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Wild Winter Weekends at the Detroit Zoo

Wild Winter Weekends at the Detroit Zoo

Beat the winter blues this season during the Wild Winter Weekends at the Detroit Zoo. Wild Winter is a unique, fun way to experience the magic of the Zoo in winter. Enjoy your favorite habitats indoors and out along with special activities including children’s music, zookeeper talks, crafts and much more. Wild Winter festivities will [...]

Detroit Celebrates Noel Night

Detroit Celebrates Noel Night

The 39th annual Noel Night will take place on Saturday, December 3rd, 2011, from 5:00pm-9:30pm in Midtown Detroit’s Cultural Center Area. Over 60 Midtown venues, including the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, the Detroit Historical Museum, and the Detroit Public Library, amongst many others, open their doors [...]

Free Harvest Fest Event

Free Harvest Fest Event

Looking  for a fun, FREE event for the family? The Weston Preparatory Academy (22930 Chippewa, Detroit, MI 48219) is hosting its annual Harvest Fest on Friday, October 28th from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. The event is free and open to the Detroit and surrounding communities. They have a lot of fun activities planned, including [...]

Wayne State University Hosts Open House for Prospective Students

Wayne State University Hosts Open House for Prospective Students

WHAT: Wayne State University Fall Open House WHEN: 9 a.m.-noon on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011 WHERE: Wayne State University’s main campus, Detroit, Mich. Check-In at front of Undergraduate Library, 5155 Gullen Mall. Parking is available in Structure 5, 5501 Anthony Wayne Drive. MORE INFO: Prospective undergraduate students will have an opportunity to explore the campus and speak with admissions counselors [...]

DSO Presents FREE Halloween Shows, Treats, and Fun For Kids

DSO Presents FREE Halloween Shows, Treats, and Fun For Kids

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) is opening its bag of treats with several special FREE Halloween shows and goodies for kids.   It will be a frightfully good time including a costume contest, an instrument petting zoo, and live bats that will take over Orchestra Hall! Grab your costume and come on down for some [...]

Transforming Adult Literacy in Detroit

Transforming Adult Literacy in Detroit

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if you couldn’t read?  Imagine what it would be like if you couldn’t read these words. Roughly 47% of adults in the City of Detroit are functionally illiterate; they can’t fill out a job application, follow a recipe in a cookbook or read a story to [...]

YO GABBA GABBA! LIVE at the FOX THEATRE TICKET GIVEAWAY

YO GABBA GABBA! LIVE at the FOX THEATRE TICKET GIVEAWAY

YO GABBA GABBA! LIVE!: It’s Time to Dance!  -  A Kia Motor’s presentation.  Two lively performances will take place at the beautiful Fox Theatre on Friday September 23rd.   The showsare scheduled for 3:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.   Hip Hop Legend Biz Markie and Razzle Dazzle Gabba!-Favorite Leslie Hall Join DJ Lance Rock and the [...]

Motown’s KEM is Bringing Relief to the Homeless

Motown’s KEM is Bringing Relief to the Homeless

Two-time Grammy Nominee, KEM, will be bringing together recording artists this Sunday to deliver 5 hours of entertainment, in a charity event to benefit homeless shelters in the Metro Detroit area. This event will feature music by KEM, Morris Day & the Time and opening acts Larry Lee, Savallace, Houtsauce,  and Gwenation, hosted by comedian [...]

Comerica Hosts FREE Ice Cream Social This Friday

Comerica Hosts FREE Ice Cream Social This Friday

Comerica Bank will host a free old fashioned ice cream social at its new Michigan market headquarters, 411 W. Lafayette St. in Detroit on Friday, Aug. 26 from noon to 2 p.m. Join Comerica Bank colleagues and friends including celebrity scoopers Thomas D. Ogden, President, Comerica Bank-Michigan and Detroit Tigers Mascot PAWS for free ice [...]

The Chevy Volt: Easy Eco-Chic

The Chevy Volt: Easy Eco-Chic

I don’t know much about cars. I’m usually pretty happy to just get from “Point A” to “Point B”, as evidenced by my own rusty Kia Sedona. It’s not a statement, it’s nothing fancy, no bells and whistles, just transportation. Label me what you will, but I look at a car I think more about [...]