10 Things to Do in the D this Weekend - Feb 16-18 2018

[Lowell]

1. Enjoy Free Fishing Weekend courtesy of the Department of Natural Resources and visit state parks and recreation areas free of charge.
2. Treat your palate to a wide array of cuisines during Dearborn Restaurant Week.
3. Cruise over to the Detroit Boat Show and dream of warmer days on the water.
4. Enjoy a play both "humorous and heartbreaking" performed by the Detroit Mercy Theatre Company.
5. Celebrate Black History Month by visiting the Michigan Science Center to learnabout the work of African-American scientists.
6. Transport to the world of Willy Wonka during a musical in Wyandotte.
7. Admire ice sculptures or take a polar plunge at the Aqua Freeze Festival in St. Clair Shores.
8. Enjoy live music by American roots orchestra Dustbowl Revival at Otus Supply in Ferndale.
9. "Come hungry, leave happy" in Eastern Market with a Delish Detroit food tour.
10. Catch a February flick at Beacon Park inside a cozy, heated tent.

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

[Zacha341]

11. Celebrating Black History the Month of February at The Wright Museum!

[Hypestyles]

Marvel's The Black Panther opens Friday, February 16 at all the major theater chains.

[Lowell]

Marvel's The Black Panther opens Friday, February 16 at all the major theater chains.

This promises to be a block buster--getting decent serious critical reviews too. This from the final paragraph of the NYTimes review:

"Race matters in “Black Panther” and it matters deeply, not in terms of Manichaean good guys and bad but as a means to explore larger human concerns about the past, the present and the uses and abuses of power. That alone makes it more thoughtful about how the world works than a lot of mainstream movies, even if those ideas are interspersed with plenty of comic-book posturing. It wouldn’t be a Marvel production without manly skirmishes and digital avatars. Yet in its emphasis on black imagination, creation and liberation, the movie becomes an emblem of a past that was denied and a future that feels very present. And in doing so opens up its world, and yours, beautifully."

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/06/m...iew-movie.html