What's on: Sat's picks

Events listings for Sat, Sept 4

Full Swing

Declared dead in the '80s, swinging is back. Just ask your friends and neighbors.

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J. Geils Band loves Detroit

Sometimes a place is best understood through the eyes of an outlier. That's true of southeastern Michigan, which becomes "Detroit City" in the inimitable patois of J. Geils Band front man Peter Wolf.

'Don't Let the Summer End' party hosted for area teens

Born one day apart in late July, Sadie Argo and Ramsey Webb opted to wait a couple of weeks to celebrate their 13th birthdays this year. As they prepared to start a new school year on Aug. 12, they invited members of their eighth-grade class at St. James School to join them for a "Don't Let Summer End" birthday dance last Tuesday night.