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• ARTS • PHOTO: Davis Allen/Aurora Theatre Company RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME ‘HORN FROM THE HEART,’ DOCUMEN- TARY ABOUT VISIONARY CHICAGO BLUESMAN PAUL BUTTERFIELD, SCREENS AT LAEMMLE PLAYHOUSE 7 P.25 Throughout America’s “long, hot summer” of 1967, police brutality exacerbated combustible racial tensions and cities burned nationwide: Atlanta, Boston, Buffalo, Cambridge, Chicago, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Newark, New York, Saginaw, Tampa ... 159 riots, in the final tally. Detroit’s five-day rebellion emerged as the bloodiest, and the worst US riot in a century. Forty-three people died, almost 1,200 were injured, more than 2,000 buildings became material casualties, and the deployment of National Guard and Army troops in the city caused marginalized citizens to feel their neighborhoods were being FILM | THEATER | BOOKS | MUSIC | COMMUNITY | LISTINGS INCENDIARY TIMES SWEET SOUNDS OF SUCCESS MARK MCGRATH CELEBRATES 30 YEARS WITH SUGAR RAY FRIDAY AT THE ROSE USC STUDENT ACTORS PERFORM DOMINIQUE MORISSEAU’S TIMELY DRAMA ‘DETROIT 67’ AT CARRIE HAMILTON THEATRE BY BLISS BOWEN P.27 occupied by an invading force. Dominique Morisseau, a 2018 MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant” recipient, won the 2014 Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History for her play “Detroit 67,” which is set in her hometown during that long, hot summer. Part of a trilogy (with “Paradise Blue” and “Skeleton Crew”), “Detroit 67” is being revived next weekend at the Pasadena Playhouse’s 99-seat Carrie Hamilton Theater by second-year MFA students at USC’s School of Drama. The play depicts an African-American sister and brother, Chelle CONTINUED ON PAGE 22 HE WILL ROCK YOU ‘BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY’ BRINGS THE DYNAMIC TALENTS OF QUEEN SINGER FREDDIE MERCURY TO LIFE P.31 GET YOUR OWN... BY JOHN SOLLENBERGER CRAFTY INSIGHT A preview screening of the upcoming PBS documentary “Craft in America: California” explores the American creative spirit staring at 7:30 p.m. tonight, Thursday, Nov. 1 at the Huntington, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino. Free, but visit huntington.org/calendar to RSVP. ART AND FUN Creative Arts Group, 108 N. Baldwin Ave., Sierra Madre, hosts its annual art festival featuring the work of more than 60 artists. The festival opens with a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday and continues from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Free. Call (626) 355-8350 or visit creativeartsgroup.org. WALK TO REMEMBER The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention hosts the Out of the Darkness Community Walk starting at 9 a.m. Saturday in Central Park, 275 S. Raymond Ave., Pasadena. Proceeds benefit local and national suicide prevention programs of the foundation. Participants can register as teams or individuals, or to volunteer. No charge to participate. Call (888) 333-2377 or visit afsp.org/pasadena. YOUNG DIVA Shakeup Sundays at Kings Row Gastropub, 20 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, features Motown, top 40 and R&B by Liela Avila at 8:30 p.m. Sunday. No cover. Call (626) 793-3010 or visit kingsrowpub.com. <strong>11.01.18</strong> | PASADENA WEEKLY 21