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Looking for a great school for your child? Check out some of the most sought-after elementary and middle schools in Detroit on the DPSCD Bus Tour. Leave your car at Detroit School of Arts and board a shuttle to visit the following schools, speak to their principals and learn about the...
This fundraiser for the Ronald McDonald House of Detroit includes tea, appetizers and desserts; plus a jazz performance by Kimmie Horne, a fashion show and a silent auction.
Celebrated writer and Detroit cultural icon, Marsha Music, presents her multimedia one-woman show, based off Nicole Macdonald’s The Detroit Portrait Series presents Black Bottom and Paradise Valley, which is currently featured in the Art @ The Max III exhibition.
Music’s collaborator, DJ Adam Stanfel will be on hand to spin vinyl, recreating the...
Join gallery curator Steve Panton for a guided tour of the Art @ The Max III exhibition, which features the works of Detroit artists Matt Corbin, Scott Hocking, Sydney G. James, Nicole Macdonald, Jo Powers, Maya Stovall, and Andrew Thompson. Tours begin at 2:30 Â and 3:30 p.m. and will...
Midtown Detroit Inc. and the DSO present, back-to-back performances of the Chicago-based ensemble, Sidewalk Chalk, that will feature original music and a few holiday favorites. Doors open at 6 p.m. Shows start at 7 and 8:15 p.m. Arive early for food and drink specials, holiday shopping, family activities, photos...
Find art for sale at this annual show.
Plan to join us for a day of shopping for unique hand-made, hand-crafted, non-commerical items from among over 140 vendors, in support of Parcells Middle School PTO.
In addition to face paintingCreative Arts Studio will also have wax hand, spin art and potter painting stations to offer art activities for...
Shop 35 tables. Strollers allowed.
This holiday production will light up the stage in the awe-inspiring, eye-popping family holiday spectacular for five performances. Audiences will have visions of sugarplums dancing in their heads as a fantastical cast of holiday storybook characters come to life at Cirque Dreams Holidaze.
Event cost: $35-plus
Event times: 7:30 p.m. Friday;...
Check out the Dossin Great Lakes Museum, the Belle Isle Aquarium and the Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory free of charge. Cocoa, cookies, music and crafts, too.
More than 120 local museums and other venues offer free admission during this annual; plus horse-drawn carriage rides, holiday shopping and family activities.
The Metro Times hosts this first-of-its-kind sampling soiree in the beautiful lobby of Detroit’s historic Fisher Building. Guest will enjoy dozens of different whiskies, bourbons and scotches from around the world with your 10 drink tickets plus whiskey-paired bites from Detroit Catering.
