Kickoff list culled from Hour Detroit. Add your suggestions below.

Ann Arbor Film Festival

This 63rd annual event puts a spotlight on a diverse lineup of independent films. Each film is unrated and geared toward adults except for those shown during Saturday’s Almost All Ages program, which is geared at ages six and up. Afterparties that include drink specials, DJs, live performances, and special guests follow each day of the festival. March 25-30. $100-$185. Various locations, Ann Arbor; aafilmfest.org.


Blake’s Backyard Spring Night Market

Back by popular demand after the success of the fall market, Blake’s Spring Night Market will include the opportunity to shop unique local vendors, listen to live music, and enjoy exclusive food and drink specials. March 28. No cost for admission but reservations are required. Blake’s Backyard, 5590 Van Dyke, Almont; blakefarms.com.


The Novi Home & Garden Show

Hundreds of local home improvement and landscaping experts will be on site eagerly waiting to ask all your questions and with a wide variety of products for sale to help you reach your home project goals. Exhibitors at this year’s event includes home builders, kitchen and bathroom remodelers, landscapers, deck and patio professionals, window and door experts, waterproofing companies, basement finishers, and much more. Educational sessions; a Michigan market filled with local crafters, food vendors, and other businesses; and a kids’ area. March 28-30. $12 general admission [[$10 if prepaid online), $10 for seniors, free for kids 12 and under. Suburban Collection Showplace, 46100 Grand River Ave., Novi; novihomeshow.com.


The Prom

This production tells the story of self-absorbed Broadway stars who happen upon a small town’s Prom night controversy and use the opportunity to help the town to improve their own reputations. March 28-April 6. $25 for adults, $20 for seniors, WSU alumni, and employees, $15 for students. Hilberry Gateway, 4715 Cass Ave., Detroit; theatreanddance.wayne.edu.


Motor City Blues Festival

The Blues is Alright Tour includes live performances by King George, Tucka, Pokey Bear, J-Wonn, West Love, and Ronnie Bell for this 17th annual festival. March 29. $59+. Fox Theatre, 2211 Woodward Ave., Detroit; 313presents.com.


White Lake Oaks Spring Arts & Crafts Show

Shop more than 40 vendors booths selling a wide variety of goods including home décor, framed art, soaps, blankets, crocheted items, woodwork signs, resin pieces, jewelry, and more at this 2nd annual show. Concessions will be available for purchase. March 29. No cost for admission. White Lake Oaks Golf Course, 991 Williams Lake Road, White Lake; oakgov.com.


Spring Festival

Celebrate the end of maple sugaring season and embrace the incoming season at this festival, which offers the chance to watch sap be boiled into syrup in the sugar shack, see the sheep flock get sheered, and say hi to the baby animals being born on the farm. A show featuring Rosco the Clown, blacksmithing demonstrations, and a hayride [[standard rates apply). March 29-30. No cost for admission, $10 parking fee. Kensington Metropark Farm Center, 4570 Huron River Pkwy, Milford; metroparks.com.


Mutts Gone Nuts Unleashed

The world’s top canine athletes and their trainers perform jaw-dropping tricks as they “flip, skip, dance, and prance their way across the stage.” March 30. $29-$39 for general admission, $20 for kids 12 and under. Macomb Center for the Performing Arts, 44575 Garfield Road, Clinton Township; macombcenter.com.


Swan Lake

The Grand Kyiv Ballet performs this show based on an ancient German legend about a princess name Odette who is turned into a swan by a sorcerer named Rothbart. March 30. $50+. Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts, 350 Madison Ave., Detroit; musichall.org.


White Rabbit Red Rabbit

This one-time unique theatrical event, produced by Tipping Point Theatre in association with Aurora Nova Production and Boat Rocker Entertainment, features one performer who is given the script for the first time live, on stage, with no rehearsals, set, or director to be found. March 30. $42. Tipping Point Theatre, 361 E. Cady St., Northville; tippingpointetheatre.com.


Lightplay

This art show features artful ceramic lamps created by local ceramic artists Elliott Kayser and Kate Tremel. Among the lamps on display are animals like dinosaurs, elephants, and safari animals, as well as pierced abstract lamps. Now-April 5. No cost for admission. Yourist Studio Gallery, 6087 Jackson Road, Ann Arbor; youristpottery.com.