PLAN YOUR WEEKEND: What's up this year at Arts, Beats & Eats: A keep-it-green attitude (Detroit Free Press)
Here's what to catch at this year's Chrysler Arts, Beats & Eats, plus tips on how to get free food tickets! Don't feel guilty if you need to throw away that sixth slider or samosa. Just make sure you toss it into the right container.

ON METROMIX.COM: The Hard Lessons play Arts, Beats & Eats and Encore Friday night (Detroit Free Press)
Touring six months out of the year and covering the country with more than 600 shows since their debut, it's a safe bet to say that the Hard Lessons are the hardest working band in town. And now the trio is set to perform a Pontiac doubleheader Friday night at the Chrysler Arts, Beats & Eats festival and the Encore after party.

Arts center ready to open in Sharonville (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
There's no trace of the tree that was growing out of the floor of the gallery, and the theater lacks simply a curtain. The Sharonville Fine Arts Center is ready for business.

Film screenings slated at UT and arts center (The Toledo Blade)
The University of Toledo department of theater and film will screen the work of three university faculty filmmakers, Charlene Gilbert, director of the Catharine S. Eberly Center; Holly Hey, assistant professor of film; and Tammy Kinsey, associate professor of film and associate chairman in the department of theater and film, at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Center for Performing Arts' Lab Theatre. ...

Losses swell for city arts center (San Diego Union-Tribune)
The latest deficit at Escondido's arts center is once again raising questions about its financial viability.