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The Association of Chinese Americans (ACA), the Detroit Chapter of OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates, is hosting a virtual Lunar New Year Celebration for the arrival of the Year of the Tiger via Zoom. The Celebration includes Chinese folk dance, Chinese traditional operas and other performances.
Event cost: Free
Event time: 2:30...
A fun event for the whole family. Check the library website for full details.
Event cost: Free
Event time: 6-7 p.m. Feb. 22, 2022
The museum offers in-person and virtual presentations, activities and movies throughout Black History month.
Event cost: $25/adults, $19/ages 3-12 and seniors, free/kids under 3
Event time: Vary by day; Feb. 1-28, 2022
Families can take a guided walk to see various methods of collecting sap and learn how to boil it down to make syrup. No registration needed.
Event cost: Free
Event time: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. March 9, 2024
Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 87th birthday with the museum's annual event. Visitors can participate in a voter registration project for kids as well as listen to an expert discuss the importance of registering to vote. Kids will make their own ‘mock’ voter registration cards and color MLK coloring...
This seventh annual celebration offers a night of fun, fun and fellowship in celebration of the holiday. For the youth, there will be activities, arts and crafts. For adults, there will be discussion and activities. For everyone, there will be performances, drums, dance, music, dinner and an ancestor tree...
Families can enjoy swimming, basketball and more. Participants are encouraged to wear pajamas. For ages 3-12. Registration is not required.
Event cost: $10/resident, $15/non-resident; $5 discount for TCC members
Event time: 6-8 p.m. Dec. 30, 2023
Sign up for a time slot to bring your dog to visit with Santa Claus at Longacre House Gazebo. Choose to either take your own photos or use their photographer. Advanced online tickets are required.
Event cost: $10-$15
Event time: 10 a.m.-noon Dec. 3, 2023
Learn about unknown Christmas traditions and superstitions through interactive activities. Registration required.
Event cost: $3/child, $5/adults, free/2 and under.
Event times: 10 a.m.-noon and 2-4 p.m.
Jurassic Quest is North America’s largest and most realistic Dinosaur event. Guests walk through the Cretaceous, Jurassic and Triassic Periods and experience for themselves what it was like to be among dinosaurs of all kinds. Jurassic Quest is the only interactive dinosaur event that has more than 100 true...
Celebrates the timeless television classic as the whole family can join Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus and the rest of the Peanuts characters in their journey to uncover the true meaning of Christmas.
Event cost: $30-plus
Event times: 12:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Dec. 4, 2022
Sensory film showings feature lowered sound and dim lighting. You may bring your own gluten-free or casein-free snacks and move about the aisles as your please. No previews or advertisements will be shown before the movies. The movies are geared toward children ages 5 and up.
Local participating locations include...
