1. Judge chili recipes at a food truck face-off.
  2. Find out if martial arts is for you at Detroit Kung Fu Academy's open house.
  3. See Motown favorites and gritty blues-rockers take to the stage at the Anti-freeze Blues Festival.
  4. Lock in those resolutions at the 2018 New Year New You Wellness Expo.
  5. Transport yourself into a fairy tale as the Moscow Festival Ballet performs "Cinderella."
  6. Engage in a discussion on how poverty can be a catalyst for change at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.
  7. Watch young poets compete in a hip-hop tournament at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
  8. Root for the Detroit Mercy Titans basketball team in their first game of the new year.
  9. Stroll through Auburn Hills' dancing light display before it ends for the year.
  10. Learn more about downtown Detroit development on a walking tour.

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