10 Things to Do in the D this Weekend - Sep 8-10, 2017

[Lowell]

1. Watch professional and amateur cyclists race through downtown Detroit in the first Detroit Cycling Championship weekend.
2. Mix 'n mingle at the opening reception for Detroit City of Design and the Future of Work.
3. Listen to live music at the Rockin' Country Music Festival in Taylor's Heritage Park.
4. Party to help raise funds in People for Palmer Park's efforts to restore the late Sen. Thomas Palmer's historic log cabin at the Detroit Golf Club.
5. Celebrate the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center's 60th birthday with complimentary workshops, kids activities, giveaways and cake.
6. Bring in the fall season and apple harvest at Yates Cider Mill's Fall Harvest Open House.
7. Check out music, food and vendors at the 40th Dally in the Alley.
8. Enjoy jazz, blues and barbecue at the Brighton's Smokin' Jazz & Barbecue Blues Festival.
9. Witness one of the final acts to perform at the Palace of Auburn Hills when Tim McGraw and Faith Hill take the stage in Soul2Soul The World Tour.
10. Catch the sights and sounds of dances, stunts and acrobatic acts from around the world at the UniverSoul Circus.

Kick off list from Crain's Detroit Business. Add you suggestions below.

[Kathleen]

11. 3 Stooges Festival, Redford Theatre, Friday and Saturday.
http://redfordtheatre.com/events/thr...es-festival-2/

12. Ruth Adler Schnee, Conversation in the Conversation Pit, Cranbrook Art Museum, Sunday, September 10, 1pm.
http://www.cranbrookartmuseum.org/ev...versation-pit/

13. Preservation Detroit Walking Tours, Saturday, 10am.
http://preservationdetroit.org/tours/

14. Oakland County Irish Fest, Berkley, Saturday, 11am-11pm.
http://www.berkleychamber.com/events...nd-irish-fest/

15. The Revolutionists by Lauren Gunderson, Theatre Nova, Ann Arbor, Thurs-Sun through Sept 17.
https://www.theatrenova.org/

[Kathleen]

16. Detroit Moves, Campus Martius, Thurs-Sat.
http://timdetroit.com/detroit-moves/

17. Rendezvous at Ste. Anne Detroit, Sunday, 12noon-6:30pm.
http://www.ste-anne.org/pdf/flyer-new-091017.pdf

18. Old Car Festival, Greenfield Village, Saturday and Sunday.
https://www.thehenryford.org/current...-car-festival/

[Zacha341]

19. September 9th From Kidnapping and Enslavement To The Present -- Film Screening [[Excerpt): Birth of a Nation followed by speakers Bruce Turner, The Great, Great Grandson of Revolutionary Nat Turner
and Dr. Nubia Kai, Author, Poet & Former Professor, Howard University
https://thewright.org/index.php/comp...ial/event/2571