10 Things to Do in the D this Weekend - Apr 21-23, 2017

[Lowell]

1. Join the spring cleanup at Belle Isle State Park or check out a list of other Earth Day activities.
2. Don your Wookie best and watch the Detroit Derby skaters take to the rink for a Star Wars-themed match at Masonic Temple.
3. Check out which independent stores are offering deals or throwing parties for Record Store Day.
4. Take a gander at biologist-turned-artist Kelsey Brookes' exhibition of paintings "Position" at Library Street Collective.
5. Catch the one-person act "Screw It: Doin' Time on the Line" at the Marlene Boll Theatre.
6. Spot some wildlife at the Edsel & Eleanor Ford House's Welcome Back Birds event.
7. Take in some independent cinema at the metro Detroit edition of the Italian Film Festival USA's short film screening at the University of Michigan.
8. See improv students create something out of nothing at an Afternoon of Improv hosted by The Detroit Creativity Project.
9. View Detroit artist Michael Luchs' artwork in the Cass Corridor: Connecting Times exhibition at the Simone DeSousa Gallery.
10. Take a bite of sweet fried chicken as Chicago-based Honey Butter Fried Chicken pops up at Russell Street Deli and Grey Ghost in Detroit.

Kickoff List from Crain's Detroit Business. Add your suggestions below.

[Zacha341]

11. At the Wright Museum the following this Saturday April 22, 2 - 5PM:

Tribute To Sonia Sanchez.... Readings from Haki Madhubuti, Jessica Care Moore, ETC....

[[Press release) April is poetry month and what better way to celebrate than to honor Sonia Sanchez, poet, professor, national and international lecturer on black culture and literature, and human rights activist! Speakers include Dr. Sonia Sanchez, Dr. John Bracey, jessica Care moore and Dr. Haki R. Madhubuti. This is a day of film, poetry and discussion.

https://thewright.org/index.php/comp...ial/event/2350

[Zacha341]

12. ARISE DETROIT! SPOTLIGHTS NEIGHBORHOODS IN NEW MUSEUM EXHIBIT

Opening: Saturday April 22 At The Detroit Historical Museum

http://www.arisedetroit.org/arise-de...useum-exhibit/

[Bobl]

Number one: I was told by a volunteer that the island is already being fenced for the Grand Prix.

[Kathleen]

13. Capital at the Detroit Repertory Theatre, Thursdays-Sundays, through May 13.
http://www.detroitreptheatre.com/

14. Irving Berlin's I Love a Piano, Wednesdays-Sundays, through May 14.
http://www.mbtheatre.com/season-cale...i-love-a-piano

15. Designing Detroit Book Launch - Author Talk & Signing - Tour - Guardian Building,
Sunday, April 23.
10:30: https://www.facebook.com/events/201521840339988/
1:30: https://www.facebook.com/events/1401541143249763/

16. 2017 Graduate Degree Exhibition of Cranbrook Academy of Art, April 23-May 14.
http://www.cranbrookartmuseum.org/ex...cademy-of-art/

17. Finland 100: The Cranbrook Connection, through January 2018.
http://www.cranbrookartmuseum.org/ex...ok-connection/