Ten Things to Do in D this Weekend - Sept. 12-14

1. Take part in the Boating & Outdoor Festival in Lake St. Clair Metropark.
2. Get your groove on in Ferndale at the DIY Street Fair and Funky Ferndale Art Fair.
3. Go back in time for the annual Victorian Festival in Northville.
   http://www.crainsdetroit.com/apps/pb...v=201405231302
4. Enjoy dinner while voting for microgrant-worthy projects at Detroit Soup.
5. Celebrate at the Patriot Festival at Bowers Farm.
6. Head over to the Harvest Festival at the Birmingham Farmers Market.
7. Run the Rockin’ Marathon Relay on Belle Isle.
8. Attend the opening weekend of "My Fair Lady" at The Baldwin Theatre.
9. Catch a Martin Sexton concert at The Ark.
10. Ride the Midway and more at Troy Family Daze.
    
    From Crain's Detroit Business

Thanks for posting these :) I always find a thing or two I didn't see, and don't read Crain's regularly enough. Possibly see you at DIY?

11. DPS Showcase: Detroit City FC/Ann Arbor FC and Cass Tech/Renaissance soccer double-header on Saturday, 5:30 at Cass Tech. Tickets $5. http://dpsshowcase.brownpapertickets.com/

12. St. Josaphat reopens this weekend. Sunday mass is at 12:00PM.

13. Get drunk at the casino and get tossed out for saying lewd things to old ladies.

14. Sunday: Battle of the Brits British sports car and motorcycle show at camp Dearborn [[which is a Dearborn city park) in Milford. We will be showing two cars so stop and say hi!

15. Celebrate the Star Spangled Banner's Bicentennial at any of these venues:
>>Saturday, September 13 @ Lincoln Park Historical Museum
http://www.lphistorical.org/
>> Sunday, September 14 @ Detroit Historical Museum
http://detroithistorical.org/detroit...-star-spangled
>> Sunday, September 14 @ Greenmead Historic Village, Livonia
http://www.hometownlife.com/story/ne...sary/14982625/

16. Civil War Days @ Historic Fort Wayne, Detroit
http://www.historicfortwaynecoalition.com/cwdays.html

17. Association for Great Lakes Maritime History 2014 Annual Meeting and Conference, September 11-13, 2014. This year’s conference is being held in Detroit, in conjunction with the Detroit Historical Society. http://www.baillod.com/aglmh/meeting...rationForm.pdf

18. Farming in the Detroit River Region circa 1701-1820/Talk by Brian Dunnigan, Saturday, September 13, 2014, 11am @ French Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan meeting at the Mount Clemens Public Library. Free and open to the public.
http://www.habitantheritage.org/fchsm_meetings

19. University District Home Tour 9/14/14.
http://www.udcaonline.com/

20. Beer guzzlin' contest at Old Shillelagh [[after #13). :cool:

21. Enjoy the UniverSOUL Circus at Chene Park!

22. See Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom at the Redford Theatre!
http://redfordtheatre.com/movie/

23. Shamrocks & Shenanigans at the 2014 Michigan Renaissance Festival in Holly!!
http://www.michrenfest.com/Week5Ente...ntSchedule.pdf

24. Support soccer in Detroit!! Saturday at 5:30 @ Cass Tech field!!
Detroit City FC Returns to Cass Tech to Support Soccer in Detroit
http://www.detcityfc.com/news/detroi...er-in-detroit/

Watch Gran Torino...again .