests, please reach out to Jane Jaksa, Volunteer Coordinator, to begin the process. Feel free to reach out with any and all questions. Jane Jaksa, [email protected], 810-238-1350 x 3126

Flint Youth Theatre Ensemble

Summer Show Auditions

The Rude Mechanicals

by Ed Graczyk

Freely adapted from William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

Auditions: Wednesday, June 14, from 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm in room 174

- Cold readings will be provided

- Guided improvisation activities will take place

Who can audition: Student's entering 6th grade - graduating seniors

Rehearsals: Mon-Fri starting July 17 - Aug11 (1 pm - 4 pm)

Performances: Aug 11 (2 pm & 7 pm) FIM's Outdoor Theatre

Show length: 60 mins.

Cast size: 10 actors and other possible technical positions

Synopsis: With scant allegiance to the work of Shakespeare, this play takes many liberties with Bard's text. In doing so, it achieves a comedy style of its own. Peter Quince, the carpenter, is out of work and in his idleness, persuades his friends, "the rude mechanicals," to compete for a prize the duke is offering for a play to be performed in honor of his wedding. The rude mechanicals snatch at the chance to recoup their failing fortunes. Manipulated by Puck, a playful sprite, Quince writes a play about Pyramus and Thisbe and recruits the rude mechanicals to perform in it.

New Website Launched

To better serve our patrons, FIM launched a major website redesign on May 22. The only active URLs will be thefim.org and tickets.thefim.org. Using any prior URLs for Whiting Auditorium, Capitol Theatre or FIM Ticket Center will automatically redirect.

If you experience any issues, please contact us at [email protected].

Thank you

Message from the Executive Office

The Michigan summer heat has settled in this week in Flint, and at FIM, we believe nothing says summer like the sun on your face, a blanket in the grass, and the sounds of strings wafting through the air. If you'd like to test our theory, stop by the first concert of the FSPA/FSO Chamber Music Series tonight on the lawn of MacArthur Recital Hall featuring a Flint Symphony Orchestra string quartet. The series will continue every Friday night through June, but you can keep your blankets handy in July and August for FIM Music Around Town programming at the Flint Institute of Arts Friday Night Patio series.

The arrival of summer weather also means the approaching end of another school year and the opportunity for students of all ages to participate in a variety of music, dance, and theatre camps at the Flint School of Performing Arts. Camps are filling up fast, so stop by the FSPA or go online to register soon!

If chamber music isn't to your taste, stop by the Capitol Theatre tonight to hear the native Michigan band The Accidentals, who will also be jamming on stringed instruments - to a very different beat! Violinist Savanna Buist and cellist Katie Larsen met in a Traverse City high school orchestra and have been friends and bandmates ever since. Huge proponents of music education and encouraging students to break free of traditional tropes and experiment with sound, the indie-fold duo never fails to surprise and delight audiences with their instrumental talents and songwriting prowess. We're so excited they're back in Michigan (...and again and again), and we hope you'll stop in to see why.

Have a great weekend, and we'll see you soon!

Rodney Lontine

President and CEO

Thank you! To our 2023 newsletter underwriter, Security Credit Union.